''Dost'' () is a 2004 Indian Telugu language film produced by N. Radhakrishna Reddy under banner N.R.K. Cinemas, directed by Muppalaneni Siva. Siva Balaji, Neha and newcomers Karthik and Preethi Mehra starred with support from

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, M. S. Narayana,

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, Venu Madhav,

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, Hema, Shankar Melkote,

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, Mohana, Srikar Babu and Karthik. The music was composed by Koti. The film was a remake of

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film '' Nammal''.

Plot

Snehalatha (Suhasini) takes charge as the Principal in a college where Shyam (Karthik) and Sivan (Siva Balaji) are the heroes. Shyam and Sivan are fun-filled, naughty characters. Meghamala (Neha Bamb) is teased and ragged by the duo, who happens to be the daughter of Principal's friend. Megha complains and Snehalatha takes action against Shyam and Shivan. She discovers to her surprise that Shyam and Shivan are orphans, hardworking and their guardian is a teacher (K.Viswanath). But the real twist happens when Snehalatha finds out that one of them is her son.

Cast

Siva Balaji Siva Balaji (born as Siva Balaji Manoharan on 14 October 1981) is an Indian actor, television personality, and producer who is known for his works in the Telugu Film Industry. He was introduced as a hero by director Suresh Krissna through the ...

as Siva * Karthik as Shyam *

Neha Bamb Neha Bamb is a former Indian actress worked in mainly Hindi TV Serials. She is known for playing the role of Mahi in ''Maayka'', ''Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai ''Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai'' (''How Is This Love'') is an Indian series that aired on Sony Entert ...

as Megha * Preethi mehra as Malli *

as Sathyamoorthy *

as Snehalatha *

*Ammalu *Apoorva *

as A.V.Rao * Hema *

Kallu Chidambaram Kolluru Chidambara Rao (10 October 1945 – 19 October 2015), known professionally as Kallu Chidambaram, was an Indian actor known for his works in Telugu cinema. Chidambaram is one of the finest comedians of Telugu cinema. Chidambaram started h ...

*Kranthi *

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as attender Lakshmipati * M. S. Narayana *Mohana *

*Raghunath Reddy * Ananth Babu *Sarika Ramachandra Rao *

Shankar Melkote Shankar Melkote is an Indian comedian, supporting actor who appears in Telugu films and CEO of a marketing company in Hyderabad. He started his film career with Jandhyala's ''Srivariki Premalekha'' and went on to appear in 180 films. He is one o ...

*Shravan Kumar *Sreekarababu as Vicky *Swathi *

* Venu Madhav as Balu *Master Banti

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 2004 films 2000s Telugu-language films Telugu remakes of Malayalam films Films scored by Koti Films directed by Muppalaneni Shiva {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub