How Chiranjeevi changed JVAS to turn into a classic. Mega Star Chiranjeevi's yesteryear classic Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari is releasing on 9 May 2025. The film is releasing on the same day celebrating the 35 years of its completion.
The film directed by Raghavendra Rao starred Sridevi as the female lead while Amrish Puri, Kannada Prabhakar, Allu Ramalingaiah, and Rami Reddy played key roles. Ilayaraja tuned memorable songs for the film. Now, it is coming out that during that time, Chiranjeevi changed the story of Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari and this helped in turning the film into a classic.
It is known that the film's story was penned by Yandamuri Veerendranath. As per his version, Chiranjeevi meets Sridevi, who played the daughter of Lord Indra on Moon. However Chiranjeevi did not accept this version as he felt that it would be illogical.
On Chiranjeevi's suggestion, the story was changed in such a way that Chiranjeevi will met Sridevi in Himalayas. When Chiranjeevi was asked by Yandamuri, did he not feel embarrassed to suggest changes to Raghavendra Rao, he explained in detail why he suggested the changes.
Chiranjeevi said as per the story, a little girl gets injured and her treatment costs huge amount and if the protagonist risk and goes to the moon in a rocket, he gets huge amount and when the protagonist go there, he meets Indra's daughter and both descend down to the earth.
Chiranjeevi said he did not agree to this version. He revealed that hero going to the moon did not look realistic and on the moon except rocks there won't be anything for the lead pair to meet. He said that was the reason why he suggested to change the location to Manasarovar in Himalayas. Chiranjeevi said he will suggest changes to his directors only if he feels they were required but added that he will not unnecessarily tamper with the story.
Had Chiranjeevi's suggestions not implemented in Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari, the film would have turned out to be a disaster.