Gopala Gopala (2015 lm)

Gopala Gopala is an upcoming Telugu satirical drama

lm produced jointly by Daggubati Suresh Babu and
Sharat Marar on Suresh Productions and North Star
Entertainments, scripted and directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasany. Starring Daggubati Venkatesh, Pawan
Kalyan, Shriya Saran in the lead roles and music composed by Anoop Rubens while Jayanan Vincent handled
the lms cinematography. The lm is an ocial remake
of Umesh Shukla's 2012 Hindi lm OMG Oh My God!
about an atheist who sues god.[3][4][5] The lming began
on June 9, 2014.[6] As of now, the lm is scheduled for a
09 January 2015 release.[7]

which was done by Akshay Kumar in the original and that

the ocial conrmation of the lm would be happening
in a week.[8] However, in mid-November 2013, reports
emerged that Daggubati Venkatesh would play the role of
Lord Krishna and Rajendra Prasad would reprise Paresh
Rawal in the lm. It was said that Daggubati Suresh Babu
acquired the remake rights and would produce the lm
while Jayanth C. Paranjee would direct the lm.[9][10] But
later Kishore Kumar Pardasany was selected as the director of the lm.[11]
After much speculation, Suresh Babu conrmed to the
media in mid-February 2014 that Pawan Kalyan would
play the role of Lord Krishna and Sharat Marar would be
co producing the lm on North Star Entertainment.[12]
After considering the titles Deva Devam Bhaje,[13] Go
Go Go Govinda, Ori Devuda, Mr. Devudu and Gopala
Gopala,[14] the lms title was chosen to be Gopala
Gopala just before its formal launch on June 9, 2014 at
Hyderabad.[15] Anoop Rubens was conrmed to replace
Sohail Sen as the music director,[16] and Jayanan Vincent
was selected to handle the cinematography despite reports stating that P. C. Sreeram would be doing the job.[5]

Cast
Venkatesh
Pawan Kalyan
Shriya Saran
Mithun Chakraborty
Anju Asrani

2.2 Casting

Posani Krishna Murali

Though initially it was reported that Venkatesh and

Rajendra Prasad were playing the main roles in the lm,
it was later known that Rajendra Prasad was not a part of
the lm and that Venkatesh would reprise Paresh Rawal.
The producers were in talks with Vikram for the role
of god.[17] Later, Pawan Kalyan was selected to play the
role of Lord Krishna.[12] After considering Nayantara,[18]
Anjali,[19] and Radhika Apte for the role of heroine opposite Venkatesh in the lm,[20] Shriya Saran was selected to
play the role in early May 2014 after Nayantara walked
out of the project due to dates issues and remuneration
problems.[21][22] In early June 2014, Mithun Chakraborthy, was selected to reprise his role from the original,
thereby making his debut in Telugu cinema through the
lm.[23] Posani Krishna Murali, Krishnudu, Raghu Babu,
Vennela Kishore were selected to play other important
roles in the lm.[6]

Krishnudu
Madhu Shalini
Raghu Babu
Ranganath
Rallapalli
Vennela Kishore
Prudhviraj
Dhiksha Panth

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2.1

Production
Development

Pawan Kalyan underwent a special diet and exercises to

loose weight and look t for the role in the lm. Reports stated that he would use a Hyosung GV650 Aquila
Pro in the lm.[24][25] Madhu Shalini was selected to play
the role of a journalist.[26] However, it was not known
whether she reprised Nidhi Subbaiah or Tisca Chopra
from the original.[27] Diksha Panth was selected to reprise

In early April 2013, the writer duo Paruchuri Brothers informed the media that they were in nal stages in acquiring the remake rights and that work on the script would
begin after acquiring the rights. It was also said that
Ravi Teja would play the role of Lord Krishna in this lm
1

PRODUCTION

Poonam Jhawer from the original.[28] Kishore Kumar

said that the role of Pawan Kalyan would be seen for
25 minutes as in the original movie, played by Akshay
Kumar.[29] His screen length was later extended to 45
minutes.[30] Venkatesh handpicked his wardrobe for his
character and incorporated dierent hues of short kurtas
to his wardrobe and used a lot of linen and cotton with
more than 40 changes onscreen. He researched about
the kind of clothes he needs to sport for this role and
shopped personally for his outts and ensured that the
clothes matched all his scenes.[31]

2.3

Filming
Ramoji Film City, where parts of the lm were shot.

were shot.[40] The lms shoot continued in late August

2014 at Nanakramguda.[41] The exteriors of Osmania
Universitys College for Women located at Koti, Hyderabad were used to shoot a court scene, which was conrmed by the producer Daggubati Suresh Babu, who said
that the college had the look which suited the scene.[42]
Osmania Universitys College for Women, where the lms court
scenes were shot.

