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Urvasi complex.

Urvasi Complex is a three theatre mini-movie complex(Multiplex) in Vijayawada, Andhrapradesh, India. This complex is more than 35 years old and very popular in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It has three different theatres named Urvasi 70mm, Menaka, and Rambha 35mm.

**Address:**
Urvasi Complex
Gandhinagar,
Pin code- 520003,
Vijayawada,
AndhraPradesh, India.
Phone:91-0866-2578955.

1 History
2 Theatres Features
3 Theatre's capacity
4 Movie history
5 Box Office Records
6 Trivia
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

The Urvasi-Menaka twin theatre complex in Vijayawada was constructed in 1970-71. The two cinema halls were air-conditioned and Urvasi was equipped to screen 70mm films. No town or city in the state, other than the capital Hyderabad-Secunderabad, had such grand cinema halls till then. Urvasi 70mm A/C is the 1st 70mm a/c theatre in the east coast of India from Chennai to Kolkatta.In the 1980s a mini theatre Rambha was added. Urvasi has been among the most expensive cinema halls for distributors to hire in the city. As a consequence of which only big budget films in Telugu, Hindi and English are screened here. The theatre's owners also own the distribution company Poorna Pictures, which has increasingly focussed on non-Telugu films. The complex has thus been something of a natural choice for the exhibition of the non-Telugu films distributed by Poorna Pictures. The complex is an example of the 'A circuit' of the exhibition sector.

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Urvasi Front view

[edit] Theatres Features

Urvasi

70mm
Air-Conditioned
DTS, Dolby Digital
Xeon Lamp Projection
Stadium Seating

Menaka

Rambha

35mm
Air-Conditioned
DTS, Dolby Digital
Stadium Seating

[edit] Theatre's capacity

Theater Name	Seating Capacity	Single show full collection	One week full capacity
Urvasi 70mm A/C DTS	723	Rs.18,724	Rs.5,24,270
Menaka A/C DTS	504	Rs.11,196	Rs.3,13,488
Rambha 35mm A/C DTS	266	Rs.6,044	Rs.1,69,232

[edit] Movie history

Vijayawada is well known for movies. People in vijayawada show special interest in watching movies. Urvasi theatre being the first 70mm a/c theatre in east coast of Andhra, people from many neighbor cities of vijayawada used to travel only to watch movies in 70mm. Right from the beginning of Urvasi and menaka theaters, they become a home for Hollywood movies. They showed the maximum number of Hollywood movies till date in the city. Bollywood movies also releases in that complex, the states main language telugu films will be showed little less than the Hollywood and Bollywood movies.

[edit] Box Office Records

There are many films which were showed more than 50 days in this complex.
The good the bad and the ugly is the 1st Hollywood film in this complex which was showed more than 100 days
Titanic can be called as the biggest hit movie in the complex ever. Titanic was showed for 189 days succesfully in Urvasi 70mmA/C DTS theatre and was shifted to rambha 35mm A/C DTS theatre, and the total run in the complex for titanic was around 225 days.
Titanic was also the highest grosser ever in Urvasi Complex.

                        ALL TIME Top 5 Grossers in Urvasi Complex

Year	Title	Language	Theatre	Number of days showed	Gross collection	Other Notes
1998	Titanic	English	Urvasi 70mm A/C DTS	189 days	Rs.72,65,680	Shifted from Urvasi to rambha on 190th day and total run was around 225 days
1998	SamaraSimhaReddy	Telugu	Urvasi70mm A/C DTS	175 days	Rs.71,46,464	Electric Lightening was arranged around the screen for the songs and key scenes of the movie.
1994	Premalayam	Telugu( Hindi Dubbed)	Urvasi 70mm A/c	175 days	Rs.54,91,762	Electric Lightening was arranged around the screen for the songs of the movie.
2003	Jayam	Telugu	Urvasi 70mm A/C DTS	105 days	Rs.53,96,267
2000	Chirunavvutho	Telugu	Urvasi 70mm A/C DTS	149 days	Rs.50,92,370