Subhalekhalu
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{{Infobox film
| name = Subhalekhalu
| image = Subhalekhalu poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| native_name =
| director = Muppalaneni Shiva
| screenplay = Muppalaneni Shiva
| story = Anitha
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
| label1= Dialogue by
| data1 = Madhura Raja
}}
| based_on =
| producer = Nandamuri Ramakrishna{{Cite web |last=Thanjavur |first=Kiran Kumar |date=1 March 2019 |title=పవన్ కళ్యాణ్ బాటలో మహేష్ బాబు.. ఏ విషయంలో తెలుసా.. |url=https://telugu.news18.com/news/movies/mahesh-babu-follows-pawankalyan-like-film-producing-with-other-heroes-ta-146632.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922032447/https://telugu.news18.com/news/movies/mahesh-babu-follows-pawankalyan-like-film-producing-with-other-heroes-ta-146632.html |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=News18 |language=te}}
| starring = Srikanth
Laila
Roshini
| cinematography = K. Shankar
| editing = Vemuri Ravi
| music = Koti
| studio = Ramakrishna Horticultural Cine Studios
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|11|13}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Subhalekhalu ({{Translation|Wedding invitations}}) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Muppalaneni Shiva and produced by Ramakrishna Horticultural Cine Studios. It stars Srikanth, Laila and Roshini.{{Cite web |title=Subhalekhalu |url=https://indiancine.ma/AQCB/info |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=Indiancine.ma}}{{cbignore}} The film was a box office failure.{{Cite web |last=Sunil |first=Sreya |title=They drizzled, they sizzled and they fizzled |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/research/anal/anal-teluguheroines.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024165810/http://www.idlebrain.com/research/anal/anal-teluguheroines.html |archive-date=24 October 2015 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=Idlebrain.com}}{{Cite web |date=29 August 2022 |title=Prabhas - Maruthi Movie: Something Can Be Hit |url=https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/prabhas-maruthi-movie-something-can-be-hit-222169.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922032447/https://ntvtelugu.com/movie-news/prabhas-maruthi-movie-something-can-be-hit-222169.html |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=NTV |language=te}}
Plot
A young woman falls in love with a handsome man, who rejects her advances immediately. However, she keeps pursuing him to win him over and to prove her love towards him is pure.
Cast
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- Srikanth as Sri
- Laila as Manasa
- Roshini as Priya
- Satyanarayana as Manasa's father
- Annapoorna as Manasa's mother
- Sudhakar as Manasa's uncle
- AVS as a doubtful man
- Babu Mohan as an indecisive man
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Srihari
- Brahmanandam
- Ramaprabha
- Radha Bai
- Chalapathi Rao
- Ranganath (guest appearance)
- Nandamuri Harikrishna (guest appearance)
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Soundtrack
The songs are composed by Koti and were released under the Anand Audio label.{{Cite web |title=Shubhalekhalu (1998) Telugu Songs Lyrics |url=https://www.atozlyrics.info/2019/01/shubhalekhalu-1998-telugu-songs-lyrics.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922032448/https://www.atozlyrics.info/2019/01/shubhalekhalu-1998-telugu-songs-lyrics.html |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=16 September 2022 |website=ATOZ Lyrics}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length =
| title1 = Suswagatham
| extra1 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra
| lyrics1 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| length1 = 5:10
| title2 = Lipstick Pedala
| extra2 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, Swarnalatha
| lyrics2 = Bhuvana Chandra
| length2 = 4:35
| title3 = O Priya Swagatham
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| length3 = 4:35
| title4 = Madhura Nagaraki
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra
| lyrics4 = C. Narayana Reddy
| length4 = 4:39
| title5 = Andala O Meghamaala
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, Swarnalatha
| lyrics5 = K. Premachandra
| length5 = 4:40
| title6 = Vadhuve Raave Naa
| extra6 = S. P. Balasubramanyam, K. S. Chitra
| lyrics6 = V. Venkatesh
| length6 = 4:13
| title7 = Shlokam bit
| extra7 = S. P. Balasubramanyam
| lyrics7 =
| length7 = 0:55
}}
Reception
Griddaluru Gopala Rao of Zamin Ryot praised the music, lyrics, picturisation of the songs, and other technical aspects but criticised the screenplay as a cliched triangular love story.{{Cite news |last=Griddaluru |first=Gopala Rao |date=27 November 1998 |title=కోటి సంగీతసిరులు - శుభలేఖలు |url=http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1998/Nov/27-Nov-1998.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822092517/http://www.zaminryot.com/pdf/1998/Nov/27-Nov-1998.pdf |archive-date=22 August 2022 |access-date=17 September 2022 |work=Zamin Ryot |pages=9,11 |language=te}} Rakesh P. of Deccan Herald called it a "good family entertainer" and stated: "Though the pace is a bit slow, a tightly-edited screenplay by director Muppalaneni Siva keeps it lively."{{Cite web |last=P. |first=Rakesh |date=20 December 1998 |title=Shubalekhalu (Telugu) |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/B1B03240AE8F5FF6652569400062A3E6?OpenDocument |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922033358/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/%28docid%29/B1B03240AE8F5FF6652569400062A3E6?OpenDocument |archive-date=22 September 2022 |access-date=17 September 2022 |website=Deccan Herald}}https://web.archive.org/web/19990203041729/http://www.andhratoday.com/movie/slekha.htm
References
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