Merupu

Merupu (transl. Lightning) is a 1996 Indian Telugu romantic thriller film, written by Ganapathi Rao Kommanapall and directed by Gopichand Nadella. The film stars Anand, Kasthuri, and Vikram in the leading roles,^[1] while Brahmanandam plays a supporting role. The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Miss Madras by Sai Bhagyashree Films, and titled as such owing to the actress's triumph at the Miss Madras beauty pageant in 1994.^[2]

Merupu
Poster
Directed by	Gopichand Nadella
Written by	Ganapathi Rao Kommanapall (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Gopichand Nadella
Story by	Gopichand Nadella
Produced by	Kamini Venkateswara Rao
Starring	Anand Kasthuri Vikram
Cinematography	C. Ramprasad
Edited by	Bhaskar
Music by	Bharadwaj
Release date	22 November 1996 (1996-11-22)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Anand as Naveen
• Kasthuri as Prema
• Vikram as Guru
• Brahmanandam as Traffic Police Inspector
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Siva Parvathi
• Uttej as Traffic Police Officer
• Venu Madhav

Production

The film was loosely based on the 1991 English psychological thriller film, Sleeping with the Enemy. During the making of the film, the writer Kommanapalli Ganapathi Rao associated with newcomer Trivikram Srinivas on working on the script and the pair worked together for ten days. Srinivas later became disassociated with the project as a result of not being paid and the team's shift to shoot portions in Gandipet.^[3][4]

Soundtrack

Merupu
Soundtrack album by Bharadwaj
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Telugu
Producer	Bharadwaj

The soundtrack album was composed by Bharadwaj.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Paruvala Silpam"	Jonnavittula	Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
2.	"Edolaanga Vunnadi"	Sirivennela	Aruna, Chithra, chorus
3.	"O.K. O.K."	Sirivennela	Mano, Anuradha Sriram
4.	"Chalo Chalo Hrudayama"	Sirivennela	Anupama
5.	"Paruvala Silpam"	Jonnavittula	Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
6.	"Lovelo Padithe Bhale Bhale"	Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma	Mano, chorus