Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari

Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. Raghavendra Rao
Screenplay byJandhyala
Story byYandamoori Veerendranath
Produced byC. Aswani Dutt
StarringChiranjeevi
Sridevi
Amrish Puri
CinematographyA. Vincent
K. S. Prakash
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
company
Release date
  • 9 May 1990 (1990-05-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹2 crore
Box officeest. ₹15 crore[1]

Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari (transl. Universal hero and the otherworldly beauty), also known by the initialism JVAS, is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language fantasy film directed by K. Raghavendra Rao who co-wrote the script with Jandhyala and Yandamuri Veerendranath. The film stars Chiranjeevi and Sridevi while Amrish Puri, Kannada Prabhakar, Allu Ramalingaiah and Rami Reddy play supporting roles. The film is produced by C. Aswani Dutt on Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The plot revolves around a man who finds a ring that gives the bearer great power, but the goddess who lost the ring seeks it back to return to her world.

Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari was theatrically released on May 9, 1990. The film upon release was a massive success,[2] grossing ₹15 crore at the box office and becoming the highest grossing Telugu film in history at the time.[1][3] It is regarded as a classic film in fantasy genre in Telugu cinema.[4] The film won five state Nandi Awards.

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  2. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ "30 years of Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari: 20+ lesser known facts about Chiranjeevi and Sridevi's film". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Chiranjeevi reminisces about a timeless classic". Deccan Chronicle. 10 May 2020. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.