Devadasu (Telugu: దేవదాసు) ( Dubbed in malayalam as Devdas also remade in Bengali as Paglu ) is a Tollywood film that released on 11 January 2006 and was directed and produced by YVS Chowdary. Debutants Ram and Ileana D'Cruz play the main leads while Sayaji Shinde plays the negative role. Indian actress Shriya Saran sizzles the audience with an item number. This film was both Ram's and Ileana D'Cruz's debut film as artists.

Plot[link]

Devadas (Ram) is the typical poor student, while Bhanumati (Ileana) is a rich NRI girl whose father is the senator of New York. They fall in love when the girl comes to India to learn classical Carnatic music. Coming to know about their love, Bhanu’s father Katamraju (Sayaji Shinde) hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but he takes her daughter, and her grand mother back to the USA. The rest of the story is how the street-smart lover boy makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.

Cast[link]

• Ram ... Devdas
• Ileana D'Cruz ... Bhanumati
• Sayaji Shinde ... Katamraju
• Shriya Saran ... As herself (Cameo)
• Y.V.S Chowdary ... As himself (Cameo)
• Chakri ... As himself (Cameo)
• Manuel Drieschmanns ... As the embassy employee

Crew[link]

• Director: Y.V.S Chowdary
• Producer: Y.V.S Chowdary
• Story: Y.V.S Chowdary
• Screenplay: Y.V.S Chowdary
• Dialogues: Chintapalli Ramana
• Action Director: Vijay
• Music: Chakri
• Lyrics: Sirivennela & Chandrabose
• Director of Photography: Bharani K. Dharan
• Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
• Choreographers: Tara, Brinda, Rajasekhar, Rakesh, & Krishna Reddy
• Art Director: Anand Sai

Box office performance[link]

• The film's total gross is around Rs.17 crores.^[2]
• This film ran for 175 days in 17 theatres,^[3] including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, Hyderabad.^[4]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jeevi Review
• fullhyd.com Review
• TotalTollywood Review
• Devadasu at the Internet Movie Database
• Great Andhra Review
• Nonstop Cinema Review
• IndiaGlitz Review
• Film Chamber Review
• Davadasu Video Songs

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Yalamanchili Venkata Satyanarayana Chowdary (born 23 May in Gudiwada) is a Telugu film director. His screen name is YVS Chowdary. His movie productions include Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Devdas, Sree Seetharamula Kalyanam Choothamu Raarandi, Seetharamaraju, Yuvaraju and Seathaiah. He also producued Nippu which will be released in early 2012.^[1]

Personal life[link]

YVS Chowdary was born and grew up in Gudiwada, a town in Krishna District in the State of Andhra Pradesh. His father is a lorry driver,he belongs to Kanumuru and his mother is a home maker, she belongs to Bhatlapenumarru in Krishna District.

Career[link]

YVS Chowdary directed 8 films, Six of them were hits and ran for 100 days,Among six Devdas and Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo ran for more than 175 days. Before becoming a director, he has associated with big directors such as K. Raghavendra Rao, Ram Gopal Varma, Mahesh Bhatt and Krishna Vamsi. YVS Chowdary is the owner of Bommarillu Vaari Banner and produced big hits like Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo, Devdas and hit like Seathaiah.

YVS Chowdary movie lover and a fan of NTR before he entered Tollywood. He started the trend of making films with new star cast in Akkineni Nagarjuna's home production film titled Sri Seetharamula Kalyanam Choothamu Raarandi. He directed actors such as Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna,, Nandamuri HariKrishna, Mahesh Babu, Nandamuri Balakrishna and Manchu Mohanbabu in his other projects. He introduced "Venkat", "Chandu", "Chandni" in his first film. "Aditya Om", "Ankita Jhaveri", in his fourth film and "Ram", "Ileana D'Cruz" in his sixth film.

Filmography[link]

Assistant Editor[link]

• Top Tukker (Dubbed from Kannada)

Assistant Director[link]

• Aggipidugu
• Pattabhishekam
• Kaliyuga Pandavulu
• Agni Puthrudu
• Sahasa Samrat
• Donga Ramudu

Associate Director[link]

• Janaki Ramudu
• Rudranethra
• Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari

Co-Director[link]

• Govinda Govinda
• Criminal (Telugu & Hindi)
• Gulabi
• Ninne Pelladutha

Director[link]

• Sri Seetha Ramula Kalyanam Choothamu Raarandi
• Seetharama Raju
• Yuvaraju
• Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo
• Seathaiah
• Devdas
• Okka Magaadu
• Saleem
• Rey(2011)

References[link]

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