Nuvvu Naaku Nachav
Nuvvu Naaku Nachav (transl. I Like You) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore under the Sri Sravanthi Movies company, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar. It stars Venkatesh and Aarthi Agarwal. The music was composed by Koti. The film was recorded as a "blockbuster" at the box office.[1] It was the highest-grossing film in Venkatesh Daggubati's career. It was the debut movie of starring Aarthi Agarwal in Telugu movies.[2] The Telugu version received the state Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film.
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Directed by | K. Vijaya Bhaskar |
Produced by | Sravanthi Ravi Kishore |
Written by | Trivikram Srinivas (story / dialogues) |
Screenplay by | K. Vijaya Bhaskar |
Starring | Venkatesh Aarthi Agarwal |
Music by | Koti |
Cinematography | K. Ravindra Babu |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Tollywood |
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Running time | 181 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Plot
Venky (Venkatesh) is a graduate from Anakapalli. He goes to Hyderabad to attend the engagement ceremony of Nandini (Agarwal), daughter of Murthy (Prakash Raj). Murthy is a childhood friend of his father Sekharam (Chandra Mohan).
Nandu is about to be engaged to a software professional from the USA. Venky helps the family in arrangements and soon bonds with everyone. He also has petty fights with Nandu. The relationship starts with hatred and turns into friendship. On the request of Sekharam, Murthy helps Venky in securing a job. Nandu confesses her love for Venky to him. Venky, who does not want to spoil the relationship between their parents, decides to leave the house, but Murthy goes to the railway station and talks to Venky, which makes Venky return. On his return, Nandu stops talking to him. When Venky accompanies Nandu and Pinky (Nandu's cousin) to Nandu's friend Asha's wedding, sparks fly between them. Even though Venky is also in love with Nandu, he does not express it and pretends that he did not have any feelings for Nandu. When they return, it is time for Nandu's wedding. Venky takes the onus of running the show of marriage. The demure Nandu is shattered. Circumstances lead to everyone finding out about Venky and Nandu. What follows, and how Nandu and Venky end up together, forms the climax of the story.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Venkateshwarlu "Venky"
- Aarthi Agarwal as Nandini "Nandu"
- Prakash Raj as Srinivasa Murthy
- Sudha as Lakshmi
- Sudeepa Pinky as Pinky, Nandu's Cousin
- Brahmanandam as Photographer
- Sunil as Banthi
- Tanikella Bharani as Ashok
- Chandra Mohan as Shekaram
- M. S. Narayana as Chanti
- Babloo Prithiveeraj as Mohan
- Shiju as Prasad, Nandu's fiancé
- Melkote as M.D.
- Babu Mohan as Prasad's relative
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Prasad's relative
- Ananth as Asha's uncle
- Chitti Babu as Priest
- Bandla Ganesh as Mohan's friend
- Giridhar as Venky's friend
- K K Sharma as Priest
- Asha Saini as Asha
- Suhasini as Sujatha
- Sri Lakshmi as Asha's aunty
- Hema as Padma
- Padma Jayanthi as Prasad's mother
- Kalpana Rai as Cook
Soundtrack
Nuvvu Naaku Nachchav | ||||
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Film score by | ||||
Released | 2001 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 29:17 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Koti | |||
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Music is composed by Koti and released by ADITYA Music Company. The song "Okkasari Cheppaleva" is based on the Robert Miles song "Fable".
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Unna Mata Cheppaneevu" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | Tippu, Harini | 4:43 |
2. | "O Navvu Chalu" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:48 |
3. | "Aakasam Dhigi Vachi" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | S. P. Balu | 5:10 |
4. | "Naa Chupe Ninu" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | Chitra, Sriram Prabhu | 4:15 |
5. | "O Priyathama" | Bhuvanachandra | S. P. Balu | 5:17 |
6. | "Okkasari Cheppaleva" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | Chitra, Kumar Sanu | 5:11 |
Total length: | 29:17 |
Release
The film was released with 113 prints in 147 centres.[3]
About Trivikram's work on Nuvvu Naaku Nachav, Fullhyd.com wrote, "The highlights of the film are all the original humour and the subtlety in approach so alien to Tollywood. The dialogue writer, Trivikram Srinivas, is perhaps the real hero in this one." He is popularly known among Telugu audiences as "Maatala Maantrikudu" meaning "Wizard of words" for his crisp dialogue writing.
Box office
The film had collected a distributors' share of Rs.180 million in its complete theatrical run.[4] and Rs.26.3 million in its opening week.[3] It was the third highest grossing Telugu film of all time, at its release.
The film had a 50-day run in 93 centres[5] and a 100-day run in 57 centres.[6] It had a 175-day run in three centres.[7]
Remakes
It was remade in Kannada as Gowramma, starring Upendra and Ramya; in Tamil as Vaseegara, starring Vijay and in Bengali as Majnu, directed by Rajib, starring Hiran and Shrabanti.
References
- http://www.telugusquare.com/birthday-special-venkatesh-hit-and-flop-films-ratio/#
- http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/liposuction-that-kills-aarti-agarwals-death-highlights-the-dark-side-of-tollywood-2284150.html/amp
- Cycle Stand – Telugu Cinema Records – Nuvvu Naaku Chav – Jayam Manadera Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/starhomes/venky/boxoffice.html
- Cycle Stand – Telugu Cinema Trade Story
- Cycle Stand – Telugu Cinema Trade Story
- CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – Venkatesh's 175-Day Centres List Archived 12 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine