Namo Venkatesa

Namo Venkatesa (“Hail Venkatesa”) is a 2010 Telugu action comedy written and directed by Srinu Vaitla from a story by Gopimohan, starring Venkatesh and Trisha, with Brahmanandam, Mukesh Rishi, Subbaraju and Ali in support. Produced by 14 Reels Entertainment and Suresh Productions, with music by Devi Sri Prasad, it was released on 14 January 2010.

What the story is about

Venky is a good-natured ventriloquist whom everyone likes. An astrologer warns him that if he does not marry within a month, he will stay single for life. On a performing trip to Paris he gets the better of “Paris” Prasad, a con man who tries to cheat his troupe of their fee, and falls for Prasad’s niece Pooja, who does not return his feelings. When Pooja’s family in Rayalaseema arranges her marriage to her cousin Bhadrappa, Prasad, who needs money, persuades the trusting Venky that Pooja wants to marry him, and Venky heads to her village posing as Praneeth, a rich investor, to take her away. The comedy comes from how long the deception can last.

Cast and crew

• Venkatesh as Venkataramana “Venky”, also posing as Praneeth
• Trisha as Pooja
• Brahmanandam as Paris Prasad, Pooja’s uncle
• Mukesh Rishi as Chengala Rayudu, Pooja’s father
• Subbaraju as Bhadrappa
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Bhadrappa’s grandfather
• Kota Srinivasa Rao and Chandra Mohan as Venky’s uncles
• Ali as Sheikh Raj and M. S. Narayana as the astrologer Palasa

Writer and director: Srinu Vaitla. Music: Devi Sri Prasad, lyrics by Ramajogayya Sastry. Cinematography: Prasad Murella. Editing: M. R. Varma. Runtime: 152 minutes.

Making the film

About 85% of the film had been shot by November 2009. Near the end of the shoot Venkatesh came down with chikungunya, but he still filmed two songs, including the title song, so that the film could make its Sankranti release.

Music

Namo Venkatesa was Devi Sri Prasad’s second film with Venkatesh after Tulasi. The soundtrack was released by Aditya Music, with the audio launch held in Bangkok on 5 January 2010.

Reviews

Rediff gave the film two and a half stars out of five and said it “provides wholesome fun for the family”. Wikipedia’s article records no other reviews and no box-office figures for the film.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Namo Venkatesa and the review it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.