''Guvva Gorinka'' () is a 2020 Indian

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-language

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film written and directed by Mohan Bammidi. The film stars

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and

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, with

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, Chaitanya Rao Madadi, Madhumita and

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playing other roles. The film is produced by

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and Damu Reddy Kosanam. The music is composed by Bobbili Suresh. The film premiered on 17 December 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. The Malayalam version is called Prema Kiligal, the Kannada version is called Gubbacchi Goravanka, the Tamil version is called kaadhal paravaigal.

Plot

Sadanand (Satyadev) is a mechanical engineer who wants to invent a soundless vehicle. On the other hand, Siresha (Priyaa Lal) is a musician who comes to Hyderabad to do her Masters’s. They live in adjoining flats and somehow stumble upon each other by talking from their homes. They don’t see each other but keep talking for a long time. This casual conversation develops into friendship and eventually, they fall in love. What happens to them in the course of time forms the story of the film.

Cast

as Sadanand aka Silencer *

as Sirisha aka Violin * Chaitanya Rao Madadi as Arya, Harika’s boyfriend * Madhumitha Krishna as Harika, Sirisha’s friend *

as Raghu Ram, Sadanand’s friend *

* Fish Venkat as Sadanand's father * Prabhakar as Sirisha’s father *

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as Prank reporter * Bitthiri Sathi

Production

The film was initially launched in 2017, but due to various reasons the filming was delayed. Finally, the film was released on Amazon Prime in 2020.

Reception

Thadhagath Pathi of ''

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'' wrote that, "When you read the title ''Guvva Gorinka'', you expect a cutesy love story that reflects the chemistry between two beautiful souls. But director Mohan Babu does anything but that. The concept of falling in love without meeting each other is not new to Tollywood but the writing of this film is what lets it down." Surya Prakash of

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rated the film 1/5 and criticized it wafer-thin storyline. He compared the film's premise with the 2003 film ''

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'' but added that script failed to raise beyond it." ''IndiaGlitz'' reviewd and wrote, "'Guvva Gorinka' falls flat with a story that is shockingly childish. It's a run-of-the-mill, malnourished rom-com that hides its pointlessness behind lazy quirks and an ''

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''-type premise."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt8080982, title=Guvva Gorinka 2020s Telugu-language films 2020 films 2020 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films Amazon Prime Video original films