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A Aa
Film Poster
Directed byTrivikram Srinivas
Written byTrivikram Srinivas
Produced byS. Radha Krishna
StarringNithin
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Anupama Parameswaran
CinematographyNatarajan Subramaniam,
Dudley[1]
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byMickey J Meyer
Production
company
Haarika & Hassine Creations
Release date
  • 3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget35 crore (US$4.2 million)

A Aa[2] is an upcoming Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. Produced by S. Radha Krishna under his banner Haarika & Haasine Creations, it features Nithin, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Anupama Parameswaran in the lead roles. Mickey J Meyer composes the film's score and soundtrack while Natarajan Subramaniam and Dudley handle the cinematography.[1]

Production began on 24 September 2015 in Hyderabad and principal photography began on 16 October 2015. Its audio was released on May 2,[3] and the movie is scheduled for a worldwide release in june 2016.[4]

Cast

Production

Development

During the end of August 2015, it was announced that Trivikram Srinivas will be directing a movie with Nitin and Samantha in the lead roles, and S.Radha Krishna will produce the film under his banner Haarika & Haasine Creations.[5] In early September 2015, the makers announced the name of this movie as A Aa - Anasuya Ramalingam Vs Anand Vihari.[6]

Casting

Samantha Ruth Prabhu makes her third collaboration with Trivikram Srinivas (after Attarintiki Daredi, and S/O Satyamurthy). During mid September Anupama Parameswaran was confirmed to be a part of the film playing the second heroine.[7][8][9] During Mid September, it was reported that Nadhiya will be playing a key role in this film.[10] During Early October 2015, it was reported that Srinivas Avasarala was a part the film playing a key role.[11] In early November it was reported that Ananya was selected to play the role of Nitin's sister Bhanumathi. It was also reported that she had initially turned down the offer, but later accepted it after she realized the scope of her character.[12] During Mid-January it was reported that Naresh will be a part of this film. It was also reported that he will be playing the role of husband of Nadhiya.[13]

Crew

Anirudh Ravichander was selected to compose the music for this film during early August making his tollywood debut. But he was later replaced by Mickey J Meyer due to his busy schedules with Tamil movies.[14] Natarajan Subramaniam and Dudley are the Cinematographers.[1][15] During the end of August it was also confirmed that Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao will be the editor, and Rajeevan will be the art director of this film.[15] Rajeevan was replaced by A.S Prakash as the art director of this movie during late November 2015.[16]

Filming

This movie was launched on 24 September 2015 with a pooja ceremony at Ramanaidu Studios.[17] The regular shooting of this film was expected to start on 10 October 2015.[18][19] But later the shooting was delayed to October 16, 2015. Samantha started shooting for this film on October 21, 2015.[20] During Mid November 2015, it was said that Samantha will be dubbing for her role for the first time in Telugu.[21] During early January 2016 it was reported that the filming is progressing rapidly, and Nitin is reportedly enjoying every bit of the shooting and is super happy with the output of the film so far.[22] As of early February 2016, 80 percent of the shooting is completed and also the major part of the talkie has been shot.[23][24] Filming of new schedule commenced in Pollachi on February 15, and the unit canned a romantic duet and some important scenes featuring Nitin and Samantha for 10 days.[25] Filming of final schedule commenced on February 26 in Hyderabad.[26] The Filming has been wrapped up on 23 April 2016.[27]

Soundtrack

A Aa's sound track has 5 songs all composed by Mickey J Meyer. Four of the songs were written by Ramajogayya Sastry and one by Krishna Chaitanya. Aditya Music acquired its marketing rights. Launched on May 2 at a grand ceremony in Shilpakala Vedika, with Pawan Kalyan attending as the chief guest, the audio received positive reviews from critics. Karthik Srinivasan of milliblog.com stated that it was a "simple and modest soundtrack" ^(reference needed) while Indiaglitz, a popular Internet portal for Indian cinema news, appreciated the soundtrack for its strong "lyrical value". ^(reference needed)

Track list
No.TitleLyricsArtist(s)Length
1."Yaa Yaa"Ramajogayya SastryK.S. Chithra, Abhay Jodhpurkar, Anjana Sowmya Sai Shivani04:00
2."Rang De"Ramajogayya SastryRamya Behara, Rahul Nambiar, Sai Shivani04:01
3."Anasuya Kosam"Krishna ChaitanyaKarthik, Rap: Roll Rida03:23
4."Mummy Returns"Ramajogayya SastrySravana Bhargavi02:51
5."Yellipoke Shyamala"Ramajogayya SastryKarthik03:35
Total length:17:50

Release

Producer S.Radha Krishna had initially planned to release the film for Sankranthi 2016,[28] but later the release date was moved to Feb 14, 2016 to release it on Valentine's Day.[29][30] During early February, the release was again postponed to April 22, 2016.[31] but again the movie was postponed to May 2, 2016 (which again didn't happen).Again,the makers had planned to release the movie by the end of the May, but now 'A..Aa' is slated to release in the second week of June,due to Mahesh Babu's Brahmotsavam as a majority of the theaters in Telugu states are going be occupied with Mahesh Babu's movie,the makers are planning to release in June 2 week,yet an official statement regarding the postponement is yet to be made.BlueSky Cinemas, one of the leading players in overseas market for Indian movies bought the rights of this film during early november 2015. They bought the rights of this film before the filming began.[32] During the end of December 2015, Eurotolly brought rights from BlueSky Cinemas to distribute this movie in Europe (excluding UK).[33]

References

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  4. ^ "A Aa on 3rd June, Kabali on 1st July"
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  6. ^ "Trivikram's Samantha-Nithin starrer titled 'A Aa Anasuya Ramalingam Versus Anand Vihari'". dna India. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Samantha-Pawan Kalyan to start shooting from September". DNA India. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Anupama Parameswaran moving to Telugu film industry". www.sajmedia.in. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Anupama Parameshwaran makes Tollywood debut". moviemint. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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  13. ^ "Trivikram's A.Aa Slated To Release In March". Telugodu. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Anirudh to compose for Trivikram's Telugu film". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Anirudh to make Telugu debut with Trivikram's next". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  16. ^ "INSIDE STORY: Finally Trivikram's ego satisfied". Apherald. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Trivikram - Pawan Kalyan's 'A..Aa' movie launched". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Trivikram Srinivas bags projects with Mahesh and Pawan?". Greatandhra.com. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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  21. ^ "Actress Samantha has a surprise for the audience in Trivikram Srinivas' film". Dna India. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  22. ^ "Pawan Kalyan'S A AA SHOOTING RAPIDLY". Industry Hit. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  23. ^ "Trivikram - Pawan Kalyan film 80% complete". Telugu Cinema. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  24. ^ "Trivikram's A..Aa nearing completion". Telugu 360. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  25. ^ "Trivikram A..Aa reaches Pollachi". Telugu 360. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  26. ^ "Trivikram to start shooting A..Aa in Hyd". Telugu Cinema. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  27. ^ "A..Aa wraps up its shoot". 123 Telugu. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  28. ^ "Trivikram's Samantha-Nithin starrer titled 'A...Aa Anasuya Ramalingam Versus Anand Vihari'". dna india. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  29. ^ "Trivikram's A..Aa kickoff from today". Tollywood.net. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  30. ^ "Trivikram's next for Valentine's day ?". 123 Telugu. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  31. ^ "TRIVIKRAM-Pawan Kalyan'S 'A…AA' ON APRIL 22". Industy Hit. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  32. ^ "A..Aa Overseas by BlueSky". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  33. ^ "A..Aa Europe by Eurotolly". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 31 December 2015.