Credits
Banner: Anandi Arts Creations
Cast: Uday Kiran, Anita, Tanikella Bharani, Sunil, MS Narayana, Dharmavarapu, Shakuntala, Rallapalli
Music: RP Patnaik
Lyrics: Kula Sekhar
Cinematography: Rasool Ellore
Art: Narayana Reddy
Editing: Shankar
Story, Dialogues, Screenplay & Direction: Teja
Producer: P Kiran
Theatrical Release Date: 10th August 2001
Context: Watched it when I was young and the only reason I remember the movie is Gajuvaka Pilla, even today that’s the only song I liked and remember and of course one of Uday Kiran’s biggest hits, 2nd of the 3. Decided to rewatch it as we are doing all youthful love stories during that time, and it was ROD RA BABU. ROD RAMBOLA.
Interesting Facts:
- After Chitram, director Teja had some many offers, and he got an offer from Venkatesh. He readied the story, artists, tehnciaisna but at that tome Vneky was already committed to Nuvvu Naaku Nachav. Teja felt really bad and since they already had everything set under same production house and everything was ready, one day he was seriously driving the car and road addamga gorrelu tholuthu oka andamaina girl
- Looking at her chiraakly, a man in a Benz car. Seeing this suddenly teja got an idea, he went back and told the producer who was supposed to make the movie with Venkatesh, thats cancelled and instead listen to this story, hero is a millionaire and girl is a gorrelu owning guys daughter and told some scenes. The producer liked it and they put murtham the very next day and started the next day. Dasaradh and Trivikram Srinivas saharakam.
- Besides hero and heroine, entire cast and crew was finalized. First they asked Sumanth, he said no and Madhavan rejected it. Teja was in a dilemma, then Uday Kiran came to mind/ Uday Kiran considers Teja as his godfather, and he came to him asking for next movie advice. Teja was just observing him and Uday Kiran thought hes in some thought and as he got up to leave, Teja told him go to the gym and build a nice body youre the lead of my next movie. Uday Kiran was very excited
- For heroine, they auditioned 100 people. One girl was finalized but he started asking for palana hotel, palana car, and started to do buildup so then Teja looked all the other girls left and asked who’s the cheapest girl here, the girl showed Anita’s photo and Teja said this girl is my heroine you can now leave and told this to that girls face and she got shocked.
- Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Vikarabad entire shoot for completed very quickly.
- Movie had 11 songs and producer asked to remove 3 of them but Teja didnt agree to it. For the movie they wanted to do with Venaktesh, Gajuvaka Pilla had already been composed and they used it for Nuvvu Nenu instead
- The scene where hero’s father wants to get his son married to his lovers daughter was objected by Dasaradh but Teja said high range people are like this only.
- Shooting was completed and 1 crore 60 lakhs budget August 10th release and movie got blockbuster talk from morning shows. Though we have seen such love stories, screenplay really hooked audience in and then songs, emotions everything aakatu kunnayi.
- Mee Pedollu vunnare dialogue became iconic and wherever you went you heard Gajuvaka Pilla
- Movie made Uday Kiran a star hero and fans clubs started around Andhra, Teja became a star director. RP Patnaik became a star music director, Dharmarupu, Vizag Prasad and Telangana SHankuntala all got. Huge break with this film
- Coming to box office details and run, it collected 15 crores share and more than 20 crores gross and caused a sensation. It collected 1 crore gross in a single theater in Hyderabad
- After Narasimha Naidu, Kushi, and Nuvve Kavali, it was 4th highest grossing movie ever after final run ended and Uday Kiran got the record which no star hero had at the time having a top movie in all time highest grossers currently. Late release added it completed 100 days in 70 centers.
- It gave all distributors 10x laabalu. It won 5 Nandi Awards and 4 Filmfare Awards South.
