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film directed by

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and produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni on Annapurna Studios banner. It stars

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, and Sampath Raj. The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Cinematography by N. Vishweshwar and editing by Gautham Raju. The film was released on 26 May 2017. It was remade in

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Plot

The story begins in a village as a tale of three best friends: Krishna (

), Adinarayana ( Sampath Raj), and Prabhakar ( Irshad). Adi has a huge family, and one day, his elder sister Priya (

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) gets engaged. Ten days before her wedding, she elopes, leaving behind a letter that she has loved another man and has gone to live with him. Due to some misunderstanding, Krishna is suspected, and the friendship turns into enmity. The story moves forward 25 years, with Bhrahmaramba (

), the innocent and heavily pampered only daughter of Adi, who has little to no exposure to the outside world. She dreams of marrying a man who has the qualities of a prince, as said by her grandmother. Shiva (

), the son of Krishna, meets Bhrahmaramba in his brother Kishore's (

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) marriage with Bhramarambha's friend and falls in love with her at first sight. After playful encounters, they separate ways. Bhramarambha eventually comes to Vizag, Shiva's hometown, for her studies. She quickly finds out that Shiva lives in Vizag, and they spend a lot of time together, with her sharing everything with him. She tells him that she is not interested in a relationship with him. Shiva loves her, but in fear of rejection, does not reveal his love. Later they get into an argument, with Shiva revealing his love for her and being frustrated with her not having clarity on her life and that she keeps waiting for a prince and does not realize what she has. Bhramarambha furiously returns home and accepts a marriage proposal from her cousin out of anger. The rest of the story is about how Shiva finally makes Brahmaramba realize him as her prince and resolves disputes between both families.

Cast

as Shiva *

as Bhramaramba *

as Krishna * Sampath Raj as Adinarayana * Irshad as Prabhakar *

as Kishore *

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as Kaushalya, Adi's wife *

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as Lakshmi, Adi's mother * Chalapathi Rao as Suryanarayana, Adi's father *

as Priya * Anitha Chowdary as Shiva's sister * Pruthviraj as Dorababu *

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as Banerjee * Surekha Vani as Surekha *

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as Rambabu *

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as Bhaskar * Saptagiri as Bangaram *

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as Ravi *

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as Govind *

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* Chitti * Prabhu *

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as young Bhramarambha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and was released on Aditya Music Company. The audio function was grandly held on 21 May 2017 at Annapurna Studios.

Production

The director of the film is Kalyan Krishna Kurasala. The film's first look was released on 29 March 2017 on Ugadi by

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through his official

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page. Naga Chaitanya shared through Twitter that two posters of the film were released at the same time since Producer

and director Kalyan Krishna was not able to decide which poster to go with. It was Naga Chaitanya's third collaboration with music director Devi Sri Prasad after '' 100% Love'' and ''

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'' and first collaboration with director Kalyan Krishna Kurasala.

Reception

Box office

''Rarandoi Veduka Chudham'', in two days collected a total gross of 11.86 Crores and a share of 5.84 Crores worldwide. In its first week, the film collected a total gross of 32 crores and a share of 18.50 Crores worldwide. The film collected a total gross of 50 Crores and a share of 28 Crores worldwide in its lifetime run. In the first weekend, ''Rarandoi Veduka Chudham'' beat movies like '' Sachin: A Billion Dreams'' at the US box office by collecting a total gross of 369,672 .

Critical reception

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gave 3 out of 5 stars stating, "Rarandoi Veduka Choodham ends up being a crowd-pleasing film in the end. The trick lies in making you yearn for the feeling of being together, despite all odds. It’s the theme of most family dramas in Telugu films and Rarandoi Veduka Choodham is no different". ''IndiaGlitz'' gave 3 out of 5 stars stating, "A wafer-thin and predictable story, 'RVC' comes with an excellent characterization of the heroine, and largely fine performances. Proper spacing of songs was needed. All said, there are elements that could appeal to family audiences".

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gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating, "Rarandoi Veduka Chudham uses the age-old run-of-the-mill set-up to establish the story and its characters. As far as the plot is concerned, there is nothing new that one can expect from the family drama - fathers pampering their children, children falling in love with the enemy’s son and the clichés. Finally, when things are set to take an offbeat turn, a simple clarification of a misunderstanding brings the plot to a happy ending; bummer!".

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Nagarjuna (actor) 2017 films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad 2010s Telugu-language films Telugu films remade in other languages 2017 romantic comedy films Indian romantic action films Films set in Andhra Pradesh Films set in Visakhapatnam Films shot in Andhra Pradesh Films shot in Visakhapatnam Films directed by Kalyan Krishna