Venky
| Venky | |
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| Directed by | Srinu Vaitla |
| Written by | Kona Venkat Gopimohan |
| Produced by | Atluri Purnachandra Rao |
| Starring | Ravi Teja Sneha Ashutosh Rana |
| Cinematography | Prasad Murella |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Venky is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language comedy thriller film that released on 26 March 2004 and was directed by Srinu Vaitla and produced by Atluri Purnachandra Rao. Ravi Teja and Sneha played the lead roles. Devi Sri Prasad composed music for the film. Srinu Vaitla's first film association with writers Kona Venkat and Gopimohan happened with this film.[1]
Plot
Venkateswarlu (Ravi Teja), a wayward youth in Vizag travels to Hyderabad along with his friends on a train as he has been accidentally selected for police training, He meets Sravani (Sneha) in the train, falling in love with her and proposing the same to her. She rejects the proposal. Later. Venky and his friends threaten Sravani's father and another lady co-passenger in a state of inebriation, both of whom are found dead the next morning. Fearing trouble, Venky and his friends escape to Hyderabad and join the training where they find out that their boss Yogendra Kumar Sharma (Ashutosh Rana) is behind the murders, what happens next and how Venky solves the crime is the rest of the movie.
Cast
- Ravi Teja as Venky
- Sneha_(actress) as Shravani
- Ashutosh Rana as Yogendra Sharma IPS
- Srinivasa Reddy as Suri Babu
- Chitram Seenu as Ramana
- Ramachandra as Bujji
- Brahmanandam as G.K. Gajala
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Biksham
- AVS as Bokka Subbarao
- Venu Madhav as Nippu Nagaraju, ticket collector
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Jagadamba Chowdary "J.C."
- Tanikella Bharani as Venky's father
- Delhi Rajeshwari as Venky's mother
- Krishna Bhagavan as Bhagvan (Fake Employer)
- Master Bharath as Train Passenger
- Jeeva as Jeevaji
- Bharath Teja as ACP Bharath
- Suman in a guest appearance
- Ahuti Prasad as Sarat Kumar IPS (cameo)
- Raasi as special appearance in a song
- CVL Narasimha Rao as Prasad Rao (Shravani's father)
- SS Kanchi as Train Passenger
- Apoorva as Train Passenger
- Kaushal Manda
Soundtrack
| Venky | ||||
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| Soundtrack album to Venky by | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:50 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
| Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
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The music and background score was composed by Devi Sri Prasad.
All lyrics are written by Sahiti
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Maar Maar" | Manikka Vinayagam, Srilekha Parthasarathy | 05:14 |
| 2. | "Gongoora Thotakada" | Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Kalpana | 04:51 |
| 3. | "Silakemo" | Sriram Parthasarathy, Malathy Lakshman | 04:43 |
| 4. | "O Manasa" | Venu, Sumangali | 04:15 |
| 5. | "Anaganaga Kathala" | Karthik, Sumangali | 05:05 |
| 6. | "Andala Chukkala Lady" | Mallikarjun, Kalpana | 04:42 |
| Total length: | 28:50 | ||
Release
The film released to positive reviews and was recorded as a block buster at the box office.[2]
