Gopala Gopala is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language satirical drama film directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasany. The film was jointly produced byDaggubati Suresh Babu and Sharrath Marar under the Suresh Productions and North Star Entertainments Pvt. Ltd. banners. It features Daggubati Venkatesh and Pawan Kalyan in the lead roles and Shriya Saran, Mithun Chakraborty and Posani Krishna Murali in key supporting roles. Anoop Rubens composed the music while Jayanan Vincent was the film’s cinematographer.
The film is a remake of the 2012 Hindi film OMG – Oh My God! which was itself based on the Gujarati stage play Kanji Viruddh Kanji. It follows the story of an atheist, Gopala Rao, who sues God after losing his shop in an earthquake. Religious organisations revolt against him and Krishnavisits him as his human guide.
The film was made with a budget of ₹120 million. Production began on 9 June 2014. It was predominantly shot in and around Hyderabad, with a few sections filmed in Vishakhapatnam and Varanasi. The film was released worldwide on 10 January 2015 as a Sankranthi release. It received positive reviews from critics and grossed ₹660 million, with a distributor share of ₹411 million.
Music
Anoop Rubens was signed in on to compose the film’s soundtrack and score in June 2014. Before the official launch of the film, Rubens completed composing a song and was said by the makers to complete composing all the songs in a week’s time from the launch.[62] The soundtrack consisted of 4 songs whose lyrics were penned by Chandrabose, Sirivennela Sitaramasastriand Anantha Sreeram.[63] Lahari Music acquired the soundtrack’s marketing rights in mid August 2014.[64] The soundtrack was released on 4 January 2015,[65] and achieved high chart rankings.[66]