What is "yevadu"

Yevadu is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action film co-written and directed by Vamsi Paidipally. The film features Ram Charan, Shruti Haasan, and Amy Jackson in the lead roles, while Allu Arjun, Kajal Aggarwal, Sai Kumar, Jayasudha and Rahul Dev play supporting roles. The film was produced by Dil Raju under the banner Sri Venkateswara Creations. Vakkantham Vamsi co-wrote the film's script with Paidipally. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film's music, while Marthand K. Venkatesh was the film's editor.

The film's story was partially inspired by John Woo's 1997 film, Face/Off, and revolves around two strangers, Satya and Charan. The film was made on a budget of 350 million, and was officially launched on 9 December 2011. Principal photography began on 27 April 2012 and lasted until 22 July 2013. The majority of the film was shot in Vishakhapatnam and Hyderabad, mostly in Ramoji Film City, while two songs were shot in Switzerland and Bangkok.

Released during the season of the Makar Sankranti festival, the film received decent feedback from critics. It grossed more than 600 million and collected a distributor share of 471 million, becoming one of the highest grossing Telugu films of 2014. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Magadheera, into Malayalam as Bhaiyya My Brother and into Hindi with the same name by Goldmine Telefilms.

Yevadu is the feature film soundtrack of the 2013 action-thriller film of the same name starring Ram Charan, Shruti Haasan, Amy Jackson, Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal. Directed by Vamsi Paidipally, the film's music and background score were composed by Devi Sri Prasad marking his first collaboration with Ram Charan and Vamsi Paidipally Individually. The soundtrack consists of 6 songs and a bit song all composed by Devi Sri Prasad and Ramajogayya Sastry, Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Chandrabose, Krishna Chaitanya and Sri Mani penning the lyrics. Being recorded in time ranging 2012 to 2013, the soundtrack album's release coincided with a promotional audio launch function on 19 July 2013 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad on Aditya Music label. The audio received positive response from critics and audience alike.