Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam (transl. Girl, Life Without You) is a 2014 Telugu romantic action comedy film directed by A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary, jointly produced by Bunny Vasu and Harishith on Geetha Arts and Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. Starring Sai Dharam Tej, Regina Cassandra, Jagapathi Babu and music was composed by Anoop Rubens. 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.[2]
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Directed by | A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary |
Written by | Diamond Ratnam (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary |
Story by | A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary |
Produced by | Bunny Vasu Harshith |
Starring | Sai Dharam Tej Regina Cassandra Jagapathi Babu |
Cinematography | Dasaradhi Shivendra |
Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Music by | Anoop Rubens |
Production companies | Geetha Arts and Sri Venkateswara Creations |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | 8cr |
Box office | 15cr |
Sai Dharam Tej's debut was Rey, produced and directed, by YVS Chowdary on his Bommarillu films banner. The film was launched at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad on 17 October 2010 on the eve of Vijayadasami.[3] The filming ended on 6 August 2013.[4] Rey has been delayed due to financial issues and it was released on 27 March 2015. Sai Dharam Tej won SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu) at 4th SIIMA and Best Debut Actor Award at the 13th Santosham Film Awards.
The story begins with a notorious politician Ganga Prasad (Sayaji Shinde), and a clean politician Prabhakar (Prakash Raj), vying for the CM's seat. An investigative journalist Shafi (Shafi), breaks a story on Ganga Prasad and reveals that he has some important information on the candidate aspiring for the next CM. In comes Maisamma (Jagapati Babu), a contract killer, who is assigned the task of finishing off Shafi by the SP (Ahuti Prasad). Once he is done with Shafi, Maisamma is given another photograph as the next contract. Meanwhile, it is time for the hero's debut, and he enters Srinu (Sai Dharam Tej) from Palakollu. He finds his way to Maisamma through Yadigiri (Raghu Babu) to seek his help to get rid of a person. Of course, Maisamma is not convinced and refuses to take up the task. That's when Srinu narrates how he fell in love with Shailaja (Regina Cassandra) and why he wants Maisamma to finish off a man. The scene shifts to an engineering college where both Srinu and Shailu are students, and from here on, the story takes a few surprise twists and turns. There ends the story. This movie kickstarted Tej's career, and hits like Solo Brathuke So Better and Prati Roju Pandage followed.[5]
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Soundtrack album by Anup Rubens | ||||
Released | 25 October 2014 (2014-10-25) | |||
Recorded | 2014 | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Length | 17:42 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Anoop Rubens | |||
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Music composed by Anup Rubens. The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 25 October 2014 on Aditya Music Company.[6]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dilse" | Sri Mani | Rahul Nambiar, Megha Raj | 3:43 |
2. | "Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitham" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Anudeep Dev, Rahul Nambiar | 3:54 |
3. | "Aa Roje Tholisari" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Sri Rama Chandra | 4:00 |
4. | "Neeli Neeli Kalladana" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Rupam Islam | 3:04 |
5. | "Atoo Itoo Etoo" | Suddala Ashok Teja | M. L. R. Karthikeyan | 2:41 |
Total length: | 17:42 |
The satellite rights of the film were acquired by MAA TV. The film opened to mixed reviews.[7]
The film opened good response all over the world by collecting ₹2.32 crore (US$300,000)(Share) on its first day.[8] The film collected ₹7.85 crore (US$1.0 million) (Share) in its first week.[9] The film ended by collecting ₹10.75 crore (US$1.4 million) worldwide.[10]