Sevakudu
| Sevakudu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | V. Samudra |
| Produced by | Muttineni Satyanarayana |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva |
Production company | Sri Venkata Ramana Art Productions Studio |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Sevakudu (transl. Volunteer) is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language vigilante film directed by V. Samudra and starring Srikanth and Charmy Kaur. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Ini Oru Vidhi Seivom and released in 2014.[1]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Srikanth as Surya
- Charmy Kaur
- Nassar as Ramachandrayya
- Pradeep Rawat as Balram Jadoo
- M. S. Narayana as Narayana
- Brahmanandam as Brahmi
- Ahuti Prasad
- Manjula Ghattamaneni as Manjula
- Chitti Babu
- Chalapathi Rao
- Vijayachander
- Hema
- Dasanna
- Jenny
- Sivaji Raja
- Tirupathi Prakash
- Srinivasa Reddy as Raju, Surya's friend
- Sangeetha
- Sattanna
- Krishna as Krishna Prasad (cameo appearance)
Production
[edit | edit source]The film began production in 2010 with Srikanth and Vimala Raman in the lead roles; however, Raman was later replaced by Charmy Kaur.[2] The film released in 2013 due to much delay.[3] Manjula Ghattamaneni and Krishna were signed to portray guest roles.[3][4]
Soundtrack
[edit | edit source]Music by Srikanth Deva.[5] The song "Abbayi Andhra Mirchi" is partially based on "Sheila Ki Jawani". The song "Magadheerullona" is based on "Madurai Jilla Machan" from Thiruvilayadal Aarambam. The song "Guddu Guddu" is based on "Otha Viral Kaatina" from Kuthu.
- "Adugadugo Sevakudu" - Nagur Babu
- "Magadheerullona Maharjathakudammo" - Karthik, Anuradha Sriram
- "Guddu Guddu" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- "Aa Devudu Puttinchadu" - Harish Raghavendra, Chinmayi
- "Abbayi Andhra Mirchi" - Ranjith, Sravya
Release and reception
[edit | edit source]The film was scheduled to be released in February 2012, but was delayed to January 2013.[4] The Times of India gave the film a rating of one-and-a-half out of five stars and noted that " It's another vigilante movie that's very low on IQ and high on misplaced jingoism".[6] News18 wrote that "Call it a passe or simply lazy filmmaking, but all that the Telugu film 'Sevakudu manages at the end is present you with a rehash of several Telugu films released over the year".[7]
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