Dhada

Plot

Viswa's (Naga Chaitanya) family members are introduced, namely his older brother Rajiv (Srikanth), and his sister-in-law (Sameksha). Viswa meets Rhea (Kajal Aggarwal), who is an only daughter of a wealthy business tycoon (Mukesh Rishi) who is concerned about money and growth, but not about affection and love. While Viswa is trying to get Rhea's attention, he accidentally gets into a quarrel with a gang who does business with human trafficking. He fights and frees some girls who were kidnapped. and the gang leader (Rahul Dev) tries to find Viswa and kill him. Rhea's father sets up a proposal with another business tycoon's son, Amit (Eijaz Khan). Rhea is not interested. The gang's owner soon finds out that Rajiv works for him and tries to chase him down, but Viswa beats everybody up. He soon realizes that he has to save Rhea from her soon-to-be husband. Rhea's fiance tries to kill her by locking her in a car and throwing the car into an ocean, but Viswa saves Rhea. The film ends with Viswa bringing Rhea out of the ocean in a blanket and the two are talking.

Cast

Production

Reports emerged in December 2009 that director Ajay Bhuyan would direct a film starring Naga Chaitanya in the lead role. The film soon began production works with Kajal Aggarwal being signed on in a leading role, with the producers announcing a release date of July 2010. The producers approached Arjun and Kamalinee Mukherjee to appear as the brother and the sister-in-law of Naga Chaitanya, although talks were unsuccessful. Subsequently, Srikanth and Anita Hassanandani were selected for the roles, but Anita opted out before her schedule began and was then replaced by Samiksha.

The film began shooting in May 2010 after delays. The film was completed in four schedules, with the climax being shot in Bangkok, Thailand.

Pre-release business

Distribution

Dhada AP distribution rights were sold for ₹120 million (US$1.9 million) to RR Movie Makers.Its overseas rights were sold for ₹10 million (US$160,000). Its Hindi remake rights were sold for ₹8 million (US$120,000).

Satellite rights

Maatv bought the satellite rights for ₹50 million (US$780,000). Its music rights were sold for ₹5 million (US$78,000) and home media rights were sold for ₹2 million (US$31,000)

Box office

Dhada was released with 90 digital prints in 70 theaters(AP).The film was released in 20 theaters in hyderabad itself Dhada collected ₹10 million (US$160,000)(Gross) and ₹12 million (US$190,000)(share) in it's lifetime.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was released on 25 July 2011 at Shilpa Kala Vedika, Hyderabad.The soundtrack consists of seven tracks. It was released by Aditya Music. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Dr D Ramanaidu attended the function as chief guests. The Music has been received exceptionally well by the audience.