Dil (2003 film)

Dil (transl. Heart) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by debutant Raju. The film stars Nithiin, Neha, and Prakash Raj. The film is commercially blockbuster at the box office.^[1] The success of the film led to the producer Raju becoming known as Dil Raju henceforth.^[2]

Dil
Film poster
Directed by	V. V. Vinayak
Screenplay by	V. V. Vinayak
Dialogues by	Chintapalli Ramana
Story by	V. V. Vinayak
Produced by	Raju Giri
Starring	Nithiin Neha Prakash Raj
Cinematography	Vijay C. Kumar
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release date	4 April 2003 (2003-04-04)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

The film is remade in Tamil as Kuthu (2004), in Kannada as Student (2006), in Oriya as Premi No.1 (2009), in Indian Bengali as Challenge (2009), and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Bhalobasha Zindabad (2013).

Plot

Seenu is a new admit at Maharaja College of Arts and Sciences. Nandini goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle-class family, while Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar, a land mafia don. Gowri's assistant suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing at the fresher's celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up badly. Irritated by this, Seenu is challenged to win Nandini's love. After a 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.

Cast

• Nithiin as Srinivas "Srinu" (Voice dubbed by Sivaji)
• Neha as Nandini (Voice dubbed by Sunitha)
• 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 as Venu, Seenu's uncle
• Sangeetha as Nandini's grandmother
• Raghu Babu as Babji, Gowri's assistant
• Rajan P. Dev as Nandini's grandfather
• Rallapalli as Telephone Exchange Employee
• Ahuti Prasad as police officer
• Fish Venkat as Gowri's henchman
• Ananth as Professor

Production

This was the first film as the 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.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik and released by Aditya Music.^[3] The platinum disc function was held on 30 March 2003 coinciding with Nithiin's birthday with V. V. Vinayak, M. S. Raju, K. Vijaya Bhaskar, Trivikram Srinivas and Dasardh attending the event as chief guests.^[4]

Dil
Soundtrack album by R. P. Patnaik
Released	2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	28:49
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	R. P. Patnaik
R. P. Patnaik chronology
Nee Sneham (2002) Dil (2003) Sambaram (2003)

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Peddaloddantunna"	Peddada Murthy	K. S. Chithra, Sri Ram	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

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Over all, it's a good film to watch".^[5] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote, "The story in the first half of this film runs almost on the same lines of Run, another three-letter title. But Dil treads on its own path through scenes resolving the problem created in the subject".^[6]

Dubbed versions and remakes

Dil was remade in Tamil as Kuthu (2004), in Kannada as Student (2006), in Oriya as Premi No.1 (2009), in Indian Bengali as Challenge (2009) and in Bangladeshi Bengali in 2013 as Bhalobasha Zindabad (2013).

The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Bichhoo: The Scorpion in 2010.