''Nenunnanu'' () is a 2004 Indian

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-language romantic drama film produced by D.Sivaprasad Reddy on Kamakshi Movies banner, directed by V. N. Aditya. The film had Nagarjuna Akkineni,

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in the starring roles with Mukesh Rishi and Subbaraju in supporting roles and music by M. M. Keeravani.

Plot

Venu is an orphan and a contractor at Vizag port. Anu is a student of classical singing. Sruthi is Anu's friend. Anu attempts to elope with her boyfriend Arun. Arun is the son of business tycoon JP. JP sends police across to nab Anu. As police nab Arun, Venu rescues Anu. Anu's father disassociates himself from his daughter. Then Venu takes Anu to his place and gives assurance. Venu finds out where Arun is and gets Anu married to him. JP tells his son that Venu and Anu have an affair as they live together in the same house. Arun gets suspicious about Anu's character and leaves the marriage venue immediately after the marriage. Anu is back in Venu's place. Venu is on the mission of locating Arun and convincing him to come back to Anu. As Anu and Venu spend more time together, they get closer. Venu never takes advantage of it and treats Anu like a good friend. Anu pines for Arun but learns that Arun will marry the Minister's daughter. Venu goes to the engagement venue and tries to stop Arun from getting engaged. Anu comes and slaps Arun, saying that their marriage is over. She goes to a singing competition with Venu accompanying her. She wins the competition as well as her father's love. Arun meanwhile tries to kill Venu but accidentally gets an electric shock. He gets paralyzed for life. JP seeks revenge. Sruthi falls for Venu. Anu goes back to her father's house and now, being unmarried thinks over her relationship with Venu. She realizes that she loves Venu. Venu, too, reveals among his friends that he loves Anu, but will never tell her. Sruthi overhears both Anu and Venu's feelings and decides to sacrifice her love for Venu. Her parents decide to get her married to Venu. Sruthi refuses to marry Venu and tells them everything. Sruthi's mother gets angry and asks Anu to arrange her daughter's and Venu's wedding. Anu gets heartbroken but thinks that it's better for everyone. Sruthi goes to Venu and tells him that Anu, too, loves him. Anu is kidnapped by JP and his goons. Venu goes to save Anu. After a big fight, he can defeat JP and save Anu, but Anu is stabbed. Sruthi comes and she takes Anu to the hospital. Venu comes to the hospital later. Anu asks the doctors to allow her to meet Venu before treating her. Anu and Venu confess their love for each other. Anu is successfully operated upon and finally united with Venu, with everyone's, including Sruthi's mother's, wishes. Then Venu marries Anu and lives happily ever after.

Cast

* Nagarjuna Akkineni as Venu Madhav "Venu" *

as Anu *

as Sruthi *

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(special appearance) * Mukesh Rishi as JP * Subbaraju as Arun *

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as Manmadha Rao * Sunil as Tip Sundaram *

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as Kamal Hassan *

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as Simhachalam Naidu * Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Sruthi's father * Sudha as Annu's mother * Siva Parvathi as Sruthi's mother * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Music School Principal * Ravi Babu as Walter Ravi *

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as Venu's friend *

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as JP's henchman * M. S. Narayana *

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* Ananth * Hema Sundar * Naidu Gopi * Neharika * Likhitha Yamini * Swathi * Deepthi * Dolly * Master Anand Vardhan as Young Venu * Baby Sri Vibha as Young Sruthi * Baby Nishiptha as Young Anu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. Music was released on ADITYA Music Company.

Reception

Jeevi of ''Idlebrain'' wrote that "The plus points of the film are Nagarjuna and music by Keeravani. The main drawback of the film is incoherent script and loose screenplay". ''Sify'' opined that "But at the end of Nenuannu the audience leave whining ''evanu unnaru''". Mithun Verma of ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "''Nenunnanu'' is completely a commercial venture - violence and songs for the masses; sentiment and emotion for the ladies; romance for the youth; comedy for the kids; The only element missing is a magic wand to make all of the above look jointed rather than disjointed".

Box-office performance

* The film collected 14 crores and had a 50-day run in 125 centres and a 100-day run in 42 centres. It was one of the highest grossers in Nagarjuna's career while major business was from A centers

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0417010, title=Nenunnanu 2004 films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Indian romantic drama films 2000s Telugu-language films 2004 romantic drama films