Sivamani (Telugu film)

Sivamani
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	Puri Jagannadh
Written by	Puri Jagannadh (story and screenplay) Kona Venkat (dialogue)
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Asin Thottumkal Prakash Raj
Music by	Chakri
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Distributed by	Vaishno Academy
Release dates	23 October 2003
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Sivamani 9848022338 is a 2003 Telugu romance film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film was Jagannadh's first time working with actor Akkineni Nagarjuna. Asin Thottumkal and Rakshitha play the female leads while Prakash Raj plays the villain. This film is inspired by Message in a Bottle - the Nicolas Sparks novel and film. It was dubbed into Hindi as Main Balwaan.

Plot

Sivamani (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is an honest cop in Vizag. He falls in love with Vasanta (Asin Thottumkal), who aspires to become a singer. Dattu is a mafia don (Prakash Raj), whom Sivamani troubles a lot.

Incidentally, Vasanta is distantly related to Dattu and both of them belong to Kerala. In the course of events, Sivamani's mother (Sangeeta) gets paralyzed. Sivamani and Vasanta take her to Kerala to get the state's Ayurveda treatments. Dattu is also in Kerala and his mission is to get his revenge by taking Vasanta away from Sivamani. Vasanta becomes mute after Dattu punctures her voice box. The rest of the story is about how Sivamani gets Vasanta back with the help of newspaper editor Pallavi (Rakshitha).

Cast

• Akkineni Nagarjuna as Sivamani
• Asin Thottumkal as Vasanta
• Rakshitha as Pallavi
• Prakash Raj as Dattu

Crew

• Director: Puri Jagannadh
• Screenplay: Puri Jagannadh
• Story: Puri Jagannadh
• Dialogue: Kona Venkat
• Producers: Puri Jagannadh
• Music: Chakri
• Cinematography: Shyam K. Naidu
• Art Director: Chinna
• Stunts: Vijay

Box-office performance

• The film had a 100-day in 35 centers and declare box office hit.^[1]

References

External links

Shivamani at the Internet Movie Database