Credits
Banner: Sri Saideva Productions
Cast: Venkatesh, Trisha, Sreeram, Kota, K Viswanath, Colors Swathy, Sunil, Jeeva, Prasad Babu, Suman Setty, Anant, GV, Melkote, Rajeswari, Vinaya Prasad, Mumaith Khan & Meghanaa Naidu.
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Editing: Anthony, Kola Bhaskar
Art Direction: Narayana Reddy
Dialogues: Ramesh Gopi
Cinematography: Balamurugan
Story - screenplay - Direction: (Sri Raghava) Selva Raghavan
Producer: NV Prasad & Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar
Release Date: 27 April 2007
Context and Interesting Facts: Saw it on DVD way back nd liked it, songs are now classic and them rewatched for the podcast. It was a feel good movie with amazing performances, classic music, and Venkatesh incredible performance along with superb emotions and relatable content. a terrible ending in my opinion. Why? Well that’s why ya’ll are listening to this podcast right lmao. SO I will explain
Interesting Facts:
- He wrote a story and the longline was about a guy who’s jobless for 10 years, relies on his dad, (aadaru padi oka vyetkhi) for everything, then he meets a girl and it changes his life and changes him was the concept. It’s based on a true story from Selvaraghavan;’s friends life.
- Naga Venkata Ashoka Kumar and NV Prasad wanted to make a movie with Selvaraghavan in their banner and already produced Vasantham. He said im busy we will make this movie later
- Then he came to Hyderabad to narrate the story to Venkatesh but he was already so busy and committed to movies with Gautham Menon and Raghavendra Rao and said we will do this movie later for sure after they are
- Then Selvaraghavan got busy with 7G Brindavan Colony but Venkatesh came as chief guest for that movie opening and almost after 2 years, Venkatesh called Selvaraghavn and after Lakshmi movie, he had not signed any movie
- Feb 3rd, 2006 muhurtham of this movie in Rama Naidu studious and Chiranjeevi was the chief guest, filming was supposed to end of that month. But then Sonia Agarwal marriage happened and she said she doesnt want to do movies anymore. Then a new hunt for the heroine began, tried a lot of people and then selected Jyothika, July 20th, 2006 regular shooting began and they thought of releasing the movie for Sankranthi 2007.
- But at that same time, Jyothika’s marriage to Suriya was fixed and set so she returned the advance she got from the producers and dropped out of the film. Another 1 month gap in filming. Then Trisha was selected as the heroine and then Venky signed Tulasi with Boyaoati. Originally Trisha sister character was supposed to be done by a new girl but then she was replaced by Colors program fame Swathi. She was in her degree final year.
- From September 2006, filming finally began with no problems. Rama Naidu studios, Ramoji Film City, a little in New Zealand, Nanakramguda big house set they constructed but I think it’s the same one from Athadu but could be wrong. Village scenes were done in Rajahmundry and then office scenes were shot in a company building in Bangalore,
- When filming Tulasi interval fight, Venkatesh got a shoulder injury so filming was stopped for another 1 month. Only after he recovered they resumed filming, and filmed wrapped in end of March 2006. March 28th, 2006 audio was launched and it became a super hit. April 27th, 2007 the movie was released in 267 centers being a class movie.
- Box office run 200 days in 50 centers, 100 days in 21 centers, ran for 100 days in 2 theaters in Vijaywada, Apsara theater collections 56 lakhs gross for a class movie was huge. Vijaywada city gross was 1 crores 20 lakhs, and was the highest grossing Telugu movie in Vijaywada for the year 2007
- Vizaj Jyothi theater 50 lakhs gross, Gajuvaka 33 lakhs gross, Guntur Saraswathi 47 lakhs, Rajahmundry Shyamala theater 40 lakhs,
- Final collections was 20 crores share and was in the top 6 highest grossing movies of the year. Another super hit in Venkatesh’s career.
