The film begins with the death of an official from the Endowments Department, who goes to Subramaniapuram to research the popular Subramanya Swamy temple in the village. Following the film's success, a sequel was announced by Chandoo Mondeti in late 2019.

At the 4th South Indian International Movie Awards, the film received one win out of four nominations. Īt the 62nd Filmfare Awards South, the film was nominated in four categories. After few postponements, the film released on 24 October 2014 as a Diwali release to positive reviews from critics, and collected more than ₹200 million (US$2.6 million), amidst a budget of ₹60 million (US$790,000). Also nearly 50% of the film was shot in and around Tamil Nadu.

However, the temple shown in the film is the Udayarpalayam Siva temple near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu.

It was shot in Visakhapatnam, Araku and Kumararama temple in Samarlakota. It was launched on 10 June 2013 at Hyderabad and its Principal photography began on 5 July 2013 which lasted till 21 February 2014. The film revolves around a closed Kartikeya temple on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and showcases the life of a curious medico Karthik and his nexus with the temple. Shekar Chandra composed the film's music while Karthik Ghattamaneni and Karthika Srinivas were its cinematographer and editor respectively. and featured Nikhil Siddharth, Swati Reddy, Tanikella Bharani, Rao Ramesh and Jayaprakash in important roles. It was produced by Venkat Srinivas on Magnus Cine Prime Pvt. However, we have to wait for a few more days to get the official announcement.Karthikeya is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language supernatural mystery thriller film written and directed by Chandoo Mondeti. Rumors are also coming out that Priyanka Arul Mohan is likely to romance Nikhil in the film. However, the movie unit is yet to give a clarity on this. So, rumors are coming out that Anupama Parameswaran is going to play the female lead in Karthikeya 2 and Swati is going to play a crucial role in the film. Swati who played the female lead in Kartikeya is now happily married and staying away from movies. The shooting of the movie is going to take place in Gujarat. The pandemic has changed their plans and now they are going to get busy with the shooting schedules very soon. The makers wanted to come up with the sequel before the lockdown. The expectations for this movie are high. Released in 2014, Chandoo Mondeti who will lead the megaphone for the Karthikeya movie is helming the sequel as well. The title itself is suggesting that the movie is going to be the much-awaited sequel of his superhit film Karthikeya. Tollywood: Young hero Nikhil whose recent outing 'Arjun Suravaram' ended up as a disaster the box office has pinned all his hopes on his upcoming movie ' Karthikeya 2'.

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