Karthik challenges a level-headed industrialist named Bhanumati that he would marry either of her daughters to take revenge on her for insulting him in his interview to get a job in her company. Meghana falls for Karthik just for the one accidental kiss he gives her. The younger one, Gagana, too follows suit, and now, Karthik has a grip over both of Bhanumati's daughters. Competing with him is Bhanumati's nephew Rahul, whose father Jayaraj encourages him to chase his cousins and marry either of them to inherit their property. It is revealed in the flashback that Bhanumati leaves her husband Venkayya Naidu and that Karthik (Suryam) is her nephew. How the responsible son-in-law sets his mother-in-law right and eliminates the villains from the game is what the story is about.
Cast
N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Karthik (Suryam) alias Thenga Vandi (transl. Coconut cart) Murugan
Genelia D'Souza as Gagana, Bhanumati's daughter (Voice Dubbed by Sunitha)
Shriya Saran as Meghana, Bhanumati's daughter (Voice Dubbed by Gopika poornima)
Ramya Krishna as Bhanumathi Devi (Voice Dubbed by Saritha)
The muhurat shot of the film took place on 29 May 2004 and the film was titled as Alludu.[6]
During a 2024 interview, Shriya shared an incident involving the film's producer, who attempted suicide by jumping into a lake due to financial issues related to the film's excessive budget. She recalled that while she was preparing to collect payments from the producer, he had already jumped into the lake but was fortunately rescued.[3][7]
A critic from Sify wrote that "But of you are looking for entertainment without any sense of logic packaged with crude jokes and double meaning dialogues you may like it, but the censors have cut a good part of it! Alas Naa Alludu isn't sinfully exciting enough!"[10] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film two out of five and wrote that "On a whole, this film disappoints".[11] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "Naa Alludu as a film is a simple and straightforward waste of time. Period". A critic from Full Hyderabad rated the film one out of ten and wrote that "Naa Alludu is so bad, you wouldn't watch it even if you were 100% sure that no one would ever find out".
Dubbed versions
The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Madurai Mappilai[12] and in Hindi as Main Hoon Gambler.[13]
