Dhamarukam Audio Release

The grand audio launch of Akkineni Nagarjuna’s ‘Damarukam’ was launched on Monday night in Hyderabad. ‘Damarukam’ is a socio-fantasy film starring Nagarjuna and Anushka in lead roles, directed by Srinivas Reddy and produced by Dr Venkat under R R Movie Makers banner. Devisri Prasad is composing the music. This is his 50th film as music director. The film is expected to release in October.

K Raghavendra Rao, Nagarjuna, SS Rajamouli, VV Vinayak, S V Krishna Reddy, director Srinivas Reddy, K Atchi Reddy, Veerabhadram, Deva Katta, B Jaya, Naga Chaitanya, Akhil, Sushanth, Devisri Prasad, Brahmanandam, Chandra Bose, Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar, Jonna Vittula, Ramajogayya Sastry, Bellamkonda Suresh, Suresh Reddy and Sahiti were the few prominent guests in this grand gala audio release function.

The audio function started off with a beautiful classical Kuchipudi dance, followed by each song release with colourful dances. ‘Sakku Bhai Garam Garam’ song performed by Charmi and singer Mamata Sharma attracted the crowds a lot. Later the audio CDs were released by K Raghavendra Rao and presented them to SS Rajamouli and VV Vinayak.

Addressing the gathering Nagarjuna said, “I’m always proud of my fans because they always encouraged me and supported me in all the experiments I did so far in these 25 years. As long as I’ve Eeshar’s and Sai’s blessings and my fans support, I’ll keep moving forward. I always prefer to work with a talented director irrespective of how big or small he is. Devisri watched few scenes from ‘Damarukam’ and spoke to me for about half-an-hour. Special effects are extraordinary in this film. I’m very happy that ‘Damarukam’ has become his 50th film and stood as a milestone musical film in his career. ‘Damarukam’ is going to open in theaters in October.”

SS Rajamouli said, “There is lot of energy in Devisri’s music. I like Srinivas Reddy’s comedy a lot. He has very good grip on fantasy films. Few scenes in ‘Yamagola Malli Modalaindi’ have impressed me a lot. Nagarjuna garu always maintains new trend in the industry. ‘Damarukam’ is sure to become a different film in Telugu cinema.”

VV Vinayak said, “Srinivas Reddy is one of my most favourite directors. He always encouraged me when I was searching for good opportunities. Devisri Prasad is known to me right from his childhood.”

Director Srinivas Reddy said, “I’ll always be grateful to Nagarjuna garu and RR Movie Makers banner. ‘Damarukam’ will certainly be like a festival for Nagarjuna’s fans.”

Devisri Prasad said, “My first film was ‘Devi’ which was associated to spirituality. I’m very happy to note that my 50th film also belongs to the same genre. I can never forget M S Raju garu and Kodi Ramakrishna garu who introduced me to this film industry. I love Ilayaraja’s ‘Laali’ songs. I always longed to compose one ‘Laali’ song which got fulfilled through ‘Damarukam’ film.”