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{{Infobox film
| name = Daruvu
| image = Daruvu poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Siruthai Siva|Siva]]
| producer = Burugupalli Siva Ramakrishna
| screenplay = Siva Aadhi Narayana
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
| label1= Dialogues by
| data1 = {{Ubl |[[Anil Ravipudi]]}}
}}
| starring = [[Ravi Teja]] [[Taapsee Pannu|Taapsee]]
| music = [[Vijay Antony]]
| cinematography = [[Vetri (cinematographer)|Vetri]]
| editing = Gautham Raju
| studio = Sri Venkateswara Entertainments
| distributor = [[Sri Venkateswara Creations|Sri Venkateswara Film Distributors]] (Nizam) BlueSky Cinemas (overseas){{cn|date=October 2024}}
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|5|25}}
| runtime = 155 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = {{INRConvert|20|c}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.muvi.com/movies/daruvu |title=Daruvu Budget: 20 crores |publisher=muvi.com |accessdate=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605192941/http://www.muvi.com/movies/daruvu |archive-date=5 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| gross =
}}

'''''Daruvu: Sound Of Mass''''' is a 2012 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Fantasy film|fantasy]] [[action comedy film]] written and directed and co-written by [[Siva (director)|Siva]], produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna under Sri Venkateswara Entertainments banner and starring [[Ravi Teja]] in dual roles and [[Taapsee Pannu|Taapsee]] in lead roles.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The soundtrack of the film is composed by [[Vijay Antony]], while the cinematography is handled by [[Vetri (cinematographer)|Vetri]]. Anil Ravipudi penned the dialogues and Gautham Raju handled the editing department. The film is inspired from [[Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)|''Yamudiki Mogudu'']]. The movie was a semihit at box office.

==Plot==
The film's story is similar to fantasy films like ''[[Yamagola]]'', ''[[Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)|Yamudiki Mogudu]]'', ''[[Yamaleela]]'', and ''[[Yamadonga]]''.

Bullet Raja ([[Ravi Teja]]) is a small-time crook with a good heart. He bumps into Swetha ([[Taapsee Pannu|Taapsee]]) at a function and falls in love with her, but she is already engaged to Harbour Babu ([[Sushant Singh]]), a powerful local goon. One day, using Swetha's dance master Vidya Balan ([[Brahmanandam]]), Raja and Swetha manage to run away from Babu to reach a hilltop, but Babu tracks them down and is severely beaten by Raja. At the last moment, Babu uses his [[Mahindra Scorpio|Scorpio]] car to hit Raja off the hilltop. Raja clings on to a branch growing on the hill but slips off it and falls down, yet still manages to survive. Just then, Chitragupta ([[M. S. Narayana]]) changes the story, and the car that was stuck on the edge of the hill falls down on top of Raja, and as he was crushed. The Scorpio car blasts, thus killing him.

Raja heads to Yamalokam, where he realizes that his life has unjustly been terminated by Chitragupta, and so he picks up a fight with Yamadharma Raja ([[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]). A helpless Yama gives Bullet Raja three options. Either he could be a [[China|Chinese]] warrior who was to die two days later, a [[terrorist]] who also has the same life span, or greedy, evil, and corrupt [[Home Minister]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]], Ravindra (Ravi Teja), who decides to turn over a new leaf after he realizes the affection and support that the public has for him, but he is killed by his associates Balram ([[Sayaji Shinde]]), Shantaram ([[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]]), and Pavitrananda ([[Raghu Babu]]). Thus, Raja decides to enter Ravindra, who seemed the most normal among them. After Raja enters into Ravindra's body, he beats up Ravindra's assassins and kills them with the help of Yamakinkaras (servants of the lord Yama), Deceives Shantaram, Balaram and Pavitrananda by usurping their assets and throwing them behind bars and reforms the political ecosystem of the ruling party. The trio (Shantaram, Balaram and Pavitrananda) receive bail with the help of Harbour Babu and try to kill Ravindra (Raja), but the trio gets reformed due to the social welfare conducted by Ravindra (Raja) with their confiscated assets. Harbour Babu gets arrested, and when Ravindra (Raja) was about to get home he was shot by a labourer (who was not able to receive justice due to some mishap when Ravindra was alive). Ravindra (Raja) survives due to his good deeds, which he did from the beginning. Ravindra (Raja) gets blessings from Lord Yama as he did the righteous job by supporting the people.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Ravi Teja]] as
** Bullet Raja
** Home Minister Ravindra "Raja"
* [[Taapsee Pannu|Taapsee]] as Swetha, Raja/Ravindra's Love
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] as [[Yama]]dharmaraja Yama Sr.
* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Yama Jr.
* [[Bramhanandam]] as Vidya Balan
* [[Jayasudha]] as Parvathamma, Ravindra/Raja's mother
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Chitragupta
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Balaram, Ravindra's associate
* [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] as Shantaram, Ravindra's associate
* [[Raghu Babu]] as Pavitrananda Swamiji, Ravindra's associate
* [[John Kokken]] as Contract Killer Bihari
* [[Sushant Singh]] as Harbour Babu
* [[Gollapudi Maruti Rao]] as Chief Minister
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Simbu Sastry
* [[L. B. Sriram]] as Narada Muni
* [[Shanoor Sana]] as Swetha's mother
* [[Vennela Kishore]] as Khwaja
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Ravindra's assistant
* [[Saptagiri (Telugu actor)|Saptagiri]] as Auto Driver
* [[Kaushal Manda]] as Goon in Pub
* [[Fish Venkat]] as Babu's henchman
* [[Prabhas Sreenu]] as Police Constable
* [[Brahmaji]]
* [[Narsing Yadav]]
* [[Vishnupriya]] as Swetha's friend
*[[Akansha Rao]] as Swetha's friend
* [[Chatrapathi Sekhar]]
* [[Venu Yeldandi]]
* [[Meenakshi Dixit]] (item number) "Rajula"
* [[Mukti Mohan]] (item number)
* [[Jyoti Labala]] as Sona
}}

