| Tulasi | |
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 Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Boyapati Srinu |
| Written by | Boyapati Srinu Akula Shiva Paruchuri Brothers |
| Produced by | D. Suresh Babu |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | B. Balamurugan |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Distributed by | Suresh Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 12 crore |
| Box office | 32 crore |
Tulasi is a 2007 IndianTelugu-languageaction drama film co-written and directed byBoyapati Srinu, and produced byD.Suresh Babu onSuresh Productions banner. It starsVenkatesh andNayantara in the lead roles. The film was a commercial super hit at the box office, grossing over ₹32 crore with adistributor's share of ₹18.43 crore.[1]
Parvataneni Tulasi Ram is an architect inHyderabad who is also the native ofRayalaseema, which is well known for factional feuds. When his wife Vasundhara turns pregnant, Tulasi takes her to their native place. After arriving at the native place, Tulasi turns violent when a rival faction pushes his father Dasaratha Ramayya and the factional feuds continue to haunt him. When Vasundhara's brother Harsha dies in the attack by factionists, Vasundhara could not digest the violence and deserts Tulasi with their son also named Harsha. Later, Tulasi learns that Harsha has ablood clot in his brain, which may cause ahemorrhage. With the help of Dr. Surekha, Tulasi summons specialists from abroad in order to get Harsha operated. When everything is ready for the surgery, a gangster named Veeranna, kidnaps Harsha as both of his sons Ravi and Shankar were killed by Tulasi. However, Tulasi kills Veeranna in order to save Harsha, where Tulasi finally reunites with Vasundhara and Harsha.
| Tulasi | ||||
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| Released | 21 September 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:38 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
| Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
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Music composed byDevi Sri Prasad. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. Audio ofTulasi was launched at a function arranged in the song set at Rama Naidu studios in the evening of 22 September 2007.K. Raghavendra Rao,D. Ramanaidu and KL Narayana attended this function as guests. K. Raghavendra Rao released the audio cassette and gave the first unit to D. Ramanaidu. D. Ramanaidu released the audio CD and gave the first unit toShriya Saran.[2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mia Mia" | Chandrabose | Naveen Madhav,Mamta Mohandas | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Vennelintha Vedigaa" | Chandrabose | Venu Srirangam,Sunitha | 4:17 |
| 3. | "Thula Thula Thulasi" | Chandrabose | Priya Hemesh,Tippu | 4:37 |
| 4. | "Hello Boys" | Chandrabose | Devi Sri Prasad | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Nee Kallathoti" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Sagar,Chitra | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini (Raja Raja Bobbili Raja)" | Sahithi | Malgudi Subha,Devi Sri Prasad | 5:10 |
| 7. | "Cheekatanthaa Vennelaaye Chudaraa (Unreleased/Theatrical Version)" | Uncredited | Venu Srirangam | 1:52 |
| Total length: | 26:38 | |||
The film released with 290 prints worldwide,[3] in 312 screens inIndia which includes 20 screens inAndhra Pradesh, 21 screens inKarnataka and 7 screens inTamil Nadu. The film had a 50-day run in 225 centres and was declared a super hit.[4] It was later dubbed and released in Tamil and Malayalam with the same title and in Hindi asThe Real Man Hero.