Vinayakudu,
directed
by
Sekhar
Kammula's
protege
Sai
Kiran,
with
the
Happy
Days
lead
pair
Krishnudu
and
Sonia,
has
been
produced
by
Sarita
Patra.
This
film
about
love
between
a
fat
guy
and
a
pretty,
young
and
ambitious
girl
caught
the
audiences'
imagination
and
opened
to
full
houses
all
over
Andhra
Pradesh.
Vinayakudu
started
off
with
very
little
hype
and
not
much
was
reported
about
it
but
when
word
leaked
out
that
Dil
Raju
had
obtained
the
rights
of
the
film
for
the
Nizam
and
Vizag
areas,
the
media
got
excited
and
hyped
the
film.
This
hype
helped
Vinayakudu
to
get
a
good
start
at
the
box
office.
Vinayakudu
was
released
with
a
limited
number
of
prints
and
got
collections
with
over
90%
of
the
theatres
being
full
for
the
weekend.
At
Odeon
(RTC
Crossroads)
and
Prasads,
all
six
shows
were
houseful
for
Saturday
and
Sunday.
At
Vizag
(for
entire
Uttar
Andhra),
the
film
was
released
with
only
one
print
and
went
houseful
over
the
weekend.
The
unique
concept
of
a
chubby
youth
falling
for
an
attractive
girl
is
quite
novel
to
Indian
cinema.
Anil-Bhanu's
poster
designs
too
attracted
the
younger
audiences
and
of
course
curly-haired,
petite
Sonia's
presence
is
the
icing
on
the
cake.