Malliswari (2004 film)

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Malliswari
Malliswari poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Written byScreenplay:
K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Story & Dialogues:
Trivikram Srinivas
Produced by D. Suresh Babu
Starring Venkatesh
Katrina Kaif
Cinematography Sameer Reddy
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by Koti
Production
company
Release date
  • 18 February 2004 (2004-02-18)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Malliswari is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar who co-wrote the film with Trivikram Srinivas. It is produced by D. Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner. The film stars Venkatesh and Katrina Kaif (in her debut Telugu movie appearance) and music composed by Koti. [1] The film was a commercial success. [2] The film was remade into Kannada as Kodagana Koli Nungitha (2008) with Jaggesh and Pooja Gandhi. [3]

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Plot

Malliswari is the heiress of Raja of Mirzapur. Her deceased father wrote in his will that she would inherit the property worth ₹7.5 billion (equivalent to ₹27 billionorUS$320 million in 2023) after she becomes major at the age of 21. The entire property is under the control of Bhavani Shankar, who wants to inherit the entire property by killing her. As he hatches the plans to eliminate Malliswari, she is sent to her uncle's in Visakhapatnam as a normal girl so that she can live with anonymity. Prasad works as a bank accountant in Andhra Bank there. He is a bachelor who has been continuously seeking for marriage alliance for the past seven years, and is growing increasingly desperate. He accidentally meets Malliswari and falls deeply in love with her. Malliswari is traced by the goons there and they start running after her. Prasad escorts her and drops her safely in Hyderabad. The rest of the story describes what happens next and the eventual conclusion of the plot.

Cast

Production

K. Vijaya Bhaskar scripted the film form an original story given by Trivikram Srinivas, who also provided the dialogue. The film was reportedly inspired by the 1953 film Roman Holiday . [4] Cinematography and editing are performed by Sameer Reddy and A. Sreekar Prasad respectively.

Kaif was paid ₹70 lakhs for her role in the film, thereby becoming the highest paid South Indian actress at the time. [5]

Soundtrack

Malliswari
Film score by
Koti
Released2004
Genre Soundtrack
Length26:43
Label Aditya Music
Producer Koti
Koti chronology
Anandama Andamaye
(2004)		Malliswari
(2004)		Swetha Naagu
(2004)

The music was composed by Koti. The song "Gundello Gulabila Mullu" is based on Rhythm Divine. [6] The music was released on Aditya Music. All songs sung by eminent singers like S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Kumar Sanu, KK etc.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nuvventa Andagattevaina" Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Karthik 4:48
2."Nee Navvule Vennelani"Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Kumar Sanu, Sunitha 4:11
3."Gundello Gulabila"Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chithra 4:16
4."Cheli Soku"Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry KK, K. S. Chithra4:02
5."Janma Janmala" Bhuvanachandra S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shreya Ghoshal 5:06
6."Nuvu Evvari Edalo"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:06
Total length:26:43

Release

The film was released on 18 February 2004.

Awards

Nandi Awards [7]

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