Godava

2007 film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy

7 December 2007 (2007-12-07)

Running time

146 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Godava (transl. Trouble) is a 2007 Telugu-language film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and stars his son Vaibhav and Shraddha Arya in the lead roles alongside Sayaji Shinde who plays a supporting role. This film marks the film debut of Reddy and the Telugu film debut of Arya.

Plot

To avoid marriage, Anjali gets into a fake relationship with her collegemate Balu.

Cast

Vaibhav as Balu
Shraddha Arya as Anjali
Sayaji Shinde as Anjali's father
Chalapathi Rao as Balu's father
Delhi Rajeshwari as Balu's mother
Annapoorna as Anjali's grandmother
Brahmanandam as College Principal
Sunil as Train Ticket Collector
Ashwini as Anjali's friend
Chitram Seenu as Balu's friend
Babloo as Balu's friend
AVS as Temple Priest
Venu Madhav
Jaya Prakash Reddy as Anjali's grandfather
Raghu Babu as Police Sub-Inspector
M. S. Narayana as Train Passenger
Raghunatha Reddy as Superintendent of Police
Gundu Sudarshan as Porter
Dhanraj as Balu's friend
Venu Yeldandi as College Student
Thagubothu Ramesh
Uttej as Lawyer
Shankar Melkote as Suzy's father
Nagendra Babu as the Chief Guest for Youth Festival (cameo appearance)
Zabyn Khan as an item number in "Current Kastha"

Production

Due to the fact that the lead actor's real name, Sumanth, was already the name of an established actor, Kodandarami Reddy asked Chiranjeevi to pick a name from a list of ten names that Reddy had selected for his son.^[1] Chiranjeevi picked out the name Vaibhav from the list to be Sumanth Reddy's stage name.^[2] The filming was completed in September 2007.^[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma.^[4] The audio was launched on 10 September 2007. The songs were shot Bangkok, Malaysia and Visakhapatnam.^[3] Balakrishna attended the audio launch as a chief guest.^[5]

"Evaro Nuvva" - Ranjith, Kalyani
"Current Kastha" - Rita
"Mounamlo" - N. C. Karunya
"Okkasaari" - Rahul, Sunitha
"Hutch Phone" - KK, Deepa, Kousalya

Release

The film was released on 7 December along with Sivaji-starrer State Rowdy.^[6] The film was released with 31 prints.^[7] The film released to negative reviews.^[8] Rediff gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and noted that "The motive behind such films is nothing but an excuse to showcase the wannabe star's dancing prowess and action shots".^[9] This film was later dubbed in Hindi as Rowdy Bodyguard: A Powerful Man (2014).

References

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^ ^a ^b "Godava press meet - Telugu cinema - Vaibhav". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Yet another sonrise". The Hindu. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Godava music launch - Telugu cinema function - Vaibhav & Sraddha Arya". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Telugu cinema news - idlebrain.com". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Godava success meet - Telugu cinema function - Vaibhasv & Sraddha Arya". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Godava review. Godava Telugu movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ "Steer clear of Godava". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2019.