Dhanalakshmi, I Love You

Dhanalakshmi, I Love You is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao and starring Allari Naresh, Aditya Om, Naresh, and Ankitha. The film is a remake of the 2000 Hindi film Hera Pheri by Priyadarshan which itself was based on Siddique–Lal's 1989 Malayalam film Ramji Rao Speaking.^[1]

Dhanalakshmi, I Love You
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Directed by	Siva Nageswara Rao
Written by	Ravi Kolikipudi (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Siva Nageswara Rao
Produced by	B Satyanarayana
Starring	Allari Naresh Aditya Om Naresh Ankitha
Cinematography	Rajendra Prasad
Music by	Chakri
Production company	Satyam Entertainments
Release date	18 October 2002 (2002-10-18)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Allari Naresh as Raju
• Aditya Om as Shyam
• Naresh as Babu Rao
• Ankitha as Dhanalakshmi
• Sony Raj
• M. Balayya as Devi Prasad
• Banerjee as Kabeera
• Tanikella Bharani as Babu Nayak
• Suman Setty
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as the bank manager
• Ahuti Prasad as Prakash

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Chakri.^[2]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Oho Kanna"	Gowri Srinivas, Smitha	4:38
2.	"Kokkokkomali"	Udit Narayan, Kousalya	4:06
3.	"Ossamari"	Ravi Verma, Matin	4:44
4.	"Okariki Okarai"	Smt Mani Sastry, Nihal, Srirangam Venu	5:15
5.	"Rupai"	Zilla Venkatanarayana	3:13
6.	"Yemayyindo"	Ravi Verma, Sudha	4:38
7.	"Prema"	Ranjith	4:45
8.	"Don't Worry"	Chakri	4:10

Release and reception

The film released on 18 October 2002.^[3] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu opined that "Histrionically speaking, it is the senior Naresh who steals the limelight, with a peculiar make-up given to his role of Babu Rao".^[1] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of 2.75/5 and said that "The movie looks very artificial except a few scenes where the love of Naresh towards his mother is projected".^[4] A critic from Full Hyderabad said that "Dhanalaxmi... stands out more for what it transgresses rather than what it embraces".^[5]