''Nee Sneham'' ( en, Your Friendship) is a 2002 Indian

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-language romantic drama film directed by Paruchuri Murali, and written and produced by M. S. Raju on Sumanth Art Productions banner. The film stars

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, and Jatin Grewal. ''Nee Sneham'' released on 1 November 2002 and was successful at the box office. The soundtrack composed by

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became quite popular and was critical in the success of the film.

received his second nomination for

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for the film. It was remade in Bengali as ''

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'' (2004) and in Odia as ''Mu Tote Love Karuchi'' (2007).

Plot

The film opens with Madhav (

) and Sreenu (Jatin Grewal) playing a football cup final in

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. Madhav and Sreenu are best friends, football players, and neighbours. Subsequently, the team wins the cup. A mishap happens when Sreenu tries to save Madhav from an accident. Madhav escapes with minor injuries, but Sreenu loses his leg. This puts an end to his football career. Sreenu, recovering from the incident, convinces Madhav not to tell anyone about the cause of Sreenu's accident. He does this to save the two families from drifting apart. Remembering his sacrifice, Madhav works hard and becomes the captain of the team, a post once held by Sreenu. Once, while visiting Goa for a match, Madhav sees Amrutha (

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) and falls in love with her. When Amrutha returns to her house, she finds her grandparents fixing her marriage with an

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. The wedding is called off when the father of the groom gets to know about Madhav's love for Amrutha. Her heartbroken grandfather dies a few days later, and Amrutha holds Madhav responsible for all these incidents and starts hating him. Madhav tries to change her life by anonymously sending her gifts and money during her hardships. Amrutha desperately tries to find the person who was sending these to her. A few days later, during the festival of

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, Amrutha mistakenly thinks Sreenu to be the sender of all the gifts and proposes him for marriage. Sreenu, not knowing about Madhav's love, agrees to the proposal. Madhav rushes to Sreenu's house, where he realises that the bride is none other than Amrutha. Madhav sacrifices his love for his best friend's happiness. He tries to burn the photos of him and Amrutha in Goa, but he is seen by his father. His father learns the truth, but Madhav convinces him not to tell anyone. Madhav decides to leave the town so that the wedding goes on smoothly. He fakes a letter asking him to report to Delhi for national football team selection. Sreenu asks him to leave immediately and to fulfill both of their dreams. Madhav, instead of going to Delhi, flies to

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. Meanwhile, Sreenu's father learns about the photograph and Amrutha is questioned about their relationship. Amrutha realises that it was Madhav, and not Sreenu, who helped her during her hardships. Sreenu and Amrutha leave for Mumbai. The film ends with Amrutha and Madhav getting together and Sreenu walking away with satisfaction.

Cast

as Madhav *

as Amrutha * Jatin Grewal as Seenu * K Viswanath as Amrutha's grandfather *

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as Madhav's father *

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as Madhav's sister *

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as a cook * Ajay a college student *

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* Hema as Amrutha's sister * Sudha as Madhav's mother *

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* Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Seenu's father *

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as Madhav's friend *

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as football coach *

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as Madhav's friend * Chitram Seenu as Madhav's friend * Sangeeta as Seenu's mother

Production

The film was shot in ninety-three days.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

. All songs were penned by

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. Music was released by

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company.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' praised the lead pair's performance, the direction, the cinematography and the music. A critic from ''

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'' said that "It is a well-made film. But the narration lacks the needed momentum. The songs are well scripted and tuned". Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' wrote that "The film is told in a very convincing way. Though the narration is little slow, there is no dull moment in this film".

Awards

* Usha won

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for the song "Chinuku Thadiki".(in

)

References

{{M. S. Raju 2002 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by R. P. Patnaik Indian romantic drama films Indian buddy films Telugu films remade in other languages 2000s buddy films 2002 romantic drama films