==Production==

===Development===
Director Siva who previously made films like [[Souryam]], [[Sankham]] and [[Siruthai]] started working on this film in early 2011. Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna who previously produced films like [[Thammudu]], [[Sahasa Veerudu Sagara Kanya]] and [[Yuvaraju (2000 film)|Yuvaraju]] signed Ravi Teja for the film. The film was officially launched on 18 August 2011 in Hyderabad, India. After several months of filming, in January 2012 it was announced that the film was titled ''Daruvu''.{{cn|date=October 2024}} In February 2012, filming was disrupted by Telangana activists. The incident happened when the unit was filming on Osmania University campus, Hyderabad. The activists, raising slogans, ventured onto the location and damaged furniture and film equipment thus forcing the crew to call off the shoot.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

===Casting===
Ravi Teja was the first actor who was cast in the film. In October 2011, it was announced that Taapsee Pannu who earlier worked with Ravi Teja in ''[[Veera (2011 film)|Veera]]'' was signed for the film.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The film is a socio-fantasy flick dealing with [[Yama (Hinduism)|Yama Dharmaraju]] and Yamalokam. Veteran actor [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] who was famous for his portrayal of Yama Dharmaraju in several films was cast for that role. Tamil actor [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] was cast for the role of Yama Dharmaraju's son. Popular Kannada actor [[Avinash Yelandur|Avinash]] and Marathi actor [[Sayaji Shinde]] were cast for important roles in the film. Top comedians of Telugu cinema like [[Bramhanandam]], [[M. S. Narayana]], [[Raghu Babu]], [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]], [[Srinivas Reddy]] and [[Vennela Kishore]] were also cast for vital roles in the film.

===Filming===
After the film was launched in August 2011, first schedule of filming began in November 2011. Filming took place in Hyderabad and Chennai. Second schedule of filming began on 11 December 2011. Filming took place in Hyderabad, [[Badami]] and [[Bangkok]].{{cn|date=October 2024}} In January 2012, it was announced that 60% of the filming was completed. It was reported that huge sets of Yamalokam were specially designed and constructed in [[Ramoji Film City]] for the film.{{cn|date=October 2024}} Filming took place in Ramoji Film City till 3 February 2012 after which three songs were shot from 5 February 2012 till 20 February 2012 in Bangkok.{{cn|date=October 2024}} On 5 March 2012 it was announced that the filming will completed by 16 March 2012 and post-production beginning soon after that.

