Julayi

Vagabond) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written & directed by Trivikram Srinivas and produced by S. Radha Krishna under Haarika & Hassine Creations banner.

The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, while cinematography and editing were handled by Chota K. Naidu-Shyam K. Naidu and Prawin Pudi.

Ravindra "Ravi" Narayan believes in earning quick money rather than toiling like his father Narayana Moorthy.

During interrogation, Ravi deduces that Bittu has tipped off the cops to commit a crime and convinces ACP Raja Manikyam.

Bittu successfully robs the bank, where his brother Lala takes the money to the city's dumping yard.

Manikyam sends Ravi to Hyderabad from Visakhapatnam under witness protection and makes him stay at his friend DIG Sitaram's house.

Narayana recovers and asks Ravi to retrieve the money for the people, who toiled day and night for their family.

Bittu kills Raja Manikyam and Varadarajulu and plans to escape from the country by having the money stored in a container and transporting it to a good's ship.

Ravi, having deduced Bittu's plan, fools the henchman and makes them return the money to the bank.

In September 2011, an official statement was released by the producers stating that as Allu Arjun was in Australia for shoulder surgery, the filming would start in late October 2011.

[7] It was also announced that Devi Sri Prasad who had previously worked with Allu Arjun and Trivikram Srinivas would score the music.

It was reported that Allu Arjun, as well as Trivikram, had slashed their remuneration for the film in a bid to bring the production cost down.

It was reported that Mahesh Babu would provide voice over for the film similar to Trivikram's Jalsa, but it proved to be untrue.

In January 2012, action scenes in shivering cold weather were canned at RFC under the supervision of Peter Hein.

[11] Also in February 2012, more action scenes on Allu Arjun were canned at Chennai Port under Peter Hein's supervision.

[18] It was reported in April 2012 that Ficus had acquired the overseas theatrical distribution rights of the film excluding Singapore and Malaysia.

[26] With Julayi, Allu Arjun became the fourth Telugu actor whose film collected a distributor share ₹40 crore (US$4.6 million) at the box office.

"[29] Karthik Pasupulate of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and wrote "The movie has enough in it for Allu Arjun fans to dig into it, the others might not find it as amusing.

"[30] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff criticised the film and felt it to be a "no brainer which loses steam because of the glaring lack of logic" and "gaping plot-holes."

She lauded Allu Arjun for "carrying the film on his capable shoulders, hurling punches (both verbal and physical), bashing up goons and going gaga for his girl.