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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name          = Akasa Veedhilo
| name          = Akasa Veedhilo
| image          = Akasa_Veedhilo.jpg
| image          = Akasa Veedhilo.jpg
| caption        = Movie Poster
| caption        = Movie Poster
| director      = [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
| director      = [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
| producer      = [[Ramoji Rao]]
| producer      = [[Ramoji Rao]]
| writer        = Singeetam Srinivasa Rao<br />[[Paruchuri Brothers]] (dialogue)
| writer        = Singeetam Srinivasa Rao<br />[[Paruchuri Brothers]] (dialogue)
| starring      = [[Akkineni Nagarjuna]]<br>[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]<br>[[Raveena Tandon]]<br>[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]
| starring      = [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna Akkineni]]<br />[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]<br />[[Raveena Tandon]]<br />[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]
| music          = [[M.M. Keeravani]]
| music          = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]]
| cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]]
| editing        = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| editing        = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
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| distributor    = Mayuri Films
| distributor    = Mayuri Films
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|2001|8|23}}
| released      = {{Film date|df=y|2001|8|23}}
| runtime        =02:19:18
| runtime        = 139 minutes
| country        = India
| country        = India
| language      = Telugu
| language      = Telugu
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| gross          =
| gross          =
}}
}}
'''''Akasa Veedhilo''''' ({{translation|In the streets of sky}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]].<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2001-04-06|title=Flair for the unusual|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/flair-for-the-unusual/article27926449.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 January 2021|website=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=}}</ref> Produced by [[Ramoji Rao]], the film stars [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Raveena Tandon]] and [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]], with music composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]].<ref name="idlebrain1">{{cite web|last=Jeevi|date=2001-08-23|title=Movie review - Akasa Veedhilo|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-akasa.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2016-11-24|website=[[Idlebrain.com]]|publisher=}}</ref>
'''''Akasa Veedhilo''''' ({{translation|In the streets of the sky}}) is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[drama (film and television)|drama film]] written and directed by [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-04-06 |title=Flair for the unusual |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/flair-for-the-unusual/article27926449.ece |url-status=live |access-date=14 January 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103130139/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/flair-for-the-unusual/article27926449.ece }}</ref> Produced by [[Ramoji Rao]], under [[Ushakiran Movies|Usha Kiran Movies]] banner. The film stars [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna Akkineni]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]], [[Raveena Tandon]], [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]], with music composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]].<ref name="idlebrain1">{{Cite web |last=Jeevi |date=2001-08-23 |title=Movie review – Akasa Veedhilo |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-akasa.html |url-status=live |access-date=2016-11-24 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]] |archive-date=27 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127014217/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-akasa.html }}</ref>


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Chandu ([[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna]]) and Suri ([[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]) are domestic pilots and thick friends. Indu ([[Raveena Tandon]]) and Padma ([[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]) are very good friends. Chandu marries Indu and Suri marries Padma. Indu and Padma become pregnant. Indu meets with a car accident and she becomes infertile. Padma gives birth to twins, Ram and Lakshman (Master Teja). Indu and Chandu adopt Ram. After three years, Lakshman is diagnosed with [[Acute Leukemia]] He needs to undergo bone marrow transplantation. Indu refuses and flees with Ram to Delhi fearing that Chandu will force her to send Ram for operation. Later on, she realizes her mistake and boards a flight to return to her husband so that Ram can be operated upon. Pakistani militants hijack the flight and they divert the flight's route. Whilst Chandu rescues the hijacked flight and Lakshman recuperates from the Cancer.
The film begins at [[New Delhi]] flying club, where Chandra Shekar / Chandu, an ace aviator, lives his life jollity by carrying out daredevil antics with flights. Suri, one more pilot, is his sole companion in the world. Chandu is also highly cordial to his mentor, Jagadiswara Rao. Indu is the daughter of tycoon Prasada Rao, and her soulmate is Padma Jagadiswara Rao's daughter. She is fiercely learning to fly and trickly admits the club without her father's knowledge. Jagadiswara Rao assigns Chandu as her instructor, whose acquaintance opens with the altercation, which hikes daily. Parallelly, Suri & Padma are in love, and Jagadiswara Rao decides to knit her Chandu, but the two feel like siblings. Chandu & Indu fray haywire, and he receives a slap from her.  


