Credits
Banner: Anjana Productions
Cast: Pawan Kalyan, Meera Jasmine, Natanya Singh (SA), Asish Vidyardhi, Rajan P Dev, Sayaji Shinde, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Ali, Sunil, Venu Madhav, LB Sreeram, Raghu Babu, Tirupati Prakash, Vizag Prasad, Tanikella Bharani, Ponnambalam, Kavitha, Bhuvaneswari & Jyothy
Story - dialogues: Satyanand
Music: Mani Sharma
Lyrics: Seetarama Sastry, Chandrabose & Masterji
Camera: Chota K Naidu
Stunts: Stun Siva, Amin Ghani & Vijay
Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Brinda, Harish Pai
Editing: Yusuf Khan
Art: Anand Sai
Presented by: K Venkat Rao
Screenplay - Action Choreography - Songs Visualization: Pawan Kalyan
Script Consultant: Abbas Tyrewala
Direction: Veera Shankar
Executive Producer: Manyam Ramesh
Producer: K Nagababu
Theatrical release date: 10th September 2004
Context: Saw it on VHS and didn’t remember much, remember the songs they were so good especially Chitti Nadumune choosthunna. OVer the years just remember the movie name but the movie itself. This was another movie I watched during the lockdown and it seemed pointless and I could get a sense of Pawan Kalyan’s attempt at the screenplay but it just felt incomplete. That being said, PK has written screenplay for a film 3 times: Johnny, Gudumba and SGS. Among those 3 obviously Gudumba is the best of the lot. Movie was very funny and entertaining on rewatch but had some flaw
Interesting Facts
- Director Veera Shankar had interest to adapt the novel Venal Aadapilla and wrote a treatment for it. He was worked as assistant to Jodi Ramakrishna Garu and KS Rama Rao have him an offer.
- Then KS Rama Rao talked to Srikanth and they made the film Hello I Love you which as based on Vennello Aadapilla. It was a flop at the box office but got Veera Shankar a good name in the industry.
- Then Pawan Kalyan watched the movie and really liked it and gave him an offer to do a movie with him. Veera Shankar narrated a story around Tholi Prema Thammudu time but Pawan requested some changes which Veera Shankar didnt make and he kept quiet and got busy and made Vijayaramaju with Srihari
- He met Pawan Kalyan again after that movie released and Pawan Kalyan didnt even listen to the story said you are doing a movie for Anjana Productions.
- They actual were supposed to work on a film called Tiger Sitaramudu there are even posters of it. 1st half takes place in a forest, 2nd half takes place in foreign. Pawan liked it a lot and an official statement was put in the papers. At the time a movie called Kauravudu was released with Naga Babu and became a disaster adhukovadaniki ee cinema nirthamatha gaa pettadu pawan.
- Then February 2004, filming started for Gudumba Shankar. Annapurna Studios, Padmalaya, Ramanaidu Studios, Ramoji Film City, Vikarabad and other parts of Hyderabad filming happened. Filming happened very smoothly and jovially.
- Audio was released in July or August and became a huge hit. When fans heard the title gudumba Shankar, they expected a mass entertainer with baasha type flashback and huge expectations and expectations were at peak as it was releasing after Johnny and it was thought to be the comeback movie.
- September 10th, 2004 movie released in 400 centers among huge fanfare as with any Pawan Kalyan movie back in the day and fans were disappointed.
- Box office details are made with 6 crores excluding Pawan’s salary, sold for 16 crores pre release business, distributors who lost with Johnny were given Gudumba at low prices in some places to get some profits.
- 1st movie to cross more than 1 crore share on opening day in Nizam, first week share 8 crores share one of the highest opening at that time. 5 weeks later Shankar Dada MMBS released and replaced gudumba Shankar in many screens. It ran for 50 days in 82 centers direct and added and unfortunately didnt complete 100 days in any centers.
- Overall it collected 13.5 crores share and remained average. It was low for a PK movie collections because Kushi had collected around 22 crores around that time.
