Genre: Love
Banner: CV Arts
Cast: Srikanth, Sunil, Gayatri, Raj, Brahmanandam, Bharani, M.S. Narayana, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Gautham Raju, Aditya, Naveen, Sathibabu and Sana
Art: Chinni
Photography: Shankar
Music: Chakri
Fights: Horman Babu
Editing: Kola Bhaskar
Dialogues: Chintapalli Ramana
Screenplay - Direction: Devi Prasad
Producer: CV Reddy
Theatrical Release Date: February

About the film

The two friends have nothing to fall back upon, except a rickety old bus inherited by one of them. Yet, they dream of making it big one they dream of making it big one day, and in their attempts to achieve this, they face many intriguing situations, which ultimately end in humor. This is the theme of C.V. Arts' "Aaduthu-Paaduthu", a remake of the Malayalam hit, "Ee Parakkum Thalika".

Srikanth and Sunil play the friends, and Devi Prasad directs the movie for producer C.V. Reddy. For Gayathri, it is her debut in Telugu films.

Says the director, "Srikanth inherits the bus from his father, who is a dramatist. He and his friend Sunil live in the bus and make a living out of it. They want to come up the hard way. At this juncture, a girl (Gayathri) enters their lives. At first, though the hero ignores, her, he rescues her from her kidnappers. And then, love blossoms between the two. "Our movie is different from the present trend of love stories. Ours is more of a comedy with sentiment and action. You can find the navarasas in it, and that makes the film a wholesome entertainer," says Devi Prasad.

Srikanth was the lead man in maximum number of films last year, six to be precise. But none of them earned him any kudos at the box office. He hopes to revive his fortunes this year.

"I am playing the role of an unemployed youth with a goal to achieve something big in life, a well-written role with all the bhavas - comedy, action and sentiment, besides a bit of dancing around. My role, along with that of Sunil, projects us as fun-loving youth. We are all working hard to make it a big success, like its Malayalam version". Sunil feels he has got an opportunity to prove his worth as an actor with such a character. "It is quite different from the roles I have played earlier".

Producer C.V. Reddy has a penchant for clean and wholesome entertainer, and has won a couple of Nandi awards earlier. "In spite of their problems, the two friends in the movie appear to be fun-loving. Hence the title, 'Aaduthu-Paaduthu'. We have shot major portions of film in the bus, specially designed and made by the artisans at Ramoji Film City. After the picturization of two songs, the rest of the talkie portions and post-production work, we plan to release the movie in February. Meanwhile, we will be releasing the audio cassettes, which has a pleasant score by Chakri, by January".

Music Director Raj makes a special appearance as a politician and the father of the heroine. His first love is his profession and position, and his family comes next. Brahmanandam, Bharani, M.S. Narayana, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Gautham Raju, Aditya, Naveen, Sathibabu and Sana are also in the cast.

Dialogue is by Chintapalli Ramana, camera by Shankar, fights by 'Horseman' Babu, art by Chinna, and editing by Kola Bhasker.

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