''Uncle'' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Rajasekhar and starring
Tarun
Tarun or Tharun is a word from Sanskrit. It is a male given name, meaning "young male". Notable people with the given name Tarun include:
* Tarun (Telugu actor) (born 1981), Indian actor in Telugu and Tamil cinema
* Tarun Arora, Indian actor in Hi ...
, Pallavi (in her debut) and
AVS, who debuted as a producer with this film. The film released two months after ''
Nuvve Kavali'' (2000) and was a box office failure.
Cast
Production
The film was produced by
AVS. As of October 2000, the film was still under production. The film was shot at the
Public Gardens
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in
Hyderabad
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and takes place in a college campus.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Vandemataram Srinivas
Kanneboina Srinavasa Rao Yadav, known professionally as Vandemataram Srinivas, is an Indian music director and playback singer who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has won two Filmfare Awards and six Nandi Awards. He got the prefix "Vand ...
.
Reception
A critic from ''
Zamin Ryot
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'' praised the work of the cast and the crew and wrote that "the result of Rajaskhar's first attempt as a director is appreciable". A critic from ''
Sify
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'' wrote that "In his two decade long experience AVS should have observed that Telugu film audience have seldom patronized tragedies, but anyhow he should be lauded for making a risky attempt. We need more of such good filmmakers to break a new path in routine commercial firmament". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "There is nothing to brag about in it, neither the songs nor the direction. It is another of those run-of-the-mill kind of films with the ''masala'' mix. The mix may be interesting only to people who get a kick out of sentimental dramas".
Box office
The film was a box office failure and AVS lost . AVS attributed to the film's failure to Tarun's lack of image and felt that this film could not support the image that was created by the release of ''
Nuvve Kavali''. The film was reportedly negatively received by Tarun's parents while
Chiranjeevi
Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu language, Telugu, as ...
clapped for the film.
Awards
*
Nandi Special Jury Award -
AVS[(in ]Telugu
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*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
)
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 1575701