
It's just a mindless excuse for a film, filling up the 70 mm. Let's just say, the other departments are in tune with the rest of the film." The Hindu gave a review stating "From the Kya Kool Hai Hum clan of film-making, it tries to be like American Pie, but fails miserably.

Chaitanya has a presence, but really has nothing much to do as does Monal. What the characters just indulge in is absolute tom-foolery of degenerated variety. What came as a surprise was that the film did not pack a sensible story that might have made us sit through the haranguing second half." The Times Of India gave a review stating "The performances vary from loony to queer. Vennela 1 + 1⁄ 2 is one of the worst comedy films of recent times." IBN Live stated "After watching the trailers, most of us did not expect anything more from Vennela 1 + 1⁄ 2 than low brow comedy. Haricharan Pudupeddi of DNA India gave a review stating " Vennela 1 + 1⁄ 2 is loathsome with the senseless 'bathroom humour' that runs throughout the film. While shooting for Orange (2010) in Australia, Vennela Kishore came up with the idea for this film. Rest of the story is about how they work out their differences. Vennela too loves him, but realizes that he is a fraud. However, he learns that she was engaged to someone else, but tries his luck. Krishna is a happy go lucky man who falls for Vennela in first sight. Sunil Kashyap provided the music while Suresh Bhargav handled the cinematography.


It stars Chaitanya Krishna, Monal Gajjar, Bramhanandam & Vennela Kishore in the lead. It is a sequel to the critically acclaimed 2005 Telugu film Vennela by Deva Katta. Vennela 1 + 1⁄ 2 ( Telugu: వెన్నెల 1 + 1⁄ 2) is a 2012 Telugu film directed by Vennela Kishore and produced by Vasu & Varma on GR8 Films banner.
