Dollar Dreams (film)

Dollar Dreams
Directed by Sekhar Kammula
Produced by Sekhar Kammula
Written by Sekhar Kammula
Starring Satya Krishnan
Anish Kuruvilla
Cinematography Vijay C. Kumar
Edited by Venkatesh, Madhava
Production
company
Release date
 2000
Country India
Language Telugu

Dollar Dreams is a bilingual (English and Telugu) drama film directed and produced by Sekhar Kammula, starring Anish Kuruvilla, Priyanka Veer, Santosh Kumar, Anil Prashanth and Dashveer Singh.

Plot

Dollar Dreams was set in the year 1999, at the time of the Information Technology craze. Hyderabad was then the hub of IT related job immigration.

The film focused on the lives of seven young characters, each of whom is facing a personal dilemma. These dilemmas are about careers in IT and US study/job choices that they feel pressured to make.

Balu is fun loving and laid back. He tries to take the shortest, most smart alec route possible to the States.

Ravi was brought up with the idea that going to the US was the safest option. He makes the right choices, but were they for the right reason?

Srinu is under pressure from his father to do something with his life. He must make his mind up, as time is running out for him, while also trying to deal with his emotions about a neighborhood girl, Phani, who is already settled with a tidy job. The lure of the IT craze is making him think of moving to the states. Is it too late?

Singh is content where he is.

Archana: Phani’s fun loving, sugar cane craving Telugu ammai wife.

Priyanka who is Srinu’s conscience, goads him to make the right choices for the right reason. She tackles a journalism job that takes her on a curious adventure.

Awards

Distribution

Sekhar Kammula had lot of difficulty in convincing distributors while marketing the film. He approached the management of Sangeet theatre in Hyderabad who agreed to rent the theatre at Rs 10,000 per show, but were not interested in buying the film. Sekhar Kammula booked the theatre for one show a day for 30 days. The film ran well for 4 weeks.

Cast

  • Satya Krishnan - Archana
  • Anish Kuruvilla - Srinu
  • Priyanka Veer - Usha
  • Dr.Anil Prashanth - Phani
  • Santosh Kumar - Balu
  • Dashveer Singh - Sardar
  • Ravi Raju -Ravi

References

  1. ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-anand.html
  2. ↑ Software engineer turned director wins National Award


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