Girl Friend (2002 film)

Girl Friend
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Directed by	G. Nageswara Reddy
Written by	Story: Ravi-Siva Screenplay: G. Nageswara Reddy Dialogues: Marudhuri Raja
Produced by	M Kumara Swamy
Starring	Rohit Anitha Patil Babloo Santosh Pavan
Cinematography	S. Arun Kumar
Music by	Vandemataram Srinivas
Production company	Sri Kumara Swamy Creations
Release date	6 July 2002 (2002-7-6)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Girl Friend is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy and starring Rohit, Anitha Patil, Babloo, and Santosh Pavan.

The film was released to mixed reviews although the film's dialogues and music were praised.

Cast

• Rohit as Vamsi
• Anitha Patil as Suvarna
• Babloo as Babloo
• Santosh Pavan as Pavan
• Chalapathi Rao as Vamsi's father
• Tanikella Bharani as Suvarna's father
• L. B. Sriram as Babloo's father
• Mallikarjuna Rao as Pavan's father
• Sivaparvathi as Vamsi's mother
• Padmaja Choudary as Babloo's mother
• Padma Jayanti as Pavan's mother
• M. S. Narayana as college principal
• Ali as a film producer
• Ruthika as an actress (cameo appearance in the song "Thaluku Thaluku")

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. ^[1]

Song	Lyricist	Singer(s)
"Line Maar De"	Taidala Bapu	Chakri
"Nuvvu Naaku Nachave"	Chandrabose	Kumar Sanu, Usha
"Nuvvu Yaadikelte"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Udit Narayan
"Prementha Panichesi"	Taidala Bapu	R. P. Patnaik, Usha
"Kandireega Nadumu"	Taidala Bapu	Shankar Mahadevan
"Taluku Taluku"	Taidala Bapu	Shankar Mahadevan, Usha

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu opined that "It is a routine film that shows the whole college in a bad light". ^[2] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "This film is a paisa-vasool (transl. money's worth) film". ^[3] Manju Latha Kalanidhi of Full Hyderabad criticised the film for being in the same tried and tested genre as Nuvve Kavali . ^[4]

Box office

Similar to G. Nageswara Reddy's and Rohit's first outing, 6 Teens , this film was also a box office success. ^[5]

References

1. "Premante - Girl Friend". Idlebrain.com . Archived from the original on 5 July 2002.
2. Gudipoodi Srihari (9 July 2022). "Youthful woes". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
3. Jeevi (6 July 2002). "Movie review - Girl Friend". Idlebrain.com . Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
4. Manju Latha Kalanidhi. "Girlfriend (Telugu) Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
5. M. L. Narasimham (26 November 2002). "Finding a foothold". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 2 August 2022.

External links

• Girl Friend at IMDb