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	{{short description\|2006 film by Y. V. S. Chowdary}}		{{short description\|2006 film by Y. V. S. Chowdary}}
			{{For\|other films with the same title\|Devadasu (disambiguation){{!}}Devadasu}}
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	\| name = Devdasu		\| name = Devdasu
	\| image = YVS Devadasu 01.tif		\| image = YVS Devadasu 01.tif
	\| writer = Y.V.S Chowdary<br>[[Chintapalli Ramana]] <small>(Dialogues)</small>		\| writer = Y. V. S. Chowdary<br>[[Chintapalli Ramana]] <small>(Dialogues)</small>
	\| starring = [[Ram Pothineni~~\|Ram~~]]<br>[[Ileana D'Cruz~~\|Ileana~~]]<br>[[Sayaji Shinde]]		\| starring = [[Ram Pothineni]]<br>[[Ileana D'Cruz]]<br>[[Sayaji Shinde]]
	\| director = [[Y.V.S Chowdary]]		\| director = [[Y. V. S. Chowdary]]
	\| producer = Y.V.S Chowdary		\| producer = Y. V. S. Chowdary
	\| distributor =		\| distributor =
	\| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]		\| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
	\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|2006\|01\|11\|}}		\| released = {{Film date\|df=y\|2006\|01\|11\|India}}
	\| runtime = 174 minutes		\| runtime = 174 minutes
	\| country = [[India]]		\| country = India
	\| cinematography = Bharani K. Dharan		\| cinematography = Bharani K. Dharan
	\| language = Telugu		\| language = Telugu
	\| music = [[Chakri (music director)\|Chakri]]		\| music = [[Chakri (music director)\|Chakri]]
	\| budget = {{INR\|7 [[crore]]\|link=yes}}<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-few-hits-and-many-flops/article3231882.ece \| title=A few hits and many flops \| date=29 December 2006 \| first=M. L. \| last=Narasimham \| newspaper=The Hindu \| ~~accessdate~~=23 June 2020}}</ref>		\| budget = {{INR\|7 crore\|link=yes}}<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-few-hits-and-many-flops/article3231882.ece \| title=A few hits and many flops \| date=29 December 2006 \| first=M. L. \| last=Narasimham \| newspaper=The Hindu \| access-date=23 June 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808145256/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3231882.ece \|archive-date=8 August 2015}}</ref>
	\| gross = ~~{{Estimation}} {{INR~~\|~~14 crore}}~~<ref name="Hindu" />		\| gross = ₹14 crore [[Box office#Distributor rentals\|distributors' share]]<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-few-hits-and-many-flops/article3231882.ece \| title=A few hits and many flops \| date=29 December 2006 \| first=M. L. \| last=Narasimham \| newspaper=The Hindu \| access-date=23 June 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150808145256/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/article3231882.ece \|archive-date=8 August 2015}}</ref>
	}}		}}
	'''''Devadasu''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]-language [[Romantic comedy\|romantic action film]] directed and produced by [[YVS Chowdary]]. The film features the debutants [[Ram Pothineni\|Ram]] and [[Ileana D'Cruz\|Ileana]] in the lead roles while [[Sayaji Shinde]] plays supporting role.

	Released on 11 January 2006, the film was commercially successful.<ref name="Hindu" /> Both Ram and Ileana won [[Filmfare Awards South]] for Best Debut. The film is remade ~~in [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] as ''[[Paglu]]'' (2011) and~~ in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Loveyatri]]'' (2018). ~~The film~~ was ~~later Dubbed~~ into Malayalam under the same name.		'''''Devadasu''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Telugu language\|Telugu]]-language [[romantic drama]] film directed and produced by [[Y. V. S. Chowdary]]. The film features the debutants [[Ram Pothineni]] and [[Ileana D'Cruz]] in the lead roles while [[Sayaji Shinde]] plays the supporting role.

