Vijayadasami (film)
Vijayadasami is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. Samudra and produced by Edara Rangarao under Sai Sarvajit Movies banner. A remake of the 2005 Tamil-language film Sivakasi, the film features Kalyan Ram, Vedhika and Saikumar in the leading roles. Vedhika made her Telugu cinema debut with this film, while Srikanth Deva also composed the music for Sivakasi that was reused in this film. The story was written by Perarasu who also wrote and directed the original film, while the Paruchuri brothers wrote the dialogues. Ram Prasad handled the cinematography, while Nandamuri Hari edited the film and Stun Siva choreographed the action sequences.[2] Kalyan Ram decided to star in the film after watching the Tamil original in Vizag.[3] The film was shot at a specially erected street set in Ramanaidu Cine Village, Hyderabad.[4] The climax scenes were shot for a week at Ramoji Film City.[5]
| Vijayadasami | |
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| Directed by | V. Samudra |
| Produced by | Edara Rangarao |
| Written by | Perarasu |
| Story by | Perarasu |
| Based on | Sivakasi (Tamil) |
| Starring | Kalyan Ram Vedhicka Saikumar |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva |
| Cinematography | Ram Prasad |
| Edited by | Nandamuri Hari |
Production company | Sai Sarvajit Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
The film follows Sivakasi, a welder who is forced to reveal his tragic past after being attacked by his girlfriend Devi's suspecting brothers. He now must confront his evil brother Durga Prasad who ruined his life years ago as a child.
The film was released on 21 September 2007, receiving negative reviews from critics.[6][7][8] It was a commercial failure, and Kalyan Ram himself was not satisfied with the film's execution by Samudra.[9] The film had an international DVD release on 25 April 2008.[10] During a Facebook live session in 2018, Kalyan Ram said he regretted doing this film because he wasn't confident about it but had to take it in spite of demanding changes that weren't made.[11]
Cast
- Kalyan Ram as Sivakasi
- Vedhika as Devi
- Saikumar as Durga Prasad
- Suman as Chennamaneni Rajeswara Rao
- Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
- Jayasudha
- Brahmanandam
- Srinivasa Reddy
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Simran in a guest appearance in "Cine Tara"
- Nayantara appears in a cameo through footage from Sivakasi
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Srikanth Deva and released by Aditya Music. All of the songs were reused from Sivakasi.
| Vijayadasami | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 29:52 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Srikanth Deva | |||
| Srikanth Deva chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Raa Raa" | Abhinaya Srinivas | Shankar Mahadevan | 5:25 |
| 2. | "Arey Kalyana" | Abhinaya Srinivas | Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram | 4:46 |
| 3. | "Idho Oka" | Ananta Sriram | Sujatha, Harish Raghavendra | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Deepavali" | Eshwar Teja | Naveen, Vasundhara Das | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Devathaku" | Guru Charan | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:31 |
| 6. | "Cine Tara" | Velpula Venkatesh | Mano, Swarnalatha | 5:33 |
| Total length: | 29:52 | |||
Release
The film had a low-key release and earned mixed reviews, with a critic from Indiaglitz.com stating "it appeared to be a routine commercial film with mass elements sans any masala".[6] Another critic from FullHyderabad.com called the film "archaic" and stated "stay away from this one - else, it will stay with you for a long while".[7] Likewise, a reviewer from GreatAndhra.com stated the film "turned up dull on a whole" and that "it smells old in story line and also out dated in narration".[8]
References
- "Watch Vijayadasami". Prime Video.
- "Title Announcement - Vijaya Dasami". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- "Audio launch - Vijaya Dasami". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 23 August 2007.
I saw Sivakasi film in Vizag and felt that I should do this film.
- "Massive set for Kalyan Ram!". Sify.com. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
- "'Vijayadasami' shoots climax at RFC". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- "Vijayadasami review. Vijayadasami Telugu movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com".
- "Vijayadasami Movie Review".
- "'Vijayadasami': Old Story Line With Outdated Screenplay".
- "Kalyan Ram Worried And Running Behind Him". Greatandhra.com.
- "Description - Vijayadasami". njmtv.com.
- "Nandamuri Kalyan - Statement at 24:05". Facebook. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
I regret doing probably two films. There are two films that I regret doing. One is Sher and one is Vijayadasami. There were a lot of planning problems and there were lot of issues that were happening. I was not that confident when I was doing the film.