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. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''

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'' (1999) and stars

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, Ravi Teja, Bramhanandam,

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, 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

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" -

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*"Jhanak Jhanak" - Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal *"Nadumu Ompulo" - Rajesh Krishnan,

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*"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

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1579893 2000 films Telugu remakes of Tamil films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian comedy films 2000 comedy films Films directed by E. Satti Babu