Karthikeya (film)

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Karthikeya
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Film poster
Directed by Chandoo Mondeti
Written byChandoo Mondeti
Produced byVenkata Srinivas
Starring Nikhil Siddhartha
Swati Reddy
Tanikella Bharani
Rao Ramesh
Jayaprakash
Cinematography Karthik Gattamneni
Edited by Karthika Srinivas
Music by Shekar Chandra
Production
company
Magnus Cine Prime
Release date
  • 24 October 2014 (2014-10-24)
Running time
124 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹4–6 crore [2] [3] [4]
Box officeest.₹20 crore [5] [3]

Karthikeya is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Chandoo Mondeti. The film features Nikhil Siddhartha, Swati Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh, and Jayaprakash in prominent roles. The film was produced by Venkata Srinivas on Magnus Cine Prime banner. Shekar Chandra composed the film's music while Karthik Ghattamaneni and Karthika Srinivas were its cinematographer and editor respectively. The film revolves around a closed Karthikeya temple in the village of Subrahmanyapuram and showcases the life of a curious medico Karthik who investigates the mystery surrounding the temple. [6] [7]

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An incident which happened in Talupulamma Temple in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh inspired Chandoo Mondeti to pen the story of Karthikeya. [8] The film was launched on 10 June 2013 at Hyderabad and its Principal photography began on 5 July 2013 which lasted until 21 February 2014. It was shot in Visakhapatnam, Araku, and Kumararama temple in Samarlakota in Andhra Pradesh. [9] [10] [11] Nearly half of the film was shot in Tamil Nadu including Kumbakonam. [12] [13] After few postponements, the film released on 24 October 2014 as a Diwali release to positive reviews from critics, [14] and collected more than ₹20 crore , on a budget of ₹4–6 crore . [3] [2] [4] [5]

At the 62nd Filmfare Awards South, the film was nominated in four categories. At the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards, the film received one win out of four nominations. Following the film's success, a sequel titled, Karthikeya 2 , was announced by Mondeti in late 2019 and released on 13 August 2022. [15] [16]

Plot

In a village called Subrahmanyapuram, an old temple belonging to Subrahmanya Swami gets closed because of some mysterious deaths, supposedly by a snake bite. Whoever arrives to investigate this matter also gets killed. Karthikeya is a medical student who does not believe in supernatural powers. He analyzes everything using science and logic. He visits Subrahmanyapuram for a medical camp, along with his love interest Valli. Karthikeya gets curious about the closed temple and gathers some information about it to solve the mystery. Karthikeya finds a diary written by a person named Shankar, an Endowments Department (ED) official, who previously researched about the temple and its mystery, but Shankar was killed by a snake bite in the same building where Karthikeya and his friends were currently residing for the camp.

Around the same time, the snake tries to kill Karthikeya, but Karthikeya escapes each time, and takes the snake to a herpetologist. The herpetologist reveals that the snake was hypnotized by someone to kill Karthikeya. Karthikeya meets Valli's father, who happens to be a priest at the temple, to find out about the history of the temple. They leave for Tanjavur to find out that the temple is built very uniquely by the great architect Viswakarma and the family heirloom of the king that ruled that area, a diamond was placed at the feet of the Lord in such a way that on Karthika Pournami, the moon's rays fall on the feet of the Lord and the diamond reflects it back with 1000 times more intensity.

Karthikeya returns to the village and finds out that Tayattu, a cook/helper in his temporary residence at Subrahmanyapuram, was a part of the gang trying to kill him. Tayattu tries to escape, but is later killed, where Karthikeya goes into the temple at night, which is coincidentally also the night of Karthika Pournami. He finds an ED officer named Prudhvi Raj in the temple and realises that he is the mastermind behind the whole conspiracy. Prudhvi tries to attack Karthikeya, but at the same time, the diamond reflects the moon's rays and the whole village realises that the Lord is still in the temple. Karthikeya, along with his friends, interrogates Prudhvi, who reveals that the temple had attracted some foreigners who had learnt about the diamond in the temple.

Prudhvi Raj decides to steal the diamond from the temple by making everyone believe that a curse is laid on the temple in which everyone will die due to the snake bite. He sought Tayattu's help to develop a snake venom shot and had used snake hypnosis to strike fear into the villagers' hearts. Prudhvi Raj is arrested by the police, but later dies in prison due to snake bite. Karthikeya returns to Hyderabad where he completes his graduation and receives his MBBS degree at the convocation, where he leaves for Goa with his friends to investigate about a cave.

Cast

Production

Development

When I visited a popular temple called Talupulamma Thalli near Tuni, I heard about an incident that apparently happened there. Interestingly the temple closes at 7 pm and nobody dares to go near the temple after that. Once a family visited the temple and a child got left back inside the temple. The temple authorities did not allow the family to go inside as the temple was closed. They went inside the next morning and got the child out and he was fine. However, I was told, one person from the family had tried to enter the temple at night without anyone’s knowledge and he went missing! That incident inspired me to write Karthikeya.

