Boy Meets Girl (Tholiprema Katha)

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Boy Meets Girl (Tholiprema Katha)
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Official poster
Directed byVasanth Dayakar
Written byVasanth Dayakar
Starring Siddhu Jonnalagadda
Nikhita Anil
Kanika Tiwari
CinematographyDurga Kishore
Music bySongs:
Gururaja
Vasanth Dayakar
Sriram Tapaswi
Score:
Gururaja
Release date
  • 28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Boy Meets Girl (Tholiprema Katha) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Vasanth Dayakar and starring Siddharth Jonnalagadda, Nikhita Anil (in her Telugu debut) and Kanika Tiwari. [1]

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The film was released on 28 March 2014 around the time of Ugadi and was a box office failure. [2] [3] [4]

Cast

Source [5]

Production

Vasanth Dayakar, who previously worked for Bommarillu Bhaskar and Srikanth Addala, made his directorial debut with this film. [5] [1] Malayali actress Nikhita Anil made her Telugu debut with this film. [6]

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Director Vasanth Dayakar handles the subject well though the comedy sometimes goes haywire. The artistes live their roles, thanks also to the cinematography". [7] A critic from 123Telugu said that "On the whole, Tholi Prema Katha (Boy Meets Girl) is just another ordinary love story. Few comedy scenes will surely go well with the youngsters". [8] A critic from Indiaglitz said that "A second-rate rom-com with nothing exciting". [9]

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