''Ninne Ishtapaddanu'' () is a 2003 Telugu-language film directed by Konda and produced by KL Narayana under Sri Durga Arts. The film stars

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and Sridevi in the lead roles. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Uyiraai Ninaithen.''

Plot

Charan (

) is a fun loving college-going guy in Vizag. He meets Sanjana ( Anitha) in an interesting style. They start off their relationship with quarreling and slowly they fall in love with each other. Sanjana leaves to Hyderabad after the graduation is over. Charan also leaves to Hyderabad in search of Sanjana, as he did not get any phone calls or mails from Sanjana. On his way to Hyderabad, he meets an NRI called Boney (

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), who comes to India in search of a bride. After reaching Hyderabad, Charan accidentally meets another girl called Geeta (

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), who works in All India Radio and somehow settles in her house as guest. One day, he spots Sanjana who ridicules his love and says that she pretended love to him only to take revenge on him for the pranks he played on her during college time. Then she hands him over her wedding card. And the bridegroom turns out to be Boney. The rest of the film revolves around these four characters – Charan, Boney, Sanjana and Geetanjali. The climax is all about who gets whom.

Cast

as Charan / Cherry *

as Geetanjali "Geeta" *

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as Sanjana "Sanju" *

as Boney *

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as Sanjana's father *

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as Sanjana's grandfather *

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956) is an Indian actor and comedian known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised as one of India's finest and highest-paid comic actors, he holds the Guinness World Record for the most screen cred ...

as Train Passenger *

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as Charan's friend *

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as Charan's father *

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as Bangaru Babu (Gold Babu), Sanjana's relative *

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as Sanjana's mother *

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as Charan's sister *

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as Muddu Krishna, a police officer * Mallikarjuna Rao as peon in Charan's college *

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as Venkateswarlu, All India Radio Managing Director and Geeta’s boss *

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as Charan's friend *

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as Sanjana's brother-in-law * Chinna as Boney's relative *

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as Bangaru Babu's wife * Junior Relangi as Purohith * Babloo as Charan's friend * Athli Lakshmi as Sanjana's grandmother * Delhi Rajeswari as Charan's mother *

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as Visalakshi "Visu Aunty", Chinna's wife * Anitha Chowdary as Sanjana’s sister * Misro * Ganesh * Devi Sri * Sakhi *

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in a special appearance * Venu Madhav in a cameo *

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in the song "Krishna Zilla" *

Harish Shankar Sanganabhatla Harish Shankar (born 31 March 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema, and Telugu drama, Telugu theater. He made his directorial debut with ''Shock (2006 film), Shock'' ( ...

in a cameo

Music

The music of the film was composed by

R. P. Patnaik Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil language films. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. He has toured the world to perform ...

. ''The Hindu'' praised the lyrics and music. ''Telugu Cinema'' wrote "The album has two songs aimed at the masses among the audience, and mostly melodies on the other hand. It is notable that R.P. Patnaik’s job is more of a music director than of a singer. This would probably answer the critical comments he has been facing about singing all songs in his movies. The album is just above average, however, unless it can gain some repeat value, because the tunes are not very catchy. The melodies can prove attractive to certain sections of the audience".

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "It's a neat film that is narrated in a slow pace. The film picks up its mood after 'I love you' (3rd one) song. But in the second half, the intentions of hero are not shown to the audiences till the climax of the film". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "though the story runs on predictable lines, it has a strong grip. Another notable factor is its background score, quite subdued and effective". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "''Ninne Ishtapaddanu'' is your regular Telugu movie that you won't regret watching".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0374087 2003 films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by R. P. Patnaik 2000s Telugu-language films 2000s Indian films 2003 romantic comedy films