Vijayadasami is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V. Samudra. A remake of the 2005 Tamil film Sivakasi, it stars Kalyan Ram Nandamuri, Vedhika and Sai Kumar. Vedhika made her Telugu cinema debut with this film, while Srikanth Deva also composed the music for Sivakasi that was reused in this film.

The film was released on 21 September 2007, receiving negative reviews from critics.^[2][3] It was a commercial failure, and Kalyan Ram himself was not satisfied with the film's execution by Samudra.^[4] The film had an international DVD release on 25 April 2008.^[5] During a Facebook live session in 2018, Kalyan Ram said he regretted doing this film because he was not confident about it but had to take it in spite of demanding changes that weren't made.^[6]

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The film follows Sivakasi, a welder and is in love with a girl called Devi. later, he is forced to reveal his tragic past to his girlfriend after being attacked by her suspecting brothers. He now must confront his brother Durga Prasad who ruined his life years ago as a child.

The story was written by Perarasu who also wrote and directed the original film, while the Paruchuri brothers wrote the dialogues. Ram Prasad handled the cinematography, while Nandamuri Hari edited the film and Stun Siva choreographed the action sequences.^[7] Kalyan Ram decided to star in the film after watching the Tamil original in Vizag.^[8] The film was shot at a specially erected street set in Ramanaidu Cine Village, Hyderabad.^[9] The climax scenes were shot for a week at Ramoji Film City.^[10]

The music was composed by Srikanth Deva and released by Aditya Music. All of the songs were reused from Sivakasi. The song “Are Kalyana” is partially inspired by the song “Andhamaina Bhamalu” from the Telugu film Manmadhudu.

The film had a low-key release and earned negative reviews, with a critic from Indiaglitz.com stating "It appeared to be a routine commercial film with mass elements sans any masala".^[2] Another critic from FullHyderabad.com called the film "archaic" and stated, "Stay away from this one – else, it will stay with you for a long while".^[3] Likewise, a reviewer from Rediff.com stated the film "offers nothing new".^[11]