Ullasamga Utsahamga
Ullasamga Utsahamga (English: Happily.. Energetically...) is a 2008 Telugu romantic comedy film, starring Yasho Sagar and Sneha Ullal in their debuts and directed by A. Karunakaran. With music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, the film was released on 25 July 2008. The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Ayyo Paavam in 2010. It was remade into Kannada as Ullasa Utsaha (2009).
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| Directed by | A. Karunakaran |
| Produced by | G. S. Ranganath B. P. Somu |
| Written by | A. Karunakaran (story & screenplay) Chintapalli Ramana (Dialogues) |
| Starring | Yasho Sagar Sneha Ullal |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
| Cinematography | I. Andrew |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
Production company | Amruth Amarnath Arts |
Release date | 18 July 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Dhanalakshmi alias Dhana (Sneha Ullal) is the only daughter of a landlord (Prasad Babu) who has over ₹50 crore property. As she lost her mother in her childhood, her father marries another woman (Kavitha). However, Dhana faces neglect from her stepmother. After Dhana's father passes away, there is no one to console her, and the only friend who showed affection was Balaji. He too leaves her after she completes her schooling. After Dhana grew up, she bequeaths her father's property, and her mother eyes it and wanted to marry Dhana against her wishes. Then, Dhana escapes from her house and takes shelter in her friend's house in Hyderabad.
Aravind (Yasho Sagar), the son of a garage owner (Chandra Mohan), is a vagabond. He comes across Dhana and loses his heart to her. However, after a few encounters, Dhana gets caught by her stepmother, and when she is about take her away, Aravind helps her from the abduction with the help of police. This makes Dhana befriend Aravind, and she reveals her childhood friendship and tells him that she is in love with Balaji and cannot imagine any other in his place. After refusal, Aravind decides to go to Kolkata in search of a job. At the same time, Dhana also comes to know that Balaji is in Kolkata.
They both again meet in a train, and accidentally, Dhana misses the train during the journey. Aravind helps her reach Kolkata to meet Balaji. In the process, Aravind gets severely hurt in the hands of a criminal, who tries to implicate Dhana in a narcotics case. Later, Aravind takes Dhana to Balaji's house in Kolkata. Dhana's stepmother also reaches Kolkata and agrees for Dhana's marriage with Balaji. When the marriage is about to take place, Dhana realises that her stepmother enacted a drama and created a fake Balaji (Karthikeya) to impress Dhana. Again, Aravind comes to her rescue, and at that time, Dhana realizes that she is in love with Aravind. The film ends on a happy note.
Cast
- Yasho Sagar as Aravind
- Sneha Ullal as Dhanalakshmi
- Brahmanandam as Colony Secretary
- Sunil as Malli Babu
- Chandra Mohan as Arvind's father
- Sudha as Aravind's mother
- Prasad Babu as Dhanalakshmi's father
- Kavitha as Dhanalakshmi's stepmother
- Surekha Vani as Aravind's elder sister
- Satya Krishnan as Aravind's sister-in-law
- Sattanna as Surekha Vani's husband (S/W Engineer)
- Suman Setty as Ganesh, Aravind's friend
- Ping Pong Surya as Aravind's friend
- Sri Latha as Dhanalakshmi's friend
- Kallu Krishna Rao as Dhanalakshmi's family member
- L. B. Sriram as Subbayya, Dhanalakshmi's servant
- Karthikeya as Fake Balaji
- Ashok Kumar as Police Officer
- Venu Madhav as Fraud Billionaire
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Car Lift
- Allari Subhashini as Ganesh's mother
- Gautam Raju as Babu Rao Properties
- Ananth Babu
Crew
- Banner: Amruth Amarnath Arts
- Producer: B. P. Somu, G. S. Rangahanath
- Director: A. Karunakaran
- Story: A. Karunakaran
- Screenplay: A. Karunakaran
- Dialogues: Chintapalli Ramana
- Music Director: G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Cinematographer: I. Andrew
- Art Director: Chinna
- Stunts: Vijay
- Editor: Marthand K Venkatesh
- Lyrics: Anantha Sriram
Box office
The movie received positive reviews from both critics and the audience. The movie was declared Blockbuster at the box office.[1][2]
Soundtrack
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| Released | 7 May 2008 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 33:20 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
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The soundtrack consisted of seven songs composed by G. V. Prakash. Lyrics were written by Anantha Sriram. The audio of the film was released on 7 May 2008.
| No. | Title | Singers | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ullasamga" | Krish | 04:30 |
| 2. | "Dhannale Thalli" | Rahul Nambiar | 04:55 |
| 3. | "Naa Prema" | Karthik, Harini | 04:25 |
| 4. | "Lalipata" | V. V. Prasanna | 03:10 |
| 5. | "Priyatama" | Sonu Nigam | 06:01 |
| 6. | "Mata Matiki" | Sayanora Philip, Rahul Nambiar, Karthik | 05:32 |
| 7. | "Chakori" | Vasundhara Das, Benny Dayal | 04:45 |
| Total length: | 33:20 | ||