==Cast==
Hence, frenzy Chandu insists on not turning their flight while coaching until Indu apologizes, but she also stays stubborn. Suddenly, the flight crashes because birds attack, out of the zone in the [[Himalayas|Himalayan]] Ranges. From there, the two move forward on an adventurous journey. Suri & Padma are tense about their whereabouts and start search operations with [[Aviation in India|Indian Aviation]] support. Besides, Chandu & Indu are in dire straits from absconding from a terrible bear hunt—additionally, the love blossoms between them. Chandu spots a battered jet, gains a [[Parachute]], and the two jump from the mountain's edge, wearing it since they are at the gates of death by the bear. Anyhow, Suri & Jagadiswara Rao secure them, and they return. Soon after, Chandu joined at [[Indian Airforce]] & Suri attached to Civil Aviation. They wed their love interests, which is blissful, and the ladies conceive.
 
Tragically, Indu becomes a car accident victim, and the doctors remove her uterus. Later, Padma delivers twins Ram & Lakshman when Suri's couple bestow Ram to Chandu & Indu as their friendship's token, showering its eminence. The two pairs lead a life of delight with their kids, and Indu is mollycoddled & overprotective towards Ram. After a few years, they all met to celebrate the duo's birthday. On the eve, with hard luck, Lakshman is diagnosed with [[Acute Leukemia]] and essential to undergo bone marrow transplantation by Ram as the doner. However, clinging, Indu denies it and flees to Delhi with Ram because of Chandu's obstinacy. Forthwith, Chandu provides a final notice to get back when she regrets viewing Ram set foot with the intent to guard his younger, and they are on board. Now, havoc arises by ISI militants hijacking [[Indian Airlines Flight 814]] the aircraft. The flip side is that Lakshman's health deteriorates. Thus, the Govt put in place a ''One Man Commando Operation'' to deligated Chandu, who gallantly entered the flight from another. At last, he ceases terrorists safely land the aircraft, and Lakshman recoups via Ram. Finally, the movie ends happily with the family's reunion.
 
== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
{{colbegin}}
* [[Akkineni Nagarjuna|Nagarjuna Akkineni]] as Chandu / Chandra Shekar
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna Akkineni]] as Chandu / Chandra Shekar
* [[Raveena Tandon]] as Indu
* [[Raveena Tandon]] as Indu
* [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] as Suri Babu
* [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] as Suri Babu
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* [[Rahul Dev]] as Terrorist
* [[Rahul Dev]] as Terrorist
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as G.K.
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as G.K.
* [[Betha Sudhakar|Sudhakar]] as Mohan
* [[Sudhakar (actor)|Sudhakar]] as Mohan
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]] as Bhajanlal
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]] as Bhajanlal
* [[Giri Babu]] as Jagadiswara Rao
* [[Giri Babu]] as Jagadiswara Rao
* [[Chalapathi Rao]]
* [[Chalapathi Rao]] as Airforce chief
* [[Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam|A.V.S]]
* [[Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam|A.V.S]] as Advocate
* [[M. S. Narayana]]
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Flight Passenger
* Lakshmi Ratan as Prasad Rao
* Lakshmi Ratan as Prasad Rao
* [[Kaushal Manda]] as Terrorist
* [[Kaushal Manda]] as Terrorist
* [[Raghunatha Reddy]]
* [[Raghunatha Reddy]] as Airforce officer
* [[Shankar Melkote]]
* [[Shankar Melkote]]
* [[Ironleg Sastri|Ironleg Sastry]] as Himself
* [[Ironleg Sastri|Ironleg Sastry]] as himself
* [[Jenny (actor)|Jenny]]
* [[Jenny (actor)|Jenny]] as Kamala's father
* Siva Parvathi as G.K's wife
* Siva Parvathi as G.K's wife
* [[Sri Lakshmi (actress)|Sri Lakshmi]]  
* [[Sri Lakshmi (actress)|Sri Lakshmi]] as Flight Passenger
* [[Rajitha]] as Kamala  
* [[Rajitha]] as Kamala
* Madhurisen as Air Hostess
* Madhurisen as Air Hostess
* Master Teja as Ram and Laksham (dual role)
* [[Teja Sajja]] as Ram & Laksham (dual role)
{{colend}}
{{colend}}


==Soundtrack==
==Production==
It was reported by the media that Singeetam lost interest in the project midway and that R. R. Shinde completed the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/y2k1/akasa.html|title=Number Five Blooper of the year 2001 - Akasa Veedhilo|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref>
 
== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name      = Akasa Veedhilo
| name      = Akasa Veedhilo
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| prev_title = [[Bava Nachadu]]
| prev_title = [[Bava Nachadu]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| prev_year  = 2001
| next_title = Okato Number Kurradu
| next_title = [[Student No.1]]
| next_year  = 2002
| next_year  = 2001
}}
}}


Music composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]]. Music is released on MAYURI Audio Company.
Music composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aakasa Veedhilo (2001) |url=https://mio.to/album/Aakasa+Veedhilo+%282001%29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316200923/https://mio.to/album/Aakasa+Veedhilo+%282001%29 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |access-date=21 September 2021 |website=Music India Online}}</ref>


{{Track listing
{{Track listing
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| all_lyrics =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| all_music =
| title1  = Vennello Aadapilla
| title1  = Vennello Aadapilla
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]  
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra1  = [[Devi Sri Prasad]], Ganga
| extra1  = [[Devi Sri Prasad]], [[Ganga Sitharasu]]
| length1 = 4:49
| length1 = 4:49
| title2  = Yem Strokichavu Guru
| title2  = Yem Strokichavu Guru
| lyrics2 = [[Bhuvanachandra]]  
| lyrics2 = [[Bhuvanachandra]]
| extra2  = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam|SP Balu]], [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]
| extra2  = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra|Chitra]]
| length2 = 4:48
| length2 = 4:48
| title3  = Mallechinukula Vanalle
| title3  = Mallechinukula Vanalle
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry
| extra3  = Shashi Preetam, Ganga
| extra3  = Shashi Preetam, [[Ganga Sitharasu]]
| length3 = 4:16
| length3 = 4:16
| title4  = Hottara Bera Bera
| title4  = Hottara Bera Bera
| lyrics4 = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry
| lyrics4 = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry
| extra4  = [[Suresh Peters]]
| extra4  = [[Suresh Peters]]
| length4 = 5:00
| length4 = 5:00
 
| title5  = Babre Babre
| title5  = Babre Babre  
| lyrics5 = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry
| lyrics5 = Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry  
| extra5  = Shashi Preetam, [[Ganga Sitharasu]]
| extra5  = Shashi Preetam, Ganga  
| length5 = 4:33
| length5 = 4:33
}}
}}
==Critical reception==
''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' wrote, "This film was started in the beginning of the year 1999 and is based on the Kandahar Flight hijack incident. A story was woven around it. The first half of the film is boring. The second half is very predictable. This film is recommended only for the Nag's fans".<ref name="idlebrain1" /> ''[[Telugucinema.com]]'' wrote, "It's a lavishly made film not only spending a lot on the outdoors but also on the graphics but poorly treated. Story and screenplay are too ordinary and there is no scope for imagination. Till interval the film doesn't really take off and then the things move too fast, yet in a predictable way".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/movies/reviews/akasaveedhilo.html|last=CV|website=[[Telugucinema.com]]|access-date=12 September 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020605233315/http://www.telugucinema.com/movies/reviews/akasaveedhilo.html|archive-date=5 June 2002|title=Akasaveedhilo}}</ref>


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0364198|title=Akasa Veedhilo}}
*{{IMDb title}}


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{{Singeetam Srinivasa Rao}}


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Latest revision as of 10:28, 23 March 2026


Akasa Veedhilo
Movie Poster
Directed bySingeetam Srinivasa Rao
Produced byRamoji Rao
Written bySingeetam Srinivasa Rao
Paruchuri Brothers (dialogue)
StarringNagarjuna Akkineni
Rajendra Prasad
Raveena Tandon
Kasthuri
Music byM. M. Keeravani
CinematographyS. Gopal Reddy
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Production
company
Distributed byMayuri Films
Release date
  • 23 August 2001 (2001-08-23)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Akasa Veedhilo (transl. In the streets of the sky) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.[1] Produced by Ramoji Rao, under Usha Kiran Movies banner. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Rajendra Prasad, Raveena Tandon, Kasthuri, with music composed by M. M. Keeravani.[2]

Plot[edit | edit source]

The film begins at New Delhi flying club, where Chandra Shekar / Chandu, an ace aviator, lives his life jollity by carrying out daredevil antics with flights. Suri, one more pilot, is his sole companion in the world. Chandu is also highly cordial to his mentor, Jagadiswara Rao. Indu is the daughter of tycoon Prasada Rao, and her soulmate is Padma Jagadiswara Rao's daughter. She is fiercely learning to fly and trickly admits the club without her father's knowledge. Jagadiswara Rao assigns Chandu as her instructor, whose acquaintance opens with the altercation, which hikes daily. Parallelly, Suri & Padma are in love, and Jagadiswara Rao decides to knit her Chandu, but the two feel like siblings. Chandu & Indu fray haywire, and he receives a slap from her.

