6 Teens

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6 Teens
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Directed by G. Nageswara Reddy
Written by Marudhuri Raja
Screenplay byG. Nageswara Reddy
Produced byJ. Srinivasa Reddy
Starring
CinematographyS. Arun Kumar
Edited byK. Ramgopal Reddy
Music byGhantadi Krishna
Production
company
Harsha Creations
Release date
  • 16 March 2001 (2001-03-16)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

6 Teens is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language teen film directed by G.Nageswara Reddy making his directorial debut and produced by J.Srinivasa Reddy. The film stars Rohit, Ruthika, Santosh, Pavan, Abhijit and Amit. The film was remade in Kannada as Friends (2002).

Contents

Plot

6 Teens is story about a group of five sex-obsessed teenage boys who, after humiliating themselves at college, pursue a new girl neighbour from the U.S. [1]

Cast

Production

Rohit, who worked as an assistant director for Tammareddy Bharadwaja's Swarnakka (1998) in which he also made a cameo appearance, made his lead acting debut with this film after being called in for a screen test. [2]

Music

The music was composed by Ghantadi Krishna. [3] [4] The song "Devudu Varamandisthe" became popular. [2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Devudu Varamandisthe" Suddala Ashok Teja Kumar Sanu 6:12
2."Mukkuki Mukkera"Suddala Ashok TejaUdit Narayan, Sudha4:54
3."Sixteen Years"Suddala Ashok Teja Raghu Kunche 4:32
4."Buli Buli Yerrani"Suddala Ashok Teja Shaan 4:56
5."Stella Model"Suddala Ashok Teja P. Unnikrishnan 4:58

Reception

A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "It is silly, stupid and definitely one of the more tasteless films that we have seen in recent times". [1]

Future

A Tamil version of the film, headlined by actor Jai, was shot and complete in 2003. However, the film did not have a theatrical release. [5]

A sequel to this film titled 9 Teens was planned but later dropped. [6]

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