Dil (2003 film)

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Dil
Dil telugu Movie.jpg
Film poster
Directed by V. V. Vinayak
Screenplay byV. V. Vinayak
Dialogues by
Story byV. V. Vinayak
Produced by Raju
Giri
Starring Nithiin
Neha
Prakash Raj
Cinematography Vijay C. Kumar
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by R. P. Patnaik
Production
company
Distributed bySri Venkateswara Creations
Release date
  • 4 April 2003 (2003-04-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Dil is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by debutant Raju. The film stars Nithiin, Neha, and Prakash Raj. The film is commercially successful at the box office. [1] The success of the film led to the producer Raju becoming known as Dil Raju henceforth. [2]

Contents

The film is remade in Oriya as Premi No.1 (2004), in Tamil as Kuththu (2004), in Kannada as Student (2006), in Bengali as Challenge (2009), and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Bhalobasha Zindabad (2013).

Plot

Seenu is a new admit at Maharaja College of Arts and Sciences. Nandini goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle-class family, while Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar, a land mafia don. Gowri's assistant suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing at the fresher's celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up badly. Irritated by this, Seenu is challenged to win Nandini's love. After a few attempts, she falls in love with him. They elope and get married when Gowri tries to separate them. The story takes a few turns before it ends in a happy note.

Cast

Production

This was the first film as the producer for "Dil" Raju. In fact, his name got prefixed with the title as it brought him recognition in the film industry. After this, he went on to register many hits, and the credit displayed on the screens of his movies is still "Dil" Raju. This was the debut for the heroine Neha.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik and released by Aditya Music. [3]

Dil
Soundtrack album by
Released2003
Recorded2003
Genre Soundtrack
Length28:49
Label Aditya Music
Producer R. P. Patnaik
R. P. Patnaik chronology
Nee Sneham
(2002)
Dil
(2003)
Sambaram
(2003)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Peddaloddantunna"Peddada Murthy K. S. Chithra, Sri Ram3:53
2."Enduko Emito" Kulasekhar R. P. Patnaik 4:09
3."Tamalapaku" Suddala Ashok Teja R. P. Patnaik, Usha 3:48
4."Amma Aavu" Chandrabose S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Usha4:42
5."CM PM"ChandraboseKK4:44
6."Oka Nuvvu Oka Nenu"Vinare Kumar KK 3:12
7."Gajulu Gallumannaye"T. Uma Maheswara RaoR. P. Patnaik, Usha4:21
Total length:28:49

Reception

Jeevi of idlebrain.com wrote that "Over all, it's a good film to watch". [4] [5]

Remakes

Dil was remade into Oriya as Premi No.1 in 2004. It was remade into Kannada as Student. The film is also remade in Tamil in 2004 as Kuththu . The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Bichhoo: The Scorpion in 2010. The movie was also remade in Bengali in 2009 as Challenge and in Dhallywood Bangladesh in 2013 as Bhalobasha Zindabad .

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References

  1. "After 14 years Dil Raju and Nithin join hands for a film to be directed by Satish Vegesna". The News Minute. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. "Dil Raju interview - Telugu film producer and distributor". Idlebrain . Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. Dil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by R. P. Patnaik , retrieved 7 April 2021
  4. "Telugu Cinema - Review - Dil - Nitin, Neha - VV Vinayak - Raju Giri - RP Patnaik". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. The Hindu review