Ever Green record for a Kannada movie that has been re-released 550 times

Re-release is the most talked about thing in Tollywood in recent times... The audience is also very interested in watching the blockbuster movies again on the silver screen. The movies of that time were upgraded with new technology and released again. Some films have already been re-released two to three times. But, would you believe that a movie has been re-released more than 550 times simultaneously? Although this news seems surprising, it is true.

'Om' directed by Upendra in Kannada created this record. Shivrajkumar acted as hero in this film. Prema is the heroine in this. The film was released on 19 May 1995. Even after almost 30 years, the craze for this film has not decreased at all. So far it has created a record as a film that has been re-released 550 times simultaneously. It also holds a place in the Limca Book of Records as the most re-released Indian film.

For this film, many criminals who worked in the underworld were brought in as well as the accused. They were brought out of jail on bail only for the film Om. It also contains some hard foams. It became a sensation at that time. At that time, to make this film, Rs. 70 lakhs is reported to have been spent. 'Om' is the all-time record for most re-releases of 35 times at Kapil Theatre, Bengaluru.

1996 Karnataka State Awards for Best Actor Sivarajkumar and Actress Prema. Upendra also won the award for best screenplay writer. Shivrajkumar won Filmfare as the best actor from South India with the movie Om. In 2015, the makers put the digital rights of 'Om' up for sale and Uday TV bought it for Rs 10 crore. Rajasekhar has remade this movie which created so much history in Telugu with the name 'Omkaram'. This movie also received good success here. Rajasekhar's acting was given good marks in this. Sunny Deol and Juhee Chawla remade it in Bollywood as 'Arjun Pandit'.