At the time of the film's release, Sridevi was had just turning 16--her co-star was already 56! Legend has it that the producers were not convinced with K. Raghavendra Rao's choice of the female lead being Sridevi because she was so painfully young. Rao convinced N. T. Rama Rao, that the talented teen Sridevi would be a popular choice and work for the masses. Clearly something clicked; Vetagaadu was the highest grossing Telugu film of 1979 - the second highest grossing Telugu film of all time in the 1970s.
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