Devadasu is a 2006 Telugu-language Romance Drama movie written by Y.v.s Chowdary and Chintapalli Ramana. The movie is directed by Y.v.s Chowdary and produced by Y.v.s Chowdary under the banner of MVV Cinema. Devadasu features Sayaji Shinde in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Ram Pothineni, Ileana D'cruz, Ramaprabha, M.s. Narayana, Bhargavi and Manuel Drieschmanns. The music was composed by Chakri. Cinematography was done by Bharani K. Dharan and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The movie has a running time of 174 minutes. It was released on 11th January 2006. The Film was successful at box office. Devadasu was made on a budget of ₹7 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹14 crore. Devadas (Ram) is the typical poor student, while Bhanumati (Ileana) is a rich NRI girl whose father is the senator of New York. They fall in love when the girl comes to India to learn classical Carnatic music. Coming to know about their love, Bhanu’s father Katamraju (Sayaji Shinde) hatches a plan to separate them. He promises to get them married but he takes her daughter, and her grand mother back to the USA. The rest of the story is how the street-smart lover boy makes it to the USA and succeeds in attaining his girl.