Devi (1999 film)

Devi
Directed by Kodi Ramakrishna
Produced by M. S. Raju
Story by Sumanth Arts Unit
Starring Prema
Shiju
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography Diwakar
Edited by Tata Suresh
Production
company
Release date
  • 12 March 1999 (1999-03-12)
Country India
Language Telugu

Devi is a 1999 Telugu devotional film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by M. S. Raju. The film stars Prema and Shiju in the lead roles. It was the first Telugu film of Shiju. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad making his debut. The film was released on 12 March 1999 and became successful at the box office.

Cast

Production

M. S. Raju who was reeling under the failure of Street Fighter decided to make a devotional film with a new star cast. He cast Kannada actress Prema and Malayalam actor Shiju in the lead roles. Abu Salim, a police officer from Mangalore was selected for the negative role, while Vanitha, daughter of actor Vijayakumar was selected to play an important character. Sarvjeet was selected to play an important role; the king of snakes [1]

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad making his debut at the age of 19 and he is the youngest music composer as a debutant after Yuvan Shankar Raja who made his first film at the age of 16.[2]

Song TitleSingers
"Anandha Divya" (Bit Version)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Bangaru" (Bit Version)Chorus
"Bhuvi Erugadi" (Bit Version)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Kunkuma Poola"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
"Nee Navve"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sumangali
"Paathala Lokhame"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Pralayaagni" (Bit Version)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Rama Chilukala"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram
"Sharvani Rudhrani"K. S. Chithra
"Sthere Janma" (Bit Version)S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram
*"Veyyi Padagala"Swarnalatha

Release

The film was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil. All the three versions became successful at the box office.[1]

Awards

Nandi Award for Best Child Actor - Master Mahendran

References

  1. 1 2 Jeevi (6 December 2002). "Interview with MS Raju". Idlebrain. Hyderabad. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chitchat with Devi Sri Prasad". Idlebrain. 24 July 2005. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

Devi on IMDb

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