Nirmala Convent

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Nirmala Convent
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Directed byG. Naga Koteswara Rao
Screenplay byG. Naga Koteswara Rao
Story byConcept Films
Likith Srinivas
Produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna
Nimmagadda Prasad
Starring Roshan Meka
Shriya Sharma
Akkineni Nagarjuna
CinematographyS. V. Vishweshwar
Edited byMadhu Manchinshetty
Music byRoshan Saluri
Production
companies
Annapurna Studios
Matrix Team Works
Release date
  • 16 September 2016 (2016-09-16)
Running time
144 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Nirmala Convent is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by G. Naga Koteswara Rao, and produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna and Nimmagadda Prasad on Annapurna Studios and Matrix Team Works. The film features Roshan Meka and Shriya Sharma in their debut in lead roles while Nagarjuna appears as himself in a crucial role. It has music composed by Roshan Saluri.

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Meka won Best Male Debut – Telugu at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards, in addition to Best Debut Actor Award at the 15th Santosham Film Awards.

Plot

Samuel is the son of a peasant, David Suri whose livelihood is only from a 1-acre land. Samuel is studious and very intelligent and studies plus one in Nirmala Convent in a village Bhupati Nagaram near Samalkota in Andhra Pradesh. Shanti, his classmate, daughter of rich landlord Bhupati Raja (Aditya Menon) of the same village also studies in the same convent. Initially, their acquaintance begins with teasing & quarrel but slowly it turns into love. Upon learning this, Bhupati Raja strikes Samuel and insults his father in front of everyone. Even then to make his son's love successful, Samuel's father approaches Bhupati Raja with the marriage proposal, to which he agrees on one condition: Samuel acquire a name & money of his merit. Samuel decides to become popular, and lands in Hyderabad where he meets film star Akkineni Nagarjuna and asks him to conduct the Champion of Champions program in his village. After some drama, the star accepts his request. The rest of the story if Samuel wins this challenge and gains his love with Nagarjuna's support & cooperation. During the time of contest , upon Sam request the contest is conducted in his village. During the time of contest Bhupati plans many things to defeat Sam in the contest . During the last question of the contest, to everybody's shock he calls Bhupati Raju for the answer to show people that he is a loser. Finally Sam Wins the contest and defeats Bhupati Raju in the challenge .

Cast

Production

The film was shot in five schedules in Jaipur, Araku Valley, Medak, Nainital, and Chikmagalur. [1] The film marks the lead debut of Roshan Meka, son actors Srikanth and Ooha, after Rudhramadevi in which he played as child artist. Shriya Sharma who has acted as child artist in few films also makes her debut as the lead actress. [1] Roshan Saluri, son of music director Koti as the music director makes his maiden film composition. [2] A. R. Rahman's son Master A. R. Ameen has debuted as a singer in Telugu. [3] It even marks the acting debut of Roshan Kanakala (son of actor Rajiv Kanakala and television presenter Suma) and Chandrahas (son of television actor Prabhakar). [4] Nagarjuna has crooned a special song in this film after 17 years. He previously sang for the movie Seetharama Raju (1999). [5]

Soundtrack

Nirmala Convent
Soundtrack album by
Roshan Saluri
Released
  • 8 September 2016 (2016-09-08)
Recorded2016
Genre Soundtrack
Length18:50
Label Aditya Music
Producer Roshan Saluri
Roshan Saluri chronology
Gayakudu
(2014)		Nirmala Convent
(2016)

Music composed by Roshan Saluri. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. The Audio launch held at N-Convention Centre, on 8 September 2016. Allu Aravind attended the function as chief guest, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nimmagadda Prasad, Srikanth, Ooha, Koti, G. Naga Koteswara Rao, Roshan Saluri and several industry stalwarts have graced the occasion. [6]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kotha Kotha Bhasha" Ananta Sriram A. R. Ameen 3:42
2."Mundhu Nuyya" Chandrabose Kailash Kher 3:48
3."Emo Evaritho"Ananta Sriram Siddharth Mahadevan 3:55
4."Okkosari Oo Muddhu"Ananta SriramSrikanth, Damini4:55
5."Kotha Kotha Bhasha"Ananta SriramNagarjuna Akkineni2:30
Total length:18:50

Reception

Pranitha Jonnelagadda from The Times of India, rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote, "Nirmala Convent has an interesting message and class to give but the highly enthusiastic students that we are, we wanted a lot more!" [7] A reviewer from The Hindu also felt the same, stating, "The film falls short of being a memorable outing." [8] Rating the film 2.5 of five stars, The Indian Express' Krishna Vamsi stated, "Roshan Meka and Shriya Sharma's pair gives film some freshness, but the film fails to offer anything new in terms of script." [9] In an other mixed review, a critic from Sakshi appreciated the performances while criticising Koteswara Rao's screenplay and direction. [10]

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