Veedevadandi Babu

Veedevadandi Babu is a 1997 Indian Telugu-language comedy film written and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film is an official remake of the Tamil film Ullathai Allitha which itself was heavily inspired by the Hindi film Andaz Apna Apna. The film stars Mohan Babu, Shilpa Shetty and Tanikella Bharani.

Veedevadandi Babu
Directed by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Written by	E. V. V. Satyanarayana
Story by	Sundar C
Based on	Ullathai Allitha (Tamil)
Produced by	Anna Rao
Starring	Mohan Babu Shilpa Shetty Tanikella Bharani
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Music by	Sirpy
Release date	18 April 1997 (1997-04-18)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Mohan Babu as Sriram
• Shilpa Shetty as Shilpa
• Tanikella Bharani as Ongole
• Brahmanandam
• Chalapathi Rao
• Kolla Ashok Kumar
• Kota Srinivasa Rao
• Srihari
• A. V. S. Subramanyam
• Ruchi
• Ironleg Sastri

Soundtrack

Veedevadandi Babu
Soundtrack album by Sirpy
Released	1997
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	28:08
Language	Telugu
Label	T-Series
Producer	Sirpy

Music was composed by Sirpy. Music released by T-Series. Except "Chamak Chamak", five of the songs from this film were reused from Ullathai Allitha (1996), which itself plagiarised from various sources;^[1] "Aoura Laila" is based on "Ahla Ma Feki" by Hisham Abbas, "I Love You" is based on another Abbas song "Wana Amel Eih", "O Chelee Chelee" is based on "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry, "Chitti Chitti Guvvapilla"" is based on the Pakistani folk song "Laung Gawacha" and "Rama Hay Rama" is based on "Kinna Sohna Tainu" by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.^[2]

All lyrics are written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Rama Hay Rama"	Mano, Geetha	5:20
2.	"Chamak Chamak"	Mano, Sujatha Mohan	5:04
3.	"Chitti Chitti Guvvapilla"	Mano, Sujatha Mohan	4:04
4.	"I Love You Love You"	Mano	4:29
5.	"O Chelee Chelee"	Mano	4:33
6.	"Aoura Laila"	Mano	4:38
Total length:			28:08

Reception

Writing for The Times of India in 2019, a critic wrote that "Veedevadandi Babu is one of the funniest films of all time in Tollywood history".^[3]