Ulagam Sutrum Valiban Records Part II

Ulagam Sutrum Valiban was released without posters because the then Government increased the Tax on posters and also increased the Entertainment Tax. (This invisible killer destroyed most of the Tamil film heroes of that time including Ravichandran, Muthuraman, A.V.M.Rajan, Gemini Ganesan, S.S.Rajendran etc. and also Mu.Ka.Muthu the most touted hero to replace MGR) the survivors were MGR and Sivaji Ganesan, who had large fan followers.

Here are few paper cuttings from 1973 giving the insight of the record created by Ulagam Sutrum Valiban.:



Eleventh Week record paper cutting:
Hail the Hero - Unparalleled in the annals of Tamil Cinema - MGR's Ulagam Sutrum Valiban, never before such popularity.
Devi paradise 67 days or 201 all shows house full
Meenakshi (Madurai) 241 days Houseful shows
Agasthya and Uma and all over the South

Another Eleventh Week record this is from Thenagam paper dated 17.8.1973 note all the theatres mentioned here are from rest of Tamil Nadu and not Chennai.
Pandi - Thena,
Vellore - Lakshmi Theatre,
Kovai - Raja,
Erode - Central,
Madurai - Sri Meenakshi,
Dindukal - N.V.G.B.
Trichy - Palace,
Thanjavur - Raja Kalaiarangam,
Mayavaram - Gomathi,
Kumbakonam - Noor Mahal,
Karur - Thinappa,
Pattukottai - Murugayya,
Thirunelveli - Central,
Tutucorin - Charles,
Nagercoil - Pioneer Muthu,
Salem - Sangam.



Creating History in Box Office Record

11th week in Capital - Colombo, Sridhar - Yazhnagar, Vijaya - Matunagar

Magnificent Silver Jubilee movie Gloriousness of World of Tamil Cinema an Exemplar to the World MGR's Ulagam Sutrum Valiban.




To be continued