Okato Number Kurraadu

Okato Number Kurraadu (transl. Number one boy) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy and starring newcomer Taraka Ratna and Rekha.

Okato Number Kurradu
Official poster
Directed by	A. Kodandarami Reddy
Screenplay by	K. Raghavendra Rao
Story by	Akula Shiva
Produced by	K. Raghavendra Rao C. Aswani Dutt
Starring	Taraka Ratna Rekha Vedavyas
Cinematography	V. Srinivasa Reddy
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Production company	Swapna Cinema
Release date	18 September 2002 (2002-09-18)
Running time	137 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Taraka Ratna as Balu
• Rekha as Swapna
• Tanikella Bharani as Swapna's father
• Rajeev Kanakala as Rajeev
• Devadas Kanakala as Rajeev's father
• Giribabu as Swapna's uncle
• Chitram Seenu
• MS Narayana
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
• Sunil
• Chitti Babu
• Raghu Babu

Production

This was the second film Taraka Ratna shot for but ended up releasing first.^[1] The film was initially titled 1va Number Kurraadu.^[2]

Soundtrack

Music was composed by M. M. Keeravani and lyrics were written by Chandrabose and Suddala Ashok Teja.^[2]

• "Thodakotti Chebutunna" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Godwin
• "Nuvvu Choodu Choodakapo" - M. M. Keeravani, Ganga
• "Orey Nuvvu" - S. P. B. Charan, K. S. Chitra
• "Aggipulla" - Tippu, Kalpana
• "Nemali Kannoda" - Udit Narayan, K. S. Chitra
• "Enni Janmalettinaa - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chitra

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote, "He [Taraka Ratna] impresses with acting, dancing and fighting, the essential ingredients of modern cinema. But the theme is ordinary, narrating a routine story" and called M. M. Keeravani's music "a redeeming factor".^[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote, "The film starts with an interesting incident [...] But the scenes shown in between are not good enough make viewers excited".^[4] A critic from Full Hyderabad opined, "As a movie, Okato Number Kurraadu sucks. That's because it has nothing new by way of a script, remorselessly follows an earlier movie by the same filmmakers".^[5]