''Aaduthu Paaduthu'' () is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Devi Prasad. The film stars

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, Sunil and

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. The film was a box office success. It is a remake of the Malayalam film ''

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'' (2001).

Cast

as Gopi * Sunil as Papi *

as Gayatri / Vasanthi *

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as a cop *

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as the sub-inspector *

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as Gopi's father *

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as the cook *

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* Aditya * Naveen * Sathibabu *

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Production

Srikanth plays an unemployed youth. Gayatri makes her debuts in Telugu with this film. The film was almost entirely shot in a bus.

Soundtrack

Music by Chakri. *"Aaduthu Paaduthu" - Ravi Varma, R B Jeeva *"Chamakku Chamakku" - Kausalya *"Navvave Chilakamma" - Pramod Babloo, Santhoshini, Vishwa *"Neeli Neeli" - Hariharan, Kousalya *"Rukumani" – Tippu, Moorthy

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and opined that "IT HAS been proved time and again that a full-length comedy sans sensible storyline leads nowhere, as is the case with Aaduthoo.. Paaduthoo...". Jeevi of ''

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'' said that " Comedy alone cannot save a film when there is no grip on the screenplay. Film is little boring, at times". A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "The film is a full-length comedy and Srikanth and Sunil are average. Newcomer Gayatri Jeyaram has done a good job and she is very confident in the role of Vasanthi. The music of Chakri is average." Arpan Panicker of ''Full Hyderabad'' opined that "But carried away by the enthu, he evi Prasadloses track of what he was trying to do in the first place, and the result makes the viewer introspect for traces of masochism".

Box office

The film had an average box office run and was Srikanth's second consecutive box office hit after ''

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'' (2002).

References

{{Reflist Telugu remakes of Malayalam films Films scored by Chakri 2000s Telugu-language films