			Released on 11 January 2006, the film was commercially successful.<ref name="Hindu" /> Both Ram and Ileana won [[Filmfare Awards South]] for Best Debut. The film was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Loveyatri]]'' (2018). It was also dubbed into Malayalam under the same name.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S5VdCI_oe8 \| title=Devadasu (Film) \|\| Malayalam Full Movie \| Malayalam Movie Online \| Ram \| Ileana \| Sayaji Shinde \| website=[[YouTube]] \| date=3 February 2016 }}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Devdas ~~([[Ram Pothineni\|Ram]])~~ is a poor student, while Bhanumati ~~([[Ileana D'Cruz]])~~ is a rich [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin\|NRI]] girl whose father Katamraju ~~([[Sayaji Shinde]])~~ is the senator of New York. They fall in love when Bhanu comes to India to learn classical [[Carnatic music]]. Coming to know about their love, Katamraju hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but takes his daughter and mother-in-law back to the USA. The rest of the story is how Devdas makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.		Devdas is a poor student, while Bhanumati is a rich [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin\|NRI]] girl whose father Katamraju is the senator of New York. They fall in love when Bhanu comes to India to learn classical [[Carnatic music]]. Coming to know about their love, Katamraju hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but takes his daughter and mother-in-law back to the USA. The rest of the story is how Devdas makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.

	==Cast==		==Cast==
	{{~~colbegin}}~~		{{Cast listing\|
	* [[Ram Pothineni~~\|Ram~~]] as Devdas		* [[Ram Pothineni]] as Devdas, Dev is called by friends
	* [[Ileana D'Cruz~~\|Ileana~~]] as Bhanumati		* [[Ileana D'Cruz]] as Bhanumati
	* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Katamraju		* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Katamraju
	* [[Rama Prabha]] as Bhanu's grandmother		* [[Rama Prabha]] as Bhanu's grandmother
	* [[Bhargavi (actress)\|Bhargavi]] as SRR College ~~Student~~		* [[Bhargavi (actress)\|Bhargavi]] as SRR College student
	* [[Venu Madhav (actor)\|Venu Madhav]]		* Sameer Ali Khan as Bobby
			* [[Venu Madhav (actor)\|Venu Madhav]] as Dev's friend
	* [[M. S. Narayana]]		* [[M. S. Narayana]]
	* Manuel Drieschmanns as Embassy ~~Employee~~		* Manuel Drieschmanns as Embassy employee
	* [[Shriya Saran]] as herself (Cameo)		* [[Shriya Saran]] as herself (Cameo)
	* [[Y.V.S Chowdary]] as himself (Cameo)		* [[Y. V. S. Chowdary]] as himself (Cameo)
	* [[Chakri (~~music director~~)\|Chakri]] as himself (Cameo)		* [[Chakri (composer)\|Chakri]] as himself (Cameo)
	~~{{colend~~}}		}}

	==Soundtrack==		==Soundtrack==
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	==Box office ~~performance~~==		==Box office==
	The film grossed around {{INR\|~~14 [[~~crore]]}}.<ref name="Hindu" /> and had a 175 day-run in 17 theatres,<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://idlebrain.com/trade/index.html \|title=Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of year 2006 - idlebrain.com<!-- Bot generated title --> \|access-date=21 February 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805054518/http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/index.html \|archive-date=5 August 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, [[Hyderabad]].~~<ref>[http://www.cinegoer.com/alltimelongrun.htm CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - All Time Long Run List<!-- Bot generated title -->]~~ {{~~webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515123606/http://www.cinegoer.com/alltimelongrun.htm~~ \|date=~~15 May 2007~~ }}~~</ref>~~		The film grossed around {{INR\|40 crore}}.<ref name="Hindu" /> and had a 175-day run in 17 theatres,<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://idlebrain.com/trade/index.html \|title=Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of year 2006 - idlebrain.com<!-- Bot generated title --> \|access-date=21 February 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805054518/http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/index.html \|archive-date=5 August 2012 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, [[Hyderabad]].{{Citation needed\|date=January 2025}}

	==Awards==		==Awards==
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{{short description|2006 film by Y. V. S. Chowdary}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Devdasu
| image = YVS Devadasu 01.tif
| writer = Y.V.S Chowdary [[Chintapalli Ramana]] (Dialogues)
| starring = [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] [[Ileana D'Cruz|Ileana]] [[Sayaji Shinde]]
| director = [[Y.V.S Chowdary]]
| producer = Y.V.S Chowdary
| distributor =
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2006|01|11|}}
| runtime = 174 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| cinematography = Bharani K. Dharan
| language = Telugu
| music = [[Chakri (music director)|Chakri]]
| budget = {{INR|7 [[crore]]|link=yes}}<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/a-few-hits-and-many-flops/article3231882.ece | title=A few hits and many flops | date=29 December 2006 | first=M. L. | last=Narasimham | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=23 June 2020}}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|14 crore}}<ref name="Hindu" />
}}
'''''Devadasu''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Romantic comedy|romantic action film]] directed and produced by [[YVS Chowdary]]. The film features the debutants [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] and [[Ileana D'Cruz|Ileana]] in the lead roles while [[Sayaji Shinde]] plays supporting role.

