Deepavali (2008 film)

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Deepavali
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DVD cover
Directed byHari Babu
Written byDiamond Ratnababu (dialogues)
Screenplay byHari Babu
Story byHari Babu
Produced byTeegala Kripakar Reddy
Starring Venu Thottempudi
Megha Nair
Aarti Agarwal
CinematographyPrasad K.
Edited byRamgopal Reddy
Music by Vandemataram Srinivas
Production
company
AAA Arts
Release date
  • 24 July 2007 (2007-07-24) [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Deepavali is a 2008 Indian romantic drama film directed by Hari Babu and starring Venu Thottempudi, Megha Nair and Aarti Agarwal.

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Plot

A man falls in love with a woman while traveling to Delhi. [2]

Cast

Production

Cast and crew

The film began production in November 2007. [3] Ernakulam-based model Megha Nair made her debut with this film. [4] The film was shot prior to Aarti Agarwal's marriage although it released afterwards. [3] Ogeti Ramana was supposed to be the music director before he was replaced with Vandemataram Srinivas. [4]

Filming

The film began shoot in Secunderabad. [5] Most of the film was shot in a single schedule. [3] Some of the songs were shot in foreign locations in Southeast Asia. [3] The climax scene was shot for three days at an aluminum factory in Gachibowli in May 2008 with Master Vijay choreographing the stunts. [6] As of 24 May 2008, the entire film was shot except for a song. [6]

Music

Deepavali
Soundtrack album by
Released2008
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length24:56
LanguageTelugu
Label Aditya Music
Vandemataram Srinivas chronology
Citizen
(2008)
Deepavali
(2008)
Anjani Putrudu
(2009)

The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. [7] The audio release function was planned to be held on 25 June 2008. [8] It was eventually held on 28 June 2008 with Tammareddy Bharadwaja releasing the audio CD. [4]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Japanu Cheera" Ranjith Govind, Geetha Madhuri 5:01
2."Masaka Masaka - Remix" Suchitra 5:19
3."Ye Nimisham"Venu, Geetha Madhuri4:06
4."Tuhi Mera Dil" Karthik, Pranavi5:28
5."Chiruraku Kommallo" Karunya, Pranavi5:02
Total length:24:56

Release

The film was planned to release in June 2008. [6] The film was eventually released on 26 November 2008 alongside R. Narayana Murthy's Devarakonda Veerayya and Nagendra Babu's Ek Police. [1]

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