Naa Alludu

''Naa Alludu'' () is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Vara Mullapudi. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Shriya, and Genelia while Ramya Krishna, Suman, Rajiv Kanakala, Charan Raj, Brahmanandam, and Ali play supporting roles. Released to mixed-to-negative reviews, the film was a box-office disaster. Due to the film's excessive budget and subsequent failure, one of the producers attempted suicide by jumping into a lake in Hyderabad but was rescued.

Plot

Karthik challenges a level-headed industrialist named Bhanumati that he would marry either of her daughters to take revenge on her for insulting him in his interview to get a job in her company. Meghana falls for Karthik just for the one accidental kiss he gives her. The younger one, Gagana, too follows suit, and now, Karthik has a grip over both of Bhanumati's daughters. Competing with him is Bhanumati's nephew Rahul, whose father Jayaraj encourages him to chase his cousins and marry either of them to inherit their property. It is revealed in the flashback that Bhanumati leaves her husband Venkayya Naidu and that Karthik (Suryam) is her nephew. How the responsible son-in-law sets his mother-in-law right and eliminates the villains from the game is what the story is about.

Cast

* N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Karthik (Suryam) alias Thenga Vandi () Murugan
* Genelia D'Souza as Gagana, Bhanumati's daughter (Voice Dubbed by Sunitha)
* Shriya Saran as Meghana, Bhanumati's daughter (Voice Dubbed by Gopika poornima)
* Ramya Krishna as Bhanumathi Devi (Voice Dubbed by Saritha)
* Suman as Venkayya Naidu, Bhanumathi's husband
* Rajiv Kanakala as Rahul
* Charan Raj as Jayaraj
* Brahmanandam as New Zealand inspector Lolakullu
* Ali as Lingappa aka Dongappa, Karthik's friend
* Nassar as Sripathi
* Sudha as Sripathi's wife
* Krishna Bhagawan as Alahari
* Kota Srinivasa Rao as Bilahari
* Teja Sajja as Suryam and Chandram
* Hema as Alahari's wife
* Rallapalli as the temple priest
* Ananth

Production

The muhurat shot of the film took place on 29 May 2004 and the film was titled as ''Alludu''.

During a 2024 interview, Shriya shared an incident involving the film's producer, who attempted suicide by jumping into a lake due to financial issues related to the film's excessive budget. She recalled that while she was preparing to collect payments from the producer, he had already jumped into the lake but was fortunately rescued.

Music

The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and released by Aditya Music. The audio release function was held in Araku with B. Gopal as the chief guest.

Reception

A critic from ''Sify'' wrote that "But of you are looking for entertainment without any sense of logic packaged with crude jokes and double meaning dialogues you may like it, but the censors have cut a good part of it! Alas ''Naa Alludu'' isn't sinfully exciting enough!" Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' rated the film two out of five and wrote that "On a whole, this film disappoints". A critic from ''Indiaglitz'' wrote that "''Naa Alludu'' as a film is a simple and straightforward waste of time. Period". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' rated the film one out of ten and wrote that "''Naa Alludu'' is so bad, you wouldn't watch it even if you were 100% sure that no one would ever find out".

Dubbed versions

The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Madurai Mappilai'' and in Hindi as ''Main Hoon Gambler''.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0466901, title=Naa Alludu

2000s Telugu-language films
2005 films
Films shot in New Zealand
2000s masala films
Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad