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<div>{{short description|2004 film}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Tapana<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Tejas Dhanraj<br />
| producer = Wg Cdr. Ramesh<br />
| writer = <br />
| starring = Siddhu<br />[[Prabhu Deva]]<br>[[Mahhi vij]]<br>Seema<br>[[Veda Sastry|Archana]]<br />
| music = Shambhu Prasad<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = Applause Entertainment AP Pvt Ltd<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|02|13}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Tapana''''' is a 2004 [[Telugu language|Telugu]] romantic-[[drama]] film directed by Tejas Dhanraj. It stars debutante Siddardha, [[Prabhu Deva]], Maahi and Seema. The film opened to mixed reviews in February 2004.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{Colbegin}}<br />
*Siddardha as Siddardha "Siddhu"<br />
*[[Prabhu Deva]] as Venu<br />
*Maahi as Meera<br />
*Seema <br />
*[[Veda Sastry|Archana]] as Radhima<br />
*[[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Chiru<br />
*Eswara Rao as Meera's father<br />
*[[Duvvasi Mohan]]<br />
*Anant<br />
*Vinay Varma<br />
*Deepa<br />
*Rakhi<br />
*Meka Ramakrishna<br />
*Vijayabhaskar<br />
*Raam Surapaneni<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was announced in June 2003, where Applause Entertainment Ltd revealed their maiden regional venture titled ''Tapana'' at Annapurna Studio in Banjara Hills.<ref>http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/muhurat-tapana.html</ref> The film marked the debut of actress [[Jayaprada]]'s nephew Siddardha in the leading role, alongside [[Prabhu Deva]]. She had initially attempted to launch Siddardha through a bilingual venture titled ''Classmates'' in 2001, but the film did not materialise.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040307113118/http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/nfilm.asp</ref> He later made a comeback with the Tamil film ''[[Uyire Uyire]]'', starring [[Hansika Motwani]], during 2016.<br />
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==Release==<br />
''Tapana'' opened to mixed reviews in February 2004, with a critic from Idlebrain.com noting the "first half of the film does not have any story, hence is little boring. Things start rolling in second half. The film is good from the moment it is revealed that heroine is suffering with a disease".<ref>http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-tapana.html</ref> A critic from AllIndianSite.com wrote "Dhanraj's direction was not impressive, the entire film was narrated very slowly. It was more like a TV serial than a film".<ref>http://tollywood.allindiansite.com/tapana.html</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
An audio release event was held in December 2003 at Taj Krishna Hotel with [[Sonali Bendre]] in attendance as the chief guest.<ref>http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-tapana.html</ref><br />
{{Tracklist<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Gundello Penchukunna<br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Usha (singer)|Usha]]<br />
| title2 = Sarimapa<br />
| extra2 = Mallikarjun, Mansur<br />
| title3 = I Love My Darling<br />
| extra3 = Sekhar, Lenina Choudary<br />
| title4 = I Am In Love<br />
| extra4 = Anoop, Nishma<br />
| title5 = Nyayama Neeku Prema<br />
| extra5 = N. Srinivas<br />
| title6 = Kalalanni Theerela<br />
| extra6 = Srikanth<br />
| title7 = Happy Day<br />
| extra7 = [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]<br />
| title8 = Chali Galilo<br />
| extra8 = N. Srinivas<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist|2}}<br />
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[[Category:2004 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]<br />
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