 — Chandoo Mondeti on the inspiration behind the story of Karthikeya. [8]

An incident which happened in Talupulamma Thalli Temple in Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh inspired Chandoo Mondeti to pen the story of Karthikeya.

After Swamy Ra Ra , Nikhil Siddhartha signed his next film to be directed by his friend Chandoo Mondeti in which he was supposed to play "a smart, well educated, suave young man studying MBBS". [13] Venkat Srinivas agreed to produce the film under his Magnus Cine Prime banner. Swati Reddy was signed as the lead actress considering her popularity in Tamil and she also appeared in Swamy Ra Ra. [17] Tanikella Bharani revealed that he would be seen as Swati's father. [18] The principal cast of the film further consists of Rao Ramesh, Jayaprakash, Kishore and Tulasi. [18] Shekar Chandra was announced as the film's music composer.

Nikhil noted in an interview, "When I was young, films like Bhairava Dweepam and Aditya 369 fascinated me. Later I liked watching Sherlock Holmes. That character was curious and inquisitive. Karthikeya is all about mystery and adventure; it’s a light-hearted subject." [19] For his role, Nikhil had to gain 10 kgs weight. His research for the role involved spending time with medical students and doctors before the shooting. He also had to overcome his fear of injections and blood to pull off the character. [20]

Filming

Kumararama temple at Samarlakota, one of the shooting locations of the film. Kumararama, Samarlakota.jpg
Kumararama temple at Samarlakota, one of the shooting locations of the film.

The film was launched on 10 June 2013 in Hyderabad with N. Lingusamy, Sudheer Varma and Parasuram in attendance. [21] The makers also unveiled the title and film's logo the same day during the launch, with the team further announced that majority of the film will be shot in Visakhapatnam, Araku, and Kumararama temple in Samarlakota in Andhra Pradesh. [9] Principal photography began on 5 July 2013 with the first schedule of the film took place the same day and completed within 31 July. [22]

The film's second schedule took place on 4 August and was wrapped up by 29 August 2013, with scenes on the lead pair including two songs were shot. [23] In early October 2014, the film was shot in and around Kumbakonam including a Subramanya Swamy temple there. By then 70% of the film's shoot was wrapped up. [13] The film's final schedule commenced on 15 November 2013 on whose completion the film's shoot was expected to end. [24] The film was also shot in Bobbili and Pondicherry. [20] On 4 February 2014 a press release confirmed that the filming is complete except for one song. [25] Filming ended nearly on 21 February 2014 and post-production work began. [11] CG works were in progress during mid-April 2014. [18] In July 2014, it was known that nearly 50% of the film was shot in and around Tamil Nadu. [12]

Music

Karthikeya
Soundtrack album To Karthikeyaby
Shekar Chandra
Released28 May 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length18:52
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer Shekar Chandra
Shekar Chandra chronology
Boochamma Boochadu
(2014)		Karthikeya
(2014)		 Brother of Bommali
(2014)

Shekar Chandra composed the film's soundtrack and background score. Lyrics for the Telugu version of the soundtrack were written by Ramajogayya Sastry, Vanamali and Krishna Chaitanya, whilst the soundtrack of its dubbed Tamil version Karthikeyan, had lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Mani Amudhavan and Nandhalala. The soundtrack of the Telugu version was launched at Hyderabad on 28 May 2014. [26] The soundtrack of the Tamil version was launched at Chennai on 18 June 2014. [27] Both the versions were marketed by Aditya Music.

Reviewing the soundtrack The Times of India wrote "All in all, Shekhar Chandra tunes are youthful and fresh. The tunes can easily generate interest among music lovers" and rated the album 3 out of 5. [28] IndiaGlitz wrote "Shekar Chandra's new album lives up to the expectations. Karthikeya, starring Swathi and Nikhil, has six songs in total and has a range of singers regaling us with their renditions. Ramajogayya Sastry and Krishna Chaitanya pen the songs and the lyrics are as good as the vocals." [29]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Prasnante" Ramajogayya Sastry Benny Dayal 3:51
2."Saripovu" Vanamali Haricharan 4:04
3."Inthalo Ennenni Vinthalo" (Male) Krishna Chaitanya Naresh Iyer 4:20
4."Punnami Vennelake"Ramajogayya Sastry Haricharan 2:45
5."Inthalo Ennenni Vinthalo" (Female)Krishna Chaitanya Chinmayi 2:31
6."Rise of Karthikeya"– Shekar Chandra 1:21
Total length:18:52

