Devadasu (2006 film)

Devadasu is a Tollywood romantic comedy film that released on 11 January 2006 and was directed and produced by YVS Chowdary. The film features the debutants Ram and Ileana D'Cruz playing the main lead roles, Sayaji Shinde plays the negative role, and Shriya Saran plays a special appearance. This film also won 2 Filmfare Awards South. This film was both Ram's and Ileana D'Cruz's debut film as the newcomers. The movie was dubbed in Malayalam as Devdas and remade in Bengali as Paglu (2011). "Loveyatri" is a Hindi film based on Devadasu. Later it was dubbed in Hindi as Sabse Bada Dilwala on Action Tadka India Youtube channel.

Devdas
Directed byY.V.S Chowdary
Produced byY.V.S Chowdary
Written byY.V.S Chowdary(story & screenplay)
Chintapalli Ramana (Dialogues )
StarringRam
Ileana D'Cruz
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
Budget₹7 crore (US$980,000)
Box office₹14 crore (US$2.0 million)

Plot

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

Crew
  • Director: Y.V.S Chowdary
  • Producer: Y.V.S Chowdary
  • Story: Y.V.S Chowdary
  • Screenplay: M.S Prakash
  • Dialogues: Chintapalli Ramana
  • Action Director: Vijay
  • Music: Chakri
  • Lyrics: Sirivennela & Chandrabose
  • Director of Photography: Bharani K. Dharan
  • Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
  • Choreographers: Tara, Brinda, Rajasekhar, Rakesh, & Krishna Reddy
  • Art Director: Anand Sai

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakri and released by Aditya Music.

Devadasu
Soundtrack album by
Chakri
Released27 November 2005
Recorded2005
GenreSoundtrack
Length49:19
LabelAditya Music
ProducerChakri
Chakri chronology
Bhageeratha
(2005)		 Devadasu
(2005)		 Chukkallo Chandrudu
(2006)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Bangaram"ChandraboseChakri, Revathi5:19
2."Kshaminchu"ChandraboseKousalya5:19
3."Nuvvantene Istham"ChandraboseChakri5:55
4."Adigi Adagaleka"ChandraboseKarthik, Sujatha Mohan5:18
5."Kurrallu"ChandraboseMalathy Lakshman4:45
6."Telusa"ChandraboseCherri, Revathi1:30
7."Oka Nestham"ChandraboseKarthik , Tina Kamal4:40
8."Aye Babu"ChandraboseAnushka Manchanda4:54
9."Gundelni Pindedhi"ChandraboseChakri , Vishwa4:12
10."Idigidigo"ChandraboseSimha, Venu2:18
11."Mayadari Chinnodu"ViswaVijaya Lakshmi5:09
Total length:49:19

Box office performance
  • The film's total gross is around Rs.17 crores.[1]
  • This film ran for 175 days in 17 theatres,[2] including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, Hyderabad.[3]

Awards
  • Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South - Ram
  • Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South - Ileana D'Cruz

References
  1. 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
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