Filming then proceeded in Ramoji Film City.[43] Pawan

Kalyan shot for his introductory song in late September 2014.[44] The lming was almost complete and in
mid October 2014, the lms climax was shot in the
outskirts of Hyderabad.[45] A song on Venkatesh and
Pawan Kalyan was planned to be shot which was not a
part of the original.[46] In the end of October 2014, crucial earthquake scenes were shot on Venkatesh and others at Ramoji Film City.[47] Filming then continued in
Nanakramguda. By then, 75% of the lms shoot was
complete and Pawan Kalyan was said to complete shooting for his part in the next couple of weeks.[48] The next
schedule was planned in Varanasi for few days and it was
known that shooting of two songs and graphics work were
remaining for completion.[49] By mid November 2014,
the lms shoot neared completion.[50]

In early May 2014, the lms co-producer Sharat Marar,

in an interview to IANS, said that the lms regular shooting was planned to commence from May 19, 2014 onwards, after Pawan Kalyan was relieved from his political
duties, further saying that the makers were aiming for a
September 2014 release.[32] However, it could not happen and after much speculations, reports emerged that
the lm would be ocially launched on June 2, 2014
and the shoot would continue in a specially erected set
in Hyderabad.[33] However, principal photography commenced a week later on June 9, 2014 at Ramanaidu
Studios at Nanakramguda in Hyderabad.[34] Venkatesh
joined the shoot in the same day.[35] Pawan Kalyan al- Venkatesh and Shriya joined the lms sets in
lotted 25 days for the shoot of his character in the lm Vishakhapatnam where a song and few scenes were
whose duration is half an hour.[36]
shot in 3 days.[51] On the schedules completion, the
The lms second schedule started on July 18, 2014 at production team revealed that the schedule was shot
Hyderabad after a brief break due to Venkatesh, who in the city only to boost the morale of the team at
went to promote his lm Drushyam. It was also reported Ramanaidu Studios and also give out a message to the
that Pawan Kalyan would join the lms sets on July 23, Bengali and Odiya lm industries that lm shootings can
2014 and makers would be shooting a special sequence in be carried out smoothly post destruction of the city due
which Pawan Kalyan would be seen driving his personal to Cyclone Hudhud.[52] The lm was shot near Varanasi
bike and with that schedule, it was expected that the lms in early December 2014. Venkatesh and other artistes
talkie part would come to an end.[37][38] Pawan Kalyan participated in the shoot there.[53] A song on Venkatesh
however joined the sets two days in advance and scenes and Pawan Kalyan was shot in the outskirts of Hyderabad
featuring him and Venkatesh were shot.[39] The lms from Christmas.[54] The nal schedule began the next
shoot continued in the outskirts of Hyderabad where day and crucial scenes of Pawan Kalyan were planned to
scenes on Venkatesh. Pawan Kalyan and Shriya Saran be shot.[55]

Music

in the motion poster.[75] Another poster featuring Pawan

Kalyan and Venkatesh on a bike was unveiled on 16 De[76]
In mid-April 2014, Sohail Sen was selected to compose cember 2014.
the music for the lm which was his Telugu debut.[56] He
also met the makers in Hyderabad for the music sittings
later.[57] But Anoop Rubens replaced him in June 2014 5 References
as the music director of the lm. The makers said that
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later to December 28, 2014.[61]
The lms soundtrack was reported to feature 3 songs in
total and Pawan Kalyan was reported to appear in two of
them. A unique audio launch was planned by the makers
which was dierent from routine events.[62] Kailash Kher
completed recording for a special song in the soundtrack
on 22 December 2014.[63][64] The song Bhaje Bhaaje sung
by Haricharan and penned by Anantha Sreeram was released on 1 January 2015 as a single track.[65] The song
was listened by 0.1 million viewers in YouTube within
10 hours of its release and received 2500 likes, 100 dislikes and 200 comments.[66] The audio launch event was
conrmed to be held on 4 January 2014 at Ramanaidu
Studios in Nanakramguda.[67][68] The lyrics for the other
two songs were penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri and
Chandrabose while Sonu Nigam was the other playback
singer apart from Kailash Kher and Haricharan.[69]

Release

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June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

4.1

Marketing

[16] P.C.Sreeram & Anoop Rubens for Pawan - Venkatesh

lm ?". IndiaGlitz. June 3, 2014. Retrieved June 10,
2014.

The lms motion poster was unveiled on 28 November

2014.[73] The poster was designed by Anil and Bhanu of
[17] Vikram to play God for Venky?". The Times of India.
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ing sites within few hours, it became a worldwide trending topic which The Times of India called astonishing.[74] [18] Nayanthara in Oh My God remake?". The Times of InAnoop Rubens received acclaim for his background score
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[19] Pawan-Venky OMG remake: Anjali replaces Nayanthara. The Hans India. April 19, 2014. Retrieved June
10, 2014.
[20] Radhika Apte to romance Venkatesh?". The Times of
India. April 22, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
[21] Shriya Saran in Oh My God Telugu remake. The Times
of India. May 4, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

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