Produced by Amigos Creations and Sree Venkateswara Cinemas, the film stars Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi while Rajeev Kanakala, Devayani, Easwari Rao and Uttej play supporting roles.
The film tells the story of an inter-caste relationship between Mounika (Pallavi) and Revanth (Chaitanya) who meet in the city while pursuing their dreams.
Love Story features score composed by Pawan Ch while cinematography and editing are performed by Vijay C. Kumar and Marthand K. Venkatesh respectively.
The film netted ₹8.75 crore in India on its first day, the highest since theatres reopened and began showing cinemas, after the second covid wave.
Revanth's uncle, a police sub-inspector helps them and they devise a plan to frame that Mounika has committed suicide so that no one doubts her whereabouts.
[18] After shooting crucial scenes in Hyderabad and surrounding areas, and the team traveled to Dubai for their next schedule in February 2020,[19] which was stalled in the same month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[25] Love Story was scheduled to release on 2 April 2020, coinciding the occasion of Rama Navmi, but was deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[17] In January 2021, the makers announced that Love Story was scheduled for a release on the Ugadi weekend, 16 April 2021,[26] along with simultaneously dubbed versions in Kannada and Malayalam languages.
[16][27] However, in April, the film's release has been put on hold owing to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the second wave of the pandemic.
[28] Following the reduction of cases and theatres being reopened in Andhra and Telangana after its closure, In August 2021, the makers announced the new release date as 10 September 2021, coinciding with the festival of Vinayaka Chavithi.
[30] Sunil Narang, the film's presenter and also the vice president of Telangana Film Chamber of Commerce (TFCC) requested the producers of Tuck Jagadish, to reschedule the release date, however, they denied their request,[31][32] which led the producers to revise the release date to 24 September 2021.
[37] Advance bookings for the film began on 22 September, two days before the theatrical release and it fetched ₹1 crore (US$120,000) from the worldwide pre-booking sales.
[39] In March 2021, singer Komala, who gathered and performed the folk song "Saranga Dariya" on a television show years before the release of its theatrical version, stated that she wasn't credited in the lyrical video as promised.
She said that Chaitanya has delivered one of his career's best performances and Pallavi was "dream to watch" while also praising the supporting cast of Kanakala, Easwari Rao and Uttej.
[43] Hindustan Times's Haricharan Pudipeddi stated: "In spite of the hurried climax and the predictable ending, the film works to a large extent because of its sensible treatment and earnest performances of Naga Chaitanya and Sai Pallavi, who complement each other so well.
"[44] The Hindu critic Sangeetha Devi Dundoo appreciated the performances of Chaitanya and Pallavi, and Kammula's taking, writing, "Love Story could have been yet another Sairaat, but Sekhar expertly steers it in a different direction in the last act.
"With its foot-tapping music, captivating dance moves and engaging script, it gives you bang for your buck and then delivers a social commentary that you take home with you," he wrote.
Ganesan also compared Love Story with Uppena which was released earlier that year, saying that both the protagonists were Dalit Christian but were deprived of a happy ending.
[48] Murali Krishna Ch of Cinema Express said that despite a promising start, the film lost its steam as it progressed due to uninspired writing.
[50] Reviewing the film for Business Standard, J Jagannath criticized Kammula's direction saying that he treated the sensitive climax portions in an "almost flippant manner by leaving the audience high and dry with a hurried ending.