Devadasu (2006 film)
2006 film by Y. V. S. Chowdary From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Devadasu is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Y. V. S. Chowdary. The film features the debutants Ram Pothineni and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles while Sayaji Shinde plays the supporting role.
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| Directed by | Y. V. S. Chowdary |
| Written by | Y. V. S. Chowdary Chintapalli Ramana (Dialogues) |
| Produced by | Y. V. S. Chowdary |
| Starring | Ram Pothineni Ileana D'Cruz Sayaji Shinde |
| Cinematography | Bharani K. Dharan |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Chakri |
Release date |
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Running time | 174 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹18 crore[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹40 crore[1] |
Released on 11 January 2006, the film was commercially successful.[1] Both Ram and Ileana won Filmfare Awards South for Best Debut. The film was remade in Bengali language as Paglu (2011) [2] and Hindi as Loveyatri (2018). It was later dubbed into Malayalam under the same name.[3]
Plot
Devdas is a poor student, while Bhanumati is a rich NRI girl whose father Katamraju is the senator of New York. They fall in love when Bhanu comes to India to learn classical Carnatic music. Coming to know about their love, Katamraju hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but takes his daughter and mother-in-law back to the USA. The rest of the story is how Devdas makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.
Cast
- Ram Pothineni as Devdas, Dev is called by friends
- Ileana D'Cruz as Bhanumati
- Sayaji Shinde as Katamraju
- Rama Prabha as Bhanu's grandmother
- Bhargavi as SRR College student
- Venu Madhav as Dev's friend
- M. S. Narayana
- Manuel Drieschmanns as Embassy employee
- Shriya Saran as herself (Cameo)
- Y. V. S. Chowdary as himself (Cameo)
- Chakri as himself (Cameo)
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Chakri and released by Aditya Music with lyrics written by Sirivennela and Chandrabose.
| Devadasu | ||||
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| Released | 27 November 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 49:19 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Chakri | |||
| Chakri chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bangaram" | Chandrabose | Chakri, Revathi | 5:19 |
| 2. | "Kshaminchu" | Chandrabose | Kousalya | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Nuvvantene Istham" | Chandrabose | Chakri | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Adigi Adagaleka" | Chandrabose | Karthik, Sujatha Mohan | 5:18 |
| 5. | "Kurrallu" | Chandrabose | Malathy Lakshman | 4:45 |
| 6. | "Telusa" | Chandrabose | Cherri, Revathi | 1:30 |
| 7. | "Oka Nestham" | Chandrabose | Karthik , Tina Kamal | 4:40 |
| 8. | "Aye Babu" | Chandrabose | Anushka Manchanda | 4:54 |
| 9. | "Gundelni Pindedhi" | Chandrabose | Chakri , Vishwa | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Idigidigo" | Chandrabose | Simha, Venu | 2:18 |
| 11. | "Mayadari Chinnodu" | Viswa | Vijaya Lakshmi | 5:09 |
| Total length: | 49:19 | |||
Box office
The film grossed around ₹40 crore.[1] and had a 175-day run in 17 theatres,[4] including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, Hyderabad.[citation needed]
Awards
References
External links
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