Anaganaga O Kurraadu

Anaganaga O Kurraadu (transl. Once upon a boy) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by L P Ramarao and starring Rohit and Rekha. The film reuses scenes from Bend It Like Beckham (2002).

Anaganaga O Kurraadu
Official poster
Directed by	L P Ramarao
Written by	Kona Venkat (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Kona Venkat
Story by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	Katta Rambabu
Starring	Rohit Rekha
Cinematography	VSR Swamy
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Chakri
Production company	Sai Ooha Creations
Release date	15 August 2003 (2003-08-15)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Rohit as Sachin
• Rekha as Rekha
• Banerjee as Vithal Rao
• Rajeev Kanakala as Rajeev
• Vizag Prasad as G. K. Naidu
• Devadas Kanakala as Rajeev's father
• Chalapati Rao as Driver
• Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao
• Sangeetha
• M. Balayya
• Kadambari Kiran
• Venkatapathy Raju as a selection committee member (special appearance)^[1]
• Mohammed Azharuddin as himself (special appearance)^[2]

Production

Director LP Rama Rao previously worked under Puri Jagannadh.^[3] Most of the film completed shooting by the end of 2002 sans three songs, which were to be shot in Malaysia and Singapore.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakri.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vijayam Mana Sontham"	Tippu, Anuradha Sriram	4:17
2.	"Cell Phone Dwani"	Chakri, Gopika Poornima	5:28
3.	"Kala Teravarindi"	Kousalya	4:34
4.	"Nene Nuvvani"	Kousalya, Venu	4:25
5.	"Sakku Sakku"	Raghu Kunche, Sunitha	4:39
6.	"Chinna Dressulo"	Ravi Varma, Sudha	5:14
Total length:			28:37

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu opined that "The narration becomes interesting only when it is deals with cricket".^[6] A critic from Sify wrote that "The film is made against the cricket background but comes a cropper as director Rama Rao fails to keep the tempo going".^[7] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com stated that "But the director failed to cash on the cricketing scenes in this film though the entire film revolves around cricket".^[8]