Dhanalakshmi, I Love You

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Dhanalakshmi, I Love You
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Directed by Siva Nageswara Rao
Written byRavi Kolikipudi (dialogues)
Screenplay bySivanageswara Rao
Produced byB Satyanarayana
Starring Allari Naresh
Aditya Om
Naresh
Ankitha
CinematographyRajendra Prasad
Music by Chakri
Production
company
Satyam Entertainments
Release date
  • 18 October 2002 (2002-10-18)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Dhanalakshmi, I Love You is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao and starring Allari Naresh, Aditya Om, Naresh, and Ankitha.The film is a remake of Malayalam film Ramji Rao Speaking (1989). [1]

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Chakri. [2]

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Oho Kanna"Gowri Srinivas, Smitha4:38
2."Kokkokkomali" Udit Narayan, Kousalya4:06
3."Ossamari"Ravi Verma, Matin4:44
4."Okariki Okarai"Smt Mani Sastry, Nihal, Srirangam Venu5:15
5."Rupai"Zilla Venkatanarayana3:13
6."Yemayyindo"Ravi Verma, Sudha4:38
7."Prema"Ranjith4:45
8."Don't Worry"Chakri4:10

Release and reception

The film released on 18 October 2002. [3] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu opined that "Histrionically speaking, it is the senior Naresh who steals the limelight, with a peculiar make-up given to his role of Babu Rao". [1] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of 2.75/5 and said that "The movie looks very artificial except a few scenes where the love of Naresh towards his mother is projected". [4] A critic from Full Hyderabad said that "Dhanalaxmi... stands out more for what it transgresses rather than what it embraces". [5]

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