| Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ram Gopal Varma |
| Produced by | Kiran Kumar Koneru |
| Written by | Ram Gopal Varma, Nilesh Girkar |
| Starring | Sunil Swati Reddy Brahmanandam |
| Music by | Koti |
| Cinematography | Sudhakar Yakkanti |
| Editing by | Praveen Pudi |
| Distributed by | Shreya Films |
| Release date(s) | February 18, 2011 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Katha Screenplay Darshakatvam Appalaraju (Telugu: కథ స్క్రీన్-ప్లే దర్శకత్వం అప్పలరాజు) (English: Story Screenplay Direction Appalaraju) is a 2011 Indian Telugu language comedy film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It stars comical actor Sunil and Swati Reddy in the lead roles alongside Brahmanandam and Kota Srinivasa Rao. Sudhakar Reddy has handled the camera and Koti has composed the music. This film released in February and bombed. [1]
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The film was launched at Annapoorna Studios, Hyderabad by Ram Gopal Varma who makes a comeback to Tollywood after 12 years gap. Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sridevi and K. Raghavendra Rao were the guests at the launch.
Appalraju(Sunil) from Amalapuram is an avid movie buff. He spends most of his day at Rambha theatre in Amalapuram watching films. When his dad(Chalapati Rao) chides his for the same, he swears not to come back to Amalapuram unless he becomes a big director in Tollywood and heads to Hyderabad.In the city, he has a friend Subbulu(Rajesh) who is left Amalapuram years ago to become a hero in Telugu films but in vain. Through him, he attends an audio launch of a film where Appalraju makes contact with Raakhi(Raghu Babu) a producer who reads his script 'Nayaki' and decides to help him.Appalraju also manages to get the dates of heroine Kanishka(Saakshi) for his heroine oriented film 'Nayaki'. However, the manager at corporate firm which has to finance this film agrees to fund the project only if a big hero like 'Babu' is in the movie. Though Babu and Kanishka are initially in love with each other, they have a break up once the project is all set to take off.
The music of the film is composed by Koti. Ram Gopal Varma has penned lyrics for a song.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Luck To Shiva Cinema" | Srikanth | |
| 2. | "Maya Bazaaru" | Srikanth | |
| 3. | "Naa Peru Srisailam" | Brahmanandam | |
| 4. | "Emetti Penchare" | Geetha Madhuri, Simha | |
| 5. | "Unbelievable" | Swati Reddy, Mynampati Sreeram Chandra | |
| 6. | "Ring Roadu" | Hemachandra, Geetha Madhuri | |
| 7. | "Publicity" | Srikrishna | |
| 8. | "Kottukundam Thittukundam" | Koti, Geetha Madhuri, Sai |