Released · Telugu film · 2013
Venkatadri Express
వెంకటాద్రి ఎక్స్ప్రెస్
Venkatadri Express release date: 29 November 2013 (theatres). Directed by Merlapaka Gandhi; starring Sundeep Kishan and Rakul Preet Singh.
- Film release
- 29 November 2013 · All 2013 films
- Director
- Merlapaka Gandhi
- Music
- Ramana Gogula
- Production
- Anandi Art Creations
- Writing credits
- Merlapaka Gandhi
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
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Film release: 29 November 2013 · all 2013 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 25 September 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
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Venkatadri Express is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy written and directed by Merlapaka Gandhi in his debut and produced by Gemini Kiran’s Anandi Art Creations. It stars Sundeep Kishan and Rakul Preet Singh, in her first Telugu lead role. Released on 29 November 2013 on 450 screens worldwide, it was well received and a commercial success.
Story
Ram Murthy, a retired headmaster obsessed with discipline, runs his family by a strict “constitution”. Anyone who makes 100 mistakes is banished from the house, and his own brother was sent away that way. While the rest of the family keep well under 20, young Sundeep has already made 99 mistakes and is one slip away from banishment.
Production and music
Ramana Gogula composed the music, Chota K. Naidu was the cinematographer and Gautham Raju the editor. Aditya Music released the soundtrack on 1 November 2013 with a launch event in Hyderabad. Allari Naresh provided a voice-over for the film.
Release
The film was cleared by the censor board on 22 November 2013 and opened a week later. Sundeep Kishan said Ravi Teja called to praise it as a superb entertainer. It premiered on Gemini TV on 22 March 2014.
Reception and box office
The Hindu found it an entertaining watch backed by good writing and acting. 123telugu.com gave it 3 out of 5 for an entertaining first half but felt the second half became predictable. Idlebrain gave it 3.25 and called it a “Fun Express”. According to the source, it earned ₹3.50 crore on its opening day and netted around ₹13.5 crore by its first weekend. Thagubothu Ramesh won the Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for the film.
Remakes
The film was remade in Kannada as Tirupathi Express (2014), in Bengali as Love Express (2016) and in Odia as Love Station (2016).
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Cast of Venkatadri Express (2013)
- Sundeep Kishan as Sundeep
- Rakul Preet Singh as Prarthana
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Prudhvi Raj
- Saptagiri
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Brahmaji
- Praveen
- Jaya Prakash Reddy
- Nagineedu
- M. S. Narayana
- Narsing Yadav
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi
Also in the cast (TMDB): Nagineedu Vellanki as Ram Murthy.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
Reviews cited in the article found it an entertaining debut from director Merlapaka Gandhi, with a stronger first half than second.
- The Hindu (Sangeeth Devi Dundoo) found it neither side-splitting nor mindless, but entertaining thanks to reasonably good writing and acting.
- 123telugu.com enjoyed a well-paced, funny first half, but felt the second half turns predictable.
- Idlebrain.com (Jeevi) called it a decent film with the right mix of entertainment and family emotion.
- Oneindia Entertainment called it a perfect entertainer for family audiences.
Box office: the article reports a net of around ₹13.5 crore by the first weekend and calls the film a commercial success.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Venkatadri Express (film) (revision 1376456326), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
Source record: Q16346585 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.