Filming ended nearly on 21 February 2014 and post production works began. On 4 February 2014 a press release confirmed that the filming is complete except for one song. The film's final schedule commenced on 15 November 2013 on whose completion the film's shoot was expected to end. By then 70% of the film's shoot was wrapped up. In early October 2014, the film was shot in and around Kumbakonam including a Subramanya Swamy temple there. The film's second schedule took place on 4 August and was wrapped up by 29 August 2013, with scenes on the lead pair including two songs were shot. Principal photography began on 5 July 2013 with the first schedule of the film took place the same day and completed within 31 July. The makers also unveiled the title and film's logo the same day during the launch, with the team further announced that majority of the film will be shot in Visakhapatnam, Araku and Kumararama temple in Samarlakota. Lingusamy, Sudheer Varma and Parasuram in attendance. The film was launched on 10 June 2013 in Hyderabad with N. Shekar Chandra was announced as the film's music composer. The principal cast of the film further consists of Rao Ramesh, Jayaprakash, Kishore and Tulasi. Tanikella Bharani revealed that he would be seen as Swati's father. Swati Reddy was signed as the lead actress considering her popularity in Tamil and she also appeared in Swamy Ra Ra. Venkat Srinivas agreed to produce the film under his Magnus Cine Prime Pvt. For his role, Nikhil had to increase his weight by 10 kilos and did research for the role which involved spending time with medical students and doctors before the shooting and had to overcome the fear of injections and blood. He also revealed that his character in the film is very curious and a sort of Sherlock Holmes kind of person. Kumararama temple at Samarlakota, one of the places where the film was shot.Īfter Swamy Ra Ra, Nikhil Siddharth signed his next film directed by his friend Chandoo Mondeti in which he was supposed to play "a smart, well educated, suave young man studying MBBS".
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Soon, he gets entangled in the ongoing conspiracy surrounding the temple and rest of the story is about how he unravels the secret behind the series of mysterious deaths. Meanwhile, Karthik and his friends are asked to go set up a medical camp in Subramaniapuram and Karthik is surprised to see that Valli is also part of the same camp as her Hometown. Elsewhere, Karthik (Nikhil), a medical student who does not believe in super natural powers, falls in love with Valli (Swati) however, she keeps avoiding him every time he tries to get closer to her because of his father's reputation in Village. And slowly, this fear turns into a legend which keeps everyone away from the temple for almost a year. Soon, we are told that anyone who either talks about the temple or even tries to learn more about it is killed by a snake bite. The film begins with the death of an official from the Endowments Department, who goes to Subramaniapuram to research the popular Subramanya Swamy temple in the village.
Following the film's success, a sequel was announced by Chandoo Mondeti in late 2019.
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At the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards, the film received one win out of four nominations. Īt the 62nd Filmfare Awards South, the film was nominated in four categories.
After few postponements, the film released on 24 October 2014 as a Diwali release to positive reviews from critics, and collected more than ₹200 million (US$2.6 million), amidst a budget of ₹60 million (US$790,000). Also nearly 50% of the film was shot in and around Tamil Nadu. However, the temple shown in the film is the Udayarpalayam Siva temple near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. It was shot in Visakhapatnam, Araku and Kumararama temple in Samarlakota. It was launched on 10 June 2013 at Hyderabad and its Principal photography began on 5 July 2013 which lasted till 21 February 2014. The film revolves around a closed Kartikeya temple on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and showcases the life of a curious medico Karthik and his nexus with the temple. Shekar Chandra composed the film's music while Karthik Ghattamaneni and Karthika Srinivas were its cinematographer and editor respectively. and featured Nikhil Siddharth, Swati Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh and Jayaprakash in important roles.
It was produced by Venkat Srinivas on Magnus Cine Prime Pvt. Karthikeya is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language supernatural mystery thriller film written and directed by Chandoo Mondeti.
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