''Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam'' ( ''Girl, Life Without You'') is a 2014 Telugu romantic

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directed by A. S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary and jointly produced by Bunny Vasu and Harishith Reddy, under

Geetha Arts Geetha Arts is an Indian film production and distribution company known for its works in Telugu cinema. It is one of the largest and most successful production houses in South Indian cinema. It was established in 1972 by Allu Aravind. It has p ...

and

Sri Venkateswara Creations Sri Venkateswara Creations is an Indian film production company based in Hyderabad. It was established by Dil Raju in 2003 and has produced several Telugu films. The company also has a subsidiary film distribution business named Sri Venkateswar ...

. The film stars Sai Durgha Tej and

Regina Cassandra Regina Cassandra (born 13 December 1990) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. Cassandra is a recipient of several accolades including a SIIMA Award and a CineMAA Award, along with a Filmfare OTT Award n ...

, while

Jagapathi Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Kannada cinema, Kannada, Malayalam cine ...

and

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj (born Prakash Rai; 26 March 1965) is an Indian actor, film director, producer, television presenter, and politician. Known for his works in Telugu language, Telugu, Tamil language, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English language, Engl ...

play supporting roles. music was composed by

Anoop Rubens Anup Rubens, born Enoch Rubens, is an Indian music composer and singer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He has received a Filmfare Award, a Nandhi Award, GAMA Awards and a ...

. The film is the first release of Sai Dharam Tej as the lead actor. The title was taken from a song of the film ''Gabbar Singh''. The film opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics and was a hit at the box office. Sai Durgha Tej's debut was '' Rey,'' produced and directed, by YVS Chowdary on his Bommarillu films banner. The film was launched at

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on 17 October 2010 on the eve of Vijayadasami. The filming ended on 6 August 2013. ''Rey'' has been delayed due to financial issues and it was released on 27 March 2015.

Sai Dharam Tej Sai Durgha Tej (born Sai Dharam Tej; 15 October 1986) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, Telugu films. Tej started his acting career with the box office success ''Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham'' (2014), which earned him t ...

won SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu) at 4th SIIMA and Best Debut Actor Award at the 13th Santosham Film Awards.

Plot

Srinu is an engineering student who discovers that his girlfriend Shailu is in danger from the CM aspirant Prabhakar as Shailu is Prabhakar's illegitimate daughter. Prabhakar hires a contract killer named Maisamma to finish off Shailu, but Srinu plays a cat-and-mouse game and finally exposes Prabhakar's misdeeds through a journalist named Shafi. In the aftermath, Maisamma retires from the underworld and becomes an auto driver, while Srinu and Shailu get married.

Cast

* Sai Durgha Tej as Srinu *

as Shailaja (Shailu) / Sirisha (Siri) *

as Maisamma *

as Prabhakar *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, and Bhojpuri films. Sayaji started his act ...

as Ganga Prasad * Chandra Mohan as Chandra Mohan *

Raghu Babu Yerra Raghu, known professionally as Raghu Babu, is a Telugu comedian. He has worked in many films in Telugu industry. He is the eldest son of comedian and character actor Giri Babu. His native place is Ravinuthala. He is known for his ...

as Yadigiri * Prabhakar as Maisamma's henchman *

Ahuti Prasad Ahuti Prasad (born Adusumilli Janardhan Vara Prasad; 2 January 1958 – 4 January 2015) was an Indian actor who worked in Telugu film industry. He was renowned for the wide variety of roles he played, including father-figure, comedian, and ant ...

as S.P. *

Jaya Prakash Reddy Jaya Prakash Reddy (8 May 1946 – 8 September 2020) was an Indian actor who predominantly appeared in Telugu films. Born in Sirvel of Andhra Pradesh, he came into the limelight with the film ''Samarasimha Reddy'' (1999) where he played the ro ...

as J.P. *

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as orphanage manager *

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as MLA *

Shankar Melkote Shankar Melkote is an Indian comedian, supporting actor who appears in Telugu films and CEO of a marketing company in Hyderabad. He started his film career with Jandhyala's ''Srivariki Premalekha'' and went on to appear in 180 films. He is on ...

as Principal *

Shafi The Shafi'i school or Shafi'i Madhhab () or Shafi'i is one of the four major schools of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), belonging to the Ahl al-Hadith tradition within Sunni Islam. It was founded by the Muslim scholar, jurist, and traditionist ...

as Shafi, investigative journalist *

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as MLA * Prabhu as the police inspector *

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as Delhi * Venu Gopal as Maisamma's henchman *

Satyam Rajesh Rajesh Babu, better known as Satyam Rajesh, is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Telugu films. He has worked in more than 350 films. Rajesh got the moniker 'Satyam' following his appearance in the 2003 film of the same name. Early lif ...

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* Ambati Srinivas * Kishore Das as anchor *

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as movier * Gundu Sudharshan as Prabhakar's assistant *

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as Hema * Surekha Vani as Surekha *

Rajitha Mallela Rajitha is an Indian actress who works in Telugu films. She has been active since the late 1980s. Career Rajitha made her debut in film industry at the age of 18 with the Telugu movie, '' Brahma Rudrulu'' in which she portrayed Ak ...

as Chandra Mohan's wife * Y. Kasi Viswanath as Hema's husband *

Satya Krishnan Satya Krishnan is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Telugu films. She was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. She worked as a hotel management professional and entered the film industry with the film '' Dollar Dreams''. Mostly s ...

as Satya * Priya as Parvati * Suresh as G. Suresh * Subhashini as a hostel warden

Soundtrack

Music composed by Anup Rubens. The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 25 October 2014 on

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Company.

Reception

The satellite rights of the film were acquired by

MAA TV Star Maa is an Indian Telugu-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. It primarily telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows and Telugu films. History ...

. The film opened to mixed reviews.

Box office

The film opened good response all over the world by collecting (Share) on its first day. The film collected (Share) in its first week. The film ended by collecting worldwide.Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham Final Total WW Collections
AndhraBoxOffice.com (8 December 2014). Retrieved on 2015-10-04.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt4195522 2014 films 2014 masala films 2014 romantic comedy films Indian romantic comedy films Indian romantic action films 2010s Telugu-language films Indian action thriller films 2010s romantic action films 2014 action thriller films Sri Venkateswara Creations films