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{{Infobox film
| name = Om Namo Venkatesaya
| image = Om Namo Venkatesaya.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]
| producer = A. Mahesh Reddy
| story = [[J. K. Bharavi]]
| screenplay = K. Raghavendra Rao
| starring = [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]<br /> [[Anushka Shetty]]<br />[[Saurabh Raj Jain]]<br />[[Jagapathi Babu]]<br />[[Pragya Jaiswal]]
| music = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]]
| editing = Gautham Raju
| studio = AMR Sai Krupa Entertainments
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2017|2|10|df=y|ref1=}}
| runtime = 144 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = 
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR|20 [[crore]]}}<ref name="ibtimes" />
}}

'''''Om Namo Venkatesaya''''' is a 2017 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language Hindu devotional [[Biographical film|biographical]] film directed by [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] and produced by A. Mahesh Reddy on AMR Sai Krupa Entertainments banner.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-24 |title=Nagarjuna's next film is 'Om Namo Venkatesaya' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/Nagarjuna%E2%80%99s-next-film-is-%E2%80%98Om-Namo-Venkatesaya%E2%80%99/article14399085.ece |access-date=2021-01-05 |work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> The film stars [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] as [[Hathiram Bhavaji]], alongside [[Anushka Shetty]], [[Jagapathi Babu]], [[Saurabh Raj Jain]], and [[Pragya Jaiswal]]. [[P. Sai Kumar|Sai Kumar]], [[Rao Ramesh]], [[Sampath Raj]], [[Ashmita Karnani]], [[Brahmanandam]], and [[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]] play supporting roles. It has music composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]]. The film was dubbed in Tamil as ''Akhilandakoti Brahmandanayagan''. The film failed at the [[box office]].<ref name="ibtimes">{{Cite web |last=Hooli |first=Shekhar H. |date=2017-12-31 |title=Tollywood in 2017: 10 flop Telugu movies that incurred huge losses to distributors |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/tollywood-2017-10-worst-flop-telugu-movies-that-incurred-huge-losses-distributors-754982 |access-date=2021-01-04 |website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film begins with Rama, born in [[Maya Bazar, Faizabad|Dalpatpur Uparhar]] village in [[Ayodhya]], [[India]], in childhood leaves in God's quest and meets a saint Anubhavananda Swamy, who assures him that it will happen and he also plays with him. Swamy teaches Rama the dice game and later advises him to meditate. After 15 years, [[Venkateswara]] appears as a child and disturbs his meditation when Rama asks Him to leave. After that, he returns to his hometown, where his parents fix his alliance with his cousin Bhavani. Just before the marriage, Rama gets a call from his mentor in the dream that the time has arrived to play with God. He rushes to call off the wedding when Anubhavananda Swamy states that the boy who appeared before him is Lord Venkateswara.

Hence, Rama heads [[Tirumala]], where Krishnamma is another ardent devotee who believes in herself as the wife of the Lord and dedicates her life to his service. Besides, Govindarajulu, the temple administrator, performs illegal acts, misuses the temple funds, and makes the workers his slaves. Meanwhile, Rama reaches Tirumala and calls the Lord in the name of ''Balaji'' out of love and affection. But Rama is not allowed into the temple, so he sits outside for seven to eight days without having food or sleep. Govindarajulu orders his men to kick him, and they mishit him when the temple elephant rescues him. Later, Krishnamma treats him in her ''Ashram''. In her guidance, Rama learns about ''Sthala Puranam'' (History of the Temple) and decides to begin a new horizon at Tirumala by campaigning it to the pilgrims to make them aware of the true nature of the Lord. He also encounters Govindaraju by protecting pilgrims and employees from his atrocities.

