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written by and directed by

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. The film stars Vikram,

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, and

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in the leading roles, while

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plays a supporting role.

Plot

The plot revolves around

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s staying in a female-only homestay who are self-identified

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Cast

* Vikram as Vikram *

as Bhanu Rekha aka Sivaranjini *

as Krishnamurthy "Kittu" * Kalpana *

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* Satyanarayana * AVS *

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* Suthivelu *

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* Srikanya * Chalapathi Rao * Ramya Krishnan in a song (Tamil version)

Release

The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil under the title ''Marri'' by Vijay Sri Film Productions, as a result of Vikram's new found saleability after the release of '' Sethu'' (1999). The storyline was heavily edited, with dubbed sequences featuring actresses Ramya Krishnan and

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added to the film. The film was commercially successful. Following the success of ''

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'' (2002), the film was dubbed and released again in Tamil as ''Vahini''. Vikram and

later starred together in ''

''.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was composed by Raj Bhaskar.

References

1995 films Indian romance films Telugu remakes of Malayalam films 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s romance films Films directed by Muthyala Subbaiah {{1990s-romance-film-stub