Madatha Kaja

Madatha Kaja is a 2011 Telugu romantic action comedy written and directed by Seetaramaraju Dantuluri in his debut, starring Allari Naresh and Sneha Ullal. It was produced by Vedarajuu Timber under the Timbuu Productions and Sri Ranjith Movies banners, with music by Sri Vasant and cinematography by Adusumilli Vijay Kumar, and was released on 29 September 2011. The title is the name of a layered Andhra sweet.

What the story is about

Kalyan is a happy-go-lucky police informer in Vizag who reports to a local cop, Sai Kumar. He falls for Swapna at first sight, and with help from his friend Kishore and from Sai Kumar himself, sets out to win her.

Then the police send Kalyan to Hyderabad to gather information on two mafia leaders, JP and KP, who run the illegal business of an international don, Nanda, based in Bangkok. The two are always at each other’s throats, so Nanda decides to unite them by marrying JP’s son to KP’s daughter, and Kalyan discovers that KP’s daughter is Swapna. With her help, he starts playing mind games with the gangsters, trying to bring down the whole network and keep the girl.

Cast and crew

• Allari Naresh as Kalyan
• Sneha Ullal as Swapna
• Maryam Zakaria as Priya
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Nanda
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as JP and Ahuti Prasad as KP
• Subbaraju as Ajay, JP’s son
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Sai Kumar
• Vennela Kishore as Kishore
• Brahmanandam as Padmasri, Ali as Lingaraju and Raghu Babu as Puli

Writer and director: Seetaramaraju Dantuluri. Producer: Vedarajuu Timber. Music: Sri Vasant. Cinematography: Adusumilli Vijay Kumar.

Music

The audio was released in Visakhapatnam on 16 September 2011 by Aditya Music. Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar wrote two of the songs, and Sirivennela Sitaramasastri and Surendra Krishna one each.

Reviews and box office

Reviews were mixed to negative. Suresh Kavirayani of the Times of India gave it 2.5 out of 5 and called it a time-pass watch. Radhika Rajamani of Rediff gave it 1.5 out of 5: “There’s nothing sweet about Madatha Kaja even though the film is named after a sweet delicacy from Andhra!” Wikipedia says the film did relatively well despite the reviews and was declared an average grosser, but it cites no source or figures. It was later dubbed into Hindi as Mera Pyaar (2018).

Where to watch Madatha Kaja

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Madatha Kaja and the reviews it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.