Director Krish had a visual of an old man walking along with a child in his dreams . However , he felt it as too arty to make a film and also the story was not complete . One day while travelling from Guntur to Hyderabad , he narrated the story of Nagayya ( initially he named it as Jalayya ) to cinematographer Gnana Sekhar , who also worked with him in '' Gamyam '' . The second story initially he conceptualised was about a film crew and later changed it to music band . The title of '' Vedam '' struck him when he was penning the story at Sirivennela 's home . Krish wanted to do the character of Karpooram , but decided against it after his mother warned him . Later , when discussing the story with Anushka Shetty , she suggested her personal make-up person Nikki for the role and Krish liked him . Anushka reduced her remuneration by 30 % as the film was a low budget production . Rahimuddin Qureshi ( character played by Manoj Bajpai ) is the name of Krish 's best friend in intermediate . Nagayya was spotted by Krish . The climax of the film was an inspiration from 26/11 Mumbai blasts in Taj Hotel . After getting a basic story line he decided to produce '' Vedam '' on his banner First Frame Entertainment , before producers Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni decided to finance it . The five principal characters were based on the five natural elements-Water , Air , Earth , Fire and Sky . It notably became the first film Allu Arjun and Manoj Manchu starred in that did not involve their respective fathers Allu Aravind and Mohan Babu
26/11 Mumbai blasts
2008 Mumbai attacks
Vedam (film)