Tulasi (film)
| Tulasi | |
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 Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Boyapati Srinu |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Boyapati Srinu |
| Story by |
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| Produced by | D.Suresh Babu |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | B. Balamurugan |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Distributed by | Suresh Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Tulasi is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by D.Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner and directed by Boyapati Srinu. It stars Venkatesh, Nayantara and music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. It was later dubbed into Malayalam with the same title.
Plot
Parvataneni Tulasi Ram (Venkatesh) is a native of Rayalaseema. As his region is well known for factional feuds, his father Dasaratha Ramayya (Vijaykumar) keeps him away in Hyderabad, gets him educated, and makes him an architect. Once, he comes across Vasundhara (Nayantara) and later marries her. When Vasu turns pregnant, Tulasi takes her to their native place. Tulasi turns violent when a rival faction pushes his father. Later, the factional feuds continue to haunt him. When Vasu's brother Harsha (Sivaji) dies in the attack by factionists, Vasu could not digest the violence and deserts Tulasi with their son Harsha (Atulith). Later, Tulasi comes to know that Harsha has a blood clot in his brain, and it may cause a hemorrhage. With the help of Dr. Surekha (Ramya Krishnan), Tulasi summons specialists from abroad to get Harsha operated. When everything is ready for the surgery, a gangster (Ashish Vidyarthi) takes away the boy as both of his sons (Subbaraju and Riyaz Khan) were killed by Tulasi. In the climax, Tulasi kills the gangster to save his son's life. The film ends with Vasu reuniting with Tulasi.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Parvataneni Tulasi Ram
- Nayantara as Vasundhara
- Master Atulith as Harsha
- Ashish Vidyarthi as an underworld gangster
- Rahul Dev as Basavaraju
- Vijaykumar as Dasaradha Ramayya
- Sivaji as Harsha, Vasu's brother
- Ali
- Ramya Krishna as Dr. Surekha
- Ahuti Prasad as Tulasi's uncle
- Subbaraju as the gangster's elder son
- Riyaz Khan as the gangster's younger son
- Jhansi as Kokapet Aunty
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Ramayya's rival
- Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
- Raghu Babu
- Ravi Babu
- Tanikella Bharani
- Naramalli Sivaprasad
- Uttej
- Narsing Yadav
- Banerjee
- Bandla Ganesh
- Sameer
- Chitram Seenu
- Dr. Siva Prasad
- Siva Parvathi
- Shravan
- Tarzan
- Sravani
- Devisri
- Saraswatamma
- Shriya in a guest appearance in the song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"
Soundtrack
| Tulasi | ||||
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| Released | 22 September 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:38 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
| Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. Audio of Tulasi was launched at a function arranged in the song set at Rama Naidu studios in the evening of 22 September 2007. K. Raghavendra Rao, D. Ramanaidu and KL Narayana attended this function as guests. K. Raghavendra Rao released the audio cassette and gave the first unit to D. Ramanaidu. D. Ramanaidu released the audio CD and gave the first unit to Shriya Saran.[1]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mia Mia" | Chandrabose | Naveen, Mamta Mohandas | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Vennelintha" | Chandrabose | Venu, Sunitha | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Tula Tula Thulasi" | Chandrabose | Tippu, Priya Hemesh | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Hello Boys" | Chandrabose | Devi Sri Prasad | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Nee Kallathoti" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Chitra, Sagar | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini" | Sahithi | Devi Sri Prasad, Malgudi Subha | 5:10 |
| Total length: | 26:38 | |||
Release
- The film released with 290 prints worldwide,[2] in 312 screens in India which includes 20 screens in Andhra Pradesh, 21 screens in Karnataka and 7 screens in Tamil Nadu.
- The film had a 50-day run in 225 centres and was declared a super hit.[3]
Box office
- It has grossed Rs. 120 million in 12 days.[4]
- TV rights sold for Rs. 20 million.[5]
- It is the first Telugu film to complete 50 days in 225 theatres across Andhra.
References
- ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-tulasi.html
- ^ "Tulasi censored and ready!". Telugu cinema. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
- ^ http://www.cinegoer.com/tulasi50.htm
- ^ "Thulasi Success Meet". Chitramala. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ http://www.extramirchi.com/movies/venkateshs-tulasi-tv-rights-sold-for-rs-2-crores/
