13.years for THOLIPREMA

This is the Karunakaran`s first film as Director.
Karunakaran saw Pawan Kalyan’s photo on a news magazine at a
pan shop in chennai and decided that he would be the lead actor
in his movie.
Karunakaran is a painter in real life. Keerthi Reddy’s picture on the
post cards was drawn by him.
Pawan Kalyan cut down his remuneration to fund the Taj Mahal
set in “Gagananiki Udayam Okate”.
The film had run for more than 100 days in 21 centres.
The film had run for more than 200 days in 2 centres.
Pawan Kalyan’s bike in toli prema is shown as a modified version
of 2 stroke RX-100 but the bike shown after modificaiton is a 4
stroke dirtbike.
There is no female voice in any of the songs in the movie.
The film was later remade in Hindi as Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai
starring Tusshar Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor.It was dubbed in
Tamil as Aanandha Mazhai.
Winner of 6 Nandi Awards and National Award Best Feature Film
(Telugu) and run for more than 365 days