Vijayadasami (film)

Vijayadasami is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. Samudra and produced by Edara Rangarao under Sai Sarvajit Movies banner. A remake of the 2005 Tamil film Sivakasi, the film features Kalyan Ram Nandamuri, Vedhika Kumar and Sai Kumar in the leading roles. Vedhika made her Tollywood cinema debut with this film, while Srikanth Deva also composed the music for Sivakasi that was reused in this film. 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 Stun Siva choreographed the action sequences.[2] Kalyan Ram decided to star in the film after watching the Tamil original in Vizag.[3] The film was shot at a specially erected street set in Ramanaidu Cine Village, Hyderabad.[4] The climax scenes were shot for a week at Ramoji Film City.[5]

For the festival, see Vijayadashami.

Vijayadasami
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	V. Samudra
Produced by	Edara Rangarao
Written by	Perarasu
Story by	Perarasu
Based on	Sivakasi by Perarasu
Starring	Kalyan Ram Nandamuri Vedhika Kumar Sai Kumar
Music by	Srikanth Deva
Cinematography	Ram Prasad
Edited by	Nandamuri Hari
Production company	Sai Sarvajit Movies
Distributed by	Sai Sarvajit Movies Realese
Release date	September 21, 2007 (2007-09-21) (India)
Running time	165 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Telugu

The film was released on 21 September 2007, receiving negative reviews from critics.[6][7][8] It was a commercial failure, and Kalyan Ram himself was not satisfied with the film's execution by Samudra.[9] The film had an international DVD release on 25 April 2008.[10] During a Facebook live session in 2018, Kalyan Ram said he regretted doing this film because he wasn't confident about it but had to take it in spite of demanding changes that weren't made.[11]

Synopsis

The film follows Sivakasi, a welder and is in love with a girl called Devi. later, he is forced to reveal his tragic past 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 as Sivakasi
• Vedhika Kumar as Devi
• Sai Kumar as Durga Prasad
• Suman Reddy as Chennamaneni Rajeswara Rao
• Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
• Jayasudha
• Brahmanandam
• Srinivasa Reddy
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Simran Bagga as herself in the song "Cine Tara"
• Nayantha Kurian as herself appears through footage from Sivakasi (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Srikanth Deva and released by Aditya Music. All of the songs were reused from Sivakasi.

Vijayadasami
Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva
Released	2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	29:52
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva chronology
Piragu (2007) Vijayadasami (2007) Naalaiya Pozhuthum Unnodu (2007)

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Raa Raa"	Abhinaya Srinivas	Shankar Mahadevan	5:25
2.	"Arey Kalyana"	Abhinaya Srinivas	Udit Narayan, Anuradha Sriram	4:46
3.	"Idho Oka"	Ananta Sriram	Sujatha, Harish Raghavendra	5:03
4.	"Deepavali"	Eshwar Teja	Naveen, Vasundhara Das	4:34
5.	"Devathaku"	Guru Charan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:31
6.	"Cine Tara"	Velpula Venkatesh	Mano, Swarnalatha	5:33
Total length:				29:52

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".[6] 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".[7] Likewise, a reviewer from GreatAndhra.com stated the film "turned up dull on a whole" and that "it smells old in story line and also out dated in narration".[8]

References

1. "Watch Vijayadasami". Prime Video.
2. "Title Announcement - Vijaya Dasami". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
3. "Audio launch - Vijaya Dasami". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 23 August 2007. I saw Sivakasi film in Vizag and felt that I should do this film.
4. "Massive set for Kalyan Ram!". Sify.com. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
5. "'Vijayadasami' shoots climax at RFC". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
6. "Vijayadasami review. Vijayadasami Telugu movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com".
7. "Vijayadasami Movie Review".
8. "'Vijayadasami': Old Story Line With Outdated Screenplay".
9. "Kalyan Ram Worried And Running Behind Him". Greatandhra.com.
10. "Description - Vijayadasami". njmtv.com.
11. "Nandamuri Kalyan - Statement at 24:05". Facebook. Retrieved 21 March 2018. I regret doing probably two films. There are two films that I regret doing. One is Sher and one is Vijayadasami. There were a lot of planning problems and there were lot of issues that were happening. I was not that confident when I was doing the film.

External links

• Vijayadasami on IMDb