Paga

Paga is the Telugu release of director Ezhil's Tamil romantic action film Deepavali (2007), starring Jayam Ravi and Bhavana. Ravi plays Billu, a well-liked young man from a close-knit Chennai neighbourhood whose father is a respected local elder. He loses his heart to Susi (Bhavana), a girl visiting from Bangalore, without realising at first that she is the daughter of a feared gangster, or that she is hiding a medical condition that could one day wipe away her memories of their time together. When her father arrives to take her home, Billu's promise never to leave her is tested against the girl's family and against the possibility that she may not remember him at all. Lal plays Susi's formidable father, Vijayakumar plays Billu's father, and Raghuvaran makes a guest appearance as a doctor. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music, and his soundtrack was a major success when the original came out. The film mixes neighbourhood comedy, romance and confrontation, held together by the chemistry between its young leads.