Naa Ishtam

Naa Ishtam
Directed by	Prakash Tholeti
Written by	Kona Venkat
Produced by	Paruchuri Kiriti
Starring	Rana Daggubati Genelia D'Souza
Cinematography	Venkat Prasad
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Chakri
Production company	United Movies
Release date	23 March 2012 (2012-03-23)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹85 million (US$1.0 million)

Naa Ishtam (Template:Lang-te, English: My wish) is a 2012 Telugu-language film directed by Prakash Toleti which features Rana Daggubati and Genelia D'Souza in the lead roles. Production began in April 2011 and features music by Chakri. The film was released on 23 March 2012 to mixed response. The film's satellite rights were sold to Gemini TV for ₹3.20 Cr. The movie grossed about ₹30 million in 3 days after its release in A.P. It was dubbed into Tamil as Kadhal Nayagan.

Plot

Gani (Rana Daggubati), who is an extremely selfish person, lives and works in Malaysia. Into his life comes Krishnaveni (Genelia D'Souza) unexpectedly and everything changes. Krishnaveni loves Kishore (Harshvardhan Rane) and she elopes from home as her father Naidu (Nassar) does not approve of her choice. But Kishore doesn’t turn up and she feels cheated. Gani's selfish nature gets him to lie to Krishnaveni and he takes her home to Naidu in the hope of making some money.

But Gani realizes his mistake once he sees Naidu and his family and brings Krishnaveni back to Malaysia. As a cheated Krishnaveni begins rebuilding her life with Gani's support, love blossoms between the two. Into this situation walks in Kishore who is desperate to win back Krishnaveni's love. Meanwhile, Naidu is furious about the whole episode and engages the services of Malaysia Don Salim Bhai (Shawar Ali) to trap Gani. Gani uses all his guile to thwart Salim Bhai and throw Kishore off the track. Whether he is successful and if Krishnaveni accepts him in the end forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Rana Daggubati as Ganesh
• Genelia D'Souza as Krishnaveni
• Brahmanandam as Kadiyam Bujji
• Subbaraju
• Nassar as Naidu
• Raghu Babu as Ganga
• Uttej
• Ali as Drunkard Balu
• Ahuti Prasad
• Monisha as sappu
• Bharath as Dora Babu
• Harshvardhan Rane as Kishore
• Maryam Zakaria

Soundtrack

Untitled

Music was provided by Chakri and Lyrics were penned by Chandrabose, Balaji & Vanamali. The audio release function was held on 5 March 2012 at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad. Released by Victory Venkatesh, the event was attended by the film's main star cast. A Platinum Disc Function was held on 23 March 2012. The music got generally positive reviews. Musicperk.com gave a rating of 7 out of 10 quoting 'Be ready to rock and also swoon in your dreams'. Myfirstshow.com gave a positive review quoting 'Chakri after a long time made a come back of sorts and listening to music makes one feel that he made a strong impact with the tunes. He is amply aided by creative skills of Chandra Bose, Balaji, and Vanamali. 'Naa Isham' becomes the buzz word for all music lovers and gen-x youth'. Bharatstudent.com also gave a positive review Quoting 'Overall, this is one album whose CD can be bought'.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naa Ishtam"	Chandrabose	Kunal Ganjawala	4:20
2.	"Maa Pedhakka"	Balaji	Geetha Madhuri, Deepthi Chari, Aishwarya	4:54
3.	"Jillele Jillele"	Balaji	Adnan Sami, Mamta Sharma	4:14
4.	"Haayi Haayiga"	Balaji	Revanth	4:35
5.	"Changure Andhaale"	Vanamali	Hema Chandra, Uma Neha	3:58
6.	"O Saathiya"	Balaji	K.K.	5:39
7.	"Nee Kannullo"	Balaji	Shaan	2:11
Total length:				29:54

Production

The film was launched with shooting beginning on 6 May 2011. The title of the film originally belonged to Jogi Naidu for a film to be made by Clapboard Productions banner with Allari Naresh to be directed by Parusuram. But since the project got delayed he gave it away to Paruchuri Kireeti for this project.

External links

• Naa Ishtam at IMDb