Tulasi (film)
| Tulasi | |
|---|---|
D. Suresh Babu | |
| Starring |
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| 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 |
| Budget | 12 crore |
| Box office | 32 crore |
Tulasi is a 2007 Indian
Nayantara
in the lead roles.the film was a super hit at the box office
Plot
Parvataneni Tulasi Ram is an architect in
hemorrhage
. With the help of Dr. Surekha, Tulasi summons specialists from abroad in order to get Harsha operated. When everything is ready for the surgery, a gangster named Veeranna, kidnaps Harsha as both of his sons Ravi and Shankar were killed by Tulasi. However, Tulasi kills Veeranna in order to save Harsha, where Tulasi finally reunites with Vasundhara and Harsha.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Parvataneni Tulasi Ram
- Nayantaraas Vasundhara Tulasi Ram
- Master Atul as Harsha, Tulasi, Vasundhara and Vaishali's son
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Veeranna, a gangster
- Rahul Dev as Basavaraju
- Sudhaas Lakshmi, Tulasi's mother
- Vijaykumar as Parvataneni Dasaratha Ramayya, Tulasi's father
- Geetha as Janaki, Vasundhara's mother
- Nassar as Raghunath, Vasundhara's father
- Sivaji as Harsha, Vasundhara's brother
- Paruchuri Venkateswara Raoas Venkat Rao
- Brahmanandam as Appalaraju / Pappalaraju
- Ali as Apartment Owner
- Satyam Rajesh as Tulasi's friend
- Uttej as Tulasi's friend
- Ramya Krishnan as Dr. Surekha
- Nadhiya as Prabhavati, Tulasi's aunt
- Ahuti Prasad as Raghavendra, Tulasi's uncle
- Subbaraju as Ravi, Veeranna's elder son
- Riyaz Khan as Shankar, Veeranna's younger son
- Jhansias Kokapet aunty
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Chandrayya, Ramayya's rival
- Raghu Babu as Raghu
- Ravi Babu as Prasad
- Tanikella Bharani as Kantepudi Srinivasa Rao
- Naramalli Sivaprasad
- Narsing Yadav as Narasing, Veeranna's henchman
- Banerjee as Banerjee
- Bandla Ganesh
- Sameer
- Chitram Seenu
- Dr. Siva Prasad
- Siva Parvathi
- Shravan
- Tarzan
- Sravani
- Devisri
- Saraswatamma
- Bill Bitra
- Shriya Saran in a guest appearance in the song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"
Soundtrack
| Tulasi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mia Mia" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Chitra, Sagar | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini (Raja Raja Bobbili Raja)" | Sahithi | Devi Sri Prasad, Malgudi Subha | 5:10 |
| 7. | "Cheekatanthaa Vennelaaye Chudaraa (Unreleased/Theatrical Version)" | Uncredited | Uncredited | 1:52 |
| 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] It was later dubbed and released in Tamil and Malayalam with the same title and in Hindi as The Real Man Hero.
Box office
- The film has undergone the theatrical business of 12 crores and grossed 32 crores[4] during its full run and got distributor share of 18.43 crores and emerged as Super Hit[5]
- TV rights sold for Rs. 20 million.[6]
- It is the first Telugu film to complete 50 days direct in 225 theatres across Andhra.
Awards
- Jhansi won Nandi Award for Best Female Comedian[7]
References
- ^ "Audio launch - Tulasi". idlebrain.com. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Tulasi censored and ready!". Telugu cinema. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
- ^ "Tulasi 50-day Centres". cinegoer.com. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Chanti to Venky mama". telugu.asianetnews.com/.
- ^ "Tulasi Collections". 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Venkatesh's Tulasi TV rights sold for Rs 2 Crores". extramirchi.com. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 31 December 2020.(in Telugu)
External links
- Tulasi at IMDb