Nee Premakai
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{{Infobox film
| name = Nee Premakai
| image = Nee_Premakai.jpg
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| director = Muppalaneni Shiva
| producer = D. Ramanaidu
| screenplay = Muppalaneni Shiva
| story =Sreenivasan
Satheesh
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| starring = {{ubl|Vineeth|Abbas|Laya|Sonia Agarwal}}
| music = S. A. Rajkumar
| cinematography = V. Jayaram
| editing = K. V. Krishna Reddy
| studio = Suresh Productions
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|3|1}}
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| country = India
| language = Telugu
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Nee Premakai ({{translation|For your love}}) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written by Sreenivasan, directed by Muppalaneni Shiva and produced by D. Ramanaidu under Suresh Productions. The film is an adaptation to Priyadarshan's 1988 Malayalam film Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu. The film starred Vineeth, Abbas, Laya and Sonia Agarwal in pivotal roles.Muppalaneni Shiva received the Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer for this film.{{cite web |url= http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2002.html|title= Nandi Awards 2002 | work= Idlebrain.com |date= 8 September 2003 |accessdate= 17 February 2013 }}
Story
Srinivas and Prabhu are roommates. Srinivas is a sincere guy working in BATA as manager. Prabhu is a parasite, who uses the money and room of Srinivas for his own luxury. The men have a pious and beautiful neighbor, Anjali. Srinivas sincerely loves her. Srinivas sends money ({{INR}} 10,000) for Anjali as an anonymous well-wisher, since her father could not afford MCA education for Anjali. Prabhu takes the credit by pretending to be that anonymous donor. Prabhu exploits Srinivas and uses it to attract Anjali. Meanwhile, Prabhu creates such a situation where Anjali starts hating Srinivas. A relative of Srinivas talks with the parents of Anjali and makes them agree to have Anjali marry Srinivas. But when Anjali discovers this, she says that she is in love with Prabhu. Anjali's parents alter their decision and decide to have her marry Prabhu.
Cast
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- Vineeth as Srinivas
- Abbas as Prabhu
- Laya as Anjali
- Sonia Agarwal as Priya, Harischandra Prasad's granddaughter
- D. Ramanaidu as Dr. Prakash
- Kaikala Satyanarayana as Harischandra Prasad
- Chandramohan as Anjali's father
- Brahmanandam as Babai
- Sudhakar as Anjali's uncle
- AVS as Aachaari
- Vizag Prasad
- Manorama as Srinivas' mother
- Kavitha as Anjali's mother
- Sana
- Anitha Chowdary
- Vimalasri
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Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.{{cite web |url= http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/album/A0000235.html |title= Nee Premakai (2002) | publisher= Raaga.com |accessdate= 17 February 2013 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/audio/ajuke/box-neepremakai.html|title=Nee Premakai - Jukebox|work=Idlebrain.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020211011255/https://www.idlebrain.com/audio/ajuke/box-neepremakai.html|archive-date=11 February 2002|accessdate= 5 April 2025}}
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! No ! Song title ! Singers ! Duration | |||
1 | "Vendi Mabbula Pallakilo" | Rajesh, Chithra | 04:55 |
2 | "Kalalu Kanna Nekai" | Sanjay, Srilekha Parthasarathy | 05:02 |
3 | "O Prema Swagatham" | Rajesh, Chithra | 04:41 |
4 | "Koti Taralaa " | Rajesh, Usha | 04:22 |
5 | "Manasannade Ledu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:58 |
6 | "Mandakini Mandakini" | Rajesh, Chithra | 04:52 |
Reception
Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote, "This romantic comedy is a through entertainer, from first reel to the last, well handled by director Muppalaneni Siva. The presence of Abbas and Vineet brings back the memories of Prema Desam, also a triangular love drama, which ends with the three youngsters deciding to stay as friends".{{cite web |url= http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mrg-neepremakai.html|title= Romantic comedy| work= The Hindu | first=Gudipoodi|last=Srihari| author-link=Gudipoodi Srihari|accessdate= 5 April 2025}} Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and wrote, "It's a typical D Rama Naidu film, which is aimed at masses with minimum entertainment value and strong storyline coupled with good amount of sentiment".{{cite web |url= http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-neepremakai.html|title= Movie review - Nee Premakai| work= Idlebrain.com |accessdate=5 April 2025 }}
Awards
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! Award ! Category ! Nominee ! Result |
Nandi Awards
| Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer | {{Won}} |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|3415346}}
{{Muppalaneni Shiva}}
Category:2000s Telugu-language films
Category:Films directed by Muppalaneni Shiva