Dollar Dreams

Dollar Dreams
Dollar Dreams
Directed by	Sekhar Kammula
Produced by	Sekhar Kammula
Written by	Sekhar Kammula
Starring	Santosh Kumar; Anish Kuruvilla; Ravi Raju; Dr. Anil Prashant; Dashveer Singh; Priyanka Veer; Satya;
Cinematography	Vijay C. Kumar
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Production; company	Amigos Creations
Distributed by	Amigos Creations
Release date	October 19, 2000
Running time	100 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu; English
Budget	16lakhs

Dollar Dreams is a 2000 Indian multilingual drama film written, directed and produced by Sekhar Kammula.^[1] Primarily shot in Telugu, English and Hindi, the film starred Santosh Kumar, Anish Kuruvilla, Ravi Raju, Anil Prashant, Dashveer Singh, Priyanka Veer, and Satya. The film was screened at the 33rd International Film Festival of India.^[2]^[3]

Accolades[edit]

Dollar Dreams garnered the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director for its "taking in a very natural manner the burning problem of brain drain to the technologically developed world" as cited by the jury at the 47th National Film Awards.^[1]^[2]

Reddiff.com cited Dollar Dreams as a take off from where Hyderabad Blues ends.^[4]^[5] Dollar Dreams explores the conflict between American dreams and human feelings.^[6] The film re-introduced Social realism to Telugu screen.^[7]

Cast[edit]

Santosh Kumar as Balu
Anish Kuruvilla as Srinu
Ravi Raju as Ravi
Dr. Anil Prashant as Phani
Dashveer Singh as Sardar
Priyanka Veer as Usha
Satya as Archana
Manasa as She
Gopal Krishna as Father
Radha Krishna as Lakshmi
Kushnaaz as Kamal
Sekhar Kammula (cameo appearance)
PS Chandrasekhar as The Confident Man

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "rediff.com, Movies: The Dollar Dreams review".
↑ August 23, Amarnath K. Menon; August 23, 1999 ISSUE DATE; February 4, 1999UPDATED; Ist, 2013 17:51. "Dollar Dreams: Is the great American dream a myth or reality?". India Today.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "Software engineer turned director wins National Award". reachouthyderabad.com.
↑ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (7 October 2016). "Hyderabad 425: Cinema and the city" – via www.thehindu.com.
↑ "Dollar Dreams Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
↑ "rediff.com, Movies: The Dollar Dreams review". M.rediff.com. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[47thawardPDF-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[rediff.com-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "rediff.com, Movies: The Dollar Dreams review".

[3] August 23, Amarnath K. Menon; August 23, 1999 ISSUE DATE; February 4, 1999UPDATED; Ist, 2013 17:51. "Dollar Dreams: Is the great American dream a myth or reality?". India Today.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Software engineer turned director wins National Award". reachouthyderabad.com.

[5] Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (7 October 2016). "Hyderabad 425: Cinema and the city" – via www.thehindu.com.

[6] "Dollar Dreams Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.

[7] "rediff.com, Movies: The Dollar Dreams review". M.rediff.com. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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