Now, Rama constructs a new ''Ashram'' at the hilltop and starts cultivating their flowers and fruits and growing a cowshed (''Goshala'') for milk products to the temple. Here, Govindarajulu provokes Raaja Giridhara Rayalu against Rama, but he recognizes the fact and honesty of Rama. Giridhara Raaya allocates the temple authority to Rama and demotes Govindarajulu as a sweeper. In a short while, Rama makes many changes in the temple by introducing a new form of prayers (''Poojas''), services (''Seva'') such as offering [[Aarti]] with butter (''Navaneetha Aarti''), everyday marriage (''Nitya Kalyanam'') to the God, amenities for devotees, and making sure that the temple flourishes with all rituals as per the Holy Scriptures. Lord Venkateswara is impressed and lands on earth to play dice with Rama.

Henceforth, every day, the Lord visits to spend time with Rama. In the beginning, the Lord loses a ring in the bet [[Lakshmi]] gave as a token of love, but Rama is still under dichotomy whether the event occurred or not. Lakshmi gets angry with Venkateswara and leaves him, only to reside in Rama's house and bless him. Once, when Rama was fanning Lakshmi while she slept, a Tantrik attacked him. Lakshmi gets angry, assumes the form of [[Chamunda]], and kills the Tantrik. Lakshmi, pacified with Venkateswara, returns to him. Later on, Rama craves another glimpse of the Lord; at that exact moment, Venkateswara appears before him and plays the dice, in which the Lord loses all his jewelry. The next day, when priests open the temple doors, the Lord's main idol is found with no jewelry adorning, identified at Rama's Ashram.

At that point, Giridhara Raaya arrives to conduct an interrogation when Rama says that the Lord has given it to him. But no one believes it, so the King keeps a test on Rama to prove his innocence by locking him in a prison full of sugarcane and asking him to eat every bit before dawn; otherwise, he declares the death penalty. Soon, Lord Venkateswara appears in the form of an elephant and finishes it off, and disappears. In the morning, the King is surprised to learn the miracle in which the jewelry returns to Venkateswara. From there, the public nobilitates Rama as ''Hathiram Bhavaji,'' and the pilgrims visit him before seeing the God. Rama gets fed up and decides to leave Tirumala. Noticing this, Venkateswara follows and takes an oath that the former not leave the hill when Rama insists on being buried alive (''Sajeeva Samadhi'') at the hilltop, as per the vow the Lord has given him. At last, Venkateswara's wives Lakshmi & [[Bhūmi|Bhudevi]] blame him for the deed. Finally, the movie ends with the Lord proclaiming that ''Hathiram Bhavaji'' is immortal in his day-to-day services at the temple.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] as [[Hathiram Bhavaji]]/Rama/Ramanujan
* [[Anushka Shetty]] as Krishnamma
* [[Saurabh Raj Jain]] as [[Lord Venkateswara]]
* [[Vimala Raman]] as [[Lakshmi]]/ [[Padmavathi]]
* [[Jagapathi Babu]] as King
* [[Pragya Jaiswal]] as Bhavani
* [[Rao Ramesh]] as Govindarajulu
* [[Sampath Raj]] as Raaja Giridhara Rayalu
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Simhachalam
* [[Vennela Kishore]] as Govinda Rajulu's assistant
* [[Sai Kumar (actor, born 1960)|Sai Kumar]] as Anubhavananda Swamy
* [[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]] as [[Garuda]]
* [[Ashmita Karnani]] as [[Bhūmi|Bhudevi]]
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Des Raj Baljot, Hathiram Bhavaji's father
* [[Sudha (Telugu actress)|Sudha]] as Hathiram Bhavaji's mother
* [[Raghu Babu]] as Govinda Rajulu's assistant
* [[Sameer Hasan]] as [[Lord Shiva]]
* [[Pavitra Lokesh]] as [[Vakula Devi]]
* [[Gundu Sudarshan]] as Govinda Rajulu's assistant
* [[Prudhvi Raj]]
* [[Prabhakar (Telugu actor)|Prabhakar]]
* [[Sudigali Sudheer]]
* [[Jenny (actor)|Jenny]]
* [[Shanoor Sana|Sana]]
* Karuna as Anjana
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Om Namo Venkatesaya
| type = film
| artist = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2017|1|6}}
| recorded = 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Soundtrack
| length = 48:44
| label = [[Lahari Music]]
| producer = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| prev_title = [[Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = [[Baahubali: The Conclusion]]
| next_year = 2017
}}

