Gurudeva (film)

The movie is about a street rowdy's love for a rich heiress. Guru (Jai Akash) is a street rowdy who hangs out in a mechanic shop owned by Mari (Nassar), a handicapped man who is the advisor to Guru. They lead a happy life. Deva (Pranathi) falls in love with him. Later they both decide to marry.

Music by Sabesh-Murali.[3]

• "Aanandham Aanandham" - Tippu, Mathangi
• "Saiva Karuvadu" - Sabash, Manikka Vinayagam, Srilekha Parthasarathy
• "Azhage Azhage" - Srinivas, Anuradha Sriram
• "Silenta Sirichu" - Karthik, Pop Shalini
• "Manakudhada" - Tippu

The film was scheduled to release on February 14, but was delayed.[4] A critic from Sify opined that "There is nothing new in the way if presentation and music director Sabesh Murali rehashes old ?gana? songs of Deva".[5] Balaji Balasubramaniam of BBThots gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and opined that "Gurudeva badly needs a revamp of its screenplay And as long as they are rewriting it, they should consider hiring someone who actually knows how to write one!".[6][7][8] The film released alongside the low budget films Girivalam and Thaka Thimi Tha and did not fare well at the box office.[9]

The film was later dubbed in Telugu as Guru. Since the Telugu version failed due to lack of publicity, Jai Akash went to the Telugu producer Muppa Ankanna Rao's house and threatened him. Akash was subsequently sent to jail and released after a compromise was made.[10]