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-language film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao. The film stars Venu Madhav and

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. It is based on the real estate boom of

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Plot

The film revolves around Kailasam, a hardworking man who lives with his family as a milk man. He is honest and sincere in his life. He delivers milk to people around the village. Meanwhile, Bhuvaneswari owns a local

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. People come here to drink regularly. One day her regulars ask for toddy, but instead of payment they offer their services. One promises that he'll stitch her

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for free. Another man being a barber offers to shave her, irritated by this she slaps the man. Confused, Bhuvaneswari wonders what he is up to. Meanwhile, few real estate agents come and make the people in village to sign with them. They get money quickly due to this and unable to handle the new found wealth they flaunt it. They have parties, massages, trips. Later Kailasam helps a

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when he faints. The swami sees that Kailasam is no ordinary man and foretells him few things. Kailasam then quickly finds out the real estate was not right and forces people to leave their own native place. He then fights the baddies saves the village and marries a hometown lover of his. And concludes by saying no more real estate related agonies.

Cast

* Venu Madhav as Kailasam * Suhasini *

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* Rallapalli as Astrologer * L. B. Sriram * M. S. Narayana as Doctor * Bhuvaneswari as Toddy Shop Owner * Krishna Bhagavaan * Jeeva *

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* Mallikarjuna Rao *

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as Patient *

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as Teen in toddy shop * Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao as Tailor *

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as Newspaper seller *

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as Driver *

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(item number in "Venu Madhava")

Production

The '' muhurat'' took place at Annapurna Studios on 21 January 2007 in the presence of Anushka Shetty, Ileana D' Cruz and Charmme Kaur.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani and Rohit Raj. The audio launch even took place on 6 May 2007 in Hyderabad.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote, "Despite fielding a popular comedian Venu Madhav, you have very little comedy offered here".

References

External links

* 2007 films 2000s Telugu-language films 2000s Indian films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Films directed by Siva Nageswara Rao {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub