Oorantha Anukuntunnaru

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Oorantha Anukuntunnaru
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Film poster
Directed byBalaji Sanala
Written byRamya Gogula
Srihari Mangalampalli
Balaji Sanala
Produced bySrihari Mangalampalli
Ramya Gogula
PLN Reddy
Starring
CinematographyG. L. Babu
Edited byMadhu
Music by K. M. Radha Krishnan
Production
company
Rowaskair Entertainments
Release date
  • 5 October 2019 (2019-10-05)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Oorantha Anukuntunnaru is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Balaji Sanala and starring Nawin Vijay Krishna, Srinivas Avasarala, Megha Chowdhury, and Sophia Singh.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

Actor Naresh's son, Nawin Vijay Krishna, who was last seen in Nandini Nursing Home (2016), plays one of the leads in the film. [1] In addition to starring in the film, he has also worked as the trailer editor for the film. [1] The other leads were played by Srinivas Avasarala, Megha Chowdhury, and newcomer Sophia Singh. [2] The narrative of the film follows two parallel love stories. [3] Filming began on 22 January 2018. [4] The film was shot at Palakollu and Lakshmi Parvathi's house. [5] [1] Jayasudha and Rao Ramesh were cast in pivotal roles. [1]

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by K. M. Radha Krishnan. [6] Raashi Khanna sang the reprise version of "Kanna" in the film. [6]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kanna" Vanamali K. M. Radha Krishnan, K. S. Chithra 4:45
2."Alavaatu Lo Leni"Srihari Mangalampalli S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunitha Upadrashta 3:36
3."Nee Romba Romba"Srihari MangalampalliManisha Eerabathini2:51
4."Marriages Are Made In Heaven"Peddada MurthyPavan, Vaishnavi3:21
5."Aatanu Aaduthunnadhevaro"Srihari MangalampalliS. P. Balasubrahmanyam3:49
6."Kanna (Reprise)"Vanamali Raashi Khanna, Anurag Kulkarni 3:20
Total length:21:42

Release

The film was originally scheduled to release in May, but was postponed to 5 October, [7] [8] around the time of Dussehra. [9] [10] 123Telugu called the film "boring" and "outdated". [11]

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