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{{Short description|2002 Telugu film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = Girl Friend (2002 film).jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Promotional poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[G. Nageswara Reddy]]
| writer = '''Story''': [[B. V. S. Ravi|Ravi]]-[[Koratala Siva|Siva]] '''Screenplay''': G. Nageswara Reddy '''Dialogues''': [[Marudhuri Raja]]
| based_on = 
| producer = M Kumara Swamy
| starring = [[Rohit (Telugu actor)|Rohit]] Anitha Patil Babloo Santosh Pavan
| narrator =
| cinematography = S. Arun Kumar
| editing =
| music = [[Vandemataram Srinivas]]
| studio = Sri Kumara Swamy Creations
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|7|6}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}
'''''Girl Friend''''' is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[G. Nageswara Reddy]] and starring [[Rohit (Telugu actor)|Rohit]], Anitha Patil, Babloo, and Santosh Pavan.

The film was released to mixed reviews although the film's dialogues and music were praised.

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
*[[Rohit (Telugu actor)|Rohit]] as Vamsi
*Anitha Patil as Suvarna
*Babloo as Babloo
*Santosh Pavan as Pavan
*[[Chalapathi Rao]] as Vamsi's father
*[[Tanikella Bharani]] as Suvarna's father
*[[L. B. Sriram]] as Babloo's father
*[[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]] as Pavan's father
*Sivaparvathi as Vamsi's mother
*Padmaja Choudary as Babloo's mother
*Padma Jayanti as Pavan's mother
*[[M. S. Narayana]] as college principal
*[[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as a film producer
*[[Ruthika]] as an actress (cameo appearance in the song "Thaluku Thaluku")
{{Colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Vandemataram Srinivas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/ajuke/box-girlfriend.html|title=Premante - Girl Friend|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020705143810/http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/ajuke/box-girlfriend.html|archive-date=5 July 2002}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Song !! Lyricist !! Singer(s)
|-
|"Line Maar De"
|Taidala Bapu
|[[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]]
|-
|"Nuvvu Naaku Nachave"
|[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
|[[Kumar Sanu]], [[Usha (Telugu singer)|Usha]]
|-
|"Nuvvu Yaadikelte"
|[[Suddala Ashok Teja]]
|[[Udit Narayan]]
|-
|"Prementha Panichesi"
|Taidala Bapu
|[[R. P. Patnaik]], Usha
|-
|"Kandireega Nadumu"
|Taidala Bapu
|[[Shankar Mahadevan]]
|-
|"Taluku Taluku"
|Taidala Bapu
|Shankar Mahadevan, Usha
|}

== Reception ==
Gudipoodi Srihari of ''[[The Hindu]]'' opined that "It is a routine film that shows the whole college in a bad light".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/youthful-woes/article28375211.ece|title=Youthful woes|date=9 July 2022|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=Gudipoodi Srihari|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127003924/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/youthful-woes/article28375211.ece|archive-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' wrote that "This film is a paisa-vasool ({{translation|money's worth}}) film".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-girlfriend.html|title=Movie review - Girl Friend|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|author=Jeevi|date=6 July 2002|access-date=2 August 2022|archive-date=27 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127011701/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-girlfriend.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Manju Latha Kalanidhi of ''Full Hyderabad'' criticised the film for being in the same tried and tested genre as ''[[Nuvve Kavali]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/girlfriend-telugu/telugu/girlfriend-telugu-movie-reviews-1360-2.html|title=Girlfriend (Telugu) Review|author=Manju Latha Kalanidhi|work=Full Hyderabad|access-date=2022-08-02|archive-date=2022-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127003924/https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/girlfriend-telugu/telugu/girlfriend-telugu-movie-reviews-1360-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Box office ==
Similar to G. Nageswara Reddy's and Rohit's first outing, ''[[6 Teens]]'', this film was also a box office success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/finding-a-foothold/article28387124.ece|title=Finding a foothold|date=26 November 2002|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=M. L. Narasimham|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802225232/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/finding-a-foothold/article28387124.ece
|archive-date=2 August 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDB title|tt1324016}}
{{G. Nageswara Reddy}}
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2002 Telugu-language films]]

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