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Attarintiki Daaredi (English: What is the way to mother-in-law's house?) is a 2013 Telugu comedy-drama film directed by Trivikram Srinivas starring Pawan Kalyan and Samantha in lead roles. The film was produced by BVSN Prasad under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra banner. Devi Sri Prasad scored the soundtrack for the film. It was released on September 27, 2013.

Plot
Raghunandan (Boman Irani) is a billionaire and a big business Margaret based in Milan of Italy. He however is unhappy and wishes to reconcile with his estranged daughter Sunanda (Nadhiya) whom he sent out of his home because she married a Pleader Rajasekhar (Rao Ramesh) against his wishes. His grandson Gautham Nanda (Pawan Kalyan) promises Raghunandan that he would bring his atha (Mother in law) to their home on his Birthday.

Sunanda has 2 Daughters Prameela (Pranitha Subhash) and Sashi (Samantha Ruth Prabhu). Gautham enters the house as Siddhu, a driver who was appointed after saving Rajasekhar from a Heart stroke. Gautham woos Prameela but his game ends after he comes to know that Prameela is already in love. Sashi turns rival to Gautham and is suspicious of him and Paddu (Ali) his friend and male nurse appointed to take care of Rajasekhar.

On the verge of saving Prameela's love, Gautham and Paddu go to the nearby village and accidentally Sashi falls into the jeep due to a head injury giving her a memory loss. Gautham introduces himself as her lover for the time being and Sashi believes it to be true and falls deeply for him. That night the trio go to the venue and Gautham along with Paddu enter the house. They along with the bridegroom escape from there. After a fight they reach to Sunanda Nilayam and in the Journey Sashi regains her memory.

Sunanda who knows Gautham's real identity much before the incidents warns him to leave the place. Moreover Siddhappa (Kota Srinivasa Rao) the father of the bride asks for compensation to the hefty damage and Sunanda promises to give Sashi's hand for Siddhappa's elder son to which Siddhappa agrees happily. To avoid future problems, Rajasekhar asks Gautham to leave the house and he vacates painfully.

He later comes to know that Sashi loved him since Day 1 but was hesitant to express her feelings. He later on traps Bhaskar (Brahmanandam) and re enters the house as his assistant. Bhaskar is an rich NRI staying in Uganda who has fetish for girls. He lusts for Sashi but however his attempts are repeatedly thwarted by Gautham who wants to marry Sashi which is the access key to make Sunanda realize her wrong deed and reconcile.

On the day of marriage Sashi elopes with Gautham and is waiting along with him for the train to Chennai. However Siddhappa's men reach to the station to stop them only to be trashed by Gautham and his assistants. By the words of his assistants, Sashi comes to know about the real motive of Gautham. Rajasekhar and Sunanda come in fury to shoot Gautham but however Rajasekhar is taken aback after knowing his true identity.

Gautham then explains what happened the day Sunanda left the house. Raghunandan tries to commit suicide but his son (Mukesh Rishi) stops him and accidentally the bullet hits Gautham's mother (Pragathi) fatally. He explains further that he stood with his Grandfather though he killed his mother but Sunanda left her father as he injured Rajasekhar and sent them out from his house. Sunanda and Rajasekhar realize their folly and reconcile.

Sashi is dejected by this and is kidnapped by four henchmen appointed by Bhaskar. She narrates the entire story to the henchmen. Gautham and Paddu reach the spot and Sashi reconciles with Gautham. Bhaskar's wealth are undertaken by The Government of Uganda and he is left with the same amount with which he ran away from Rajasekhar's house when he assisted him in the past. Raghunandan reconciles with Sunanda and his house is full of relatives and Gautham is unanimously appointed as the CEO of the company thanks to the support of Sunanda and Raghunandan. The film ends with a scene showing Raghunandan's hand held with affection by Gautham

Cast

 * Pawan Kalyan as Gowtham Nanda/Siddhu
 * Samantha as Sashi
 * Pranitha as Prameela
 * Boman Irani as Raghunandan
 * Nadhiya as Sunanda
 * Kota Srinivasa Rao as Siddhappa
 * Ali as a nurse (Paddu)
 * Brahmanandam as Bhaskar
 * M. S. Narayana as Balu
 * Mukesh Rishi as Gowtham's father
 * Pragathi as Gowtham's mother
 * Rao Ramesh as Shekar
 * Navika Kotia as Sashi's Cousin
 * Raghu Babu
 * Ahuti Prasad
 * Brahmaji
 * Hema
 * Srinivas Reddy
 * Amit Kumar Tiwari
 * Hamsa Nandini (special appearance)
 * Mumtaj (special appearance)

Casting
Samantha was announced to play the female lead role. Trivikram and Pawan Kalyan previously worked together in 2008 on the successful film Jalsa. While speaking about the film, the director mentioned that he chose Pawan Kalyan for a family subject as the reach would be bigger when a message is given through a star. Pranitha was signed as the second heroine. Noted Bollywood actor Boman Irani is making his Telugu cinema debut with this film. Nadhiya playing a role of Samantha's mother in the film. Brahmanandam is playing a key role in this film.

Filming
The movie was launched with a pooja ceremony on November 23, 2012 at Film Nagar temple in Hyderabad. The shooting of the film started on February 10, 2013 in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu. The film was also shot in a huge house set erected in Ramoji Film City by art director Ravinder which cost around inr 30000000. The next schedule started in Spain from June 5, 2013 where songs on the leads were canned. Later, the unit proceeded to Switzerland where songs on Pawan Kalyan and Samantha and some sequences were canned. In Switzerland, the introduction scene of Pawan Kalyan was shot which cost inr 20000000. Samantha returned to Hyderabad in the last week of June while the others were reported to return on June 30, 2013 completing a schedule of 3 songs, one on Pawan Kalyan and 2 duets each with Samantha and Pranitha. Meanwhile it was reported that the last schedule would start in the first week of July. As reported, the team shot for the last schedule in Hyderabad. The action choreography was done by Peter Hein.

Distribution
Colours Media Entertainments ltd bagged the distribution rights of the film for UK while Lorgan Entertainment, a leading independent distributor of Australia, has acquired the distribution rights of the film for the Australian market.

Marketing
The first look poster and teaser of 23 seconds were released on July 13, 2013 which went viral through the internet within hour. After teaser, a trailer was released which got 10 lakh views in 3 days and 20 lakh views in 9 days, breaking previous record which got 10 lakh views in 4 days.

Piracy
On September 23, 2013, a high quality footage of the first 90 minutes of the movie got leaked online. Celebrities from the Telugu Film Industry strongly condemned the leak. This piracy resulted in advancing the film's release date from October 9, 2013 to September 27, 2013. Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram had spoken of returning a large part of their remuneration to support the producer,   while Samantha was said to have returned her entire acting fee. An editing assistant was nabbed for the leak.

Soundtrack
Devi Sri Prasad composed the music for the film, making his third collaboration with Pawan Kalyan and Trivikram Srinivas respectively. The film's audio was launched at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad on July 19, 2013 with high security with the presence of the film's team through Aditya Music label. Pawan Kalyan had sung one song, "Kaatam Rayuda".

Release
The film was to release during the Ramzan and Independence Day weekend. However, it could not release and release date got finalized to Oct 10 2013 due to ongoing agitations on Telangana and Seemandhra. The film's release date had to be advanced to 27 Sept 2013 because of piracy. On an average, 80 percent of the film's tickets had been sold out in all screens for the first three days in Hyderabad. Apart from India, Attarintiki Daredi released in key overseas markets including US, UK, Germany, Canada and Dubai. The film released 2300 screens is big release in Telugu.