''Manasuku Nachindi'' () is a 2018 Indian

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-language

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film directed by debutante

Manjula Ghattamaneni Manjula Swarup (née Ghattamaneni; born 8 November 1970) is an Indian film producer and actress known for her work in Telugu Cinema. Born to prominent Telugu actor Krishna, she began her acting career by doing a cameo role in the 1999 film ''Ra ...

. It is jointly produced by Sanjay Swaroop and P. Kiran under his banner

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. It features

Sundeep Kishan Sundeep Kishan (born 7th May 1987) is an Indian actor and producer who works in predominately in Telugu and Tamil cinema. Career Sandeep Kishan was born in a Telugu family in present-day Chennai. He is the nephew to the cinematographers Chota ...

Amyra Dastur Amyra Dastur (born 7 May 1992) is an Indian actress who has starred in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu Films. Early life and career Dastur is Parsi and she speaks English and Gujarati at home. She holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Mumbai's HR ...

Tridha Choudhury Tridha Choudhury is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi series and films and Telugu films. She won the title, ''Clean & Clear Times of India Freshface 2011''. Her first movie was ''Mishawr Rawhoshyo'' in 2013, directed by Sriji ...

, and

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in the lead roles. Music was directed by

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. Dialogues in the film were written by Sai Madhav Burra. Released on 16 February 2018, the film failed to perform at the

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Plot

Cast

as Suraj *

as Nithya *

as Nikki *

as Abhay *

Priyadarshi Pullikonda Priyadarshi Pulikonda (born 25 August 1989) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu films. He gained recognition for his role in ''Pelli Choopulu'' (2016). In addition to supporting roles, Priyadarshi played the lead in films such as ...

as Sarath *

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as Lalli * Jaanvi Swarup * Abhay Bethiganti *

Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Award ...

(voiceover)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of ''Manasuku Nachindi'' was composed by

. Released through

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, all the songs 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 ...

Release and reception

The film was initially scheduled to release on 26 January 2018 but was postponed to 16 February 2018. Hemant Kumar of the ''

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'' rated the film 2 out of 5. " the story of Manasuku Nachindhi does have some merit, but it just does not get the cinematic treatment it deserves", Kumar wrote. ''

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'''s Srivathsan Nadadhur called the film "old wine in a new bottle." Nadadhur added that "''Manasuku Nachindi'' tries to convey a lot, but all the cushioning that director Manjula does to cover up a stale story comes a cropper in a 150-minute preachy marathon." Suhas Yellapantula writing for ''

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'' rated the film two stars out of five and "Manjula Ghattamaneni makes the film with all the right intentions but falters in its execution." On performances, Yellapantula opined that "Amyra Dastur is the only bright spark in this film, who lights up the screen with a wonderful performance. Sundeep, like the audience, seems confused. Tridha looks good but is overall unconvincing, while Nasser is wasted in a poorly written role."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7754486 2010s Telugu-language films Indian romantic drama films 2018 romantic drama films