Hence, frenzy Chandu insists on not turning their flight while coaching until Indu apologizes, but she also stays stubborn. Suddenly, the flight crashes because birds attack, out of the zone in the Himalayan Ranges. From there, the two move forward on an adventurous journey. Suri & Padma are tense about their whereabouts and start search operations with Indian Aviation support. Besides, Chandu & Indu are in dire straits from absconding from a terrible bear hunt—additionally, the love blossoms between them. Chandu spots a battered jet, gains a Parachute, and the two jump from the mountain's edge, wearing it since they are at the gates of death by the bear. Anyhow, Suri & Jagadiswara Rao secure them, and they return. Soon after, Chandu joined at Indian Airforce & Suri attached to Civil Aviation. They wed their love interests, which is blissful, and the ladies conceive.

Tragically, Indu becomes a car accident victim, and the doctors remove her uterus. Later, Padma delivers twins Ram & Lakshman when Suri's couple bestow Ram to Chandu & Indu as their friendship's token, showering its eminence. The two pairs lead a life of delight with their kids, and Indu is mollycoddled & overprotective towards Ram. After a few years, they all met to celebrate the duo's birthday. On the eve, with hard luck, Lakshman is diagnosed with Acute Leukemia and essential to undergo bone marrow transplantation by Ram as the doner. However, clinging, Indu denies it and flees to Delhi with Ram because of Chandu's obstinacy. Forthwith, Chandu provides a final notice to get back when she regrets viewing Ram set foot with the intent to guard his younger, and they are on board. Now, havoc arises by ISI militants hijacking Indian Airlines Flight 814 the aircraft. The flip side is that Lakshman's health deteriorates. Thus, the Govt put in place a One Man Commando Operation to deligated Chandu, who gallantly entered the flight from another. At last, he ceases terrorists safely land the aircraft, and Lakshman recoups via Ram. Finally, the movie ends happily with the family's reunion.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Production[edit | edit source]

It was reported by the media that Singeetam lost interest in the project midway and that R. R. Shinde completed the film.[3]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Akasa Veedhilo
Film score by
M. M. Keeravani
Released2001
GenreSoundtrack
Length27:26
LabelMayuri Music
ProducerM. M. Keeravani
M. M. Keeravani chronology
Bava Nachadu
(2001) 		Akasa Veedhilo
(2001) 		Student No.1
(2001)

Music composed by M. M. Keeravani.[4]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vennello Aadapilla"ChandraboseDevi Sri Prasad, Ganga Sitharasu4:49
2."Yem Strokichavu Guru"BhuvanachandraS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra4:48
3."Mallechinukula Vanalle"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryShashi Preetam, Ganga Sitharasu4:16
4."Hottara Bera Bera"Sirivennela Sitarama SastrySuresh Peters5:00
5."Babre Babre"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryShashi Preetam, Ganga Sitharasu4:33
Total length:27:26

Critical reception[edit | edit source]

Idlebrain.com wrote, "This film was started in the beginning of the year 1999 and is based on the Kandahar Flight hijack incident. A story was woven around it. The first half of the film is boring. The second half is very predictable. This film is recommended only for the Nag's fans".[2] Telugucinema.com wrote, "It's a lavishly made film not only spending a lot on the outdoors but also on the graphics but poorly treated. Story and screenplay are too ordinary and there is no scope for imagination. Till interval the film doesn't really take off and then the things move too fast, yet in a predictable way".[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Flair for the unusual". The Hindu. 6 April 2001. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jeevi (23 August 2001). "Movie review – Akasa Veedhilo". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Number Five Blooper of the year 2001 - Akasa Veedhilo". Idlebrain.com.
  4. ↑ "Aakasa Veedhilo (2001)". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. ↑ CV. "Akasaveedhilo". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2002. Retrieved 12 September 2025.

External links[edit | edit source]

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