''Dil'' (transl. Heart) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic

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film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by debutant

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. The film stars

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, Neha, and

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. The film is commercially blockbuster at the

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. The success of the film led to the producer Raju becoming known as Dil Raju henceforth. The film is remade in Oriya as '' Premi No.1'' (2004), in

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as '' Kuthu'' (2004), in

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as ''Student'' (2006), and in Bangladeshi Bengali as ''Bhalobasha Zindabad'' (2013)''.''

Plot

Seenu is a new admit at Maharaja College of Arts and Sciences. Nandini goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle-class family, while Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar, a land mafia don. Gowri's assistant suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing at the fresher's celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up badly. Irritated by this, Seenu is challenged to win Nandini's love. After a few attempts, she falls in love with him. They elope and get married when Gowri tries to separate them. The story takes a few turns before it ends in a happy note.

Cast

as Srinivas ''Srinu'' (Voice dubbed by Sivaji). * Neha as Nandini (Voice dubbed by Sunitha) *

as Gowri Shankar *

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as Seenu's father *

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as Seenu's mother * Kalpana as Nandini's mother * MS Narayana as Principal * L. B. Sriram as Ramanatham *

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as Villager * Venu Madhav as Venu, Seenu's uncle * Sangeetha as Nandini's grandmother *

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as Gowri's assistant * Raghu Karumanchi * Rajan P. Dev as Nandini's grandfather * Rallapalli as Telephone Exchange Employee * Ahuti Prasad as police officer

Production

This was the first film as the producer for "Dil" Raju. In fact, his name got prefixed with the title as it brought him recognition in the film industry. After this, he went on to register many hits, and the credit displayed on the screens of his movies is still "Dil" Raju. This was the debut for the heroine Neha.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik and released by

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Reception

Jeevi of '' idlebrain.com'' wrote that "Over all, it's a good film to watch".''The Hindu'' review
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Remakes

''Dil'' was remade into Oriya as '' Premi No.1'' in 2004. It was remade into

as ''Student''. The film is also remade in Tamil in 2004 as '' Kuthu''. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as ''Bichhoo: The Scorpion'' in 2010. The movie was also remade in Bengali in 2009 as '' Challenge'' and in Dhallywood Bangladesh in 2013 as '' Bhalobasha Zindabad''.

References

External links

* {{V. V. Vinayak 2000s Telugu-language films 2003 films Telugu films remade in other languages Indian romantic comedy-drama films 2000s action comedy-drama films 2003 romantic comedy-drama films Films set in Hyderabad, India Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films directed by V. V. Vinayak 2000s masala films Indian action comedy-drama films Sri Venkateswara Creations films