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Cast

Nagarjuna
Anushka Shetty
Ganesh Venkatraman
Prakash Raj
M.S. Narayana
Brahmanandam
Krishna Bhagavaan
Raghu Babu
Jeeva
Devan
Ravi Shankar
Charmy Kaur in a Special appearance
    Vikramv Renukuntha
Production


The film is loosely based on the novel, The Immortals of Meluha

Casting
The film sees Nagarjuna and Anushka Shetty playing the leads. Ganesh Venkatraman, Prakash Raj, Sonu Sood, Pradeep Rawat,Brahmanandam, Krishna Bhagavaan, Ahuti Prasad, Ali, Venu Madhav, Raghu Babu, M.S. Narayana and Jeeva are in the cast. Editing is by Gautham Raju, art is by Ashok, cinematography is by Chota K. Naidu and music is by Devi Sri Prasad . On 22 August 2012, Times of Ap reported that Lakshmi Rai was set to shake legs with Nagarjuna for the introduction song in this movie .But now the makers have decided to set Charmy in the place of Lakshmi Rai for the introduction song in this movie.
Filming
The shooting of the film began on April 25, 2011. The first schedule of the film was in Switzerland, where Nagarjuna would romance Anushka Shetty to the choreography of Raju Sundaram

Release

The audio Release was held on September 10,2012 at Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad. Devi Sri Prasad scored the music and there are 10 songs for which lyricists Chandra Bose, Sahithi and Bhasakara Bhatla have penned the lyrics. Venkat Sai, Karthik, Sri Krishna, Harini, Hariharan, Myraid Pro, Shankar Mahadevan, Suchith Suresan, Mamta Sharma, Gopika Poornima, MLR Karthikeyan, Jaspreet Jasz and Sunitha have crooned the tracks. Damarukam is the 50th film of Devi Sri Prasad. During music release, the musician thanked his mother for shaping up his career. He also thanked director Kodi Ramakrishna for giving him first film Devi. Meanwhile, he remembered Nagarjuna's help in working for big star movies. Directors SS Rajamouli and VV Vinayak were the chief guests at the function. Director K Raghavendra Rao unveiled the audio CDs and handed them over to others on the stage. Nag's sons Naga Chaitanya and Akhil; Sushanth, SV Krishna Reddy, Bramanandam, Bellamkonda Suresh, Veerabhadram Chowdhary, Ramesh Puppala, B Jaya made it to this music launch event. 

The audio got Positive to mixed Reviews. Mahesh S Koneru of 123telugu.com gave a review stating "DSP has scored a good musical album for ‘Damarukam’. The film has some pretty nice numbers overall but my personal favourites are ‘Nesthama Nesthama’, ‘Sakkubai Garam Chai’ and ‘Shiva Shiva Shankara’. Duets aside, the album never lets you forget that Lord Shiva is going to be the predominant force in Damarukam, with 4bit numbers in all. The audio has done its job and Srinivasa Reddy must deliver with the visuals now." entertainment.in.msn.com gave a moderate review stating "Devi Sri Prasad's 50th album is unique from his usual run-of-the-mill compositions, but not his best. As a fan of the composer, the listener will be satisfied, but as a music lover, one doubts if this album would live up to listeners' expectations."  telugu.way2movies.com gave a positive review stating "Damarukam has the mix of devotional tracks on Lord Siva along with the romantic duets and a mass track. The devotion numbers are highly appealing and catch your attention while the duets are likeable with the repeated listen. Sakkubai will be instantly liked by masses. DSP scores well with his 50th album Damarukam."  Musicperk.com rated the album 8.5/10 quoting "A must-listen album by DSP. Not a song to be left out".