Diary (2009 film)

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Diary
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Official poster
Directed byMachakanti Rama Krishna
Screenplay byAroon
Kalyan Ram Chukka
Story byAroon
Produced byKalyan Ram Chukka
Starring
CinematographySrinivasa Reddy
Edited byGowtam Raju
Music byAnand
Release date
  • 29 May 2009 (2009-05-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Diary is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language psychological thriller film [1] directed by Machakanti Ramakrishna and starring Sivaji and Shraddha Das.

Contents

Cast

Production

The film was promoted as a sequel to Mantra (2007) although it is not. [2] [3] [4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mantra Anand. [5]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Priya Premava"4:40
2."Sitti Silakamma"3:40
Total length:8:20

Reception

A critic from Idlebrain.com wrote that "Though there are a few chilling moments in the movie, logic-less climax and slack second half work against the movie". [5] A critic from Filmibeat wrote that "director Machakanti Ramakrishna has chosen to bring out the film in a narrative way by recreating the situations visually. This kind of narration helped in running the story smoothly". [6] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "On the whole, Diary will suit you if you're utterly starved of jitters". [7]

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References

  1. "Interview with Shraddha Das". Idlebrain.com . 23 April 2009.
  2. "Shraddha in Mantra sequel". The Times of India . 18 November 2008.
  3. "DIARY". Indiaglitz.
  4. "Diary movie launch". Idlebrain.com . 17 November 2008.
  5. 1 2 Jeevi (29 May 2009). "Telugu Movie review - Diary". Idlebrain.com .
  6. "Diary – Review". Filmibeat . 11 July 2012.
  7. Garimella, Deepa. "Diary Review". Full Hyderabad.