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directed by

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and produced by Edara Rangarao. A remake of the 2005

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film ''

Sivakasi Sivakasi () is a city and Municipal Corporation in Virudhunagar District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This city is known for its fireworks, firecracker, matchbox and printing industries. Sivakasi city alone meets about 90% fire cracker ...

'', it stars Kalyan Ram Nandamuri,

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and Sai Kumar. Vedhika made her

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debut with this film, while

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also composed the music for ''Sivakasi'' that was reused in this film. The film was released on 21 September 2007, receiving negative reviews from critics. It was a commercial failure, and Kalyan Ram himself was not satisfied with the film's execution by Samudra. The film had an international DVD release on 25 April 2008. During a Facebook live session in 2018, Kalyan Ram said he regretted doing this film because he was not confident about it but had to take it in spite of demanding changes that weren't made.

Synopsis

The film follows Sivakasi, a welder and is in love with a girl called Devi. later, he is forced to reveal his

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to his girlfriend after being attacked by her suspecting brothers. He now must confront his brother Durga Prasad who ruined his life years ago as a child.

Cast

Kalyan Ram Nandamuri Kalyan Ram (born 5 July 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Telugu cinema. He is the son of actor-politician Nandamuri Harikrishna. Ram is best known for his roles in action films such as ''Athanokkade'', ''Hare Ram ...

as Sivakasi/Shakthi *

as Devi * Sai Kumar as Durga Prasad * Suman as Chennamaneni Rajeswara Rao * Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Hanumanth Rao *

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as Mahalakshmi *

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as Sivakasi's friend *

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as Shankthi's friend *

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as Sivakasi's friend * AVS as Vinayaka Rao *

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as Sub-inspector of police *

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as herself in the song "Cine Tara"

Production

The story was written by Perarasu who also wrote and directed the original film, while the Paruchuri brothers wrote the dialogues. Ram Prasad handled the cinematography, while Nandamuri Hari edited the film and

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choreographed the action sequences. Kalyan Ram decided to star in the film after watching the Tamil original in Vizag. The film was shot at a specially erected street set in Ramanaidu Cine Village, Hyderabad. The climax scenes were shot for a week at Ramoji Film City.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by

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. All of the songs were reused from ''

''.

Release

The film had a low-key release and earned mixed reviews, with a critic from Indiaglitz.com stating "it appeared to be a routine commercial film with mass elements sans any masala". Another critic from FullHyderabad.com called the film "archaic" and stated "stay away from this one – else, it will stay with you for a long while". Likewise, a reviewer from Rediff.com stated the film "offers nothing new".

References

External links

* 2007 films 2000s Telugu-language films 2007 action films Indian action films Telugu remakes of Tamil films 2000s masala films Films scored by Srikanth Deva Films directed by V. Samudra {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub