Mukunda

Mukunda
Film poster
Directed by	Srikanth Addala
Written by	Srikanth Addala
Produced by	'Tagore' B. Madhu Nallamalapu Srinivas
Starring	Varun Tej Pooja Hegde
Cinematography	S. Manikandan
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Mickey J Meyer
Production company	Leo Productions
Release date	24 December 2014 (2014-12-24)
Running time	142 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Mukunda is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Srikanth Addala. The film was produced by Tagore Madhu and Nallamalapu Srinivas (Bujji) under the banner Leo Productions. It stars debutant Varun Tej and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles with Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh, and Nassar in supporting roles. Mickey J Meyer composed the film's soundtrack and background score. Marthand K. Venkatesh edited the film.

Production began on 27 February 2014 in Hyderabad. Principal photography commenced on 24 March 2014 in Cochin and was completed on 16 December 2014 in Hyderabad. The film was initially titled Gollabhama. Apart from Hyderabad, the film was predominantly shot in Andhra Pradesh at places like Rajahmundry, Bhimavaram, and Amalapuram as well as in Cochin and Alleppey in Kerala and at Kanyakumari, Pollachi in Tamil Nadu.

Mukunda released worldwide on 24 December 2014, on the eve of Christmas. The film received positive reviews from critics praising the cast performances (particularly Varun Tej and Pooja Hegde), dialogues, songs and background score besides criticizing the screenplay, editing and slow pace of the film.^[2] The film was success at the box office. Later the film was dubbed into Hindi as Dushman No.1 and it was also dubbed in Tamil and Malayalam in the same title.