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Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Plot
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
* 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
The film's pooja was held on August 2, 2000 at Ramanaidu Studios. Principal photography commenced on September 15 and ended on October 30.
Soundtrack
Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. The song "Paisa Paisa" was reused from "Aasai Aasai" from original Tamil film.
*"Abbo Na Bandar Laddu" - Sukhwinder Singh, Swarnalatha, Sunitha Upadrashta
*"Jhanak Jhanak" - Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
*"Nadumu Ompulo" - Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra
*"One by Three" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
*"Paisa Paisa" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Release
The film released on December 21, 2000.
Reception
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".Controversy
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.References
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