Juniors (film)

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Juniors
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Poster
Directed byJ Pulla Rao
Written by Marudhuri Raja (dialogues)
Story by Kasthuri Raja
Produced byJ Bhagawan
Danayya
Starring Allari Naresh
Shireen
Pavan
Anil
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by Chakri
Production
company
Sri Balaji Art Productions
Release date
  • 24 January 2003 (2003-01-24)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Juniors is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language coming of age-romantic drama film directed and co-written by debutant J Pulla Rao. It is a remake of the Tamil film Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002). The film stars Allari Naresh and Shireen, who reprises her role from the original, along with newcomers Pavan and Anil in supporting roles.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Chakri. [3]

Release and reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu criticised the film and stated that "Naresh and all the other college boys and girls get childish cheap roles. Even Naresh the only star attraction in the cast turns out to be a dud. Shireen, a debutante is a total misfit in the cast. Experienced character artistes suffer because of illogical and unsympathetic roles. Music and photography make no sense in this kind of drama". [1] Jeevi of Idlebrain criticised the second half of the film, but praised the performances of Naveen, Sherin, Prakash Raj, Tanikella Bharani, and Sudhakar. [2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Juniors is strictly for the juveniles, adolescents, teens, youngsters and any other group that does not fit into either the kids or the adults category". [4]

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References

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  3. "Juniors". Gaana . Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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