| Cricket Girls & Beer | |
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| Directed by | S. Umesh Kumar |
| Produced by | S. Sunitha |
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| Music by | Shyam Das |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Cricket Girls & Beer is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age film directed by Umesh Kumar and starring newcomers Aadarsh Balakrishna, Surya Tej, Naga Shaurya, and Sindhu Affan.
This is the second venture of Umesh Kumar, who previously directed Circus Circus (2009). The film is set in a college campus and features several new faces including cricketer Aadarsh Balakrishna and Surya Tej, who played a supporting role in Vinayakudu. [1] [2] [3]
Music by Das and Shyam Vai. [4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Happy Happy Sangeethalu" | Satish Banala | Karthik | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Mayrupye Mayresena" | Satish Banala | Karthik Nagarajan | 4:52 |
| 3. | "Shatruvai Yadhuta Inlluchuna" | Satish Banala | Shankar Mahadevan | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Ra Ra Rajakumara" | Satish Banala | Suchitra | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Gunday Chattu Badhey" | Satish Banala | Sonu Nigam | 5:48 |
| 6. | "Cricket Girls And Beer" | Satish Banala | Abhishek, Vicky | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 28:07 | |||
The film was scheduled to release on 27 September, but was postponed to 30 September. [5] [6] Y. Sunitha Chowdhury of The Hindu opined that "He [Adarsh Balakrishna] and Surya Tej are resolutely superficial, Naga Shourya should try and be an original instead of imitating Prabhas and Mahesh Babu". [3] A critic from Full Hyderabad opined that "In sum, this is a film that will not have takers even among TV channels". [7]
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