Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
2020 Telugu action drama film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo[note 1] (transl. There in Vaikuntapuram), also known by the initialism AVPL, is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language action comedy drama film[6][7] written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles, alongside an ensemble cast of Tabu, Jayaram, Sushanth, Nivetha Pethuraj, Murali Sharma, Samuthirakani, Navdeep, Sunil, Sachin Khedekar, Govind Padmasoorya, Harsha Vardhan, Rohini, Vennela Kishore, Ajay, and Rajendra Prasad.[3] It was produced by Allu Aravind and S. Radha Krishna under their banners Geetha Arts and Haarika & Hassine Creations, respectively.[8] This movie's story is heavily inspired from Sr NTR's Intiguttu(1958) and Manchi Manishi(1964).
Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo | |
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Directed by | Trivikram Srinivas |
Written by | Trivikram Srinivas |
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Cinematography | P. S. Vinod |
Edited by | Naveen Nooli |
Music by | Thaman S |
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Distributed by | Geetha Arts |
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Running time | 165 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹100 crore[2] |
Box office | est.₹262–280 crore [lower-alpha 1] |
Production of the film began in April 2019, and wrapped up in December 2019. It was filmed across Hyderabad, with songs being shot overseas. The film's soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman, while cinematography and editing were handled by P. S. Vinod and Naveen Nooli, respectively. After premiering in the United States on 11 January 2020, the film was released theatrically on 12 January, coinciding with Sankranti.
It opened to highly positive reviews, with praise for performances of the cast, Thaman's music, entertainment value, and Trivikram's writing and direction. It was commercially successful and grossed ₹262–280 crores worldwide. It became one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time and the second highest grossing Indian film of 2020..[3] Thaman won the National Film Award for Best Music Direction. The film also won ten South Indian International Movie Awards including Best Film – Telugu.[9] A Hindi remake titled Shehzada was released on 17 February 2023.