Nee Thodu Kavali

Nee Thodu Kavali (Telugu: నీ తోడు కావాలి) (transl. I need your company) is a 2002 Indian Telugu romantic drama directed and produced by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao under Sampada Creation. Deepak, Charmi (in her film debut) and Rimi Sen played the lead roles.^[1] The film is inspired by Return to Me (2000),^[2] and it was a box office failure.^[3]

Nee Thodu Kavali
Directed by	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Written by	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Produced by	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Starring	Deepak Charmi Rimi Sen
Music by	Valisha Baabji Sandeep
Production company	Sampada Creation
Release date	28 March 2002 (2002-03-28)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Deepak as Vaasu
• Charmi as Manasa
• Rimi Sen as Sindhu
• Anuradha Pradhan
• Ramaprabha
• Jahnavi
• Vizag Prasad
• Radhaiah
• Deep Singh
• Gautham Raju
• Chitram Seenu
• Vinay Varma
• Baby Hasna

Production

This film is Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao's only film that was not remade from an Indian film but was a remake of a Hollywood film.^[4] While in Mumbai, Charmi was spotted and she subsequently made her film debut at the age of 13.^[5] The film crew wanted to shoot songs in New Zealand, but her visa was rejected due to her age.^[6] Rimi Sen made her Telugu debut through this film.^[7]

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by Valisha Baabji and Sandeep.^[8]

No	Song title	Singers	Duration
1	"Baalamani"	Udit Narayan, Swarnalatha	4:38
2	"Geetham Sangeetham"	Hariharan, Usha	5:10
3	"Jaanebido"	Sunidhi Chauhan	4:40
4	"Andala Kona"	Valisha Babji	4:44
5	"Neethodu Kavali ( Male )"	Valisha Babji	1:50
6	"Kalalo Kaane"	Valisha Babji, Harini	5:25
7	"Paathikella"	Ravi Varma, Lenina Chowdary	5:22
8	"Swasallo Swasalle"	Valisha Babji	6:00
9	"Neethodu Kavali (Female )"	Sunitha	1:47

Reception

A critic from Idlebrain.com rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "This film is a badly made one. Only few scenes of the film are interesting. Rest of the film is quite boring".^[2]