En 2001, le bassiste Jonas Hellborg et le guitariste Shawn Lane ont élargi leur groupe de tournées pour inclure le percussionniste V. Leur père, Vikku Vinayakram, était membre du groupe de musique du monde pionnier des années 70 de John McLaughlin, Shakti. Le premier concert de la tournée européenne de 2001 a eu lieu au légendaire club de jazz New Morning à Paris, en France. Il a été tourné pour un documentaire sur Hellborg réalisé par Daniel Fahri pour la chaîne de télévision européenne ARTE. Ce DVD présente deux heures de musique (les deux sets du concert). C'est un grand souvenir documentant le talent unique du regretté maître de la guitare Shawn Lane.

Villagelo Vinayakudu (English: Vinayakudu (Ganesh) in the Village) is a 2009 Telugu comedy film produced by Mahi, written, and directed by Sai Kiran Adivi. The film is a sequel to the 2008 hit, Vinayakudu. Krishnudu reprises his role as Karthik in this film, whilst Saranya Mohan plays the female lead, and Rao Ramesh plays the role of her father. Telugu novel writer Yandamuri Veerendranath makes his acting debut in a small but vital role. The film was released on 5 November 2009 and received positive reviews.[citation needed] It faired well at the box office and ran for 75 days.

Karthik (Krishnudu), the obese guy joins in an ad designing company. Girls tend to keep him away from them due to his odd personality. He finds a girl Kalpana (Sonia) interesting in that company. She too shuns him initially and also cracks lots of jokes on his physical appearance. But the soft hearted Karthik wins the heart of arrogant Kalpana with his immaculate attitude. Finally, the egoistic Kalpana falls in love with Karthik unknowingly. On the other hand, the love track of Sandhya (Poonam) and Altaf (Surya Tej) runs separately. Shalini (Ankitha) is a character that's used as catalyst to elevate the character of Karthik.

The story is of Syamantakopakhyanam, annually read during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival day celebrations of Lord Vinayaka.