The Family Star is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Parasuram, and produced by Dil Raju and Sirish under Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film features Vijay Deverakonda and Mrunal Thakur in lead roles.[6]
The film was officially announced in February 2023 under the tentative title VD11, as it is Vijay's 11th film as the lead actor, and the official title was announced in October 2023. Principal photography commenced in July 2023. It was shot sporadically in several legs, with filming locations including Hyderabad and New York. The film has music composed by Gopi Sundar.
Family Star was initially scheduled to release on Sankranthi but it was postponed to avoid clash with Sankranthi films.[7] The Family Star received generally negative reviews from critics, who heavily criticised Parasuram's writing and direction, weak comedy, plot, predictability, soundtrack, and the lead cast's performances. The film was a box office bomb grossing ₹19.78–23.20 crore against budget of ₹50 crore.[8]
Plot
Present: A woman named Indu (Mrunal Thakur) sadly sits in the middle of a ceremony. When she is questioned about her unusual behavior, she tells a story about her past.
Past: Govardhan (Vijay Devarakonda) is a family man. As a selfless character, he works in a business to provide for his family. He also faces trouble with his brother (who is a drunkard). However, he meets Indu when she moves into his "space". That to, Indu and his family quickly become friends. Soon, they both fall in love. After a big incident, he reconciles with his brother after his mother reveals to Indu that his brother hated him because of Govardhan shaming him. However, when he finds her thesis on his family and him for a college project he slaps her and vows to teach her a lesson. He goes to a previous job offeror (Jagapathi Babu), requests to join the company and asks for a big advance. He uses that advance to defy whatever Indu has written in her thesis. However, it is revealed that Indu is actually the daughter of the head. Though annoyed, he continues on in the company, but demands everything Indu gets. After learning that his flight tickets weren't paid for, he resorts to Indu, who provides money for his family. After falling in love again, she hears him talking to a lady negatively about Indu saying that she isn't the right person for him. Heartbroken, Indu isolates herself from him. After revealing that she heard him that day, she leaves him.
Present: Govardhan finds out Indu's true intentions of writing the thesis from her father and procedes to stop her from a wedding, held for one person who got injured due to Govardhan and (according to the person's grandfather- a famous politician) would be the only thing to make him feel better. It is revealed that Indu is at that wedding. Govardhan defeats the politician's goons along with his mother, wins back Indu, and marries her at the end.
Cast
Vijay Deverakonda as Govardhan
Mrunal Thakur as Indeshwari reddy "Indu"CEO of Indu Infra Company
Jagapathi Babu as Keshu Dhanraj, Indu's father and head of Indu Infra Company
Divyansha Kaushik as Govardhan's colleague (cameo appearance)
Vennela Kishore as Samarth, Indu's assistant
Ravi Prakash as Govardhan's elder brother
Raja Chembolu as Govardhan's elder brother
Rohini Hattangadi as Govardhan's grandmother
Vasuki Anand as Govardhan's sister-in-law
Abhinaya as Govardhan's sister-in-law
Ravi Babu as a loan shark, who threatens Govardhan’s family
Achyuth Kumar
Ajay Ghosh
Prabhas Sreenu as Govardhan's friend
Kalyani Natarajan
VTV Ganesh as Ramesh, HR of Indu Infra Company
Jabardasth Ramprasad as guy in Petrol bunk
Nanajee Karri as delivery boy
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