''Sravanamasam'' () is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language family drama film written, directed and produced by

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. It stars Harikrishna,

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, Karthikeya,

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and Kalyani. The film released to negative reviews despite high expectations.

Cast

* Harikrishna as Trimurtulu *

as Krishna Rao * Karthikeya as Sambasiva Rao *

as Mahalakshmi * Kalyani as Kavita Reddy *

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as Rajyam * Nagababu as Saidulu * Suman *Jyothi *

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* Suhasini *

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* A.V.S. *

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* Mallikarjuna Rao *

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* L.B. Sriram * Venu Madhav *

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as Kanchu Babu *

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* Gokina Rama Rao *

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* Siva Parvathy *

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Production

Writer Posani Krishna Murali made his directorial debut with this film. Newcomer Karthik made his debut with this film. The film has a huge cast of sixty artists appearing in small roles.

Soundtrack

Music by

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. The audio rights were bagged by

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. The songs were well received upon release.

Release and reception

The film released on 26 February 2005. Jeevi of ''

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'' opined that "In a nut shell, Sravanamasam is an utterly disappointing film". Preetam Akkineni of ''Full Hyderabad'' mocked the film and said that "If the number of heroines isn't inspiration enough to watch the movie, maybe the gold being given away to lucky viewers is. To find out more about that, watch the film". A critic from ''Indiaglitz'' wrote that "There is no point in talking about the actors' and actresses' work when the story and its treatment are so amateurish. The intermixing of politics into the story is like adding bits of onion in

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". Despite the failure of this film, Posani Krishna Murali went on to direct many films including '' Operation Duryodhana'' (2007). Karthikeya Goud, one of the leads in this film, went on to play cameos in '' Ullasamga Utsahamga'' and '' Do Lafzon Ki Kahani''.

References

{{Posani Krishna Murali Films with screenplays by Posani Krishna Murali Films scored by Vandemataram Srinivas Indian drama films 2005 directorial debut films