Six years since the release of Lavanya Tripathi, Naveen Chandra and Rahul Ravindran's 'Andala Rakshasi'

Hanu Raghavapudi’s beautiful directorial debut, ‘Andala Raksashi’, released

six years

ago today, on August 10, 2012.

The film which marked the debut of Lavanya Tripathi, Rahul Ravindran and Naveen Chandra received good response when it released. While none of the stars have posted about the same on their social media yet, the production house

Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram

, founded by

SS Rajamouli

and Sai Korrapati, though released a special poster on the occasion and wrote, “#6YearsForAndalaRakshashi” (sic) Fans too have been using the hashtag to talk about the film on social media, noting how all the lead actors’ performances in the film were good.

The triangle love story featured music by Radhan and saw cinematic influences of Mani Ratnam in both the way it was short and its story. Set in 1991, the film charts the journey of a rich guy Gautham, played by Rahul Ravindran, who falls for Midhuna, played by Lavanya Tripathi, as soon as he sees her. She however is in love with an artist called Surya, played by Naveen Chandra, who’s presumed to be dead.

Lavanya Tripathi is currently shooting for Sankalp Reddy’s space film with Varun Tej and Aditi Rao Hydari, while Naveen Chandra is also shooting for a film with Sai Karthik Reddy. Rahul Ravindran on the other hand recently made his directorial debut with the film ‘

Chi La Sow

’ that is receiving love ever since its release on August 3.