''Maine Pyar Kiya'' () is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language

romantic drama Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

film directed by debutant Pradeep Madugula and starring Pradeep Ryan and

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Cast

*Pradeep Ryan as Naveen *

as Shalini *

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as Malathi *

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as Bharath *Rama Rao as Tanga Velu *Venu as Naveen's friend * Komal Jha as Bhargavi *

Posani Krishna Murali Posani Krishna Murali (born 22 January 1958) is an Indian screenwriter, actor, director and producer who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He worked as a writer for over 150 Telugu films and directed a number of films. In 2009, he also cont ...

* Kathi Mahesh *

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as software company MD * Abhinav Gomatam *

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Production

The film is a romantic drama with an IT backdrop and released on 20 June 2014. The film marks the directorial debut of Pradeep.

was cast after the makers liked her performance in ''

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'' (2012).

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by

Pradeep Kumar Pradeep Kumar (born Sital Batabyal; 4 January 1925 – 3 November 2001) was an Indian actor who is recognized for his work in Hindi, Bengali and English-language films. Career When Kumar was 17 years old, he decided to take up acting. He sta ...

Release

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'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and stated that "Even though, the reason for the lead-pair’s split is strong enough, the narration lacks depth and the director fails to bring out the emotions". ''

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'' gave the film two-and-half out of five stars and wrote that "The story is predictable and does not have many twists and the climax could have been better and a rather unconventional one". ''123Telugu'' gave the film a rating of two-and-three-quarters out of five and stated that "On the whole, Maine Pyar Kiya has its engaging moments and only picks up during the second half. If you can sit through the simple and quite predictable first half, and can tolerate Posani’s crazy histrionics, you can easily give this film a try". ''Webdunia'' criticized the film's predictability and comedic scenes.

References

{{Reflist 2014 directorial debut films Indian romantic comedy-drama films 2014 romantic comedy-drama films 2010s Telugu-language films 2014 drama films