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{{Infobox film
| name = Neetho
| image = Neetho_movie.jpg
| director = [[John Mahendran|John]]
| writer = John <br />Vishwanath (dialogues)
| starring = [[Prakash Kovelamudi]]<br />[[Mahek Chahal]]
| producer = [[Ramoji Rao]]
| cinematography = [[Chota K. Naidu]]
| editing =
| music = [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]
| studio = [[Ushakiran Movies]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|6|27}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| gross = 
}}
'''''Neetho''''' ({{Translation|With you}}) is a 2002 [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] [[romance film]] directed by [[John Mahendran|John]], starring [[Prakash Kovelamudi]] and [[Mahek Chahal]] in their debut roles. The film marked the debut of [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]'s son Prakash Kovelamudi (Suryaprakash).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/proving-himself/article28601634.ece|title=Proving himself|work=The Hindu|date=19 June 2002|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116023310/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-life/proving-himself/article28601634.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite the film's failure, John Mahendran remade the film in Tamil as ''[[Sachein]]'', which clashed with ''Chandramukhi'' in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/9-super-hit-telugu-films-remade-by-beast-actor-vijay-in-tamil/photostory/90821405.cms?picid=90821705|title=9 Super Hit Telugu Films Remade By 'Beast' Actor Vijay In Tamil|work=The Times of India|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=21 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521002005/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/9-super-hit-telugu-films-remade-by-beast-actor-vijay-in-tamil/photostory/90821405.cms?picid=90821705|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/hit-or-no-hit-remakes-are-ready-tamilfont-news-12265|title=Hit or no hit, remakes are ready|date=27 December 2004|work=Indiaglitz|access-date=23 June 2023|archive-date=23 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623094101/https://www.indiaglitz.com/hit-or-no-hit-remakes-are-ready-tamilfont-news-12265|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
Madhav is a new student of a college in Hyderabad. He spots a beautiful girl Shalini and falls in love with her. Madhav is calm but Shalini is short-tempered. She gets into a fight with an eve teaser whose father happens to be a notorious faction leader. When Madhav confronts the leader, it is revealed that Madhav is the son of Manohar, a successful industrialist.

A flashback episode begins and it is revealed that Manohar wants Madhav to select a bride for himself. Madhav feels that girls want to marry him only because he is the son of a billionaire. He asks his father to give him a year's time so that he will join a college in Hyderabad as a normal student and select a girl who loves him truly. When Shalini rejects Madhav's proposal, he asks her to act as his lover for thirty days and he says that she would automatically fall in love. Shalini accepts the offer and starts acting as his lover for thirty days. After thirty days, Shalini tells Madhav that she is not in love with him. Deep inside, she begins to like him, but she suppresses her feelings due to her preconceived notion of not falling in love. After much rethinking, she decides to express her love. Her plans are spoilt when she learns that Madhav is the son of a billionaire. She thinks that Madhav might misunderstand her and feel she changed her mind after realizing that he is the son of a wealthy tycoon. What eventually happens between the two forms the climax of the movie.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Prakash Kovelamudi|Suryaprakash]] as Madhav
* [[Mahek Chahal]] as Shalini
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Manohar
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Madhav's housekeeper
* [[Rajiv Kanakala]]
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Sunil
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Shalini's father
* Delhi Rajeshwari as Shalini's mother
* [[Raghu Karumanchi]] as Madhav's friend
* [[Chitram Srinu]] as Madhav's friend
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]]
* [[Ahuti Prasad]]
}}

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack is composed by [[Vidyasagar (composer)|Vidyasagar]]. Lyrics of all the songs were written by [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chords-notes/article28374519.ece|title=Chords & Notes|date=1 July 2002|work=The Hindu|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116023130/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chords-notes/article28374519.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The song "Navvali Neetho" is based on Vidyasagar's own Malayalam song "Thathamma Peru" from ''[[Dhosth (2001 Malayalam film)|Dhosth]]'' while "Pannendintiki" is based on Tamil song "Kadhal Vandhadhum" from ''[[Poovellam Un Vaasam]]'' (2001).
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!No
! Title !! Singer(s)
!Writer(s)
|-
|1
| "Navvali Neetho" || [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
|-
|2
| "Arare Evaridi" || [[Harish Raghavendra]]
|-
|3
| "Pannendintiki" || [[K. S. Chithra]], [[Vijay Yesudas]]
|-
|4
|"Jaajipulu" ||[[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]], [[Febi Mani]]
|-
|5
|"Panchabuthala" ||[[KK (singer)|KK]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|-
|6
|"Dil Dil Dil" ||[[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[P. Jayachandran]]
|}

==Release and reception==
The film received negative reviews and was a box-office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/2002special/movielist.html|title=Year 2002 Special - List of Movies|work=Idlebrain|access-date=15 September 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205708/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/2002special/movielist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jeevi of ''Idlebrain'' gave the film a rating of {{Fraction|2|3|4}} out of five and opined that "First half of the film is promising. But the second half takes a severe beating with dragged scenes and snail-paced narration".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-neetho.html|title=Movie review - Neetho|work=Idlebrain|access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130025318/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-neetho.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Gudipoodi Srihari of ''The Hindu'' gave the film a negative review.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/ordinary-fare/article28374505.ece|title=Ordinary fare|work=The Hindu|author=Gudipoodi Srihari|date=30 June 2002 |access-date=18 June 2023|archive-date=16 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116023207/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/ordinary-fare/article28374505.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:2002 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer)]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:2002 romance films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Mahendran]]

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Neetho (2002 film) - Revision history

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