Released on 11 January 2006, the film was commercially successful.<ref name="Hindu" /> Both Ram and Ileana won [[Filmfare Awards South]] for Best Debut. The film is remade in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as ''[[Paglu]]'' (2011) and in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Loveyatri]]'' (2018). The film was later Dubbed into Malayalam under the same name.

==Plot==
Devdas ([[Ram Pothineni|Ram]]) is a poor student, while Bhanumati ([[Ileana D'Cruz]]) is a rich [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] girl whose father Katamraju ([[Sayaji Shinde]]) is the senator of New York. They fall in love when Bhanu comes to India to learn classical [[Carnatic music]]. Coming to know about their love, Katamraju hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but takes his daughter and mother-in-law back to the USA. The rest of the story is how Devdas makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]] as Devdas
* [[Ileana D'Cruz|Ileana]] as Bhanumati
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Katamraju
* [[Rama Prabha]] as Bhanu's grandmother
* [[Bhargavi (actress)|Bhargavi]] as SRR College Student
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
* [[M. S. Narayana]]
* Manuel Drieschmanns as Embassy Employee
* [[Shriya Saran]] as herself (Cameo)
* [[Y.V.S Chowdary]] as himself (Cameo)
* [[Chakri (music director)|Chakri]] as himself (Cameo)
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]] and released by [[Aditya Music]] with lyrics written by [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri|Sirivennela]] and [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]].

{{Infobox album
| name = Devadasu
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 27 November 2005
| recorded = 2005
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 49:19
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]
| prev_title = [[Bhageeratha (film)|Bhageeratha]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Chukkallo Chandrudu]]
| next_year = 2006
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 49:19
| title1 = Bangaram
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra1 = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]], Revathi
| length1 = 5:19
| title2 = Kshaminchu
| lyrics2 = Chandrabose
| extra2 = [[Kousalya (singer)|Kousalya]]
| length2 = 5:19
| title3 = Nuvvantene Istham
| lyrics3 = Chandrabose
| extra3 = Chakri
| length3 = 5:55
| title4 = Adigi Adagaleka
| lyrics4 = Chandrabose
| extra4 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length4 = 5:18
| title5 = Kurrallu
| lyrics5 = Chandrabose
| extra5 = [[Malathy Lakshman]]
| length5 = 4:45
| title6 = Telusa
| lyrics6 = Chandrabose
| extra6 = Cherri, Revathi
| length6 = 1:30
| title7 = Oka Nestham
| lyrics7 =Chandrabose
| extra7 =Karthik , Tina Kamal
| length7 = 4:40
| title8 = Aye Babu
| lyrics8 = Chandrabose
| extra8 = [[Anushka Manchanda]]
| length8 = 4:54
| title9 = Gundelni Pindedhi
| lyrics9 = Chandrabose
| extra9 = Chakri , [[Vishwa]]
| length9 = 4:12
| title10 = Idigidigo
| lyrics10 =Chandrabose
| extra10 = Simha, Venu
| length10 = 2:18
| title11 = Mayadari Chinnodu
| lyrics11 = [[Viswa]]
| extra11 = Vijaya Lakshmi
| length11 = 5:09
}}

==Box office performance==
The film grossed around {{INR|14 [[crore]]}}.<ref name="Hindu" /> and had a 175 day-run in 17 theatres,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://idlebrain.com/trade/index.html |title=Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of year 2006 - idlebrain.com |access-date=21 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805054518/http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/index.html |archive-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> including a 205-day run in Odeon 70 mm, [[Hyderabad]].<ref>[http://www.cinegoer.com/alltimelongrun.htm CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - All Time Long Run List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515123606/http://www.cinegoer.com/alltimelongrun.htm |date=15 May 2007 }}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South]] - [[Ram Pothineni|Ram]]
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut - South]] - [[Ileana D'Cruz]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0884855|title=Devadasu}}

{{YVS Chowdary}}

[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]