Koratala Siva is the writer and director of the upcoming Telugu-language action drama film Devara: Part 1. Produced by Yuvasudha Arts and NTR Arts, the movie features Janhvi Kapoor (in her Telugu debut) and Saif Ali Khan with N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in the title role.
Under the provisional title NTR30,[a], the movie was formally announced in April 2021. The actual title was revealed in May 2023. Devara, which was originally intended to be a single picture, was divided into two parts, with the first half going into production in 2023. The main photography, which took place in Hyderabad and Goa, started in April 2023. The film’s technical crew consists of editor A. Sreekar Prasad, cinematographer R. Rathnavelu, and music composer Anirudh Ravichander.
Cast :
Under Koratala Siva’s direction
Written by Siva Koratala
Produced by Kosaraju Harikrishna, Sudhakar Mikkilineni
Nandamuri Ram Kalyan
in the role of N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Khan Saif
Janhvi Kapoor
Raj Prakash
Photography by R. Rathnavelu
By A. Sreekar Prasad, editor
Arnie Ravichander composed the music.
Production firms: NTR Arts; Yuvasudha Arts
Distributed by AA Films, Dharma Productions, and Sithara Entertainments
Date of release: September 27, 2024; Language: Telugu,Hindi,Malayalam,Kannada,Tamil; Budget: ₹200 crore
Filming :
With Rama Rao present, principal photography in Hyderabad began on April 1, 2023 . Janhvi and Khan joined the sets in the middle of April. On June 7, 2023, filming got back underway. Over the next 14 days, a few key scenes with Rama Rao, Khan, and other cast members were shot there. This schedule included multiple action scenes, one of which was recorded in extremely low light.38 After a quick month-long hiatus, the team returned to film an underwater action sequence on July 31, 2023. Rama Rao prepared for this specific program by training with Mumbai-based professional swimmers.
Janhvi wrapped up filming her scenes on November 1st.After celebrating Diwali (12 November 2023), the crew took a break and returned to work two days later for a second, quick schedule. After finishing the Goa schedule on November 20th, the team went back to Hyderabad for a short schedule that was shot in the middle of December. According to Kalyan Ram, by late December 2023, 80% of the film’s shooting had been finished, and by January 2024, it would be finished.
Production :
DEVARA PART 1 : It was announced in April 2021 that Rama Rao and Siva would work together on NTR30, their second joint project following Janatha Garage (2016). The movie was announced on Ugadi, April 13, 2021, and is being produced by Yuvasudha Arts and N. T. R. Arts. But Siva’s obligations to Acharya and Rama Rao’s to RRR had caused a delay in the production’s commencement.
Compared to his first film, Mirchi (2013), Siva called it a “large-scale project that has more commercial appeal”. Filming has been postponed until late 2022 because Siva wanted to make the necessary revisions to the script before submitting it as a draft, in response to Acharya’s box office flop. Siva began the film’s pre-production work by November.
Production was originally scheduled to start on February 24, 2023, but it was postponed because of Taraka Ratna’s passing and Rama Rao’s involvement in the RRR Academy Awards campaign.On March 23, 2023, the movie was formally released. S. S. Rajamouli, the actors, and crew attended a puja ceremony in Hyderabad, which was held before the muhurat filmed. Official announcements of the movie’s title, Devara, were made on May 19, 2023.[18] Siva revealed on October 4th that the movie would be divided into two sections.
Distribution :
On September 27, 2024, Devara: Part 1 is slated for release in theaters in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. The movie was originally supposed to come out on April 5, 2024, but it was ultimately moved to October 10, 2024. And then moved to September 27, 2024.
The distribution rights to the Hindi dubbed version were obtained by Dharma Productions and AA Films.Sithara Entertainments won the Telugu theatrical rights. The Tamil release’s theatrical rights were obtained by Red Giant Movies. According to reports, SS Karthikeya’s Showing Business and KVN Productions purchased the rights to distribute in Kannada. The Malayalam film would be distributed by Prithviraj Productions.
External link to IMDb DEVARA PART 1