Vennela

Vennela (2005)

వెన్నెల

While celebrating her upcoming departure to the USA with her friends, Pavani meets Naveen (Raja). With his friends, Naveen is also celebrating receiving a visa to study in the USA. Incidentally, both get admitted to the same university. Naveen and his friends go through culture shock and the troubles faced in studying in the US and trying for a part-time job.

Date of release
2005-11-26
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 13m
Director
Deva Katta

Casting

Interesting facts

Vennela is a 2005 Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Deva Katta in his directorial debut. The film stars Raja and Parvati Melton, while Sharwanand and Ravi Varma play supporting roles. The music was composed by Mahesh Shankar with cinematography by Raja Rathnam and editing by Kola Bhaskar.

Production

Vennela was directed by then Michigan-based Deva Katta, and produced by 25 NRIs. The film deals with the lives of Indian students who study in the United States for college and was based on Katta's college days. He combined the idea of his previous unreleased documentary film Valasa (2000) with a love story to create Vennela.

Raja and California-based model Parvati Melton accepted the film after liking their respective characterisations. Ravi Varma auditioned for a lead role in Valasa, and Katta offered him a role in Vennela as Sayeed. To prepare for his role, he visited engineering colleges in Hyderabad, and observed the mannerisms of Muslim male students.

The muhurat took place at Canton Hindu Temple near Detroit on 29 June 2005. The film was predominately shot in Michigan including Wayne State University, where Katta went to college. According to Raja, shooting abroad had many problems due to the weather and high cost of production. Part of the film was shot in Hyderabad in August 2005. Brahmanandam shot for the film for ten days in America. Raju Sundaram choreographed five of the film's songs.

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