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Naa Oopiri
2005 Telugu film directed by Kanmanai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Naa Oopiri (transl. My breath) is a 2005 Telugu language film directed by Kanmani and starring Vadde Naveen, Sangeetha, and Anjana in the lead roles.[1] This film marks the Telugu debut of Anjana, Kanmani, Deepak Dev (in his only Telugu album to date), and Suresh Urs.
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Cast
- Vadde Naveen as Venu
- Sangeetha as Gowri
- Anjana as Madhu
- Sudha as Doctor
- M. S. Narayana as Prasad
- Surya as Manager, Venu's boss
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Krishnamurthy
- Lalitha Raj
- Baby Abhinaya
- Master Viswanath as Ramu
Production
The muhurat for the film took place in 2004 at Annapoorna Studios. The film is directed by Kanmani, who has worked as an assistant director for Tamil films for 12 years, notably for Gemini.[2] Kanmani originally wanted to make the film in Tamil.[3] The cinematographer, Krishna, previously worked as an assistant to Santosh Sivan.[2]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Deepak Dev and lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Suddala Ashok Teja & Sriharsha.[2]
Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews upon release. Full Hyderabad gave the film 6 out of 10 stars stating "Naveen deserves kudos for his brave effort to crawl back into mainstream cinema, but he simply isn't up to this one".[4] Indiaglitz stated that "Naa Oopiri, by a long stretch, is the best film that Vadde Naveen has acted so far. The story and its treatment is indeed refreshing".[5] Idlebrain.com praised the first half of the film as well as Naveen's performance stating that "This is the most challenging character for Naveen in his entire career".[1]
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