Merupu
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{{Infobox film
| name = Merupu
| image = Merupu.jpg
| caption = Poster
| starring = {{plainlist|
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| director = Gopichand Nadella
| writer = Ganapathi Rao Kommanapall (dialogues)
| producer = Kamini Venkateswara Rao
| story = Gopichand Nadella
| screenplay = Gopichand Nadella
| cinematography = C. Ramprasad
| editing = Bhaskar
| music = Bharadwaj
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| released = {{Film date|1996|11|22|df=yes}}
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| language = Telugu
| country = India
}}
Merupu ({{Translation|Lightning}}) is a 1996 Indian Telugu romantic thriller film, written by Ganapathi Rao Kommanapall and directed by Gopichand Nadella. The film stars Anand, Kasthuri, and Vikram in the leading roles,{{Cite tweet |author=Kasturi |author-link=Kasthuri Shankar |user=KasthuriShankar |number= 986149736418689024 |date=17 April 2018|title=On #Chiyaan Vikram's Birthday .... a blast from the past ! A screengrab from a movie we were paired in ! |script-title= |trans-title= |language= |retweet= |location= |access-date=29 March 2025 |link= |url-status= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= |ref=}} while Brahmanandam plays a supporting role. The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil as Miss Madras by Sai Bhagyashree Films, and titled as such owing to the actress's triumph at the Miss Madras beauty pageant in 1994.{{Cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/25/stories/2002022500860200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621054347/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/02/25/stories/2002022500860200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=21 June 2003 | newspaper=The Hindu | title=A quizzer at heart| date=25 February 2002}}
Cast
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- Anand as Naveen
- Kasthuri as Prema
- Vikram as Guru
- Brahmanandam as Traffic Police Inspector
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- Siva Parvathi
- Uttej as Traffic Police Officer
- Venu Madhav
}}
Production
The film was loosely based on the 1991 English psychological thriller film, Sleeping with the Enemy. During the making of the film, the writer Kommanapalli Ganapathi Rao associated with newcomer Trivikram Srinivas on working on the script and the pair worked together for ten days. Srinivas later became disassociated with the project as a result of not being paid and the team's shift to shoot portions in Gandipet.{{Cite web | url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/int1/trivikram.html |title = Trivikram interview - Telugu film director|work=Idlebrain.com|date=7 August 2012|access-date=29 March 2025}}{{Cite web|url=https://telugu.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/what-are-the-telugu-movies-done-together-by-director-trivikram-and-hero-chiyaan-vikram-121732439722823.html|title=Trivikram: డైరెక్టర్ త్రివిక్రమ్, హీరో చియాన్ విక్రమ్ కాంబోలో వచ్చిన తెలుగు సినిమాలు ఇవే!|first=Nelki Naresh|last=Kumar|website=Hindustan Times|language=te|access-date=29 March 2025}}
Soundtrack
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| name = Merupu
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Bharadwaj
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| genre = Feature film soundtrack
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| language = Telugu
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| producer = Bharadwaj
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The soundtrack album was composed by Bharadwaj.
{{track listing
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
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| title1 = Paruvala Silpam
| lyrics1 = Jonnavittula
| extra1 = Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
| length1 =
| title2 = Edolaanga Vunnadi
| lyrics2 = Sirivennela
| extra2 = Aruna, Chithra, chorus
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| title3 = O.K. O.K.
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela
| extra3 = Mano, Anuradha Sriram
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| title4 = Chalo Chalo Hrudayama
| lyrics4 = Sirivennela
| extra4 = Anupama
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| title5 = Paruvala Silpam
| lyrics5 = Jonnavittula
| extra5 = Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram
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| title6 = Lovelo Padithe Bhale Bhale
| lyrics6 = Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma
| extra6 = Mano, chorus
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1579631}}
Category:1990s Telugu-language films
Category:Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer)
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