''Madatha Kaja'' ( te, మడత కాజా) is a 2011 Indian

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film written and directed by Seetaramaraju Dantuluri, produced by Vedarajuu Timber under Timbuu Productions and Sri Ranjith Movies banners and starring Allari Naresh and

Sneha Ullal Sneha Ullal (born 18 December 1987) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu and Hindi films. She is known for her roles in the Telugu films ''Ullasamga Utsahamga'', '' Simha'' and the Hindi film '' Lucky: No Time for Love''. Early lif ...

in lead roles. The film soundtrack was composed by Sri Vasant and Cinematography was handled by Adusumilli Vijay Kumar. Dialogues of the film were written by popular writer Satish Vegesna and screenplay was handled also by Satish Vegesna and Seetaramaraju Dantuluri. This film marks the debut of Seetaramaraju Dantuluri as a director. Madata Kaja was released on 29 September 2011. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Mera Pyaar in 2018.

Plot

Kalyan ( Allari Naresh) is a happy going guy who works as police informer in Vizag. He reports to a local cop, Sai Kumar (

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). He falls for Swapna (

) and it is love at first sight for him. Swapna is the daughter of KP (

Ahuti Prasad Ahuti Prasad (born Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad; 2 January 1958 – 4 January 2015) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu film industry. He was renowned for the wide variety of roles he played, including father-figure, comedian, and anta ...

). Kalyan’s friend Kishore (

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) and cop Sai Kumar helps him in gaining Sneha’s love. Meanwhile, the cops ask Kalyan to come to Hyderabad to gather information on two mafia leaders JP (

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) and KP (Ahuti Prasad). KP takes care of international Don Nanda’s (

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) illegal business along with JP. JP and KP always fight with each other which bring losses to Nanda. To make them unite Nanda sketches a plan. He passes an order JP’s son should marry KP’s daughter. While in the process of helping the Police with the investigation, he then finds out that Swapna is the daughter of KP. With her help, Kalyan is on a mission to get all the information he can on these criminals and their mafia boss in Bangkok, Nanda. Meanwhile, Swapna's marriage is fixed to JP's son Ajay (

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). He starts playing mind games with the mafia leaders. Kalyan's battle against all these odds will eventually help him bring Nanda to the justice and also win over his love.

Cast

* Allari Naresh as Kalyan *

as Swapna *

Maryam Zakaria Maryam Zakaria is an Iranian-born Swedish actress and model who works in Indian films. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil language films. She is best known for her work in films such as '' Madatha Kaja'', ''Agent Vinod'' and ''Gran ...

as Priya *

as Nanda *

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as Akuvakala Lingaraju/Ali *

as Ajay *

as Sai Kumar *

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as KP *

as JP * Jeeva as Dasu *

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as Puli *

as Kishore *

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as Vizag Police Commissioner *

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as Padmasri *

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* Kavitha

Production and casting

This film was the debut film for Seetaramaraju Dantuluri as a director. He worked for many years in the direction department for many films under prominent film directors. Although the director planned to make the film few years back with Allari Naresh, due to the actor's previous commitments the film was postponed. Director worked on the script for almost 2 years before starting the shooting in 2011. The film was delayed due to the Telugu film strike of 2011. This was Allari Naresh's third release in the year. Sneha Ullal was cast for the role of Swapna, daughter of a mafia leader. Being a comedy film, it features most of the Telugu comedians like

, Ahuti Prasad,

, Jeeva,

and Chalapathi Rao. Writer turned director Satish Vegesna assisted Seetaramaraju with the screenplay and dialogues. Shooting of the film began in April 2011 and was completed in August 2011 and the film was released in September 2011. Shooting was predominantly done in Vizag and Bangkok.

Release and reception

The film was released in India and Overseas on 29 September 2011. The film was received with mixed to negative reviews. Suresh Kavirayani of Times of India gave a decent 2.5 of 5 rating for the film and said the film was a time-pass watch. Mahesh from 123 Telugu gave a 2.75 of 5 rating for the film and commented that although Madatha Kaja had few decent laughs but there was a lot going against the film than in favour of it. The film fared relatively well at the box-office despite the negative reviews and was declared an average grosser.

Soundtrack

Audio release of the film was held on 16 September 2011 in Visakhapatnam. The audio was released and distributed by

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. The music of this film was composed by Sri Vasant. The audio was well received. Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar penned 2 songs while

Sirivennela Sitaramasastri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the ...

and Surendra Krishna penned one song each.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 2076888, Madata Kaja 2011 films Indian romantic comedy films 2010s Telugu-language films 2011 romantic comedy films