Shivamani is a 2003 Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh

Puri Jagannadh

Puri Jagannath , born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. He is also a two-time Nandi Award recipient.- Director :- Writer :* Bumper Offer - story, dialogues...

. The film was Jagannadh's first time working with actor Akkineni Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...

. Asin Thottumkal

Asin Thottumkal

Asin Thottumkal , known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian film actress, model and stage performer who acts primarily in Bollywood and Kollywood....

 and Rakshitha play the female leads while Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

 plays the villain. This film is inspired by Message in a Bottle

Message in a bottle

A message in a bottle is a form of communication whereby a message is sealed in a container and released into the sea or ocean...

- the Nicolas Sparks novel and film.

Plot

The hero: Sivamani (Akkineni Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna

Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...

) is a very honest cop in Vizag. He falls in love with Vasanta (Asin Thottumkal

Asin Thottumkal

Asin Thottumkal , known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian film actress, model and stage performer who acts primarily in Bollywood and Kollywood....

), a beautiful heroine who aspires to become a singer. The villain: a mafia guy called Dattu (Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj

Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

), whom Shivamani troubles a lot.

Incidentally, Vasanta is distantly related to Dattu and both of them belong to Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. In the course of events, Sivamani's mother (Sangeeta) gets paralyzed. Sivamani and Vasanta take her to Kerala to get the state's Ayurveda special treatments. Dattu is also in Kerala and his mission is to get his revenge by taking Vasanta away from our hero. The rest of the story is all about how Sivamani gets back Vasanta with the help of newspaper editor Pallavi (Rakshitha). The twist is that Vasanta loses her voice and becomes mute after Dattu punctured her voice box.

Cast

• Akkineni Nagarjuna
  Akkineni Nagarjuna
  Akkineni Nagarjuna is an Indian film actor in Tollywood and Bollywood. He is a producer and one of the lead actors in Telugu cinema.- Early life :...
  
   as Shivamani
• Asin Thottumkal
  Asin Thottumkal
  Asin Thottumkal , known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian film actress, model and stage performer who acts primarily in Bollywood and Kollywood....
  
   as Vasantha
• Rakshitha as Pallavi
• Prakash Raj
  Prakash Raj
  Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...
  
   as Dattu

Crew

• Director: Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannath , born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. He is also a two-time Nandi Award recipient.- Director :- Writer :* Bumper Offer - story, dialogues...
  
  
• Screenplay: Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannath , born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. He is also a two-time Nandi Award recipient.- Director :- Writer :* Bumper Offer - story, dialogues...
  
  
• Story: Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannath , born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. He is also a two-time Nandi Award recipient.- Director :- Writer :* Bumper Offer - story, dialogues...
  
  
• Dialogue: Kona Venkat
  Kona Venkat
  Kona Venkat is an Indian film dialogue writer. He is the grandson of Kona Prabhakar Rao, born in a Niyogi family.Kona Venkat works with Telugu films and Hindi films. In the past, he has written dialogues for movies such as Samba, Venky, Shivamani 9848022338, Balu ABCDEFG, Andarivadu, Bhageeradha,...
  
  
• Producers: Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannadh
  Puri Jagannath , born 28 September 1966, is a prominent Tollywood film director and producer. He is also a two-time Nandi Award recipient.- Director :- Writer :* Bumper Offer - story, dialogues...
  
  
• Music: Chakri
  Chakri (music director)
  Chakradhar is an Indian music composer and singer. He works for Tollywood.-Early life:Chakri was born in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh. He has one brother and three sisters.-Career:...
  
  
• Cinematography: Shyam K. Naidu
  Shyam K. Naidu
  Shyam K. Naidu is cinematographer in Telugu Cinema. His best works are Pokiri, Super, and Mass. He worked for all of Puri Jagannadh. His brother, Chota K...
  
  
• Art Director: Chinna
• Stunts: Vijay