''Repallelo Radha'' is a 2001 Indian

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romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by Sarath and starring newcomers Dilip Tadeshwar and Gayathri Raghuram (credited as Deeksha).

Cast

Production

The film's story is based on the novel of the same name by

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that featured in the ''

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'' weekly. Ramani chose Dilip Tadeshwar, who appeared in Hindi music videos, to be the film's hero. Producer M. R. V. Prasad, who previously worked with Sarath for ''

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'' (1999) launched a new banner Priyadarshini Pictures for this film, which marked the return of Gummadi after a hiatus. The recording of the songs was scheduled to take place on 21 March 2001.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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. The song "Oh Papa" was based on "

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Release

The film was a box office failure and producer M. R. V. Prasad who produced films with

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like '' Bala Gopaludu'' (1989) and ''Sultan'' never lost money on those films but lost money on this film. He was also deceived by a USA distributor who after screening the film for one month there, "lost" the print of the film and did not pay him.

References

External links

* {{Sarath (director) 2001 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 2000s Indian films 2000s Telugu-language films Films directed by Sarath Films scored by Koti (composer)