The film begins with the death of an official from the Endowments Department, who goes to Subramaniapuram to research the popular Subramanya Swamy temple in the village. Following the film's success, a sequel was announced by Chandoo Mondeti in late 2019. At the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards, the film received one win out of four nominations. Īt the 62nd Filmfare Awards South, the film was nominated in four categories. After few postponements, the film released on 24 October 2014 as a Diwali release to positive reviews from critics, and collected more than ₹200 million (US$2.8 million), amidst a budget of ₹60 million (US$840,000). Also nearly 50% of the film was shot in and around Tamil Nadu. However, the temple shown in the film is the Udayarpalayam Siva temple near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu. It was shot in Visakhapatnam, Araku and Kumararama temple in Samarlakota. It was launched on 10 June 2013 at Hyderabad and its Principal photography began on 5 July 2013 which lasted till 21 February 2014. The film revolves around a closed Kartikeya temple on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and showcases the life of a curious medico Karthik and his nexus with the temple. Shekar Chandra composed the film's music while Karthik Ghattamaneni and Karthika Srinivas were its cinematographer and editor respectively. and featured Nikhil Siddharth, Swati Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh and Jayaprakash in important roles. It was produced by Venkat Srinivas on Magnus Cine Prime Pvt. Karthikeya is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller film written and directed by Chandoo Mondeti.

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