Devadas (Ram) is the typical poor student, while Bhanumati (Ileana) is a rich NRI girl whose father is the senator of New York. They fall in love when the girl comes to India to learn classical Carnatic music. Coming to know about their love, Bhanu’s father Katamraju (Sayaji Shinde) hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but he takes her daughter, and her grand mother back to the USA. The rest of the story is how the street-smart lover boy makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.
Acting
Ileana's debut performance—fresh, luminous, instantly star-making.
Production
Ambitious USA locations for 2006 Telugu cinema.
Director
Y. V. S. Chowdary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ileana D'Cruz's film debut at age 19, launching her as one of Telugu cinema's most bankable heroines for the next decade.
The film exemplifies the 'NRI fantasy' subgenre of 2000s Telugu cinema, where America represented both obstacle and prize—reflecting real migration anxieties of the era.
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