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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa<br />
| image = Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Sathibabu<br />
| producer = Chanti Addala<br />Sreenivasa Reddy<br />
| writer = Pinapaka Krishna Prasad<br /><small>'''(Dialogues)'''</small><br />
| screenplay = [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]<br />
| story = [[Rama Narayanan]]<br />
| based_on = ''[[Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa]]'' (Tamil)<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]|[[Ravi Teja]]|[[Bramhanandam]]|[[Roja (actress)|Roja]]|[[Maheswari]]|[[Kovai Sarala]]}}<br />
| music = [[Vandemataram Srinivas]]<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| studio = Friendly Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2000|12|21}}<br />
| runtime = 146 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
}}<br />
'''''Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa''''' is a 2000 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by Sathibabu, an assistant to [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''[[Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa]]'' (1999) and stars [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]], [[Ravi Teja]], [[Bramhanandam]], [[Roja (actress)|Roja]], [[Maheswari]] and [[Kovai Sarala]] in lead roles. The film was produced by Chanti Addala and Sreenivasa Reddy and released on December 21, 2000.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Tirumala, Tirupati and Venkatesa are poor friends who want to become rich at any cost. Kota, a bungalow watchman, has three daughters: Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini. When the owner left the bungalow on vacation, Kota's daughters move into the bungalow. Afterwards, Kota rents his owner's top portion bungalow to Tirumala, Tirupati and Venkatesa who lied about their job. The three men eventually marry the three women. The rest of the story is how the three men will manage their wives.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]] as Venkatesa<br />
* [[Ravi Teja]] as Tirupati<br />
* [[Bramhanandam]] as Tirumala<br />
* [[Roja (actress)|Roja]] as Ragini Venkatesa<br />
* [[Maheswari]] as Padmini Tirupati<br />
* [[Kovai Sarala]] as Lalitha Tirumala<br />
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Kota<br />
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]]<br />
* [[L. B. Sriram]]<br />
* [[Tanikella Bharani]]<br />
* [[M. S. Narayana]]<br />
* [[Ananda Vardhan]]<br />
* [[Prakash Raj]] as himself in the song "Paisa Paisa"<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film's pooja was held on August 2, 2000 at [[Ramanaidu Studios]]. Principal photography commenced on September 15 and ended on October 30.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news31.html|title=Tirumala Tirupathi Venkatesa trigged off|date=3 August 2000|accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
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== Release ==<br />
The film released on December 21, 2000.<br />
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=== Controversy ===<br />
A devotee of Lord Venkateswara filed a complaint about how the film's title demeaned the god. Chanti Addala, the film's producer organized a press meet where he talked about how the film was not a devotional film but solely a film for entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news87.html|title=Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa is in trouble|date=18 December 2000|accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|1579893}}<br />
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[[Category:2000 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Tamil films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:2000 comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by E. Satti Babu]]</div>->Srikanthkoduru