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directed by A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary, jointly produced by

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and Harishith on

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and

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banner. Starring

Sai Dharam Tej Panja Sai Dharam Tej (born 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. Related to the Allu–Konidela family, he made his acting debut with the box office success ''Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham'' (2014) for which he received S ...

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and music was composed by

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. The film is the first release of Sai Dharam Tej as the lead actor. The title was taken from a song of the film ''Gabbar Singh''. The film opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics and was a hit at the box office. Sai Dharam Tej's debut was ''

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,'' produced and directed, by YVS Chowdary on his Bommarillu films banner. The film was launched at

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on 17 October 2010 on the eve of Vijayadasami. The filming ended on 6 August 2013. ''Rey'' has been delayed due to financial issues and it was released on 27 March 2015.

won

SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu) South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. It was launched in 2012 by Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Brinda Prasad Adusimilli to appreci ...

at 4th SIIMA and Best Debut Actor Award at the 13th Santosham Film Awards.

Plot

The story begins with a notorious politician Ganga Prasad (

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), and a clean politician Prabhakar (

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), vying for the CM's seat. An investigative journalist Shafi (Shafi), breaks a story on Ganga Prasad and reveals that he has some important information on the candidate aspiring for the next CM. In comes Maisamma (

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

), a contract killer, who is assigned the task of finishing off Shafi by the SP (

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). Once he is done with Shafi, Maisamma is given another photograph as the next contract. Meanwhile, it is time for the hero's debut, and he enters Srinu (

) from Palakollu. He finds his way to Maisamma through Yadigiri (

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) to seek his help to get rid of a person. Of course, Maisamma is not convinced and refuses to take up the task. That's when Srinu narrates how he fell in love with Shailaja (

) and why he wants Maisamma to finish off a man. The scene shifts to an engineering college where both Srinu and Shailu are students, and from here on, the story takes a few surprise twists and turns. There ends the story. This movie kickstarted Tej's career, and hits like

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and

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followed.

Cast

as Srinu *

as Shailaja (Shailu) / Sirisha (Siri) *

as Maisamma *

as Prabhakar *

as Ganga Prasad * Chandra Mohan as Chandra Mohan *

as Yadigiri *

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as Maisamma's henchman *

as S.P. *

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as J.P. *

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as orphanage manager *

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as M.L.A. *

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as Principal *

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as Shafi (Investigation Journalist) *

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as M.L.A. * Prabhu as the police inspector *

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as Delhi * Venu Gopal as Maisamma's henchman *

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* Ambati Srinivas * Kishore Das as anchor *

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as movier *

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as Prabhakar's assistant *

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as Hema * Surekha Vani as Surekha *

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as Chandra Mohan's wife *

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as Hema's husband *

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as Satya *

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as Parvati * Suresh as G. Suresh * Subhashini as a hostel warden

Soundtrack

Music composed by Anup Rubens. The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 25 October 2014 on

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Company.

Reception

The satellite rights of the film were acquired by

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. The film opened to mixed reviews.

Box office

The film opened good response all over the world by collecting (Share) on its first day. The film collected (Share) in its first week. The film ended by collecting worldwide.Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham Final Total WW Collections
AndhraBoxOffice.com (8 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.

References

External links

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