Snehamante Idera

Snehamante Idera
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Balasekaran
Written by	Chintapalli Ramana (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Balasekaran
Story by	Siddique
Based on	Friends (Malayalam)
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Starring	Nagarjuna Akkineni Sumanth Bhumika Chawla Prathyusha
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by	Nandamuri Hari
Music by	Shiva Shankar
Production company	Super Good Films
Release date	26 October 2001 (2001-10-26)
Running time	179 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Snehamante Idera (transl. This is what friendship is) is a 2001 India Telugu-language comedy-drama film produced by R.B. Chowdhary under the Super Good Films banner and directed by Bala Sekharan. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Sumanth, Bhumika Chawla and Prathyusha in the lead roles, with music composed by Shiva Shankar. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Friends. The film was an average grosser at the box office. It was dubbed into Hindi in 2007 as Naya Jigar.

Plot

Aravind (Nagarjuna Akkineni), Chandru (Sumanth) and Krishna Murthy (Sudhakar) are childhood friends. Chandru and Krishna Murthy are orphans who are brought up by Aravind's parents. Aravind's sister Amrita (Pratyusha) falls in love with Chandru. Chandru is hesitatant as she is the sister of his best friend. Chandru seeks the help of Krishna Murthy to avoid Amrita. Later, Aravind and Chandru go to Hyderabad to work with Krishna Murthy. When this trio is assigned to renovate an old palatial house, Aravind encounters Padmini (Bhumika Chawla), and falls in love with her. When Padmini gets engaged to another man, Chandru feels that Padmini cheated Aravind. Aravind and Padmini realize that Padmini's jealous cousin is responsible for their split. Subsequently, Aravind's jealous cousin lies to Chandru that Aravind intentionally killed Chandru's brother when they were young. In an ensuing struggle, Aravind falls from a cliff and gets paralysed and goes into a coma. Although Chandru tried to save Aravind, he blames himself for Aravind's fall. Chandru later realizes that his brother was in fact accidentally killed, and that Aravind wasn't intentionally at fault. A few years later, Chandru reunites with Aravind after the latter recovers from his coma.

Cast

• Nagarjuna Akkineni as Aravind
• Sumanth as Chandrasekhar / Chandru
• Bhumika Chawla as Padmini
• Prathyusha as Amrutha
• Sudhakar as Krishna Murthy / Kimoo
• Brahmanandam as Bhavani Shankar
• Ali as Gopal
• Venu Madhav
• Tanikella Bharani as Manager Appalaraju
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Padmini's Uncle
• Chalapathi Rao as Aravind's father
• Giri Babu as Aravind's Uncle and Gautham's father
• Narra Venkateswara Rao as Padmini's Father's Friend
• Rami Reddy as Puliraju
• Sriman as Gowtham - Aravindh's cousin
• Lakshmi Rathan
• Ramatherdha
• Gowtham Raju as Watchman
• Gadiraju Subba Rao
• Lakhamshetty Nageswara Rao
• Sangeetha as Aravind's Mother
• Sathyapriya as Aravind's Aunt

and Gautham's mother

• Shanoor Sana as Padmini's Aunt
• Abhinayasri as Swathi
• Rama Prabha as Padmini's Grandmother
• Telangana Shakuntala
• Saraswatamma as Aravind's Grandmother
• Master Kireeti as Young Aravind
• Master Tanush as Young Chandru
• Master Vijay as Young Kimoo
• Master Abhinai as Chinna

Soundtrack

Snehamante Idera
Film score by Shiva Shankar
Released	2001
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	29:41
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Shiva Shankar

The music was composed by Shiva Shankar. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Snehamante Idera"	Kulasekhar	Shankar Mahadevan, Tippu, Krishna Raj	4:46
2.	"Cheliya Nee Premalone"	Mryutyamjayudu	Hariharan, Sujatha	5:01
3.	"Kanne Pillale"	Chirravuri Vijaykumar	Udit Narayan, Sujatha	5:02
4.	"Naa Pedaviki Siggulu"	Chirravuri Vijaykumar	Rajesh, Sujatha	4:34
5.	"Rukku Rukku"	Chirravuri Vijaykumar	Devan, Sowmya	5:26
6.	"Nesthama Nesthama"	Kulasekhar	Hariharan	4:39
Total length:				29:41

External links

• Snehamante Idera at IMDb