Dhana 51

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Dhana 51
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Directed by Surya Kiran
Written bySurya Kiran
Produced byM. L. Kumar Chowdary
Starring Sumanth
Saloni Aswani
CinematographyS. Arun Kumar
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by Chakri
Production
company
Sri Keerthi Creations
Release date
  • 14 January 2005 (2005-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Dhana 51 is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film [1] directed by R. Soorya Kiran and starring Sumanth and Saloni Aswani with Mukesh Khanna in a negative role. Structural similarities were found between the plot of this movie and the 2008 Kannada film Bindaas penned by Janardhana Maharshi. [2]

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Cast

Production

After the success of Satyam , R. Soorya Kiran, Sumanth and Chakri reunited for this film. [3] The title was changed from 51 to Dhana 51 because Sumanth's previous films named after the hero's character (Satyam and Gowri ) were box office successes. This film marks the Telugu debut of Mumbai-based Saloni Aswani and Shaktimaan -fame Mukesh Khanna. [1] [4] [5]

Soundtrack

Music by Chakri. [3] [6]

Release and reception

The film released on 14 January 2005 coinciding with Sankranthi. [1]

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and opined that "Dhana 51 suffers with inadequate screenplay, uneven narration and confused characterization. Dhana 51 is most unexpected from a director who made his debut with Satyam film". [7] Ravi Kalaga of Full Hyderabad wrote that "A remake in the essence, albeit with changes in the locations, songs, sidekicks and vocations of the actors, Dhana is essentially a cut-copy-paste version of their earlier enterprise [Satyam], with new fonts and colors (literally!)". [8]

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