Dil (2003 film)
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Directed by | V.V. Vinayak |
Written by | V.V. Vinayak Chintapalli Ramana |
Produced by | Raju Giri |
Starring | Nitin Neha Prakash Raj |
Music by | R. P. Patnaik |
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Distributed by | Sri Venkateswara Creations |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹2.5 crore (US$300,000) |
Box office | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) |
Dil is a 2003 Telugu action comedy film that starred Nitin, Neha, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. Dil was directed by V.V. Vinayak and produced by debutant Dil Raju. The film was a box-office hit. The comedy of the film was appreciable.
It was remade into Oriya as Premi No.1 in 2004 with Anubhav Mohanty and Koyel Mallick. It was remade into Kannada as Student with Mayur Patel and Pooja Kanwal in the lead roles but was a flop. The movie was remade in Tamil in 2004 as Kuththu starring Silambarasan and Divya Spandana. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Bichhoo: The Scorpion in 2010. The movie was also remade in Bengali in 2009 as Challenge starring Dev and Subhashree Ganguly and in Dhallywood Bangladesh in 2013 as Bhalobasha Zindabad starring Arifin Shuvoo and Airin Sultana.
Plot
Seenu (Nithin) is a new admit at Maharaja College of Arts and Sciences. Nandini (Neha) goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle-class family, while Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar (Prakash Raj), a land mafia don. Gowri's assistant suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing at the freshers celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up badly. Irritated by this, Seenu is challenged to win Nandini's love. After few attempts, she falls in love with him. They elope and get married when Gowri tries to separate them. The story takes a few turns before it ends in a happy note.
Debuts
This was the first film as producer for "Dil" Raju. In fact, his name got prefixed with the title as it brought him recognition in the film industry. After this he went on to register many hits, and the credit displayed on the screens of his movies is still "Dil" Raju.
This was the debut for the heroine Neha
Box office
The budget of the film was around 2.5 crores. Dil has collected a share of 11 crores at the box office.
Dil had a successful 50-day run in 91 centres.[1]
Cast
- Nithiin as Seenu
- Neha as Nandini
- Prakash Raj as Gowri Shankar
- Chalapati Rao as Seenu's father
- Sudha as Seenu's mother
- Kalpana as Nandini's mother
- MS Narayana as Principal
- L. B. Sriram as Ramanatham
- Duvvasi Mohan as Villager
- Venu Madhav
- Sangeetha
- Raghu Babu
- Raghu Karumanchi
- Rajan P. Dev
- Rallapalli
Crew
- Director, screenplay and story: V.V. Vinayak
- Dialogue: Chintapalli Ramana
- Producers: Dil Raju and Giri
- Music: R. P. Patnaik
- Art Director: Thotta Tharani
- Stunts: Stun Shiva
Soundtrack
The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik and released by Aditya Music.
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 2003 | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 28:49 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | R. P. Patnaik | |||
R. P. Patnaik chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Peddaloddantunna" | Peddada Murthy | Sri Ram, K. S. Chithra | 3:53 |
2. | "Enduko Emito" | Kulasekhar | R. P. Patnaik | 4:09 |
3. | "Tamalapaku" | Suddala Ashok Teja | R. P. Patnaik, Usha | 3:48 |
4. | "Amma Aavu" | Chandrabose | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Usha | 4:42 |
5. | "CM PM" | Chandrabose | KK | 4:44 |
6. | "Oka Nuvvu Oka Nenu" | Vinare Kumar | KK | 3:12 |
7. | "Gajulu Gallumannaye" | T. Uma Maheswara Rao | R. P. Patnaik, Usha | 4:21 |
Total length: | 28:49 |
References
- ^ Nonstop cinema(dead link)