Vivaha Bhojanambu(2021)
Telugu121 mins
A stingy miser gets the shock of his life when a nation-wide lock-down thwarts his attempts for a cost-effective marriage.
Director:Ram Abbaraju
Mood:
funnyemotionaluplifting
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, Sony LIV, Plex, Airtel Xstream Play, YuppTV, Watcho
- Theatrical Release
- 27 August 2021
- Director
- Ram Abbaraju
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 1m
- Rating
- 7.1/10
Storyline
A cheap man plans a low-budget wedding. His plans are completely upended when a sudden national lockdown is announced. Now he must figure out how to handle the marriage under these unexpected and costly new circumstances.
“Lockdown. Wedding. One very cheap groom.”
Film Details
7.1Rating
121Minutes
TeluguLanguage
UCertificate
Release Date27 August 2021
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
funnyemotionaluplifting
Themes
familyloveidentityfriendship
Tonewhimsical
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitylight
Audiencefamily
Best Withfamily
Violence1
Emotion3
Humor4
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
#2N
Nitya SriActor
→H
Harsha ChemuduVarada Raj
→#3
#4D
Dayanand ReddySub Inspector
→S
Sivannarayana NaripeddiMahesh's Father
→#5
S
SatyaMahesh
→#6
#7A
AarjaveeAnitha
→K
KalpalathaMahesh's Mother
→#8
T
Thummala Narasimha ReddyJai Krishna
→#9
#10S
Subbaraya SharmaRajarao
→N
Nellore SudharshanSudharshan
→#11
R
Ram AbbarajuDirector
→#12
B
Bhanu BogavarapuCrew
→Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Vivaha Bhojanambu
Cast reunions in this film: Sudharshan & Harsha Chemudu (7 films together), Sudharshan & Srikanth Iyengar (5 films together), Sivan & Kalpalatha (4 films together), Sivan & Harsha Chemudu (4 films together), Sivan & Sudharshan (3 films together), and Kalpalatha & Harsha Chemudu (3 films together).
Trivia
- The film was shot in just 16 days during the COVID-19 pandemic, using real lockdown restrictions in the story.
- Director Ram Abbaraju also wrote the story, basing it on real-life wedding challenges he observed during lockdowns.
- The lead actor, Sumanth Shailendra, is primarily known as a dubbing artist and this was a rare lead film role for him.
- The movie's title directly translates to 'Wedding Feast', which is ironic as the plot revolves around avoiding that very expense.
- It was released directly on the OTT platform Aha, skipping a theatrical release due to the pandemic.
- The comedy heavily relies on the lead character's exaggerated stinginess, a classic trope given a modern, pandemic-era twist.