Swagatam

Swagatam
Movie Poster
Directed byDasarath
Written byDasarath
(story / dialogues)
Screenplay byGopimohan
Produced byAditya Ram
StarringJagapati Babu
Anushka Shetty
Bhumika Chawla
CinematographyR. Ramesh Babu
Edited byM. R. Varma
Music byR. P. Patnaik
Production
company
Adityaram Movies
Release date
  • 25 January 2008 (2008-01-25)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget5 crores

Swagatam (transl.Welcome) is a 2008 Telugu-language romance film and directed by Dasarath. It stars Jagapati Babu, Anushka Shetty and Bhumika Chawla with Arjun Sarja in a special role. The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.

Shot in New York City, Rajahmundry and Hampi, it features a romantic triangle.[1] Directed by Dasarath, the film casts Jagapati Babu as the male romantic lead playing opposite Anushka Shetty and Bhumika Chawla. Several weeks after its release, The Times of India declared the movie a box office "let down".[2] The film has got quite some similarities with the Hindi film, Kal Ho Na Ho: a hard working, depressed girl settled in New York,[3] supporting her mother and a child independently and a business that's not doing well. The film was dubbed in Tamil as America to Aminjaikarai in 2013.[4]

  1. ^ IndiaGlitz. (3 January 2008) "Swagatam to release on January 24" Retrieved 16-02-08.
  2. ^ The Times of India. (7 February 2008) Glam girl in troubled waters indiatimes.com Retrieved 16-02-08.
  3. ^ "Telugu Movie review - Swagatam". Idlebrain.com. 25 January 2006.
  4. ^ "America to Aminjaikarai Movie: Showtimes, Review, Songs, Trailer, Posters, News". Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2022.