on june 10 2023 siva nageswara raos telugu comedythriller movie money which is inspired by the 1986 hollywood film ruthless people will celebrate its 30th anniversary it starred chinna jd chakravarthy first lead role jayasudha renuka shahane paresh rawal kota srinivasa rao brahmanandam sharat saxena and tanikella bharani in important roles in the filmspeaking exclusively to etimes director siva nageswara rao revealed i am super happy that my maiden film was a super hit i am thankful to producer ram gopal varma the entire cast and crew cinematographer teja and musicians sri murthy and mm keeravanihe also shared how he wanted radhika to play the role of vijaya but rgv insisted on having jayasudha in the film i wanted radhika to play the female lead but rgv insisted on jayasudha for the role not many may know that when i first approached sp balasubramanium to portray subbha rao the actor agreed to do the film thinking rgv was going to direct it later on we opted paresh rawal for other reasons he sharedimage courtesy instagramhe also further revealed how the popular song bhadram be careful brotheru was initially shot on paresh rawal and later due to some considerations we had to reshoot the entire song with kota srinivasa rao i am thankful to kota srinivas rao he is one of the most directorfriendly actors and he improvises the scene as much as possible on the sets he praised the veteran for his convictionthe film was made with a budget of rs just 50 lakhs and it went on to collect over rs 3 crores the distributors share it also won three state nandi awards sivanageswara rao best first film director bramhanandam best comedian and rgv secondbest feature film the film was shot by tollywood director teja who was a cinematographer then the films music was composed jointly by srinivasa murthy and oscarwinning music composer mm keeravani only 2 songsimage courtesy instagramthe film is popular even today for brahmanandams mannerisms and punch lines the popular telugu memes that circulate on social media every day have their reels and pictures taken from this film for brahmis funny expressions as khan dadathe success of the film also made rgv remake the film in hindi as love ke liye kuch bhi karega 2001 and it also led to two other sequels such as money money 1995 and money money more money 2011 by jd chakravarthythe films serene audio contextual rr and timely punches in the dialogue are to be specifically mentioned the film is regularly played on movie channels even todayalso read ten innovative posters of adipurush