Premante Idera
| Premante Idera | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Jayanth C. Paranjee |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
| Story by | Deenaraj |
| Produced by | Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna, K.Ashok Kumar |
| Starring | Venkatesh Preity Zinta |
| Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Ramana Gogula Raj (background score) |
Production company | Sri Lakshmi Venteswara Art Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Premante Idera (English: This is love, Telugu: ప్రేమంటే ఇదేరా) is a Telugu drama movie released in 1998, produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna and K. Ashok Kumar under the Sri Lakshmi Venteswara Art Films banner, directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee. It stars Venkatesh and Preity Zinta in the lead roles, with music composed by Ramana Gogula. It is his first film as music director. The film was recorded as a Super Hit at the box office. It was dubbed into Tamil as Nesikiren and in Hindi as Dulhan Dilwale Ki in 2001. It was remade in Kannada as O Premave with Ravichandran.
Plot
Murali (Venkatesh) and his friends go to a village to attend their friend`s marriage. There Murali meets a girl Shailu (Preity Zinta), the bridegroom's friend, they begin to have fun and join in with the festivities and Murali is captivated by her attitude and beauty. Soon both fall in love, but Murali soon finds out that she is to be married to a police officer Muralidhar (Srihari).
Murali puts on a brave face for the ceremony but hopes that something or someone will be able to stop the ceremony. He does everything he can to stop the marriage, he even tries to convince Shailu's joint family. Finally, the movie ends with the approval of Venktramayya (Ranganath) for their marriage.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Murali
- Preity Zinta as Shailaja / Shailu
- Satyanarayana as Shailu's grandfather
- Srihari as Muralidhar
- Brahmanandam as Avadhani
- Ali as Ram Pandu
- Chandra Mohan as Subba Rao
- Ranganath as Venkatramayya
- Giri Babu as Murali's father
- Prasad Babu as Suryam
- Narra Venkateswara Rao as Satyam's father
- Raghunatha Reddy as Murali's Uncle
- Maharshi Raghava as Murali's brother
- Sivaji Raja as Satyam
- Sivaji as Sivaji
- Prasanna Kumar
- Naveen as Sarath
- Gadiraju Subba Rao
- Lakshmi as Murali's mother
- Rama Prabha as Subbammatta
- Sana as Shailu's aunty
- Rajitha as Shailu's aunty
- Bangalore Padma as Satyam's mother
- Madhurima Sundersen as Lakshmi
- Harika as Murali's sister-in-law
- Neelima
- Tarangini as Shailu's friend
- Madhu Mani as Shailu's friend
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
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Music composed by Ramana Gogula. All songs are blockbusters. Music released on ADITYA Music Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nizam Babulu" | Chandrabose | Mano, Swarnalatha | 4:32 |
| 2. | "Nalo Unna Prema" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Vayasa Chusuko" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:59 |
| 4. | "Manase Edhuru Thirige" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | SP Balu, Chitra | 4:49 |
| 5. | "Yemo Ekkadundho" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | SP Balu, Chitra | 2:12 |
| 6. | "O Meri Bul Bul Thara" | Chandrabose | Ramana Gogula | 5:10 |
| 7. | "Bombai Bomma" | Chandrabose | Ramana Gogula | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Theme Music" | Instrumental | Ramana Gogula | 1:01 |
| Total length: | 32:17 | |||
Box office
The film had collected a distributors' share of Rs.85 million in its complete theatrical run.[1]
