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directed by Sagar. The film stars

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and Radhika Varma in the lead roles. This film markes the film debut of Radhika and the music director, Madhukar. The film was released after a two year delay.

Plot

Prabhakar mysteriously dies after walking on a train track. His brother, Vamsy, suspected that his death is not a suicide, but a planned murder. Vamsy falls in love with Bhavana and they subsequently marry as their horoscope matches. They later find letters addressed to Prabhakar telling him to come to the forest or face consequences. The rest of the story is how Vamsy and Bhavana figure out the truth behind Prabhakar's death.

Cast

as Vamsy * Radhika Varma as Bhavana * Bose as Prabhakar *

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as Forest guest house attendee * Jeeva * Rallapalli as Vamsy's father * Chinna * Tirupati Ganesh * Ananth

Production

The film was initially titled ''Ksudra''. Ravi Teja only shot for two of the five songs since he became busy with other films midway through this film's shoot.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Madhukar. The song "Mama Mama Mama Eme Eme Bhama" from ''

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'' (1962) was reused for this film.

Reception

Jeevi of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of two out of five and wrote that "The first half of the film provides some entertainment and a few surprise elements. Second half is boring at times".

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of ''

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'' wrote that "There is nothing in the character of Vamsi for Raviteja to do anything. But for a new fights it is a drab role. Music composer Madhukar, making debut with this film, appears to be more a sound effects man". A critic from ''

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'' panned the film and wrote, "the film is an endless torture to any one who incase wants to see the film".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3389032 2002 films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian horror films 2002 horror films 2000s Indian films