Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu

Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu (Telugu: ఎటో వెళ్లిపోయింది మనసు) is a forthcoming Telugu romance film written and directed by Gautham Menon, featuring Nani and Samantha in the lead roles. The film, featuring film score and soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja and cinematography by M. S. Prabhu, is also being simultaneously shot in Tamil and Hindi as Neethaane En Ponvasantham and Assi Nabbe Poorey Sau. Singer Chinmayi will be providing the speaking voice for the female lead. It is scheduled to be released in Summer 2012.

Cast

• Nani as Varun
• Samantha as Nithya
• Anupama Kumar
• Ravi Raghavendra
• Vivek Pathak
• Krishnudu as Prakash

Production

In January 2011 producer Bellamkonda Suresh announced that he had signed on Gautham Menon, Ram and Samantha for his next production, a bilingual in Tamil and Telugu, citing that the filming would begin from May 2011. In late September 2011, Ram was replaced with Nani, as the former walked out of the film due to unknown conflicts. Nani had previously worked in Gautham Menon's production Veppam. Menon's "regular crew" of editor Anthony and cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa were part of both films. Although A. R. Rahman was reported to compose the music, sources indicated that he would not work for this film, owing to his other commitments. Menon clarified that he never announced any music director for the film and that he wanted to keep it as a surprise. In January 2012, Ilaiyaraaja was revealed to be the composer.


Initially planned to be a bilingual, Menon decided to shoot the film in three languages simultaneously, with Samantha being retained in all three versions. The film was set to be titled Nithya, after Samantha's character in the film, but was eventually named as Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu, inspired by a song from the 1996 film Ninne Pelladutha.
 Filming began on August 29, 2011 with a photo shoot held along with the Tamil version.The teaser of the film is released on February 14 on the occasion of Valentine's Day