Urvasivo Rakshasivo

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Urvasivo Rakshasivo
Urvasivo Rakshasivo poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRakesh Sashii
Written byRakesh Sashii
Based on Pyaar Prema Kaadhal
by Elan
Produced by Tammareddy Bharadwaja
Dheeraj Mogilineni
Vijay M.
Starring Allu Sirish
Anu Emmanuel
Vennela Kishore
Sunil
Cinematography Tanveer Mir
Edited by Karthika Srinivas
Music by Achu Rajamani
Anup Rubens
Production
companies
Shri Tirumala Production
GA2 Pictures
Release date
  • 4 November 2022 (2022-11-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Urvasivo Rakshasivo is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Rakesh Sashii and produced by GA2 Pictures and Shri Tirumala Production. [1] A remake of the 2018 Tamil language film Pyaar Prema Kaadhal , [2] the film stars Allu Sirish, Anu Emmanuel, and Vennela Kishore. [3] The music was composed by Achu Rajamani and Anup Rubens, with cinematography handled by Tanveer Mir and editing by Karthika Srinivas, respectively.

Contents

The film was released theatrically on 4 November 2022 [4] and has been available for streaming on Aha [5] since 9 December 2022. [6]

Plot

Sree Kumar (Allu Sirish) is a middle-class IT employee with a conservative upbringing. He shares a close bond with his parents, especially his mother, who has a heart ailment. His parents want to see him married and actively seek a bride. Sree Kumar is in love with Sindhuja (Anu Emmanuel), his colleague who is broad-minded. While Sree Kumar pursues her for marriage, she has her eyes set on achieving her dream of owning a restaurant in Paris and prefers a live-in relationship to marriage. If they ever reach a common ground in this conflict of ideologies forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Speaking with Hanuma Kiran of 123Telugu, Rakesh Sashii has said that the original idea of the film was pitched by producer Allu Aravind, which he later developed further. [7]

Music

Urvasivo Rakshasivo
Soundtrack album by
Recorded2021–2022
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer Achu Rajamani
Anup Rubens
Achu Rajamani chronology
Virgin Story
(2022)
Urvasivo Rakshasivo
(2022)
Month of Madhu
(2023)
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Dheemthanana"Purnachary Achu Rajamani Sid Sriram 4:02
2."Mayare"Kasarla Shyam Anup Rubens Rahul Sipligunj 4:06
3."Kalisunte" Krishna Kanth Achu Rajamani Armaan Malik 3:35
4."Seethakoka Chiluka" Sri Mani Achu Rajamani Sri Krishna 4:24
Total length:15:67

Release

Initially, the film was titled Prema Kadanta but was changed to Urvasivo Rakshasivo for undisclosed reasons.[ citation needed ] The film was released in theatres on 4 November 2022. [11] The teaser of the film was released on 29 September 2022. [12] News18 Telugu reported that the film was released in more than 400 movie theaters worldwide. The worldwide theatrical rights were sold for ₹7 crores. [13]

Home Media

The digital streaming rights were acquired by Aha and Netflix and the satellite rights by Gemini TV.

Reception

Paul Nicodemus of The Times of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and called it a "wholesome light hearted entertainer" which has equal amounts of "humour, romance and emotion", also praised the performances and visually pleasing production values. [14] Arvind V of Pinkvilla gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and praised the work by Sashii and further stated that "Allu Sirish has had a sputtering phase and it seems the film under review is going to give his career the much-needed boost". [15] Balakrishna Ganeshan of The News Minute rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Urvasivo Rakshasivo is one of those rare films where the female character is portrayed as bold and given equal importance". [16]

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