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action film directed by G. S. Karthik Reddy and jointly produced by Chintalapudi Srinivasarao and Sushanth's mother, Anumolu Naga Susheela, under Sri Nag Corporation. It featured

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and Shanvi in the lead roles.

Plot

Abhi (

) is a young man who provides a unique service - that of creating rifts between couples. He provides this service mostly to the couples’ parents. He builds crevices between lovebirds who plan to marry against the wishes of their parents and gets paid big bucks for his services. But when he wants to, he also helps those in love and even helps them get married. The marriage registration office is his ''Adda'' or office and he operates from there. Into this playboy's life enters Priya ( Shanvi), and she seeks the help of Abhi to separate her sister and her boyfriend because her father Patel ( Nagineedu) does not approve of their relationship and will go to any lengths to punish them. So she decides to break them up using Abhi's services. In the process of a breakup, Abhi falls in love with Priya. However, Priya keeps off Abhi as he is too money-minded. She feels Abhi is a guy without feelings and morals. Also, she is engaged to be married to her cousin, Deva (

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). The rest of the film shows how Abhi chases her and gets her to fall for him.

Cast

as Abhinav * Shanvi as Priya *

as Deva, Priya's cousin *

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* Venu Madhav * Nagineedu as Patel *Nalla Venu *Swapnika * Sudigali Sudheer *

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(cameo appearance) *

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as Pooja *

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as Kishore *

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(

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"Pareshan Hay Oolala")

Production

Nagasusheela, Chintalapudi Srinivasa Rao are jointly produced the film on Sri Nag Corporation banner.

Filming

Film was launched on 28 July 2012 in Annapurna Studios at Hyderabad and

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gave the clap,

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switched on the camera and

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directed the first shot. The first schedule of the film completed on 14 August 2012 The second schedule of the film was started on 16 August 2012 in

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, and the unit of the film was canned few important scenes on Sushanth, Shanvi and others. It was reported that on 1 January 2013 the talkie part of the film completed.

played an item song with Sushanth for this film. The song was shot in Annapurna Seven Acres studios.

Casting

Shanvi played a role as a fashion designing student in this film.

Sound Track

The title song of this film (Yehi Hai Mera Adda) was released at

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match during the match between

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and

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on 7 April 2013 at the Uppal

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, which was composed by

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and sung by

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. The song was launched formally in the presence of Sushanth director Sai Karthik Reddy producers Nagasusheela and Chintalapudi Srinivasa Rao.

Track list

The film's music was composed by

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and Released by

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Marketing

The first look poster of the film Adda was launched on 18 Mar 2013. The promotional video of the film Adda was launched on 5 May 2013.

Release

The film was released on 15 August 2013.

Reception

Jeevi of idlebrain.com gave a rating of 3/5 stating that The comedy and entertainment in the film is good. Plus points of the film are Sushanth, entertainment and music. howis.co.in rated this movie 2 out of 5. The rating has calculated by average rating of all popular Tollywood critic websites ratings

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 2797672 2010s Telugu-language films 2013 films Indian action films Films scored by Anoop Rubens Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films shot at Ramoji Film City 2013 action films