''Malli Malli'' () is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action-drama film directed by Raaj Adithya and starring

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and Kalyani in their Telugu debuts. The film is inspired by the Hollywood film ''

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'' (2004). The film also marked the compositional debut for S. Thaman.

Plot

All of the events in the story take place in a day. Nandu ( Skanda) is an unemployed graduate who is suffering because he was unsuccessful in getting a job and is about to attempt suicide. A man convinces him that he will give Nandu money if he kills Satya (Sachin Khedekar). Nandu later wakes up and realizes that all of this was a dream. Although it was a dream, whatever he dreamt so far happened in real life. He uses what he learned from his dream to fall in love with his girlfriend, Madhu (Kalyanee), and save Satya from the killer.

Cast

* Skanda as Nandu * Kalyani as Madhumathi Satyanarayana *

Sachin Khedekar Sachin Khedekar (born 14 May 1965) is an Indian actor and director known for his work in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Gujarati language films. His well-known films include '' Kaksparsh'', '' Astitva'' and Shyam Benegal's '' ...

as Satya * Venu Madhav *

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* Ravi Prakash * Fish Venkat *

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* Apoorva * Dr. Bharath * Master Bharath

Production

Raaj Aditya, who previously directed ''

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'' (2008), directed this film.

Rahul Ravindran Rahul Ravindran (born 23 June 1981) is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Telugu films. He made his lead debut in the Tamil film '' Moscowin Kavery'' (2010), before playing leading roles as a man with cerebral palsy in '' ...

, who starred in '' Moscowin Kavery'' was approached to play the lead role, but he was unable to sign the film as he was busy shooting other films. Aditya came across the songs from the Malayalam film, '' Notebook'' (2006) and signed

for the lead role. Bollywood actor

was signed to portray a

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. Kalyani, who starred with

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in '' Parunthu'' (2008), was signed as the heroine. The film was shot in 42 days. The film will mark the Telugu debut of Kalyani after the release of her first film, ''Manchu Kurise Velalo'', was delayed.

Soundtrack

The film was composed by S. Thaman. Lyrics were written by

Ananta Sriram Chegondi Anantha Sriram is an Indian songwriter who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Career Sriram has written lyrics for 990 Telugu film songs in his fourteen-year-long career in the industry. ''Kaadante Aunanile'' was the first film he ...

and

Ramajogayya Sastry Ramajogayya Sastry (born 24 August 1970) is an Indian film lyricist, known for his works in Telugu cinema and music. Early life Ramajogayya Sastry was born in Arepalli Muppalla, Ipuru Mandal near Narasaraopet of Guntur district. His father, ...

. The music was launched by

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and the audio release function took place at Hotel Mariotte in Hyderabad on 7 December 2008. Amit Tiwari, Geeta Singh, Poonam Kaur, Krishnudu and director Saikiran were present at the audio launch.

Release

''Idlebrain'' gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that " Ironically, the director who wanted to discourage the depressed youth from attempting suicide finally succumbed to death by committing it on the release day of this film. On a whole, ''Malli Malli'' disappoints".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 6915132 Indian action drama films 2009 action drama films 2009 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films about road accidents and incidents Films scored by Thaman S