Shailaja Reddy Alludu (transl. Shailaja Reddy's son-in-law) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Maruthi, produced by S. Radha Krishna, Suryadevara Naga Vamsi, PDV Prasad under the banner of Sithara Entertainments. It stars Naga Chaitanya, Anu Emmanuel and Ramya Krishna while Naresh, Murali Sharma, and Vennela Kishore appear in supporting roles. The music was composed by Gopi Sundar with cinematography done by Nizar Shafi and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The film released worldwide on 13 September 2018.[3]

Shailaja Reddy Alludu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Maruthi
Written by	Maruthi
Produced by	S. Radha Krishna (Presenter) Suryadevara Naga Vamsi P.D.V. Prasad
Starring	Naga Chaitanya Anu Emmanuel Ramya Krishna
Cinematography	Nizar Shafi
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Gopi Sundar
Production company	Sithara Entertainments
Release date	13 September 2018 (2018-09-13)[1]
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	est. ₹25 crore[2]

Plot

Chaitu Gaadu and Anu Reddy fall in love but are faced with the problem of convincing Anu's mother Shailaja Reddy, a domineering woman who is determined to find a doctor as her son-in-law. Anu and her mother Shailaja haven't talked for 5 years over a problem, Anu's mom wanted her to become a doctor, to which Anu declined as she wanted to pursue arts. Anu's mom then decided to marry her to a doctor but she declined that too. For 5 years they have been talking via Manikyam. Chaitanya's father has a very high ego. When he learned that his son likes Anu, surprisingly he agreed to make her his daughter-in-law and engaged them without Shailaja's permission. When Anu's uncle found out he took her from there and Anu asked him to promise not to tell her mom. Then rest of the story follows how Chaitu convinced Shailaja to make him her Son-in-law.

Cast

Release

At first the film was scheduled to release on 30 August 2018 and later postponed due to 2018 Kerala floods.[4] It was re-scheduled to release on 13 September 2018.[5]

Soundtrack

Sailaja Reddy Alludu
Soundtrack album by Gopi Sundar
Released	19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:15
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Gopi Sundar chronology
Geetha Govindam (2018) Sailaja Reddy Alludu (2018) Amala (2018)
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Music of the film was composed by Gopi Sundar and the audio was released through Aditya Music label.

Reception

Box office

Shailaja Reddy Alludu, on the opening day it collected a total gross of ₹13.16 Crores and a share of ₹8.18 Crores worldwide.[6] In the four day extended first weekend, movie collected a total gross of ₹28.29 Crores and a share of ₹17.25 Crores worldwide.[7]

In the first weekend Shailaja Reddy Alludu beats movies like Manmarziyaan and Seema Raja in the overseas market by collecting a total gross of ₹2.95 Crores, and collected ₹2.60 Crores in United States, ₹6.54 Lakhs in United Kingdom, ₹27.11 Lakhs in Australia and ₹1.71 Lakhs in New Zealand respectively.[8]

Critical reception

The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "Some preaching, some family drama, some humour and Shailaja Reddy Alludu plays safe for a festive release".[9] Hindustan Times gave 2 out of 5 stars stating "Shailaja Reddy Alludu is a commercial entertainer and the same old formula of a sincere son-in-law who helps his lady love’s family is presented well. However, don’t go expecting anything beyond the film says it is – a formulaic entertainer that never even attempts to be anything more".[10]

Accolades

South Indian International Movie Awards[11]

• Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Telugu) - Ramya Krishna
• Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Comedian (Telugu) - Prudhvi Raj

References