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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Merupu<br />
| image = Merupu.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| starring = {{plainlist|<br />
*[[Anand (actor)|Anand]]<br />
*[[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]]<br />
*[[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]]<br />
}}<br />
| director = Gopichand Nadella<br />
| writer = Ganapathi Rao Kommanapall (dialogues)<br />
| producer = Kamini Venkateswara Rao<br />
| story = Gopichand Nadella<br />
| screenplay = Gopichand Nadella<br />
| cinematography = [[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|C. Ramprasad]]<br />
| editing = Bhaskar<br />
| music = [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]]<br />
| distributor = <br />
| studio = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1996|11|22|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Merupu''''' ({{Translation|Lightning}}) is a 1996 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]] romantic thriller film, written by Ganapathi Rao Kommanapall and directed by Gopichand Nadella. The film stars [[Anand (actor)|Anand]], [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]], and [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] in the leading roles,<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Kasturi |author-link=Kasthuri Shankar |user=KasthuriShankar |number= 986149736418689024 |date=17 April 2018|title=On #Chiyaan Vikram's Birthday .... a blast from the past ! A screengrab from a movie we were paired in ! |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=29 March 2025 |link= |quote= |ref=}}</ref> while [[Brahmanandam]] plays a supporting role. The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Miss Madras'' by Sai Bhagyashree Films, and titled as such owing to the actress's triumph at the Miss Madras beauty pageant in 1994.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/25/stories/2002022500860200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621054347/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/25/stories/2002022500860200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 June 2003 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | title=A quizzer at heart| date=25 February 2002}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Naveen<br />
* [[Kasthuri (actress)|Kasthuri]] as Prema<br />
* [[Vikram (actor)|Vikram]] as Guru<br />
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Traffic Police Inspector<br />
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]]<br />
* Siva Parvathi <br />
* [[Uttej]] as Traffic Police Officer<br />
*[[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]<br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film was loosely based on the 1991 English psychological thriller film, ''[[Sleeping with the Enemy]]''. During the making of the film, the writer Kommanapalli Ganapathi Rao associated with newcomer [[Trivikram Srinivas]] on working on the script and the pair worked together for ten days. Srinivas later became disassociated with the project as a result of not being paid and the team's shift to shoot portions in [[Gandipet]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/int1/trivikram.html |title = Trivikram interview - Telugu film director|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|date=7 August 2012|access-date=29 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/what-are-the-telugu-movies-done-together-by-director-trivikram-and-hero-chiyaan-vikram-121732439722823.html|title=Trivikram: డైరెక్టర్ త్రివిక్రమ్, హీరో చియాన్ విక్రమ్ కాంబోలో వచ్చిన తెలుగు సినిమాలు ఇవే!|first=Nelki Naresh|last=Kumar|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=te|access-date=29 March 2025|archive-date=11 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411140315/https://telugu.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/what-are-the-telugu-movies-done-together-by-director-trivikram-and-hero-chiyaan-vikram-121732439722823.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Merupu<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]]<br />
| cover =<br />
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| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
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The soundtrack album was composed by [[Bharadwaj (composer)|Bharadwaj]]. <br />
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{{track listing<br />
| headline = Track list<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| lyrics_credits = <br />
| total_length =<br />
| title1 = Paruvala Silpam<br />
| lyrics1 = [[Jonnavittula Ramalingeswara Rao|Jonnavittula]] <br />
| extra1 = [[P. Unnikrishnan|Unnikrishnan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]]<br />
| length1 =<br />
| title2 = Edolaanga Vunnadi<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry|Sirivennela]]<br />
| extra2 = Aruna, [[K. S. Chithra|Chithra]], chorus<br />
| length2 =<br />
| title3 = O.K. O.K.<br />
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela <br />
| extra3 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], Anuradha Sriram<br />
| length3 = <br />
| title4 = Chalo Chalo Hrudayama<br />
| lyrics4 = Sirivennela<br />
| extra4 = Anupama<br />
| length4 = <br />
| title5 = Paruvala Silpam<br />
| lyrics5 = Jonnavittula<br />
| extra5 = Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram<br />
| length5 = <br />
| title6 = Lovelo Padithe Bhale Bhale<br />
| lyrics6 = [[Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma]]<br />
| extra6 = Mano, chorus<br />
| length6 =<br />
}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|1579631}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1996 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romance films]]<br />
[[Category:1996 romance films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer)]]<br />
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