Credits

Banner: Sri Sai Deva Productions

Cast: Venkatesh, Kalyani, Arti Agarwal, Tanikella Bharani, Chandra Mohan, Surya, Vizag Prasad, Ahuti Prasad, Delhi Rajeswari, Akash, Sunil, VVS Laxman (special appearance)

Dialogues: Chintapally Ramana

Music: SA Raj Kumar

Songs: Veturi, Sirivennela, Kulasekhar & Chandrabose

Art: Raju

Editing: Marthand K Venkatesh

Co-director: Uma Maheswara Rao

Producer: NV Prasad & Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar

Story - Screenplay - Direction: Vikraman

Release date: 11 July 2003

Interesting Facts:

Film is was simultaneous shot in Tamil as Priyamana Thozhi with madhavan, Jyotika and Sridevi. It was average in Tamil but super hit In Telugu.

Audio was released on June 14th 2003 in Ramanaidu Studious and it was the first Vasantham is also the first Indian film to be shot in Greece (Ninnu Choodaku song was filming in Mykonos)

Additional songs shot in Switzerland and then Ammo Ammayena song was filmed at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, Rajasthan

It released alongside Simhadri and ran better than Simhadri in some areas.

Overall it was a super hit at the box office.

Writing/Direction:

Based on friendship but unlike Nuvve Kavali which had great entertainment, pacing, and emotions, Vasantham has none of these. Its straight up boring.

Julie and Ashok have been childhood friends ok, and he respects her religion and everything but like nothing worked for me on the rewatch. It aged terribly.

Also his family doesnt like him because he’s trying to be a cricketer and he comes home late at night etc. But this aspect isn’t even explored well either. Its so over the top and almost serial like. They’re annoyed he comes home but how does it affect their family it’s never shown. I always come back to the movie but a guy who drinks and wastes time with his friends is much better explored in AMAV.

Movie is full of illogical and cringeworthy scenes

Chandramohan comes back home and starts laughing. And he dies while laughing. Its so suddenly and out of context. When she dies, I should feel emotion but I didnt feel shit
Venkatesh is jobless or whatever hes trying for cricket team, they find match for him for thammudu. There are 3 brothers. They go to the pellichoppulu and say please serve the coffee for Pelli koduku and she serves his brother. He feels avamanam.
When taking a photo, he sees a girl on video and falls in love with her. Finds same girl on train and when she goes to bathroom he puts a cassette in her bag. She comes back home and listens to it and falls for him.
He finally goes to Pellichoopulu and then hears the girls voice and he starts singing, girl recognizes him and they hug and cut panna Ammo Ammayena song
They get married much to the irritation of her sister and they come to a wedding and while theyre eating, she insults them. Eating also insults? What the fuck is wrong with you? So illogical and cinrgwrorthy. Such athi
He comes back home to treat his friends and you’d think its funny but its so cringeworthy and not funny at all
Ahuthi Prasad gives him a bribe and idk where such people exist much like Nuvvu nenu movie and Venkatesh agrees and then starts ill treating Julie in the name of promise. So artificial as he feels bad every time
Climax is peaks of illogical stuff. Venky and Aarti get ready to leave but they have enough time to stay in the station and watch the press conference on some tv in the station. Julie and Michael have enough time to come to station and she sings Gaali chirugaali and he hears her from being so far away and they hug and go away

Sunil and Dhamarvarupu entire comedy track actually every comedy scene is cringe max. Its not funny at all. That too Sunil tries to do his best but the comedy didnt work at all.

Direction by Vikraman is terrible. No emotion, no entertainment, and nothing. It’s flat out boring and just unintentionally funny. Movie was aged terribly and is a rod in present day. Venky has many great family movies but Vasantham is not one of them in present day.

Episode 155 - Revisiting Vasantam (2003): Review + Interesting Facts