Prati Roju Pandage


Prati Roju Pandage is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film written & directed by Maruthi Dasari. The film was produced by Bunny Vas under UV Creations and GA2 Pictures with Sai Dharam Tej, Rashi Khanna, Sathyaraj and Rao Ramesh in lead roles. The technical crew includes Jaikumar behind the camera, S. Thaman composing music and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao handling editing duties. The movie depicts a beautiful relationship between a grandson and his grandfather.

Plot

Raghu Ramayya Is Above 75 Years. But One Day Raghu Ramayya goes to the hospital and asks doctor about his reports.Doctor tells hom that his having a lung cancer. Raghu Ramayya informs his elderest son Anand Rao that he is having cancer. Ananad Rao Asks Doctor that how much time to live. So He Can Live 5 weeks docter says. So Anand Rao Informs to his siblings that their father will be alive for 5 weeks. Everyone plans that they will be in rajumantary for 4 weeks. So Anand Rao Informs His Son Sai Tej About his

Cast

Launch

The film launched formally in June 2019 by performing pooja and muhurat shots. Dil Raju attended the event along with the film cast and crew.

Filming

The regular filming started in early July in Hyderabad. The production moved to Rajamundry for the village sequences in September 2019.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. Thaman.

Release

The film was released on 20 December 2019.

Promotion

The first look was released on 12 September 2019 by Geetha Arts on various platforms. Later on 15 October 2019, the film crew released the teaser and confirmed the film's release subsequently. On the occasion of Deepavali, the film crew released a poster with all the star cast.

Home media

The film was made available to stream on OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar on 03 February 2020.

Reception

Box office

In two days Prati Roju Pandage collected 12.09 Crores gross and 7 Crores share worldwide.
In four days movie collected 25 Crores gross worldwide.
In six days movie collected 33.80 Crores gross and 18.43 Crores share worldwide.
In Full run Prati Roju Pandage collected 62 Crores gross and 34 Crores share worldwide and emerged as highest grossing movie of both Maruthi and Sai Dharam Tej.

Critical reception

Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu wrote " The film has nice visuals and the content is strong as it focuses on sensitivity towards family values, especially in the climax. Maruti deserves a pat for his simple and straight dialogues and Sai Dharam Tej does well in disciplining the elders".
Firstpost gave 3.25 out of 5 stars stating "Prathi Roju Pandage into a discourse on how we engage with our parents and grandparents in their old age. It has its share of laughs and emotional moments. It manages to deliver what it sets out to achieve, even if the journey is a little shaky in a few stretches".
The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "Satyaraj, Rao Ramesh, Murli Sharma, Hari Teja and Raashi Khanna, even in the limited role, hit the ball out of the park. The cinematography by Jayakumar is apt and Thaman S' BGM works well for the film. Prati Roju Pandaage has ample moments that’ll make you smile and relate to the characters, if not anything else".