''Aithe Enti'' () is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by Soma Vijay Prakash and starring

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, newcomer Steven Kapoor, and Mohit Chadda. The film was criticised for adding vulgar scenes to the forty-five minute screenplay.

Plot

The film follows Sanjay, a man who dreams about a girl he never met named Anjali. When Sanjay finds out that Anjali is married to Veerendra Sharma, he gives a photograph to a professional killer (Malhotra) to kill Sharma. However, Sanjay accidentally gave a photograph of himself to the killer.

Cast

as Anjali *Steven Kapoor as Veerendra "Veeru" Sharma * Mohit Chadda as Sanjay * Radhika Chaudhari *

Pavan Malhotra Pavan Malhotra (born 2 July 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films. He has received several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award and a Filmfare Award South. He has played ...

as a professional killer *

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M. S. Narayana M. S. Narayana (16 April 1951 – 23 January 2015) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu cinema. Narayana worked in over 750 films in his career spanning 23 years. He died on 23 January 2015 due to organ failure in Hyderabad, Ind ...

* Sudhakar *

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as the boss's son *

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* Ranganath as the boss *

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*Soma Vijay Prakash *

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*Madhulika *Srinija *

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in a song

Production

The film began production under the name ''The Deal'' and was initialled planned as a bilingual in Telugu and Hindi. Mumbai-based model Mohit was cast as one of the leads along with Namitha, whose real-life boyfriend, Steven Kapoor, played her husband in the film. Bollywood actress

did an item song in the film. The film was directed by Habib Nasir, who left the project midway along with Namitha and Kapoor due to script changes made by Soma Vijay Prakash (the film's producer) to suit the film's low budget. Soma Vijay Prakash took over direction and added a comedy track that involved himself as an actor.

Soundtrack

Ghantadi Krishna composed the music. Lyrics by Jayasurya, R.D.S. Prakash and Sahiti. Audio released by Supreme Music. *"Edo Kotta Lokam" – Ghantadi Krishna, Nitya Santhoshini *"Muthyamaina" *"Ninnu Choodani"- Smitha *"Ninnu Choodani" (second version) – Parthasarathi, Nishma *"Nuvve Naaku Lokamani" – Unnikrishnan *"Rangeela" – Vijayalakshmi

Release

The film received negative reviews for its vulgar scenes. Gudipoodi Srihari of ''

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'' appreciated "The concept and presentation of the main theme is quite interesting", but criticised how "The criminal part of the main drama, towards the end, is the only saving grace of the film". Jeevi of ''

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'' noted that "This film takes the audience for a ride. You can safely avoid watching this flick". Mithun Verma of ''Full Hyderabad'' criticised the film and said that "''Aithe Enti'' is a bad movie".

References

External links

* {{authority control 2004 thriller films