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Priyamaina Neeku
| Priyamaina Neeku | |
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| File:Priyamaina Neeku.jpg Poster of Priyamaina Neeku | |
| Directed by | Balasekaran |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Written by | Story and screenplay: Balasekaran Dialogue: Chintapalli Ramana |
| Starring | Tarun Sivaji Sneha Preetha |
| Music by | Shiva Shankar |
| Cinematography | Shyam K Naidu |
| Edited by | V. Jaishankar |
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Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Priyamaina Neeku (transl. To You, My Dear) is an Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balasekaran.[1][2][3] The film stars Tarun, Sivaji, Sneha and Preetha, while Ali, Venu Madhav and Tanikella Bharani played the other important supporting roles. The film ran for 100 days in 27 centers [4]
On 24 January 2003, after the completion of reshooting few scenes, the film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Kadhal Sugamanathu (English: Love is Pleasure), with Pyramid Natarajan playing Tarun's father and Livingston playing the comedian role of Ali. The film and the soundtrack received positive reviews upon release, and remained a box office success.[5]
Plot[edit]
Ganesh is a carefree college youth from Hyderabad (Tamil Version as Coimbatore), whose life revolves around friends and doing good deeds for them which upsets his father Raja Shekar. One day he fumbles upon a red diary in his father's auction shop. It is a diary left behind unknowingly by Sandhya.
The entire first half is narrated through the diary in this film. Sandhya is staying in the house opposite to that of Aishwarya, who is the sister of Ganesh. She falls in love with Ganesh after listening to his melodious guitar play. But Ganesh is unaware of her love and he never uses to interact with her. She is also a shy girl, who never let Ganesh know about her feelings. Sirisha is the younger sister of Sandhya, who is studying in a hostel. When she comes home for holidays, she envies Sandhya for loving Ganesh and she wanted to grab him from her. Sirisha assures Sandhya that she will liaison the love of Sandhya between Ganesh and her and plays a double game by playing tricks on Ganesh to attract him. Meanwhile, the father of Sandhya and Sirisha is transferred to Vizag (Chennai in Tamil Version). Sandhya asks Sirisha to tell Sandhya's love to Ganesh. Sirisha proposes to Ganesh and gets rejected. Sandhya, who witnessed the entire episode secretly, feels cheated by the betrayal of her own sister. At the same time, Sandhya stays away from proposing to Ganesh for the fear of rejection. The family of Sandhya moves to Vizag and in the transfer process, her diary gets misplaced.
After discovering that Sandhya is his secret admirer, Ganesh recognizes the purity in her love and wants to meet her and propose his love to her. He gets off to Vizag along with his best friend Chacha. There he finds a mutual friend named Raghu and stays in his house. Raghu is a rich bachelor from Bheemili (Virugambakkam in the Tamil version), who lives with his parents. As Ganesh explores his secret mission of finding Sandhya, Raghu gets engaged to the unwilling Sandhya. Later on Raghu learns that Ganesh is there to seek his silent admirer.
Ganesh knows that Raghu is marrying Sandhya. Being a good friend, he does not want to betray him. Sandhya has agreed to marriage since she does not want to make the things worse for her father and sister. But she still loves Ganesh. Sirisha wants to amend the mistake she has done. She searches for Ganesh to unite them. Things are still unsure and hazy as Sandhya and Raghu will marry in a few minutes. In the end, Sirisha tells everything and marries Raghu while Sandhya and Ganesh unite.
Cast[edit]
- Tarun as Ganesh
- Sivaji as Raghu
- Sneha as Sandhya
- Preetha Vijayakumar as Sirisha
- Venu Madhav as Chacha
- Tanikella Bharani as Raja Shekar, Ganesh's father
- Ali as Comic Thief
- Chandra Mohan as Shivarama Rao, Sandhya and Sirisha's father
- Jhansi as Aishwarya, Ganesh's elder sister
- Raja Ravindra as Karthik, Ganesh's brother-in-law
- Bandla Ganesh as Ravi, Ganesh's friend
- Rami Reddy as Comic Mental Musician
- Varsha as Priya, Raghu's younger sister
- Tamil version
- Pyramid Natarajan as Srinivasan, Ganesh's father
- Livingston as Comic Thief
Production[edit]
Director Balasekaran announced in June 2000 that he would direct a romantic dramedy film, with Tarun Kumar roped to play the main lead. The film was titled Priyamaina Neeku in October 2000. Sneha was confirmed to play the female lead in August 2000 and she joined the sets thereafter. Sivaji agreed to play a parallel leading role in this film, as the hero's best friend.[5] Ali, Rami Reddy and Venu Madhav were selected to play the comedians. The rest of the cast includes Tanikella Bharani, Preetha Vijayakumar and Raja Ravindra. The final schedule occurred in January 2001, a month before the film's release. Shooting of the film took place in and around Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Srikakulam and Hyderabad.
Soundtrack[edit]
The songs in Telugu and Tamil version were same except the song "Nelanadiga" which was replaced by "Adi Sugama Sugama Chudithaare".
| Priyamaina Neeku / Kaadhal Sugamanadhu | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Shiva | |
| Released | 1 January 2001 (Telugu Version) 25 December 2002 (Tamil Version) |
| Recorded | 2000-2001 (Telugu Version) 2002 (Tamil Version) |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Language | Telugu/Tamil |
| Label | Star Music |
| Producer | Shiva Shankar |
Telugu Version
All lyrics are written by Sirivennela, Bhuvanachandra and Vasanth.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Manasuna" | K. S. Chithra | |
| 2. | "Nachanura" | Sukhwinder Singh, Swarnalatha | |
| 3. | "Veyi Jenmalu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 4. | "Mastu Mastu" | Harini, Shankar Mahadevan | |
| 5. | "Nelanadiga" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 6. | "Manasuna" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
Tamil Version
All lyrics are written by Viveka.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sollathan Ninaikiren" | K. S. Chitra | |
| 2. | "Vechirukka" | Sukhwinder Singh, Swarnalatha | |
| 3. | "Ezhu Jenmangal" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | |
| 4. | "Mutham Mutham Kodu" | Shankar Mahadevan, Harini | |
| 5. | "Adi Sugama Sugama Chudithaare" | Karthik | |
| 6. | "Sollathan Ninaikiren (Sad)" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Telugu Cinema Review – Priyamaina Neeku – Tarun, Preethi & Sneha – RB Chowdary – SA Raj Kumar – Bala Sekharan". www.idlebrain.com.
- ↑ Bhandaram, Vishnupriya (5 November 2011). "In her element" – via The Hindu.
- ↑ "Priyamaina Neeku Telugu Movie Review – Critics Review – CineBee App". CineBee.
- ↑ @BVenkat86965312 (21 February 2020). "Today marks the 19th anniversary of Priyamaina Neeku#19YearsForPriyamainaNeeku@baraju_SuperHit#Tarun #Sneha…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 hysvm (27 November 2004). "Metro Plus Vijayawada / Personality : Sneha and sensibility". The Hindu.[dead link]
External links[edit]
- Telugu-language movies
- 2001 films
- Telugu-language films
- Indian films
- Indian romantic musical films
- 2000s romantic musical films
- 2000s Telugu-language films
- Indian romantic comedy-drama films
- Films set in Hyderabad, India
- Films shot in Hyderabad, India
- Films shot in Visakhapatnam
- 2000s musical comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Balasekaran
- 2001 comedy films
- 2001 drama films