Vijayadasami (film)

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Vijayadasami
Vijayadasami Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by V. Samudra
Written byPerarasu
Based on Sivakasi (Tamil)
Produced byEdara Rangarao
Starring Kalyan Ram Nandamuri
Vedhika
Sai Kumar
Cinematography C. Ramprasad
Edited byNandamuri Hari
Music by Srikanth Deva
Production
company
Sai Sarvajit Movies
Distributed bySai Sarvajit Movies Release
Release date
  • September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21)(India)
Running time
165 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

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.

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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

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

Cameo appearance

Production

The 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

The 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 .

Vijayadasami
Soundtrack album by
Srikanth Deva
Released2007
Recorded2007
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:52
Label Aditya Music
Producer Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva chronology
Piragu
(2007)		Vijayadasami
(2007)		 Naalaiya Pozhuthum Unnodu
(2007)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(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 TejaNaveen, 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

The 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]

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  2. 1 2 "Vijayadasami review. Vijayadasami Telugu movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com".
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  4. ↑ "Kalyan Ram Worried And Running Behind Him". Greatandhra.com. 15 October 2007.
  5. ↑ "Description – Vijayadasami". njmtv.com.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Title Announcement – Vijaya Dasami". Idlebrain.com . Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  8. ↑ "Audio launch – Vijaya Dasami". Idlebrain.com . Retrieved 23 August 2007. I saw Sivakasi film in Vizag and felt that I should do this film.
  9. ↑ "Massive set for Kalyan Ram!". Sify . Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
  10. ↑ "'Vijayadasami' shoots climax at RFC". Indiaglitz.com. 30 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
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