Ninnu Choodalani

Ninnu Choodalani
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Directed by	V. R. Prathap
Produced by	Ramoji Rao
Written by	V. R. Prathap
Starring	Jr. NTR Raveena Rajput K. Viswanath Kaikala Satyanarayana Sudhakar
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography	S. Gopal Reddy
Production company	Ushakiran Movies
Release date	25 May 2001 (2001-05-25)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	50 lakhs
Box office	2 crore

Ninnu Choodalani (English: Want to See You) is a 2001 Telugu film directed by V. R. Prathap, starring Jr. NTR and Raveena Rajput. The film marks the debut of the grandson of the late NTR and son of Nandamuri Harikrishna, Jr. NTR. His female lead is also a debutante. The film was barely noticed. However, he went on to taste success with the youth drama, Student No.1 which released a few months later.

Plot

The twin cities sport two sweet shop giants in the form of Siva Reddy (K Vishwanath) and Sahadeva Reddy (Kaikala Satyanarayana). Venu (Jr. NTR) is the teenage grandson of Siva Reddy and Siri (Raveena Rajput) is the granddaughter of Sahadeva Reddy. Venu happens to see Siri on the day of Holi and falls in love with her at the first sight. He gets hold of a photograph of her and then uses her photograph to put up a hoarding in Abids area asking her to call up his number. The parents of Siri notice their daughter's portrait on the advertisement of Siva Reddy sweets. The rivalry between Siva Reddy and Sahadeva Reddy intensifies. Siri falls in love with Venu, since she likes the kind of attention he gives to her, as she is a neglected girl in her house. Its elections time and Siva Reddy and Sahadeva Reddy are given MLA tickets from two opposition parties. Siva Reddy and Sahadeva Reddy advises their grandkids not to meet each other till the elections are completed. Venu packs up to Shimla along with his uncle as Siri visits her relative's village. Meanwhile, the parents of Siri try to arrange wedding for her. Fed up with this, Siri travels alone to Shimla in search of Venu. The rest of the story revolves around how the lovers get united and sort out the differences between the families.

Cast

• Jr. NTR as Venu
• Raveena Rajput as Siri
• K. Viswanath as Siva Reddy
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Sahadeva Reddy
• Annapoorna as Venu's grandmother
• Sivaji Raja as Venu's uncle
• Ramachandra as Venu's friend
• Maharshi Raghava
• Rallapalli
• Sudha

Soundtrack

The music was scored by veteran composer S. A. Rajkumar. The music was the only highlight of the film, with a mix of good melodies, and mass numbers.

• "Oopirochina Bapu Bomma" - K.S. Chitra, Rajesh Krishnan
• "Campus Lo Kaaletti" - Devan
• "Emaindo Emogani" - Unnikrishnan, Harini
• "E Chota Nenunna" - Hariharan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
• "Ennallo Vechaka" - Sonu Nigam, Anuradha Sriram
• "Muddabanti Poovammo" - Udit Narayan, Lenina

The debutants were praised their performances by the critics. The movie has grossed ₹ 2 crores against the budget of ₹ 50 Lakhs. The movie has become more profitable for both producer and distributors of the movie. ^[1]

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