Tulasi (film)

Tulasi
File:Tulasi Poster.jpg
Directed by	Boyapati Srinu
Produced by	D.Suresh Babu
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Boyapati Srinu
Story by	Akula Shiva Boyapati Srinu
Starring	Venkatesh Nayantara Shriya
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	B. Balamurugan
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by	Suresh Productions
Release dates	12 October 2007 (2007-10-12)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Tulasi is a 2007 Telugu film produced by D.Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner, directed by Boyapati Srinu. Starring Venkatesh, Nayantara in lead roles and music is scored by Devi Sri Prasad. It was later dubbed into Malayalam with the same title. The film recorded as super hit at box-office. The film was also dubbed into Hindi as The Real Man Hero.

Plot

Parvataneni Tulasi Ram aka Tulasi (Venkatesh) is a native of Palnadu region. As his region is well known for factional feuds, his father Dasaradha Ramayya (Vijaykumar) keeps him away in Hyderabad and get him educated and makes him an architect. Once he goes to an abroad trip, where he comes across Vasundhara aka Vasu (Nayantara) and loses his heart. He marries her and they continue to lead a happy life. When Vasu turns pregnant, Tulasi takes her to their native place to share the happy moments with the entire family.

He turns violent when a rival faction pushes his father and teaches all of them a big lesson with a lot of bloodsheds. Even as he was silent, the factional feuds continue to haunt him and Vasu couldn't digest the violence and deserts him with their son Harsha (Atulith), when her brother (Sivaji) dies in the attack by factionists. Later, Tulasi comes to know that Harsha has a blood clot in his brain and it may cause hemorrhage. With the help of Dr Surekha (Ramya Krishnan), he summons specialists from abroad to get him operated. When everything is ready for the surgery, a gangster (Ashish Vidyarthi) takes away the boy, as both of his sons were killed by Tulasi. In the climax, again Tulasi turns violent and kills everyone to save his son's life. Learning that violence would not only take the lives but also saves lives, Vasu reunites with Tulasi and the film ends on a happy note.

Cast

3

Crew

• Director: Boyapati Srinu
• Story: Akula Shiva
• Producer: D. Suresh Babu
• Music: Devi Sri Prasad
• Fights: Kanal Kannan and Ram Lakshman

Soundtrack

Tulasi
File:Tulasi 2007 ACD.jpg
Soundtrack album to Tulasi 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
Shankar Dada Zindabad (2007)Shankar Dada Zindabad2007 Tulasi (2007) Jalsa (2008)Jalsa2008

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.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Mia Mia"	Chandrabose	Naveen, Mamta Mohandas	4:32
2.	"Vennelintha"	Chandrabose	Venu, Sunitha	4:17
3.	"Tula Tula Thulasi"	Chandrabose	Tippu, Priya Hemesh	4:37
4.	"Hello Boys"	Chandrabose	Devi Sri Prasad	3:48
5.	"Nee Kallathoti"	Bhaskarabhatla	Sagar, Chitra	3:56
6.	"Ne Chuk Chuk Bandini"	Sahithi	Devi Sri Prasad, Malgudi Subha	5:10
Total length:				26:38

Release

• The film released with 290 prints worldwide, 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.

Boxoffice

• It has grossed Rs.12 crores in 12 days.
• TV rights sold for Rs.2 crores.
• It is the first telugu film to complete 50 days in 225 theatres across Andhra.

External links

• Tulasi at IMDb