''Ullasamga Utsahamga'' () is a 2008 Indian

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-language

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film written and directed by

A. Karunakaran A. Karunakaran (born 25 December 1971) is a Telugu people, Telugu film director known for ''Tholi Prema (1998 film), Tholi Prema'' (1998), ''Happy (2006 film), Happy'' (2006), ''Ullasamga Utsahamga'' (2008) and ''Darling (2010 film), Darling'' ...

. The film stars Yasho Sagar and

Sneha Ullal Sneha Ullal (born 18 December 1987) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Telugu and Hindi films. She is known for her roles in the Telugu films '' Ullasamga Utsahamga'', '' Simha'' and the Hindi film '' Lucky: No Time for Love''. Early l ...

in their Telugu film debut. With music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, the film was released on 18 July 2008. The movie was declared a blockbuster at the box office. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as ''Ayyo Pavam''. It was remade into Kannada as ''

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'' (2009). Yasho Sagar died in a car crash on 19 December 2012. He had starred in another unreleased film titled ''Mr Premikudu''.

Plot

Dhanalakshmi, alias Dhana, is the only daughter of a landlord who has over 50 crore of property. As she lost her mother in her childhood, her father married another woman. However, Dhana faces neglect from her stepmother. After Dhana's father passes away, there is no one to console her, and the only friend who showed affection was Balaji. He, too, leaves her after she completes her schooling. After Dhana grew up, she bequeathed her father's property, and her mother saw it and wanted to marry Dhana against her wishes. Then, Dhana escapes from her house and takes shelter in her friend's house in Hyderabad. Aravind, the son of a garage owner, is a vagabond. He comes across Dhana and loses his heart to her. However, after a few encounters, Dhana gets caught by her stepmother, and when she is about to take her away, Aravind helps her escape the abduction with the help of the police. This makes Dhana befriend Aravind, and she reveals her childhood friendship and tells him that she is in love with Balaji and cannot imagine any other in his place. After refusing, Aravind decides to seek employment in Kolkata. At the same time, Dhana also learns that Balaji is in Kolkata. They both again meet on a train, and accidentally, Dhana misses the train during the journey. Aravind helps her reach Kolkata to meet Balaji. In the process, Aravind gets severely hurt at the hands of a criminal who tries to implicate Dhana in a narcotics case. Later, Aravind takes Dhana to Balaji's house in Kolkata. Dhana's stepmother also reaches Kolkata and agrees to Dhana's marriage to Balaji. When the marriage is about to take place, Dhana realises that her stepmother enacted a drama and created a fake Balaji to impress Dhana. Again, Aravind comes to her rescue, and at that time, Dhana realizes that she is in love with Aravind. The film ends with Dhana and Aravind accidentally meeting Balaji and his fiancée. Shocked, Dhana faints upon knowing this, then Arvind manages the situation and tactically leaves the place with her.

Cast

* Yasho Sagar as Aravind (voice dubbed by

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). *

as Dhanalakshmi (voice dubbed by Sunitha). ** Baby Kavya as Young Dhanalakshmi *

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as Colony Secretary *

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as Malli Babu * Chandra Mohan as Arvind's father *

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as Aravind's mother *

Prasad Babu Prasad Babu is an Indian actor who acts predominantly in Telugu language, Telugu films and also TV serials. Filmography Telugu * ''Anthuleni Katha'' (1976) as Thilak * ''Mana Voori Pandavulu'' (1978) * ''Dongala Veta'' (1978) as Anand * ...

as Dhanalakshmi's father * Kavitha as Dhanalakshmi's stepmother * Surekha Vani as Aravind's elder sister *

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as Aravind's sister-in-law * Sattanna as Surekha Vani's husband (S/W Engineer) *

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as Ganesh, Aravind's friend * Ping Pong Surya as Aravind's friend * Sri Latha as Dhanalakshmi's friend * Kallu Krishna Rao as Dhanalakshmi's family member * L. B. Sriram as Subbayya, Dhanalakshmi's servant * Karthikeya as Fake Balaji *

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as Police Officer * Venu Madhav as Fraud Billionaire *

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as Car Lift *

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as Ganesh's mother *

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as Babu Rao Properties *

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Production

Bharath, the son of Kannada film producer B. P. Somu and a relative of

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, made his debut under the stage name of Yasho Sagar.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consisted of seven songs composed by

G. V. Prakash G. V. Prakash Kumar (born 13 June 1987) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, and film producer known for his work in Tamil cinema. His first film was S Pictures' ''Veyil'' (2006) and he gained fame in Tamil films by the early 2 ...

. Lyrics were written by

Anantha Sriram Chegondi Anantha Sriram is an Indian lyricist, poet and actor who works in Telugu cinema. Sriram has written lyrics for over 1000 Telugu film songs in his career. He won a Nandi Award, two Filmfare Award and two SIIMA Awards for his work as a ly ...

. The audio of the film was released on 7 May 2008.

Reception

Jeevi of ''

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'' wrote that "On a whole, ''Ullasanga Utsahanga'' is a decent love story with some cute and cherishing moments". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "On the whole, ''Ullasanga Utsahanga'' is watchable for its feel-good appeal".

Award(s)

won the

Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer The Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer was commissioned by the Nandi Awards committee in 1977. The winner is awarded a "Copper Nandi", a cash award of ₹10,000 and a commendation certificate. Most number of Awards were received by Srinu Vait ...

References

External links

* {{A. Karunakaran 2008 films Films directed by A. Karunakaran Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar Indian romantic comedy films Films shot in Kolkata Films set in Kolkata Films shot in Hyderabad, India 2000s Telugu-language films 2008 romantic comedy films