''Sree'' is a 2005 Indian

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-language action drama film directed by Dasaradh and starring

Manoj Manchu Manchu Manoj Kumar (born 20 May 1983) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. He first appeared at the age of ten as a child artist in '' Major Chandrakanth''. He made his film debut in a leading role with '' Donga Dongadi'' in 2004. He ...

and

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(in her Telugu debut). The film received negative reviews and underperformed at the box office, despite having a good opening.

Plot

Bhikshapati is the cruellest landlord in Rayalaseema. He is on his way to hunt down the family of Sandhya who stay in Bhuvaneswar. Sree grows up in Bhuvaneswar with his widowed mother. Sree falls in

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with Sandhya. When things are getting right between Sandhya and Sree, Bhikshapati's men enter Bhuvaneswar. Sree rescues the family of Sandhya from Bhikshapati's men. Then he also finds out that there is some connection between his father and Bhikshapati's men. The rest of the story is about how he returns to Rayalaseema and rescues the people of village from the clutches of the feudal landlord Bikshapati.

Cast

Production

The film began production on 11 May 2005.

was only 15 years old during filming.

Music

The music was composed by

Sandeep Chowta Sandeep Chowta (born 1967 or 1968) is an Indian music director who primarily works in Hindi cinema and Telugu cinema. He is also the head of Columbia Records in India. He has also sung some of his songs. In 2003, he produced an anti substance ...

and released by

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. The song "Sindhura Sindhura" was shot an

Annapoorna Studios Annapurna Studios is an Indian film studio facility founded in 1976 by the Telugu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao. It is located on a site in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The studio provides comprehensive production and post-production services ...

in November 2005 under the choreography of Ahmed Khan.

Reception

Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "The predictable plot of the film does not leave anything fresh to the viewer. The screenplay should have been better". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "on the whole, Sri is a movie to skip. Only fans of Mohan Babu might salvage something for his son". A critic from ''Indiaglitz'' wrote that "Sri, on the whole, may be a title of respect. But the film deserves little".

References

External links

* {{K.Dasaradh 2005 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by Sandeep Chowta Films about landlords