Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Sathibabu, an assistant to E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa (1999) and stars Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Bramhanandam, Roja, Maheswari and Kovai Sarala. The film was produced by Chanti Addala and Sreenivasa Reddy and released on December 21, 2000. The original story itself is based on Shakespeare's play Taming of the Shrew.
| Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa | |
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| Directed by | E. Sathibabu |
| Written by | Pinapaka Krishna Prasad (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | E. V. V. Satyanarayana |
| Story by | Rama Narayanan |
| Based on | Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa (Tamil) |
| Produced by | Chanti Addala Sreenivasa Reddy |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Vandemataram Srinivas |
Production company | Friendly Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot edit
Tirumala, Tirupati and Venkatesa are poor friends who want to become rich at any cost. Kota, a bungalow watchman, has three daughters: Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini. When the owner left the bungalow on vacation, Kota's daughters move into the bungalow. Afterwards, Kota rents his owner's top portion bungalow to Tirumala, Tirupati and Venkatesa who lied about their job. The three men eventually marry the three women. The rest of the story is how the three men will manage their wives.
Cast edit
- Srikanth as Venkatesa
- Ravi Teja as Tirupati
- Bramhanandam as Tirumala
- Roja as Ragini
- Maheswari as Padmini
- Kovai Sarala as Lalitha
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kota
- Chandra Mohan
- L. B. Sriram
- Tanikella Bharani
- M. S. Narayana
- Ananda Vardhan
- Prakash Raj as himself in the song "Paisa Paisa"
Production edit
The film's pooja was held on August 2, 2000 at Ramanaidu Studios. Principal photography commenced on September 15 and ended on October 30.[1] A devotee of Lord Venkateswara filed a complaint about how the film's title demeaned the god. Chanti Addala, the film's producer organized a press meet where he talked about how the film was not a devotional film but solely a film for entertainment.[2]
Soundtrack edit
Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.[3] The song "Paisa Paisa" was reused from "Aasai Aasai" from original Tamil film.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Abbo Na Bandar Laddu" | Ghantala Krishna | Vandemataram Srinivas | Sukhwinder Singh, Swarnalatha, Sunitha Upadrashta | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Jhanak Jhanak" | Sankarambadi Sundarachari | Vandemataram Srinivas | Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal | 4:55 |
| 3. | "One by Three" | Sankarambadi Sundarachari | Vandemataram Srinivas | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:54 |
| 4. | "Nadumu Ompulo" | Sankarambadi Sundarachari | Vandemataram Srinivas | Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra | 4:19 |
| 5. | "Paisa Paisa" | Ghantala Krishna | Vandemataram Srinivas | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:21 |
Reception edit
A critic from Sify wrote that "The 400-year old Shakespeare`s play Taming of the Shrew still inspires filmmakers and this time three shrews are tamed by their hubbies in Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa. The first-half is truly hilarious while the second half is stretched a bit too far deserving a trimming".[4] A critic from Full Hyderabad opined that "Since even this tedium is packaged with a comic touch, it is not unbearable either. It is just one of those regular run-of-the-mill comedies that we have seen before".[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Tirumala Tirupathi Venkatesa trigged off". Idlebrain.com. 3 August 2000. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa is in trouble". Idlebrain.com. 18 December 2000. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "Thirumala Tirupathi Venkatesa - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn". 21 December 2000.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20050109061335/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/review.php?id=6007689&ctid=5&cid=2430
- ^ "Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa Review". Full Hyderabad.
- ^ "Archived copy". movies.indiainfo.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2001. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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