Dhammu

<p>is an who leads a simple life along with his friend. He falls in love with Sathya, who is a rich girl. Sathya imposes a condition that Rama Chandra’s family history should be important. At this very moment, Rama Chandra learns that a rich and powerful royal family seeks to adopt an heir, where he seizes the chance. Rama Chandra goes there and realizes that Suryavamsi family has a violent past and a bitter dispute with another rich and powerful royal family headed by a Chandravamsi King and also realizes that thousands of people in the area are now dependent on him for their very survival. Rama Chandra also discovers that he is actually the real heir to the family. Despite his hatred towards violence, Rama Chandra tries his best to solve the problems peacefully, but the rival gang does not give him a chance. Vexed with the violence, Rama Chandra nearly kills the Chandravamsi King’s eldest son and kills King’s youngest son, where he opens the Chandravamsi King’s eyes by placing a sword on his middle son. Chandravamsi King realizes that his mistakes and apologizes to Rama Chandra and the family, thus ending the violent nature of the village. has music scored by . , who was originally signed to play the female lead, walked out citing date issues. Later the producers approached who also couldn’t accommodate bulk dates for the film. The producers finalised as the first female lead. According to reports, Bhanupriya, Kota Srinivasa Rao, and play supporting roles. The soundtrack of the film was released on 29 March 2012 at in . ‘s music label, Vel Records, and secured the film’s audio rights. The lyrics for all the songs were written by . The Telugu and Tamil versions released on 27 April 2012. released on approximately 2550 screens worldwide which was a record in . It released in approx of 140+ theatres in which is considered to be a record by out of state movie. B.V.S. Prakash of wrote ” (Valour), as one of the Telugu films that made high on action and low on contents”. wrote “Boyapati uses the same formula of Tollywood action movies with good dialogues, high voltage fight sequences and wraps ups with interesting twist and NTR’s charged up performance”. Mahesh K. S. of gave 3.25 out of 5 stars and wrote “‘Dhammu’ will work well with fans and mass movie lovers. We have seen a highly charged performance from Tarak after a long time and he carries the film completely on his shoulders. Good action sequences, dialogues and sentiment will work well at the Box office. On the flip side, tempo goes down a bit in the second half and care should have been taken here.” Radhika Rajamani of gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote “Director Boyapati Seenu’s new film Dammu has an outdated and clichéd storyline, regressive content, and mindless and excessive violence”. earned a total share of ₹8.04 crore on its opening day at the AP+Nizam box office which was an all time record day 1 opening. It earned a share of ₹14.31 in its opening weekend in AP+Nizam. Within 1 week, the film grossed over ₹20.8 crore at the AP+Nizam box office and ₹23.9 in India. In 10 days, it collected a share of ₹27.65 crore at the domestic box office out of which ₹24.1 crore came from AP+Nizam alone. In 2 weeks, the film collected a share of ₹29.95 crore domestically. By the end of its theatrical run, collected a total share of ₹29.25 at the AP+Nizam box office and additional ₹3.95 crore from ROI for a total share of ₹33.20 crore in India. Dhammu earned a total share of ₹1.80 crore at the overseas market. After selling distribution and satellite rights, the film earned pre-release revenue up to (US$5.3 million). The satellite and digital rights were sold to and for (US$780,000), the highest buy-over for any film in 2012. The VCDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs of the film were released through Bhavani Company into the market on 10 August 2012, six days after completing 100 days in theatres.</p>