''Dollar Dreams'' is a 2000 Indian

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written, directed and produced by

Sekhar Kammula Sekhar Kammula (born 4 February 1972) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer who works in Telugu cinema. He has garnered two Filmfare Awards South, and six state Nandi Awards for his directional works. Sekhar Kammula was among the ...

. Primarily shot in Telugu and English, the film starred Santosh Kumar,

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, Ravi Raju, Anil Prashant, Dashveer Singh, Priyanka Veer, and

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. The film was screened at the

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. It won the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director at the 47th National Film Awards.

Accolades

Dollar Dreams garnered the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director for its "taking in a very natural manner the burning problem of brain drain to the technologically developed world" as cited by the jury at the 47th National Film Awards. Reddiff.com cited ''Dollar Dreams'' as a take off from where

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ends. Dollar Dreams explores the conflict between American dreams and human feelings. The film re-introduced

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to Telugu screen.

Cast

* Santosh Kumar as Balu *

as Srinu * Ravi Raju as Ravi * Dr. Anil Prashant as Phani * Dashveer Singh as Sardar * Priyanka Veer as Usha *

as Archana * Manasa as She * Gopal Krishna as Father * Radha Krishna as Lakshmi * Kushnaaz as Kamal *

(cameo appearance)

References

External links

* {{Sekhar Kammula 2000 films 2000 drama films 2000 multilingual films Indian multilingual films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian drama films Films about Indian Americans English-language Indian films Films about immigration to the United States Indian independent films Films directed by Sekhar Kammula Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners 2000 directorial debut films