Release

The film was initially slated for a December 2013 release. [30] But due to extensive production delays, the film was postponed to 1 August 2014. [31] After being delayed due to several reasons, the makers announced 10 October 2014 was announced as the release date. [32] It was finally postponed to 24 October 2014 clashing with the Telugu dubbed versions of Poojai , Happy New Year , Ishq Wala Love and also with a Telugu film I Am In Love making it a Diwali release. [33] The film released in 350 screens in its first week and 30-40 screens were added in early November 2014 while the shows in Prasads IMAX were increased to 10 from 3 with effect from 29 October 2014. Meanwhile, Nikhil said that the release date of the Tamil version Karthikeyan will be announced soon, although not being released in Tamil. [34] 150 Additional screens were added from its second Friday, 31 October. [35] N. Lingusamy bought the film's Tamil rights while a Malayalam dubbed version was planned. [13] The satellite rights were sold to Gemini TV for an amount of ₹1.5 crore. [36]

Marketing

A 90 seconds teaser was launched on 1 December 2013 at Hyderabad. [37] The first look poster featuring Nikhil Siddhartha and the temple was unveiled on 5 February 2014. [38] The first look posters of Tamil version titled Karthikeyan were unveiled on 5 March 2014. [39] On 18 October 2014 the making video of the film's posters was released. [40] On 21 October 2014, Nikhil and the film's unit conducted a publicity tour in five towns viz. Guntur, Vijayawada, Eluru, Rajahmundry and Kakinada to paste the first release posters of the movie respectively. [41] Nikhil, Swati and Chandoo promoted the film on the talk show Ali Talkies hosted by comedian Ali. [42]

Reception

Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Hemanth Kumar of The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The good thing about the film is that it sticks to its storyline and everyone seems to know what they are doing. Karthikeya is one of the finer films made in the recent past and in times like these, that in itself is like a big compliment." [43] 123Telugu.com rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated, "On the whole, Karthikeya is one of the most refreshing films in the recent past. Novel concept, gripping screenplay, Nikhil’s performance and cleverly designed suspense elements make this film different from others, and ends up as quite an engaging watch this weekend." [44] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated it 3.25 out of 5 stars wrote, "Actor Nikhil and producer should be appreciated for agreeing to do a film that is different from regular Telugu movies. Supported by a neat screenplay and a bit of comedy, debutant director Chandoo Mondeti delivers a decent movie. Additional plus point of the movie is runtime. The minus points of the movie are slow-paced narration. The family drama and romance didn’t work well. On a whole, Karthikeya is a different yet interesting movie." [45] Suresh Kavirayani of Deccan Chronicle rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Despite its drawbacks ‘Karthikeya’ is a very refreshing film and Chandu Mondeti's debut can be termed a success. It is a thriller with tight screenplay a new story. Whoever feels bored with the regular song-dance masala films, should watch this thriller for a change." [46] Oneindia Entertainment and IndiaGlitz both rated it 3 out of 5 stars and called the film a one time watch. [47] [48]

Sify wrote "Overall Karthikeya is different from regular commercial movies that dot the Telugu screen. Like we said it is a suspense thriller that mixes bhakti and rational thinking quite well to large extent and we do appreciate the producer and the actor Nikhil for attempting something novel". [49] Y. Sunita Chowdary of The Hindu wrote, "The narration is good, keeps the curiosity factor alive. There is sufficient humour and romance to keep the film balanced and the story is about the crime but about the mindset of the criminal who uses a clever mix of science and religion to plan a brilliant murder". [50]

Box office

Karthikeya got a brilliant opening at the worldwide box office on its first day. [51] The film collected approximately ₹2.35 crore at the Indian box office in the first weekend of 3 days and ₹75.6 lakh at USA box office taking its three-day total to ₹3.1 crore nett thus recovering more than 50% of its production cost. [4] The film collected ₹10 crore in its first week at the Global Box office and entered profit zone. [52] The film cashed in on the mixed response for Current Theega and managed to collect a total of ₹15 crore in 9 days at the Global box office. [35] Despite new releases, the film stood strong by the end of its third weekend and grossed ₹20 crore in 17 days. [5]

Awards and nominations

CeremonyCategoryNomineeResultRef.
62nd Filmfare Awards South Best Film - Telugu Venkat SrinivasNominated [53]
Best Director - Telugu Chandoo MondetiNominated
Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu Vanamali for "Saripovu"Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu Haricharan for "Saripovu"Nominated
4th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutante Producer – TeluguVenkat SrinivasWon [54]
Best Debut Director – Telugu Chandu MondetiNominated
Best Cinematographer – Telugu Karthik GhattamaneniNominated
Best Lyricist – Telugu Vanamali for "Saripovu"Nominated
1st IIFA Utsavam Best Direction – TeluguChandoo MondetiNominated

Sequel

A sequel, Karthikeya 2 was announced in 2019 by the director of the film Chandoo Mondeti. [55] The shooting of the film was launched in March 2020 and was paused for five months due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. [15] [56] The film stars the actors from this film along with some new actors. [57]

Nikhil Siddhartha and Chandoo Mondeti teamed up for Karthikeya in 2014. They took eight years to collaborate again. The sequel Karthikeya 2 hit theaters in 2022. The thriller became a huge hit in Telugu and Hindi languages. Now, fans are demanding the makers make a sequel to it immediately. However, the makers confirm it the third part of the franchise of Kartikeya can only be launched in 2024. [58]

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