Tulasi (film)

Tulasi
Tulasi
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	22 September 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	26:38
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology

Tulasi
Tulasi
	Movie Poster
Directed by	Boyapati Srinu
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Boyapati Srinu
Story by	Akula Shiva; Boyapati Srinu;
Produced by	D.Suresh Babu
Starring	Venkatesh; Nayantara;
Cinematography	B. Balamurugan
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Distributed by	Suresh Productions
Release date	12 October 2007;
Running time	153 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Tulasi is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film, produced by D.Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner and directed by Boyapati Srinu. It stars Venkatesh, Nayantara and music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. It was later dubbed into Malayalam with the same title.

Plot[]

Parvataneni Tulasi Ram (Venkatesh) is a native of Rayalaseema. As his region is well known for factional feuds, his father Dasaratha Ramayya (Vijaykumar) keeps him away in Hyderabad, gets him educated, and makes him an architect. Once, he comes across Vasundhara (Nayantara) and later marries her. When Vasu turns pregnant, Tulasi takes her to their native place. Tulasi turns violent when a rival faction pushes his father. Later, the factional feuds continue to haunt him. When Vasu's brother Harsha (Sivaji) dies in the attack by factionists, Vasu could not digest the violence and deserts Tulasi with their son Harsha (Atulith). Later, Tulasi comes to know that Harsha has a blood clot in his brain, and it may cause a hemorrhage. With the help of Dr. Surekha (Ramya Krishnan), Tulasi summons specialists from abroad to get Harsha operated. When everything is ready for the surgery, a gangster (Ashish Vidyarthi) takes away the boy as both of his sons (Subbaraju and Riyaz Khan) were killed by Tulasi. In the climax, Tulasi kills the gangster to save his son's life. The film ends with Vasu reuniting with Tulasi.

Cast[]

Venkatesh as Parvataneni Tulasi Ram
Nayantara as Vasundhara
Master Atulith as Harsha
Ashish Vidyarthi as an underworld gangster
Rahul Dev as Basavaraju
Vijaykumar as Dasaradha Ramayya
Sivaji as Harsha, Vasu's brother
Ali
Ramya Krishna as Dr. Surekha
Ahuti Prasad as Tulasi's uncle
Subbaraju as the gangster's elder son
Riyaz Khan as the gangster's younger son
Jhansi as Kokapet Aunty
Jaya Prakash Reddy as Ramayya's rival
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
Raghu Babu
Ravi Babu
Tanikella Bharani
Naramalli Sivaprasad
Uttej
Narsing Yadav
Banerjee
Bandla Ganesh
Sameer
Chitram Seenu
Dr. Siva Prasad
Siva Parvathi
Shravan
Tarzan
Sravani
Devisri
Saraswatamma
Shriya in a guest appearance in the song "Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"

Soundtrack[]

Music composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. Audio of Tulasi 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 to Shriya Saran.^[1]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Mia Mia"	Chandrabose	Naveen, Mamta Mohandas	4:32
2.	"Vennelintha Vedigaa"	Chandrabose	Venu, Sunitha	4:17
3.	"Thula Thula Thulasi"	Chandrabose	Tippu, Priya Hemesh	4:37
4.	"Hello Boys"	Chandrabose	Devi Sri Prasad	3:48
5.	"Nee Kallathoti"	Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar	Chitra, Sagar	3:56
6.	"Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini (Raja Raja Bobbili Raja)"	Sahithi	Devi Sri Prasad, Malgudi Subha	5:10
7.	"Cheekatanthaa Vennelaaye Chudaraa (Unreleased/Theatrical Version)"	Uncredited	Uncredited	1:52
Total length:				26:38

Release[]

The film released with 290 prints worldwide,^[2] in 312 screens in India which includes 20 screens in Andhra Pradesh, 21 screens in Karnataka and 7 screens in Tamil Nadu.
The film had a 50-day run in 225 centres and was declared a super hit.^[3]

Box office[]

It has grossed Rs. 120 million in 12 days.^[4]
TV rights sold for Rs. 20 million.^[5]
It is the first Telugu film to complete 50 days in 225 theatres across Andhra.

References[]

^ "Audio launch - Tulasi". idlebrain.com. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Tulasi censored and ready!". Telugu cinema. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
^ "Tulasi 50-day Centres". cinegoer.com. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ "Thulasi Success Meet". Chitramala. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "Venkatesh's Tulasi TV rights sold for Rs 2 Crores". extramirchi.com. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

External links[]

Tulasi at IMDb

[1] "Audio launch - Tulasi". idlebrain.com. 22 September 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[2] "Tulasi censored and ready!". Telugu cinema. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2007.

[3] "Tulasi 50-day Centres". cinegoer.com. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[4] "Thulasi Success Meet". Chitramala. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

[5] "Venkatesh's Tulasi TV rights sold for Rs 2 Crores". extramirchi.com. 28 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

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