Suri (2000 film)

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Soori
Directed bySankara Kumar
Written byJ. D. Chakravarthy (uncredited)
Produced byTammareddy Bharadwaja
Starring
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
company
Ravindra Arts
Release date
  • 28 December 2000 (2000-12-28)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Suri is a 2000 Telugu-language film directed by Sankara Kumar (Editor Shankar) in his directorial debut. The film stars J. D. Chakravarthy and Priyanka Trivedi. It was produced by Tammareddy Bharadwaja. The lead actor J. D. Chakravarthy also provided the story, screenplay and dialogues for the film, though he was not credited in the movie credits. [1] [2] Suri released on 28 December 2000 and was a box-office disaster. [2] [1] [3]

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The film was simultaneously made in Hindi as Durga (2002) for which Chakravarthy was credited as producer and director. [4]

Cast

Production

Shankar, who worked with Ram Gopal Varma and Krishna Vamsi as editor made his debut as a director with the film. [2] Tammareddy Bharadwaja produced the film. Shankar handled both editing and direction. [2] J. D. Chakravarthy who played lead the lead role also provided the story, screenplay and dialogues for the film. But, he was not credited for his writing work in the movie credits. [1] [2] Producer Tammareddy Bharadwaja attributed this to him lacking the required money to put the movie titles or even marketing the film in newspapers. [1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vidyasagar and released by Aditya Music.

Soori
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released2001
Recorded2001
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:51
Label Aditya Music
Producer Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Poovellam Un Vasam
(2001)		Soori
(2001)		 Villain
(2002)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Monnatidaka"Kaluva Krishna Sai Devan 5:52
2."Kottu Kottu"Kaluva Krishna Sai Mano 4:24
3."Chikkadapalli"Siddharth Anuradha Sriram, Ramanan 4:04
4."Yemayindo (Female)" Vennelakanti K. S. Chithra 5:06
5."Gumma Saradaga"Kaluva Krishna SaiMano, Sujatha 4:48
6."Sarada Theeraleda"Kaluva Krishna SaiSujatha, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 5:37
7."Yemaindho (Male)"VennelakantiS. P. Balasubrahmanyam5:06
Total length:29:51

Release

The film released on 28 December 2000. [2] [1]

Reception

A critic from Indiainfo wrote that "The photography is good. J.D. is okay as ever and the new face Priyanka is also okay. Watch the movie only if you have too much time to waste." [5] A critic from Sify found Suri to be an underwhelming experience, overly reliant on familiar gang war themes, with a predictable climax and underdeveloped love story, despite some decent performances. [3]

A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "If only the makers had done a little homework on the screenplay, it would have made an interesting movie." [6]

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