Vasu (film)

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Vasu
Vasu Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by A. Karunakaran
Written byStory & Screenplay:
A. Karunakaran
Dialogues:
Trivikram Srinivas
Produced by K. S. Rama Rao
Starring Venkatesh
Bhumika Chawla
CinematographyR. Ramesh Babu
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by Harris Jayaraj
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 April 2002 (2002-04-10)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Vasu: Voice Of Youth is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language musical romantic comedy film co-written and directed by A. Karunakaran, and produced by K. S. Rama Rao under the Creative Commercials banner. It stars Venkatesh and Bhumika Chawla with music composed by Harris Jayaraj.

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Vasu marked Venkatesh's 50th film as an actor. The film won two Nandi Awards.

Plot

After graduation, Vasu Venkatesh runs a college canteen, and music school and teaches music for seven years to make his living. His father is an IPS officer and he wants Vasu to appear for Civil Services examinations to take up an IPS career. But Vasu has different plans for his future. He dreams of becoming a musician and a singer.

One fine day, a young IPS officer Brahmaji comes to Vasu's place to seek the blessings of Vasu's father. He admits that Vasu's father is the source of inspiration for him to become an IPS officer. Vasu's father feels dejected and bad that his son does not heed his advice to give civil service exams. Meanwhile, Vasu spots a beautiful girl Divya Bhoomika Chawla on the street. He plays every possible trick to woo her, but all his plans backfire and make him appear foolish in Divya's eyes.

Vasu's father spots Vasu bashing up guys in the streets and asks him to leave the house and stay outside. Vasu leaves the house. Divya goes to Vasu's place along with her luggage when Vasu was about to leave the house. Later, Vasu learns that Divya is the daughter of Vasu's father's childhood friend. Vasu sees this as an opportunity to get close to Divya. He returns to his home and promises that he will not touch music again and concentrate only on his studies. But Vasu secretly pursues his musical ambitions.

Vasu passes the preliminary auditions of the Music Talent search conducted by Sony Music Company. When Vasu's father spots the letter from Sony, he argues with his son and asks him to either be there in the house and study for IPS or leave home to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. Meanwhile, Divya falls in love with Vasu and vice versa, but they never express their feelings towards each other. Vasu's sister loves Divya's brother, and it is okayed by the parents of both parties. It is also revealed that Divya already okayed a guy called Manohar by looking at his photograph (this is much before she met Vasu).

Vasu is on the stage to prove himself as a singer and musician in the final auditions of Sony Talent Search. Divya and Manohar are to marry on the same day, and Vasu's sister is to marry Divya's brother. Vasu wins the prize at the audition and sits in a park mourning his heartbreak. Then, his father and sister arrive and his father apologizes for his opinion of Vasu's career. It is revealed then that Divya did not marry that day along with Vasu's sister as she loved Vasu. In the end, the lovers unite, and the two couples' marriages are rescheduled.

Cast

Soundtrack

Vasu
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
ReleasedMarch 2002
Recorded2002
By Harris Jayaraj
At Trinity Wave Station,
Chennai
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length32:01
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
12B
(2001)		Vasu
(2002)		 Samurai
(2002)

Music composed by Harris Jayaraj in his Telugu debut. The music was released on ADITYA Music Company. (The audio got unanimous hit talk all over airplay and within 4 days of its release it had sold over 2 lakhs. [1] The peppy number "Sportive Boys" topped the charts for many weeks.) The song "Paataku Pranam" is inspired from Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". [2]

Telugu Track listing [3]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nammave Ammayi" Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Harish Raghavendra, K. S. Chithra 4:43
2."Paataku Pranam"Potula Ravikiran KK, Swarnalatha 6:11
3."Sportive Boys"SahithiKK, Clinton Cerejo, Tippu 5:12
4."Padana Teeyaga"Potula Ravikiran S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:25
5."O Prema"Potula Ravikiran Devan Ekambaram 5:50
6."Vaale Vaale"Potula RavikiranS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra, Karthik 4:40
Total length:32:01
Vetri
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released2002
Recorded2002
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length34:10
Language Tamil
Label Ayngaran
Producer Harris Jayaraj

All tracks are written by Thamarai

Tamil Track-List
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Sporty Boys" Tippu 5:12
2."Paattukku Pattu" Karthik, Swarnalatha 6:05
3."Kanavil Kandene" Devan Ekambaram 5:45
4."Thene Thene"Karthik, Gopika Poornima 4:22
5."Nanba Vendum" Harish Raghavendra, Janani, Swarnalatha4:40
6."Paadava" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:46
7."Vetri Theme 1" Instrumental 2:12
8."Vetri Theme 2" (Instrumental) 1:08
Total length:34:10

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film three out of five and wrote that "Karunakaran concentrated too much on the character of hero and did not really expand the role of heroine, which is very uncharacteristic of him (if we look the way he beautifully explored the roles of heroines in Toli Prema and Yuvakudu). That hero orientation for Vasu has robbed off the family story tag this film". [4] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "Venkatesh is as ebullient as he has been in other films. Bhoomika has a limited role. But for the last part, where she encourages Vasu to take to music, her character remains passive. The comedy is worse, because of senseless and tasteless scenes". [5] A critic from Sify wrote that "Director Karunakaran has tried to re-work his Tolliprema where career, love and affection to parents form the base of the story but in Vasu it has fallen flat! The only highlight of the film is the brilliant music of Harris Jayaraj. However Vasu lacks soul and style". [6] Andhra Today wrote "Venkatesh in a novel get-up along with fine music and well concieved scenes make the movie special. Although the message is an old one , the director succeeds in narrating it neat and straight to the audience. The scenes with the hero and heroine are very entertaining . Major part of this success can be attributed to dialogues written by Trivikram". [7]

Reviewing the Tamil dubbed version Vetri, K. N. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote "There are no surprises in the story and it is very predictable. The climax is also unbelievable". [8]

Awards

Nandi Awards [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Post Original song/Theme to our Hit Songs..Just for fun". 15 August 2009.
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