==Soundtrack==
The audio of the film was released on 18 April 2012 and the launch was held at Prasad labs in Hyderabad on the same day.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Vijay Antony]]. The lyrics for the songs were written by Bhaskarabhatla, [[Ramajogayya Sastry]], [[Suddala Ashok Teja]] and Basha Sri. All songs except "Thom Thom" and "Athiri Chirabara" were reused from Vijay Antony's own Tamil compositions. The original version of "Rajula" is [[Dinesh Kanagaratnam]]'s "[[Surangani (song)|Surangani]] Remake" from the album ''Tamizha'' (2008).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/200726/magazine/adk-creates-a-buzz-in-the-local-music-scene-410543.html|title=ADK creates a buzz in the local music scene|work=[[Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Times]]|date=26 July 2020|access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref>

{{Infobox album
| name = Daruvu
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Vijay Antony]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2012|4|18}}
| recorded = 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 24:12
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Vijay Antony
| prev_title = [[Naan (2012 film)|Naan]]
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = [[Sattam Oru Iruttarai (2012 film)|Sattam Oru Iruttarai]]
| next_year = 2012
}}

{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 24:12
| title1 = Rajula
| note1 = Aathichudi – ''[[TN 07 AL 4777]]''
| lyrics1 = [[Bhaskarabhatla|Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar]]
| extra1 = [[Dinesh Kanagaratnam]]
| length1 = 4:21
| title2 = Usumalaresay
| note2 = Usumalarase – ''[[Uthamaputhiran (2010 film)|Uthamaputhiran]]''
| lyrics2 = Basha Sri
| extra2 = [[Vijay Antony]], Janaki Iyer, Emcee Jesz
| length2 = 4:25
| title3 = Nijam Cheppu
| note3 = Karikalan Kala – ''[[Vettaikaaran (2009 film)|Vettaikaran]]''
| lyrics3 = Bhaskarabhatla
| extra3 = [[Naresh Iyer]], [[Sangeetha Rajeshwaran]]
| length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Sexy Lady
| note4 = Sexy Lady – ''[[Ninaithale Inikkum (2009 film)|Ninaithale Inikkum]]''
| lyrics4 = Bhaskarabhatla
| extra4 = [[Benny Dayal]], [[Andrea Jeremiah]]
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Athiri Chirabara
| lyrics5 = [[Ramajogayya Sastry]]
| extra5 = [[Vedala Hemachandra|Hemachandra]], [[Anitha Karthikeyan]]
| length5 = 4:18
| title6 = Thom Thom
| lyrics6 = [[Suddala Ashok Teja]]
| extra6 = [[Ananthu (singer)|Ananthu]]
| length6 = 3:09
}}

==Release==
The movie was scheduled for a worldwide release on 4 May 2012 but got postponed to 18 May 2012 due to delay in the post production work.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The film was again postponed and released on 25 May 2012. The film was given a U/A certificate by the [[Central Board of Film Certification|CBFC]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

===Critical reception===
{{Film and game ratings
| rev1 = Rediff
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}
| rev2 = 123telugu
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5|score=2.75/5 stars}}
}}

The movie met with negative reviews, however Ravi Teja's Performance received praise. [[Rediff.com|Rediff]] gave a review stating "Daruvu may be lapped up by Ravi Teja fans but others may find it pretty dreary. If the tagline 'Sound of Mass' means that it's right for the masses, then it's got that right; a discerning audience won't find anything to cheer about.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-daruvu/20120525.htm |title=Review: Daruvu is more sound than substance |publisher=[[Rediff.com|Rediff]] |accessdate=25 May 2012  |archive-date=28 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528104442/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-daruvu/20120525.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> [[NDTV]] gave a review stating "Daruvu suffers from gaps in reason and logic. As a socio fantasy film, it lives on as a punch line of bad movie jokes. Even Ravi Teja's comic timing and Taapsee's simpering can't resurrect a film that has gaping plot holes you could fall into."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20120204429&keyword=regional&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=216050 |title=Review: Ravi Teja's Daruvu |publisher=[[NDTV]] |accessdate=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529034830/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20120204429&keyword=regional&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=216050 |archive-date=29 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[IBN Live]] gave a review stating "Some people make films for themselves, and some others for juveniles. 'Daruvu' is a film made for the low brow. Even those given to mean enjoyment in an inebriated condition in the most godless hamlet would find this film cheap."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telugu-review-daruvu-is-noisy-and-lost-in-chaos/261498-71-218.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527123909/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telugu-review-daruvu-is-noisy-and-lost-in-chaos/261498-71-218.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2012 |title=Telugu Review: 'Daruvu' is noisy and lost in chaos |publisher=[[IBN Live]] |accessdate=25 May 2012 }}</ref>

==Box office==
The film completed 50 days on 13 July 2012 in 56 centers. The movie was a semihit at the box-office.

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=2304573}}

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