''Tholi Valapu'' () is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language

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produced by M. Nageswara Rao under the T. Krishna Memorial Films banner, directed by

Muthyala Subbaiah Muthyala Subbaiah (born: 15 September 1950) is an Indian film director. He has directed 50 Telugu language, Telugu films. Known for his films with heavy dose of human emotions, he is sometimes referred as ''Sentiment Subbaiah''. Personal life ...

. It stars Gopichand and Sneha, with music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. This film was the debut of Gopichand. It didn't do so well at the box office and made Gopichand wait for a while to be a hero for his next film. The film has been dubbed into

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as ''Hari'' and into

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as ''Blast Barood'' (2009).

Plot

Prem lives with his friends in the city. His dream is to own a

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, and with some help from his rural agriculturist father, he does get it. However, on the first night itself it gets punctured, and because there is no mechanic around so late, Prem decides to park it in a nearby house for the night. The door is opened by a very pretty girl Soumya, and the smitten and dumbstruck Prem manages to explain his predicament and leaves the bike and keys. The next morning when he goes to pick up the bike, he doesn't find it, and the girl and her father completely deny any knowledge. Our man understandably gets riled and creates a ruckus, but to no avail. The story progresses and a thief is caught who admits to having burgled the house in question that night. But the father continues to stoutly deny any such happening. This creates some confusion, and then the

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reveals that he also molested the daughter. There has to be a villain somewhere - enter wicked son-in-law Kailash, who is the husband of the elder daughter. Kailash grinds the family about the police case where Soumya under pressure confesses that she is the one who got molested that night. Kailash then spreads the news about Soumya and even gets the families to call off marriage with her. Prem, however, who is in love with her agrees to marry her despite allegations. After marriage, Soumya becomes

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, and Kailash poisons Prem's parents' mind that the child can be a molester's child and prompts them to force Soumya to abort the child. With no other option, Soumya gives in and almost gets her child aborted but at the nick of time, Soumya's sister comes in. She reveals to everyone that she was molested that night, and Soumya takes the blame because Kailash would never accept her sister if she were molested. Soumya's sister then breaks all ties with Kailash and all live happily ever after.

Cast

* Gopichand as Prem * Sneha as Soumya * P. Ravi Shankar as Kailash * Chandra Mohan as Peddireddy Mohan Rao * Sudhakar as Sundaram * Ali as Prem's friend * Sunil as Prem's friend * L.B. Sriram as Annavaram * M.S. Narayana as Insurance Narayana *Vinod as Police Inspector *Tirupathi Prakash as Tirupathi * Gautham Raju as Servant * Kallu Chidambaram as Zoo Incharge *

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as Prem's mother *Madhurisen as Suguna *Tejaswini as Sandhya

Production

A few songs were shot in

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Soundtrack

Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. Music released Mayuri Audio Company.

Reception

Ajay Bashyam of ''Full Hyderabad'' opined that the film was "just about okay" and was for "timepass". A critic from ''Cine South'' wrote that "''Tholi Valapu'' is an impressive show of love in a new dimension and worth, a try". CV of '' Telugucinema.com'' wrote, "Director Muthyala Subbaiah has good intentions to launch his guru's son as a hero but he did not work hard to make it big. But for suspense building twist in the beginning itself the rest of the story couldn't sustain the tempo".

References

External links

* {{Muthyala Subbaiah 2001 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films directed by Muthyala Subbaiah Indian romantic drama films 2001 romantic drama films 2001 drama films Films shot in New Zealand Films set in Hyderabad, India Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films about Indian weddings Films about sexual harassment Films about theft Films about abortion Indian pregnancy films Motorcycling films