Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam

Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam is a 2014 Telugu romantic entertainer film directed by A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary, jointly produced by Bunny Vas & Harishith on Geetha Arts & Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. Starring Sai Dharam Tej, Regina Cassandra in lead roles, Jagapati Babu in pivotal role and music composed by Anoop Rubens. The film is the first release of Sai Dharam Tej as Hero and the title name was taken from one song of Gabbar Singh film. The movie opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics. The film recorded as Super Hit at box office. Following the success of the film, the satellite rights of the film were sold to MAA TV for a good price and it might be aired on TV sometime early next year.

Actually Sai Dharam Tej's first debut was Rey as hero, produced & directed, by YVS Chowdary on his Bommarillu films banner. The film was launched at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad on October 17, 2010 on the eve of Vijayadasami.^[3] The filming ended on August 6, 2013.^[4] Rey movie declayed due to financial issues and it released on March 27, 2015.

Plot

The story begins with a notorious politician Ganga Prasad (Sayaji Shinde) and a clean politician Prabhakar (Prakash Raj) 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 to the next CM. In comes Maisamma (Jagapati Babu), a contract killer, who is assigned the task of finishing off Shafi by the SP (Ahuti Prasad). Once he is done with Shafi, Maisamma is given another photograph as the next contract. Meanwhile, it’s time for the hero’s debut and in comes Srinu (Sai Dharam Teja) from Palakollu. He finds his way to Maisamma through Yadigiri (Raghu Babu) 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 (Regina Cassandra) 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^[5]

Cast

Crew

• Director: A. S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary
• Music: Anoop Rubens
• Cinematography: Dasaradhi Sivendra
• Editor: Goutham Raju
• Lyrics: Sri Mani, Bhaskara Bhatla, Sirivennela Sitaramasastri and Suddala Ashok Teja.

Soundtrack

Music composed by Anoop Rubens. The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 25 October 2014 on Aditya Music Company.^[6]

Reception

The movie satellite rights were picked up by Maa Tv.The movie opened to positive to mixed reviews.^[7]

Box office

The film opened good response all over the world by collecting 2.32 crore (US$370,000)(Share) on its first day.^[8] The film collected 5.18 crore (US$820,000)(Share) on its first weekend which is pretty good debut hero film.^[9] The film collected 7.85 crore (US$1.2 million) (Share) in its first week.^[10] Due to back to back releases and loss of screens, The film ended by collecting 10.75 crore (US$1.7 million)(Share) in its final worldwide collection.The film declared "Average" at the box office.^[11]

Casting

The role of Jagapati Babu was originally played by Srihari. Later, as he passed away before the shoot, it was given to Jagapati Babu.

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