# Mayagadu

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Mayagadu
| image          = Mayagadu poster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Official poster
| native_name    = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} -->
| director       = Dilip Polan 
| writer         = <small>'''Dialogues:'''</small><br />Nandyala Ravi <br />Mohan
| screenplay     = Dilip Polan
| story          = Dilip Polan
| based_on       = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
| producer       = 
| starring       = {{plainlist|[Venu Thottempudi](/source/Venu_Thottempudi) 
*[Charmy Kaur](/source/Charmy_Kaur) 
*[Satya Krishnan](/source/Satya_Krishnan)
}}
| narrator       = 
| cinematography = Prasad K.
| editing        = Nandamuri Hari
| music          = [Chakri](/source/Chakri_(composer))
| studio         = Sambasiva Creations
| distributor    = <!-- or: | distributors = -->
| released       =  {{Film date|2011|7|16}} 
| runtime        = 
| country        = India
| language       = Telugu
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}
'''''Mayagadu''''' ({{Translation|Magician}}) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language [romantic](/source/romantic_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by Dilip Polan and starring [Venu Thottempudi](/source/Venu_Thottempudi), [Charmy Kaur](/source/Charmy_Kaur) and [Satya Krishnan](/source/Satya_Krishnan).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/charmi-seduces-venu-in-mayagudu-10859#photo-135694|title=Charmi seduces Venu in ''Mayagudu''|work=[NDTV](/source/NDTV)|date=5 July 2011|access-date=21 December 2022|archive-date=21 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221050354/https://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/charmi-seduces-venu-in-mayagudu-10859#photo-135694|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a remake of the Bollywood film ''[Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta](/source/Kyo_Kii..._Main_Jhuth_Nahin_Bolta)'', which was released in 2001. The film was released after much delay.<ref name="I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/photogallery/mayagadu/index.html|title=Mayagadu - Venu & Charmme|date=23 June 2008|work=[Idlebrain.com](/source/Idlebrain.com)|access-date=9 January 2025}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[Venu Thottempudi](/source/Venu_Thottempudi) as Leela Krishna
*[Charmy Kaur](/source/Charmy_Kaur) as Vandana 
*[Satya Krishnan](/source/Satya_Krishnan) as Spandana  
*[Raghu Babu](/source/Raghu_Babu) as Raghu, Krishna's friend
*[Sayaji Shinde](/source/Sayaji_Shinde) as Chidambaram
*[Ravi Babu](/source/Ravi_Babu) as Ravi
*[Ali](/source/Ali_(actor)) as Vishwanath
*[AVS](/source/AVS_(actor))
*[Satya Prakash](/source/Satya_Prakash_(actor))
}}

== Production ==
The film reached its post-production stage in mid-2008.<ref name="I"/>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [Chakri](/source/Chakri_(composer)).<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayagadu songs |url=https://www.hungama.com/amp/album/mayagadu/84648032/ |website=[Hungama](/source/Hungama_Digital_Media_Entertainment) |access-date=18 January 2024 |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118022047/https://www.hungama.com/amp/album/mayagadu/84648032/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Love Me Love Me
| length1 = 4:08
| lyrics1 = [Kandikonda](/source/Kandikonda)
| extra1 = Ravi Varma, [Geetha Madhuri](/source/Geetha_Madhuri)
| title2 = Morning Morning
| length2 = 3:34
| lyrics2 = Kandikonda
| extra2 = [Kousalya](/source/Kousalya_(singer))
| title3 = Andamaina Aasa Undi
| length3 = 4:10
| lyrics3 = Kandikonda
| extra3 = Chakri, [Malavika](/source/Malavika_(singer))
| title4 = Ye Face Choosina
| length4 = 3:23
| lyrics4 = [Ramajogayya Sastry](/source/Ramajogayya_Sastry)
| extra4 = Chakri
| title5 = Mounam Prema
| length5 = 4:22
| lyrics5 = [Anantha Sriram](/source/Anantha_Sriram)
| extra5 = Chakri, Pranavi
| title6 = Vinna Vinna
| length6 = 4:17
| lyrics6 = Anantha Sriram
| extra6 = Chakri, Pranavi
| total_length = 23:54
}}

== Reception ==
A critic from ''[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)'' wrote that the film was "As boring as sitting through a tax seminar".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mayagadu-it-doesnt-cast-a-spell/article2233203.ece|title=Mayagadu: It doesn't cast a spell|work=[The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)|date=16 July 2011|last=Chowdhury|first=Y. Sunitha|access-date=21 December 2022|archive-date=21 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221050352/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/mayagadu-it-doesnt-cast-a-spell/article2233203.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|2079539}}

Category:2011 Indian films
Category:2011 Telugu-language films
Category:2011 romantic comedy-drama films
Category:Indian romantic comedy-drama films
Category:Telugu remakes of Hindi films

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