Right when Pawan Kalyan is earning popularity and fans, Tholi Prema happened to him. Though he has a couple of hits in the form of Suswagatham and Gokulam lo Seetha, We can say that, Tholi Prema starts Pawan Kalyan's era. His characterisation and relatability to youth made the film a cult blockbuster. Now, after 25 years of its release, it is coming again to theatres in 4K format.
Fans are super excited and also the movie lovers to catch this magical love story once again on the big screen. Tholi Prema was the debut venture of director AK Karunakaran. Tholi Prema had bagged both the National Award (Best Feature Film in Telugu) and the state’s prestigious Nandi Award for Best Feature Film.
Tholi Prema gave Tollywood a young Hero who can deliver new gen films staying as a normal guy. This quality of middle class average guy roles made Pawan Kalyan a dear one to many youth in those days who inturn became hardcore fans. Later on, Pawan evolved with his films and styling and his fanbase too. Tholi Prema marks the beginning of this phenomena. The film even Ram for more than 200 days in theatres those days.
In Tholi Prema, Pawan Kalyan shared the screen space with Keerthi Reddy. Apart from them, the movie also had Narra Venkateswara Rao, Vasuki, Nagesh, Achyuth, Ravi Babu, Ali, Venu, PJ Sharma and Sangeetha, among others. Deva music and songs were a rage in those days. Tholi Prema is re-releasing on June 30th in theatres in 4K format.