Who was SS Rajamouli’s favourite character from Girish AD’s Premalu? The director reveals...

The Telugu version of director Girish AD's Premalu, which has Naslen and Mamitha Baiju in lead roles, was released today, and it has gotten a dream reception from Telugu audiences. Fans and critics have been raving about the Malayalam romantic comedy and the latest to join the bandwagon to heap praise on the film is none other than director SS Rajamouli. The director called the film "a laugh riot" and even named his favourite character. “So glad Karthikeya did #Premalu in Telugu. It was a laugh riot through out.The writer did a fab job in getting the meme/youth language perfectly right. I liked the girl, Reenu in the trailer itself. In the film even the boy Sachin is lovable. But my fav is Aadi...JK...Just Kidding.. (sic)”, the director wrote. 

It is worth noting that the film’s Telugu distribution was taken by producer SS Karthikeya, the son of superstar director SS Rajamouli, who is its distributor in Telugu states.

Premalu's Shyam Mohan is thrilled with SS Rajamouli's review

Shyam Mohan, who played Aadhi in Premalu, took to his social media page to repost director SS Rajamouli’s review of the film. The actor expressed his joy with crying and heart emojis and thanked the RRR director for his valuable review. “LIFE TIME SETTLEMENT FOR ME! @ssrajamouli sir! I dont know what to say!! (sic)”, the actor wrote in response to the director’s tweet.

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Premalu hits the jackpot at the Telugu box office

The Malayalam film Premalu has hit the jackpot at the box office, as its four-week collection is over Rs 90 crore. The makers hope to capitalise on the movie's success by dubbing it in other South Indian languages.

With the film dubbed in its Tamil and Telugu releases following an extraordinary performance in Malayalam, the premiere held on Thursday in Hyderabad received a lot of positive responses, prompting multiplexes to increase the number of screens allotted to the film. 

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Since Premalu is set in Hyderabad, the makers were confident that it would strike a chord with Telugu audiences.