Ninne Premistha
Ninne Premistha (transl. I will Love You!) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romance film, produced by R. B. Choudary on the Super Good Films banner, directed by R. R. Shinde. It stars Nagarjuna, Srikanth, Soundarya, and Rajendra Prasad. The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar, dialogues were written by Trivikram Srinivas and cinematography was by Shyam K Naidu. It is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film Nee Varuvai Ena. Despite the mixed reviews, the film was a box office hit.[1]
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Directed by | R. R. Shinde |
Written by | R. R. Shinde Trivikram Srinivas (Dialogues) |
Story by | Rajakumaran |
Based on | Nee Varuvai Ena (Tamil) |
Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
Starring | Nagarjuna Srikanth Soundarya Rajendra Prasad |
Cinematography | Shyam K Naidu |
Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Plot
Kalyan (Srikanth) spends his time dreaming of getting married. On a bus ride to Pattiseema (West Godavari District) to take up a promotion as a bank manager, he is involved in an accident and loses his eyesight.
Three months later, he recovers and goes back to Pattiseema with his friend Ramesh (Rajendra Prasad). Meghamala (Soundarya), living in the house opposite to his, showers affection on him, which attracts him to her. One day, kalyan accidentally sees Meghamala's personal diary, which writes imposition of "I Love You." Impressed by her actions, he thinks she loves him and wants her to marry. When Kalyan and his parents go to Meghamala's house to talk about marriage, she rejects him, revealing the real reason behind her attachment to Kalyan is because of his eyes. She tells him of her ill-fated love affair with Srinivas (Nagarjuna) a Major in Indian Army. They fall in love with each other from the day one but Meghamala doesn't reciprocate her feelings to Srinivas because of shyness though Srinivas tries to make her expressive and wishes Meghamala to propose him. Meanwhile their parents are accepted their love decided to get them married after Srinivas returns soon through leave. While on the way he died in the same accident, and his eyes were transplanted to Kalyan. So currently, she is feeling guilty for not expressing her feelings to Srinivas before his death. That's why she is writing an imposition of "I Love You" to remember him forever and decided to stay single forever. Later she got to know that Srinivas eyes had transferred to Kalyan that's why she was affectionate towards him. This facts shocks Kalyan but not decided to drop out and tries to pursue her with more ease. Then Kalyan with the help of Ramesh tries various comical ways to pursue her which turns into hilarious situations but it all goes in vain finally he tries to convince her to marry him for the sake of his eyes but Meghamala rejects his proposal.
Later Meghamala decides to make Kalyan marriage, for that she sends a letter to Kalyan's parents on his name, accepting the marriage proposal of Srilakshmi (Ravali) which they have picked for him. Kalyan returns home to find arrangements for his wedding in full swing. Meghamala also arrives to attend the wedding, but Kalyan's parents send her away. The next day, she sees Kalyan in the opposite house, knowing that he had canceled the wedding and Ramesh has married Srilakshmi. The movie ends with Meghamala caring for Kalyan's eyes and he is waiting for her love with a hope.
Cast
- Nagarjuna Akkineni as Major Srinivas (extended cameo appearance)
- Srikanth as Kalyan
- Soundarya as Meghamala
- Rajendra Prasad as Ramesh
- K. Chakravarthy as Bullabai
- Chandra Mohan as Shankar Rao
- Brahmanandam
- Ali as Servant
- MS Narayana as Dattudu
- Tanikella Bharani as Bank manager
- Nutan Prasad as Village head
- Chalapathi Rao as Srihari Rao
- Sivaji Raja as Nukalu
- LB Sriram as Bullitata
- Ananth Babu as Mallasi Veerandranath
- Kallu Chidambaram as Budabukhalavadu
- Gadiraju Subba Rao as Washerman
- Mukku Raju
- Jenny as School master
- Ravali as Srilakshmi (Cameo Appearance)
- Annapurna as Srinivas's mother
- Sangeetha as Kalyan's mother
- Vinniradai Nirmala as Meghamala's mother
- Master Tanish
- Baby Saharik
Soundtrack
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Released | 2000 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 27:04 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | S. A. Rajkumar | |||
S. A. Rajkumar chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. Except for "Prema Endukani", all other songs were retained from the original. The music was released by Aditya Music.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Oka Devata (Male)" | Venigalla Rambabu | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:44 |
2. | "Prema Endukani" | ES Murthy | Rajesh, K.S.Chithra | 4:32 |
3. | "Koila Pata" | Sirivennela Sitaramsastri | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra | 4:06 |
4. | "Gudi Gantalu" | Ghantadi Krishna | Rajesh, K.S.Chithra | 4:42 |
5. | "Premalekha" | Samavedam | Hariharan | 4:24 |
6. | "Oka Devata (Female)" | Venigalla Rambabu | K.S.Chithra, Parthasasathi | 4:10 |
Total length: | 27:04 |
Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "First half of the film is superb with Rajendra Prasad comedy and budding love between Srikanth and Soundarya (from Srikanth side). The second half is less entertaining when compared to the first half, as the viewer will come to know the reason behind Soundarya love towards Srikanth. But the tempo of what Srikanth and Soundarya are going to be left with in the climax is the only binding factor for the viewer".[2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "The film drags on and on without any sense of direction, and the so-called comedy essayed by Rajendra Prasad is drab to the core, as is the rest of the film. The relationship shared by Nagarjuna and Soundarya in the film is a consolation of sorts (if one can call that) for the tired and weary audiences".[3]
References
- "RR Shinde is no more". Idlebrain.com. 15 October 2001.
- "Movie Review - Ninne Premista". Idlebrain.com. 14 September 2000.
- "Ninne Premista Review". fullhyd.com.