Naa Oopiri () is a 2005 Telugu language-language romantic drama film directed by Kanmani and starring Vadde Naveen, Sangeetha Krish, and Anjana Sukhani in the lead roles. This film marks the Telugu debut of Anjana, Kanmani, Deepak Dev (in his only Telugu album to date), and Suresh Urs.
Cast
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Vadde Naveen as Venu
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Sangeetha Krish as Gowri
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Anjana Sukhani as Madhu
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Sudha as Doctor
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M. S. Narayana as Prasad
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Surya as Manager, Venu's boss
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Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Krishnamurthy
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Lalitha Raj
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Baby Abhinaya
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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.
Kanmani originally wanted to make the film in Tamil.
The cinematographer, Krishna, previously worked as an assistant to
Santosh Sivan.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Deepak Dev and lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Suddala Ashok Teja & Sriharsha.
Reception
Jeevi of
Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and 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".
Awards
Nandi Awards
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