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and Swetha Agarwal in the lead roles. The film was released to mixed reviews.

Cast

as Ashok Varma *

as Mahalakshmi * Swetha Agarwal as Deepali * Manoj Biddvai as Vinod * Chandra Mohan *

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as Ashok's mother

Soundtrack

Reception

Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' rated the film 2/5 and wrote, "This film has everything in right proportions - soulful music, stylish taking, exotic artwork, good choreography, neat dialogues. But what it lacks is soul and substance". A critic from ''

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'' wrote, "The director totally failed in the story, screenplay & Direction departments in the second half by including lot of elements. But the taking of this love story is totally different from an ordinary Telugu Film and gives a different experience when seeing the film. Music was the big asset of the film".

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films directed by Suresh Krissna Films scored by Anand–Milind {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub