Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam ( Girl, Life Without You) is a 2014 Telugu romantic action comedy film directed by A. S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary and jointly produced by Bunny Vasu and Harishith Reddy, under Geetha Arts and Sri Venkateswara Creations. Starring Sai Dharam Tej, Regina Cassandra, Jagapathi Babu and music was composed by Anoop Rubens. The film is the first release of Sai Dharam Tej as the lead actor. The title was taken from a song of the film Gabbar Singh. The film opened to positive to mixed reviews from critics and was a hit at the box office.
Sai Dharam Tej's debut was Rey, produced and directed, by YVS Chowdary on his Bommarillu films banner. The film was launched at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad on 17 October 2010 on the eve of Vijayadasami. The filming ended on 6 August 2013. Rey has been delayed due to financial issues and it was released on 27 March 2015. Sai Dharam Tej won SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut (Telugu) at 4th SIIMA and Best Debut Actor Award at the 13th Santosham Film Awards.
Plot
Srinu is an engineering student who discovers that his girlfriend Shailu is in danger from the CM aspirant Prabhakar as Shailu is Prabhakar's illegitimate daughter. Prabhakar hires a contract killer named Maisamma to finish Shailu, but Srinu plays a cat-and-mouse and finally exposes Prabhakar's misdeeds through a journalist named Shafi. In the aftermath, Maisamma retires from the underworld and becomes an auto driver, while Srinu and Shailu get married.
Cast
Sai Dharam Tej as Srinu
Regina Cassandra as Shailaja (Shailu) / Sirisha (Siri) Jagapathi Babu as Maisamma Prakash Raj as Prabhakar Sayaji Shinde as Ganga Prasad Chandra Mohan as Chandra Mohan Raghu Babu as Yadigiri Prabhakar as Maisamma's henchman Ahuti Prasad as S.P. Jaya Prakash Reddy as J.P. Surya as orphanage manager Vizag Prasad as M.L.A. Shankar Melkote as Principal Shafi as Shafi (Investigation Journalist) Prudhvi Raj as M.L.A. Prabhu as the police inspector Prabhas Sreenu as Delhi Venu Gopal as Maisamma's henchman Satyam Rajesh Thagubothu Ramesh Ambati Srinivas Kishore Das as anchor Duvvasi Mohan as movier Gundu Sudharshan as Prabhakar's assistant Hema as Hema Surekha Vani as Surekha Rajitha as Chandra Mohan's wife Y. Kasi Viswanath as Hema's husband Satya Krishnan as Satya Priya as Parvati Suresh as G. Suresh Subhashini as a hostel warden
Soundtrack
Music composed by Anup Rubens. The soundtrack of the film was released worldwide on 25 October 2014 on Aditya Music Company.
Reception
The satellite rights of the film were acquired by MAA TV. The film opened to mixed reviews.
Box office
The film opened good response all over the world by collecting (Share) on its first day. The film collected (Share) in its first week. The film ended by collecting worldwide.