DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham[3] is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Harish Shankar and produced by Sri Venkateswara Creations.
DJ: Duvvada Jagannadham was released on 23 June 2017 to positive reviews from critics and grossed over ₹150 crore, thus becoming one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of 2017.
[2][4] Duvvada Jagannadham Sastri, a chef working as a caterer from Vijayawada along with his Brahmin family, masquerades as DJ, an altruistic vigilante who kills wrongdoers with the help of his mentor CI Puroshottam.
At his friend Vignesh's wedding, Jagannadhan meets Pooja, the daughter of Home Minister Pushpam, and falls in love with her.
When he is about to get killed, Jagannadham asks Naidu's henchman to remove the holy rudraksha (which is a penance to his father to not be involved in violence).
Jagannadham goes to Abu Dhabi and uses Avinash with his mental disability to find about Royyala Naidu's location.
Stephen Prakash announces to the scam victims to provide them with their houses and their lost income, but Avinash is taken away for police interrogation.
After the success of Sarrainodu (2016), Allu Arjun announced that he will be collaborating for a Tamil-Telugu bilingual directed by N. Linguswamy, which was expected to go on floors.
[9] While the makers are yet to finalise the cast and crew members, Devi Sri Prasad announced that he will compose music for the film.
[10] Shruti Haasan and Kajal Aggarwal were approached to play the lead actress but Pooja Hegde was eventually finalized for that role.
[17] The filming briefly delayed after Arjun took a break, to spend some quality time with his wife Sneha Reddy, who is expecting her second child.
[25] The film completed the shooting of major action episodes at the aluminum factory in Hyderabad on 21 April 2017.
The album consists of five tracks with Jonnavittula Ramalingeswara Rao, Sri Mani, Bhaskarabhatla, Sahithi and Balaji penning the lyrics.
[41] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu stated "The film could have been much more gripping but for being punctuated with a handful of songs, quite a few high-decibel ones at that.
She compared the film with S. Shankar directorial Gentleman where a Brahmin protagonist moonlights as a thief, steals from the rich and gives to the poor.
[44] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "It is a commercial entertainer made by the book and it works to some extent".
[45] Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost gave 2.5 stars rating out of 5 and wrote that "The point is when you try making a new recipe, it’s not merely enough to have all the right ingredients.