Sukumaruu
Film poster
Directed byG. Ashok
Produced byK. Venugopal
Starring
CinematographySai Sriram
Edited byPrawin Pudi
Music byAnup Rubens
Production
company
Sri Soudhamini Creations
Release date
  • 10 May 2013 (2013-05-10)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Sukumarudu is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by G. Ashok and produced by K. Venugopal's Sri Soudhamini Creations. The film stars Aadi in the title role alongside Nisha Aggarwal and Bhavna Ruparel. Krishna and Sharada appear in guest roles. Music is composed by Anup Rubens. The film was theatrically released on 10 May 2013.

Plot

The story is about Sukumar (Aadi), a rich, young guy who lives abroad. His family lives back home in a beautiful village. Sukumar comes back because of property. There is Sankari (Nisha Aggarwal), a beautiful girl waiting to fall in love. Sukumar faces difficulty from a few family members, and what follows is how he manages to win hearts (and property).

Cast

Production

Casting

Initially Siddharth was approached to play the main protagonist the film.[1] But due to lack of dates, he walked out of the movie.[2] Aadi, the son of veteran Telugu actor Sai Kumar, who had already two decent hits Prema Kavali and Lovely was roped in.[3] Nisha Aggarwal, the younger sister of prominent Telugu actress Kajal Aggarwal, who had given good performances in her earlier films Yemaindi Ee Vela and Solo, was roped in as the female lead and Bhavna Ruparel was also roped in as the female lead.[4]

Filming

Adi's Sukumarudu Movie Audio Launch was held in Hyderabad on 31 March 2013 .[5][6] The launching of the shooting of the film began at Ramanaidu studios in Hyderabad on 23 May 2012. Sreenu Vaitla gave the first clap. K S Rama Rao and Bellamkonda Suresh switched the camera on.[7] The shooting was done in a full-fledged mode since then and in July it completed 40% of its shoot and some key scenes were shot in Nanakramguda at Vizianagaram.[8] Later the Shooting was shifted to Ramoji film city where Key scenes featuring Aadi and Nisha were shot. In August, it was reported that The film is being made with a big star cast of 54 artists, the film completed 60% of shot in 2 schedules. The 3rd schedule will begin from 15 August and most of the shot will be completed by 3rd schedule. In October it was Reported that the film has completed its talkie part, and will move to Europe for its songs.[9] The producers stated that the Schedule would start from 24 October and would be completed or on nearly 9 November and the film would be Released in December after the completion of its patchwork in November.[10][11] In November, it was declared that the film's shoot is coming to an end and the last schedule has just started, and the movie's audio launch will take place in December.[12] On 22 December 2012 it was declared that the climax fight sequence is being canned on Aadi and the film's main villain near Mylavaram and Except for a song and another fight sequence, the rest of the film's shooting has been wrapped up.[13] In January 2013, it was reported that the movie is currently in the final stages of shooting and a song will be shot from 10 February onwards, and the movie is scheduled for a release in March 2013.[14] But later, it was informed that the movie would release in April 2013.[15] After the film's principal shooting has been wrapped up, it was reported that a song featuring the three lead actors was shot in Hyderabad and Post-production works are in full swing.[16]

Release

The movie was awarded a U/A Certificate by The Central Board of Film Certification on 4 May 2013. The movie is slated for a worldwide release on 10 May 2013.[17]

Soundtrack

Sukumarudu
Soundtrack album by
Anup Rubens
Released31 March 2013
Recorded2012-2013
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:21
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
ProducerAnup Rubens
Anup Rubens chronology
Gunde Jaari Gallanthayyinde
(2013)		 Sukumarudu
(2013)		 Autonagar Surya
(2013)

The music was composed by Anoop Rubens. The audio was launched on 31 March 2013 at Novatel Hotel in Hyderabad.[18] Aditya Music won the audio rights of this film.[16] The audio got positive response.[19]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Tongi Tongi (Club Mix)"BalajiVijay Prakash03:23
2."Manasuna Veyyi"BalajiVijay Prakash04:05
3."Sukumarudu"BalajiRaja Hasan, Rajesh, Dhanunjay, Manju, Ramya, Pradeepthi04:09
4."Manasuna Nuvvele"RambhatlaAnjana Sowmya04:44
5."Tongi Tongi"KandikondaSuchitra & Ramki03:31
6."Neelakashamlo"Sri ManiShreya Ghoshal04:25
7."O Baby Naa Lokam"Sri ManiAnoop Rubens, Chorus04:04
Total length:28:21

Reception

Girija Narayan of Filmibeat gave it 2 out of 5, calling it "3 Hours of pain" due to the length of the film[20] Sushil Rao of The Times of India gave the film 3 out of 5.[21] Both Business Standard and News18 India gave the film 1 out of 2 and 2.5 out of 5 quoting "The film turns cheerful after the arrival of the protagonist in the village, but the overall presentation gets melodramatic and, therefore, it fails to engage the audience throughout."[22][23] NDTV praised Aadi's dance moves but criticized it emotional scenes.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Siddharth is a 'Sukumarudu'". 123telugu.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Siddharth opts out of Sukumarudu". 123telugu.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aadi in talks for Sukumarudu". 123telugu.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sukumarudu team celebrate Sharada's b'day". IndiaGlitz. 26 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Adi's Sukumarudu Movie Audio Launch". Idlebrain.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Adi's Sukumarudu Trailers". Idlebrain.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Adi's Sukumarudu Movie Launch". Age India. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Sukumarudu shooting in Nanakramguda". 123telugu.com. 7 July 2012. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Aadi's 'Sukumarudu' moves to Europe". 123telugu.com. 28 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Sukumarudu film news – Telugu cinema news". Idlebrain.com (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "Aadi's 'Sukumarudu' in December". 123telugu.com. 29 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "'Sukumarudu' audio in December". 123telufu.com. 20 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  13. ↑ "Sukumarudu's shooting nears completion". 123telugu.com. 22 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "'Sukumarudu' gearing up for March". 123telugu.com. 29 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  15. ↑ Kruthi Gonwar (21 February 2013). "I am underrated: Sai Kumar". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  16. 1 2 "Sukumarudu's audio to be launched today". 123telugu.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Sukumarudu gets U/A certificate". 123telugu.com. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  18. ↑ "Sukumarudu Audio Review – Audio Launch Highlights and Videos". Cinesiren.com. 31 March 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  19. ↑ "'Sukumarudu' Audio success meet". IndiaGlitz. 7 April 2013. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  20. ↑ Girija Narayan (10 May 2013). "Sukumarudu - Movie Review: 3 Hours of Pain!". Filmibeat. Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "Sukumarudu Movie Review". The Times of India. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "'Sukumarudu': emotionally cheerful (Telugu Movie Review)". Business Standard. IANS. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "Telugu review: 'Sukumarudu' is a melodramatic entertainer". News18 India. 12 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 September 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  24. ↑ "Sukumarudu movie review". NDTV. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.