Vamsi (film)

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Vamsi
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Directed by B. Gopal
Written bySatyanand
Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Produced byG. Adiseshagiri Rao
Starring Krishna
Mahesh Babu
Namrata Shirodkar
Cinematography Ajayan Vincent
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 4 October 2000 (2000-10-04)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Vamsi (also known as Vamsee) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by B. Gopal. Produced by Padmalaya Studios, the film stars Krishna, Mahesh Babu, and Namrata Shirodkar. Music was composed by Mani Sharma. It was not commercially successful. [1] [2] Mahesh Babu fell in love with Namrata on the sets of the film and the two later got married. [3]

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Plot

Vamsi is a talented and successful fashion designer who gets an opportunity to participate in a designer's contest held in Australia. Vamsi has a colleague called Sneha, who is selected to model his creations in the fashion contest. Since Vamsi has to study the culture of Australia to design the best outfit, he is asked to tour Australia extensively for a month. Silpa is the daughter of an industrialist Ankineedu Prasad, who is studying in Australia. She decides to take a vacation after exams by touring the Australian country. Silpa meets Vamsi in the tour and she slowly falls in love with him.

After the trip is over, Sneha, who loves Vamsi, learns that Silpa and Vamsi are getting close. She trips and falls down the stairs and gets injured. When Vamsi is disappointed since his model friend is injured, Silpa surprises him by entering the contest with Vamsi's designs and winning the first prize for him. When Vamsi and Silpa are returning to India, Sneha decides to stay back as she thinks that an Indian model will fare better in Australia than India. Silpa lets her father know about her love for Vamsi. He warns Vamsi not to go after his daughter. After a couple of fights, Silpa decides to marry Vamsi in a temple. As Silpa escapes from home to meet Vamsi in the temple, Arjun kidnaps her. After waiting for Silpa, Vamsi goes to Silpa's house to inquire about her. Ankineedu puts him behind bars on the charge of kidnapping his daughter. After learning that Arjun has kidnapped his daughter, Ankineedu bails out Vamsi and begs him to save his daughter. He also agrees to marry his daughter to Vamsi. The story is more about Arjun taking revenge on the bad guys, which includes Ankineedu and his other gang members, Jaya Prakash Reddy and Kota Srinivasa Rao.

Cast

Soundtrack

Vamsi
Film score by
Released2000
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:53
Label Supreme Music

Music was composed by Mani Sharma.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Veyinchukunte Baaguntadi" Bhuvanachandra Sukhwinder Singh, Chitra 5:28
2."Vecha Vechega" Devi Sri Prasad Devi Sri Prasad, Prasanna4:54
3."ABC Daatindho" Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Shankar Mahadevan 5:18
4."Oho Soniya" Chandrabose Shankar Mahadevan4:28
5."Koyilamma"Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry Udit Narayan, Sujatha 4:37
6."Sarigama Padanisari"Bhuvanachandra S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kalpana 5:08
Total length:29:53

Reception

Rediff gave the film a negative review and noted, "Take an ordinary Telugu film. Spice it up well with masala. Add sizzling dance numbers. And you get the ingredients of a good dish called Vamsi". [4] Full Hyderabad also gave a negative review and opined, "This one is okay for a lazy Sunday evening in front of the telly, but watching it in a theater paying good money is too much optimism". [5] On the contrary, Idlebrain gave the film a rating of three out of five and criticized the last 30 minutes of the film. [6]

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References

  1. "Two decades for 'Vamsi': Mahesh Babu fell in love with Namrata on the sets of the film". The Times of India . 4 October 2020. Directed by B Gopal, the romantic-actioner completes two decades of release as of today (October 4) and despite falling flat at the ticket counters .....
  2. "Interview with Krishna Vamsi Part – II by Jeevi". Idlebrain.com . 13 February 2003. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2022. Mahesh Babu's first film 'Raja Kumarudu' was a hit. His subsequent films Yuvaraju and Vamsee are flops.
  3. "Two decades for 'Vamsi': Mahesh Babu fell in love with Namrata on the sets of the film". The Times of India . 4 October 2020.
  4. Maheswari. "The Rediff Review: Telugu film, Vamsi". Rediff .
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