Kancharla
Gopanna popularly known as Sri
Ramadasu, (who comes alive superbly on celluloid through Telugu’s favorite
star Nagarjuna) in the court of Nawab
Abul Hussan shah
known as ' Taneshah ' of Golkonda, when questioned about why and how he
could construct the Temple without the Taneshah’s explicit consent.
Even off screen
Nagarjuna echoed similar sentiments, when he said, this film could be a hit
or even a super hit that wins lots of appreciation, but what really saddens
me is the fact that our part in bringing this great story to silver screen
is over and we now have to move on. How I wish we had the opportunity to
work for some more time and be part of this great experience for longer.
That kind of
sums up SRI RAMADASU, a great cinematic and spiritual experience in many
many years to hit Cinemas in Telugu. SRI RAMADASU arrived in theatres across
Andhra Pradesh, today on this VYAYA Nama Samvatsara UGADHI day (First day of
Telugu New Year VYAYA) and is unanimously declared a SUPER HIT. Scores of
delighted viewers confided that the movie is an extremely moving experience
and they couldn’t control tears flowing down their cheeks on many occasions.
Good News is in
store for audiences in US as sources of Kad Entertainment the overseas
distributor for SRI RAMADASU confirmed that there will be simultaneous
screenings of the film in most of the major centers in US on the same day
i.e. 30th March. The sources said, in view of the severe
inconvenience caused to the audiences due to late arrival of prints,
rescheduling of shows etc., on the previous two occasions, they did not want
to take any chance and hence have planned screenings from 31st
March.
But the prints
have reached well in time to enable us to have screenings in all major
centers. (Please check out
http://www.secondshows.com for latest show times.) That is great news,
keeping in mind that it is a very auspicious day for the Telugus and there
could be no better way to start it than by watching and experiencing a
significant facet of the Telugu Cultural Heritage. JAI SRI RAM.