Megastar Chiranjeevi faced strong opposition for his status and stature from several heroes like Balakrishna, Nagarjuna and Venkatesh till 2002-03. Post Indra, Tagore and Shankar Dada MBBS, his focus shifted to politics and new generation stars like Pawan Kalyan, Mahesh Babu started taking over. He still has the best marketability among the senior heroes and he is looking to give tough fight to younger generation as well. The actor during 1990, faced a challenge with Shiva kind of a hit film and he had to come up with even bigger hit and a film that can define industry as well. Even though Jagadeeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari, did not define Industry like Shiva, it showed how big the market has grown and slowly achieved cult following for the entertainment value it possessed.
The songs, sets, costumes and story line, narrative structure everything worked so well, that even today, the movie entertains many. It is a family movie and made with children in mind. Hence, it doesn’t irritate a viewer for even one second. Such combination is highly rare. On to of all, Sridevi’s glamour added much more value to the film and her acting skills in this role were perfect. For many of her fans, she is still Indraja, daughter of Indra who chose to settle down on Earth for mere mortals like us, even though she is an angel. The movie completed 30 years on 9th May and along with production house Vyjayanthi Movies, fans of Chiranjeevi and Sridevi, Ilayaraja are celebrating the day on social media by reminiscing their memories of watching the film for first time. You can also join them.