Vijayadasami is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. Samudra. A remake of the 2005 Tamil film Sivakasi, it stars Kalyan Ram Nandamuri, Vedhika and Sai Kumar. Vedhika made her Telugu cinema debut with this film, while Srikanth Deva also composed the music for Sivakasi that was reused in this film.
| Vijayadasami | |
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| Directed by | V. Samudra |
| Written by | Perarasu |
| Based on | Sivakasi (Tamil) |
| Produced by | Edara Rangarao |
| Starring | Kalyan Ram Nandamuri Vedhika Sai Kumar |
| Cinematography | C. Ramprasad |
| Edited by | Nandamuri Hari |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva |
Production company | Sai Sarvajit Movies |
| Distributed by | Sai Sarvajit Movies Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 165 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
The film was released on 21 September 2007, receiving negative reviews from critics.[2][3] It was a commercial failure, and Kalyan Ram himself was not satisfied with the film's execution by Samudra.[4] The film had an international DVD release on 25 April 2008.[5] During a Facebook live session in 2018, Kalyan Ram said he regretted doing this film because he was not confident about it but had to take it in spite of demanding changes that weren't made.[6]
Plot
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The film follows Sivakasi, a welder and is in love with a girl called Devi. later, he is forced to reveal his tragic past to his girlfriend after being attacked by her suspecting brothers. He now must confront his brother Durga Prasad who ruined his life years ago as a child.
Cast
edit- Kalyan Ram as Sivakasi/Chennamaneni Shakthi
- Vedhika as Devi
- Sai Kumar as Chennamaneni Durga Prasad
- Suman as Chennamaneni Rajeswara Rao
- Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as 'Hyundai' Hanumanth Rao
- Jayasudha as Chennamaneni Mahalakshmi
- Brahmanandam as PP, Sivakasi's friend
- Rajan P. Dev as Kodanti Koteshwar Rao
- Srinivasa Reddy as Shakthi's friend
- Duvvasi Mohan as Sivakasi's friend
- Suman Setty as Sivakasi's friend
- AVS as Gundu Vinayaka Rao
- Allari Subhashini as Sub-inspector of police
- Lakshmipati as Durga Prasad's right-hand man
- Sravan as Devi's brother
- Pavala Syamala
- Gautam Raju
- Cameo appearance
- Simran as herself in the song "Cine Tara"
- V. Samudra as himself
Production
editThe 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.[7] Kalyan Ram decided to star in the film after watching the Tamil original in Vizag.[8] The film was shot at a specially erected street set in Ramanaidu Cine Village, Hyderabad.[9] The climax scenes were shot for a week at Ramoji Film City.[10]
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Srikanth Deva and released by Aditya Music. All of the songs were reused from Sivakasi. The song “Are Kalyana” is partially inspired by the song “Andhamaina Bhamalu” from the Telugu film Manmadhudu. The song "Idho Oka" is based on Hindi song "Dil To Pagal Hai" from the Hindi film of same name.
| 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
editThe film had a low-key release and earned negative reviews, with a critic from Indiaglitz.com stating "It appeared to be a routine commercial film with mass elements sans any masala".[2] 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".[3] Likewise, a reviewer from Rediff.com stated the film "offers nothing new".[11]
References
edit- ^ "Watch Vijayadasami". Amazon Prime Video.
- ^ a b "Vijayadasami review. Vijayadasami Telugu movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com".
- ^ a b "Vijayadasami Movie Review".
- ^ "Kalyan Ram Worried And Running Behind Him". Greatandhra.com. 15 October 2007.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
- ^ "'Vijayadasami' shoots climax at RFC". Indiaglitz.com. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ^ "Vijayadasami offers nothing new".
External links
edit- Vijayadasami at IMDb
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