Evare Athagadu

Evare Athagadu is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language film directed by P. Bhanu Shankar and starring Vallabha, Priyamani, Jaya Sheel, and K. Viswanath. This was the debut film for both Priyamani and Vallabha, the son of Telugu film producer, K. S. Rama Rao.^[1] The film's story is based on an unreleased novel by Balabhadrapatruni Ramani.^[2]

Evare Athagadu
Film poster
Directed by	P. Bhanu Shankar
Written by	Marudhuri Raja (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	P. Bhanu Shankar
Story by	Balabhadrapatruni Ramani
Produced by	Gemini Kiran
Starring	Vallabha Priyamani Jaya Seal
Cinematography	R. Ramesh Babu
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Distributed by	Anandi Arts
Release date	11 January 2003 (2003-01-11)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Sunny (Vallabha) and Sneha (Jaya Seal) are childhood friends. When Sunny joins Sneha's event management company, he falls in love with her. In a flashback narration, Sneha reveals the sad experiences of her life.

As time passes, Sneha begins to fall in love with Sunny but is hesitant to tell him. Meanwhile, Sunny leaves for the United States, where he meets Rekha (Priyamani) and proposes to her. Sneha is shocked to see Sunny engaged to Rekha upon his return but agrees to be the event manager for his wedding. Sunny soon realizes Sneha's love for him.

Cast

• Vallabha as Sunny
• Priyamani as Rekha
• Jaya Seal as Sneha
• K. Viswanath as Rekha's grandfather
• Tanikella Bharani
• Ahuti Prasad
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
• Brahmanandam
• L. B. Sriram
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Sunil
• Chitram Srinu
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Subbaraya Sharma
• Delhi Rajeswari
• Sana
• Ramya Sri
• Apoorva
• Suman Setty
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao

Production

The film's muhurat shot took place on 24 August 2003. This is the second film of P. Bhanu Shankar, whose first film was Manamiddaram featuring Venu.^[1]

Soundtrack

Evare Athagadu
Soundtrack album by M. M. Keeravani
Released	2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	34:45
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	M. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Yuva Rathna (2002) Evare Athagadu (2003) Ee Abbai Chala Manchodu (2003)

Soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani and released on Aditya Music.^[3]

All tracks are written by Veturi.

Track-List

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Prema Yenthha Goppadi"	K. K., Ganga Sitharasu	5:07
2.	"Setaramula Kalyanam"	M. M. Keeravani	5:09
3.	"Nathicharami"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra	5:11
4.	"Ee Jagame Oka Aakasam"	S. P. B. Charan	5:01
5.	"Evaramma Athagadu"	S. P. B. Charan, Sri Vardhini	4:33
6.	"Pelli Kodaka"	Sri Vardhini, Karthik	5:08
7.	"Vana Vana"	Tippu, Kalpana	4:36
Total length:			34:45

Reception

A critic from The Hindu praised the performances of the cast and added that "The film is technically strong both in Keeravani's music score and Rameshbabu's photography".^[4]