Kalyana Ramudu

2003 film by G. Ram Prasad

18 July 2003 (2003-07-18)

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Kalyana Ramudu (Telugu: కళ్యాణ రాముడు) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language family film and remake of 2002 Malayalam film Kalyanaraman directed by G. Ram Prasad and produced by Venkata Shyam Prasad under SP Entertainments. The film stars Venu Thottempudi, Prabhu Deva and Nikita in the lead roles.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Venu Thottempudi as Kalyana Ramudu "Ramu"
Prabhu Deva as Rajesh
Nikita as Kalyani
Suman as Shiva
Nassar as Kalyani's father
Sunil as Chari
M. S. Narayana as Pahilwan
Chittajalu Lakshmipati
Raja Ravindra as Madan
Raghu Babu as Subbu
Gundu Prasad
J. V. Somayajulu
Allu Ramalingaiah as Kalyana Ramudu's grandfather
Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Student
Devi Charan
Sana as Kalyani's mother

Music

Kalyana Ramudu
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	2003
Producer	Mani Sharma

The music of the film was composed by Mani Sharma.^[3] Except "Preminchukuna", all the tunes from Malayalam original were retained in this version.

Sno	Song title	Singers
1	"Dolu Baja"	Shankar Mahadevan
2	"Parigethi"	Mano
3	"Gutthonkaya"	Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan
4	"Kathalo Raja"	K. J. Yesudas
5	"Preminchukuna"	Udit Narayan, Kalpana
6	"Sitakokamma"	Shankar Mahadevan, S.P.B.Charan

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "The film is entertaining in first half, which peters out to be melodramatic and slow. But on the whole the film is a hilarious laugh riot".^[4]

References

^ "Telugu cinema review - Kalyana Ramudu - Venu, Prabhu Deva, Nikita - SP Entertainments - G Ram Prasad". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Srihari, Gudipoodi. "Imbalanced narrative". The Hindu – via Idlebrain.com.
^ "Songs from Kalyana Ramadu". cinefolks.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ Moviebuzz. "Review: Kalyana Ramudu". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 January 2005.