''Dear Megha'' is a 2021 Indian

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-language

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directed by Sushanth Reddy. Produced by Arjun Dasyan under Vedaansh Creative Works, the film stars

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and Arjun Somayajula. A remake of 2020

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film ''Dia'', the plot follows the

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. The film was released on 3 September 2021.

Plot

Megha takes three years to confess her feelings to Arjun but he dies in a terrible accident. Later, when she begins a new life with Aadi, she finds out that Arjun is still alive.

Cast

as Megha Swaroop "Soup" *

as Aadi * Arjun Somayajula as Arjun *

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as Aadi's mother *

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as Megha's father

Production

The film was launched and

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was done on 10 December 2020.The film was shot at various locations including

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, Pernem railway station in

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(

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). Filming was done for four days, at Pernem railway station. The entire filming was done in 28 days and was wrapped up in February 2021.

reprised her role from the original version.

Soundtrack

The first single "Aamani Unte" was released on 16 July 2021. Prakash Pecheti of ''

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'' wrote that "Sid Sriram’s voice and music director Gowra Hari’s rendition would probably be the best work that a film like ‘Dear Megha’ could get." Another reviewer credited it as "one of the best romantic albums in a long time".

Release

In August 2021, ''

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'' reported that the film will be released directly on the

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. Later, it was announced that the film would release in theatres on 3 September 2021.

Reception

Thadhagath Pathi of ''

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'' gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and felt that the film is a faithful remake of its original. He added "''Dear Megha'' is a well-shot film that’ll leave you disturbed – just what the makers intended. But how fair is it really to not delve further into Megha’s life is a question the audience can answer." In contrast, Murali Krishna CH felt that film is not so efficient remake of ''Dia''. He praised Megha's acting performance and film score. ''

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'''s Y Sunita Chowdhary commented that the film was neither great nor bad.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt14142644 2020s Telugu-language films 2021 films 2021 romantic drama films Films set in Andhra Pradesh Films set in Mumbai Films shot in Andhra Pradesh Films shot in Mumbai Indian romantic drama films Telugu remakes of Kannada films