The music was composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]] and released on [[Lahari Music]] Company. The Audio launch held at Hitex N-Convention Centre, in [[Hyderabad]], on 8 January 2017, coinciding with [[Vaikuntha Ekadashi|Mukkoti Ekadasi]]. [[Akkineni Naga Chaitanya]] and [[Akhil Akkineni]] has launched the audio, Akkineni Nagarjuna, [[Amala Akkineni]], K. Raghavendra Rao, M.M.Keeravani, Jagapathi Babu, [[Dil Raju]], Anushka Shetty, Pragya Jaiswal and several other members of the film industry attended the event.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Audio of Om Namo Venkatesaya released |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/audio-of-om-namo-venkatesaya-released/articleshow/56419029.cms |access-date=2021-01-05 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline =
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 48:44
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Venkatesha Srinivasa
| lyrics1 = Vedavyas
| extra1 = [[Ramya Behara]]
| length1 = 4:50

| title2 = Anandam
| lyrics2 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra2 = Sarath Santosh, [[Shweta Pandit]]
| length2 = 4:05

| title3 = Akhilanda Koti Brahmanda Nayaka
| lyrics3 = Vedavyas
| extra3 = Sarath Santosh, [[T. Sreenidhi]]
| length3 = 4:22

| title4 = Brahmanda Bhandamula
| lyrics4 = Vedavyas
| extra4 = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| length4 = 1:16

| title5 = Kaliyuga Vaikuntapuri
| lyrics5 = Vedavyas
| extra5 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], T. Sreenidhi, Ramya Behara
| length5 = 9:10

| title6 = Vayyari Kalahamsika
| lyrics6 = K. Siva Shakti Dutta, Dr. K. Rama Krishna
| extra6 = [[L. V. Revanth|Revanth]], [[Sunitha Upadrashta|Sunitha]]
| length6 = 3:25

| title7 = Anda Pinda
| lyrics7 = Vedavyas
| extra7 = Balaji, Muniraju, Sneha, [[Mohana Bhogaraju]]
| length7 = 2:20

| title8 = Maha Padma Sadme
| lyrics8 = Vedavyas
| extra8 = Saketh
| length8 = 1:02

| title9 = Kamaneeyam Kaduramaneeyam
| lyrics9 = [[Ramajogayya Sastry]]
| extra9 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| length9 = 5:04

| title10 = Brahmothsava
| lyrics10 = Vedavyas
| extra10 = T. Sreenidhi
| length10 = 3:11

| title11 = Pareeksha
| lyrics11 = [[Ananta Sriram]]
| extra11 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length11 = 4:37

| title12 = Govindha Hari Govindha Gokula Nandana
| lyrics12 = Vedavyas
| extra12 = [[Dhanunjay Seepana]], T. Sreenidhi
| length12 = 5:22
}}

==Critical reception==
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''[[The Hindu]]'' said, "Watch the film for Nagarjuna who comes up with another memorable performance. As you watch the story of a devotee who puts his love for the Lord above everything, it might make you go a little deeper and understand faith beyond rituals".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dundoo |first=Sangeetha Devi |date=2017-02-10 |title=Om Namo Venkatesaya: Aesthetic devotional |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/Om-Namo-Venkatesaya-Aesthetic-devotional/article17283058.ece |access-date=2021-01-05 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote, "The grandeur on display is unquestionable and the film is certainly a visual treat. But the actors, in their fine splendour, seem to dully run through the motions and the film fails to strike a chord overall."<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 February 2017 |title='Om Namo Venkatesaya' Review |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2017/feb/10/om-namo-venkatesaya-review-1569148.html |access-date=2021-01-04 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|6182372}}
{{K. Raghavendra Rao|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:2017 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian biographical films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. M. Keeravani]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]
[[Category:Indian epic films]]
[[Category:Supernatural films]]
[[Category:Paranormal films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Tirupati]]
[[Category:Films set in Tirupati]]
[[Category:Films about Venkateswara]]

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