Devadasu (2006 film)

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Devdasu
YVS Devadasu 01.tif
Directed byY.V.S Chowdary
Produced byY.V.S Chowdary
Written byY.V.S Chowdary
Chintapalli Ramana (Dialogues)
StarringRam
Ileana
Sayaji Shinde
Music byChakri
CinematographyBharani K. Dharan
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Release date
  • 11 January 2006 (2006-01-11)
Running time
174 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget7 crore[1]
Box officeest. ₹14 crore[1]

Devadasu is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed and produced by YVS Chowdary. The film features the debutants Ram and Ileana in the lead roles while Sayaji Shinde plays supporting role.

Released on 11 January 2006, the film was commercially successful.[1] Both Ram and Ileana won Filmfare Awards South for Best Debut. The film is remade in Bengali as Paglu (2011) and in Hindi as Loveyatri (2018). The film was later Dubbed into Malayalam under the same name.

Plot[edit]

Devdas (Ram) is a poor student, while Bhanumati (Ileana D'Cruz) is a rich NRI girl whose father Katamraju (Sayaji Shinde) 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[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by Chakri and released by Aditya Music with lyrics written by Sirivennela and Chandrabose.

Devadasu
Soundtrack album by
Released27 November 2005
Recorded2005
GenreSoundtrack
Length49:19
LabelAditya Music
ProducerChakri
Chakri chronology
Bhageeratha
(2005)
Devadasu
(2005)
Chukkallo Chandrudu
(2006)
Track list
No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Bangaram"  Chakri, Revathi 5:19
2. "Kshaminchu"  Kousalya 5:19
3. "Nuvvantene Istham"  Chakri 5:55
4. "Adigi Adagaleka"  Karthik, Sujatha Mohan 5:18
5. "Kurrallu"  Malathy Lakshman 4:45
6. "Telusa"  Cherri, Revathi 1:30
7. "Oka Nestham"  Karthik , Tina Kamal 4:40
8. "Aye Babu"  Anushka Manchanda 4:54
9. "Gundelni Pindedhi"  Chakri , Vishwa 4:12
10. "Idigidigo"  Simha, Venu 2:18
11. "Mayadari Chinnodu"  Vijaya Lakshmi 5:09
Total length:
49:19

Box office performance[edit]

The film grossed around ₹14 crore.[1] and had a 175 day-run in 17 theatres,[2] including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, Hyderabad.[3]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Narasimham, M. L. (29 December 2006). "A few hits and many flops". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. "Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of year 2006 - idlebrain.com". Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  3. CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - All Time Long Run List Archived 15 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

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