Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa
Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa is a 2000 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 in lead roles. The film was produced by Chanti Addala and Sreenivasa Reddy and released on December 21, 2000.
Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa | |
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Directed by | Sathibabu |
Produced by | Chanti Addala Sreenivasa Reddy |
Written by | Pinapaka Krishna Prasad (Dialogues) |
Screenplay by | E. V. V. Satyanarayana |
Story by | Rama Narayanan |
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Music by | Vandemataram Srinivas |
Production company | Friendly Movies |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Plot
Tirumala (Bramhanandam), Tirupati (Ravi Teja) and Venkatesa (Srikanth) are poor friends who want to become rich at any cost. Kota (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a bungalow watchman, has three daughters: Lalitha (Kovai Sarala), Padmini (Maheswari) and Ragini (Roja). 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
- 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.[1]
Release
The film released on December 21, 2000.
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.[2]
References
- "Tirumala Tirupathi Venkatesa trigged off". 3 August 2000. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- "Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa is in trouble". 18 December 2000. Retrieved 7 August 2019.