'' Naa Oopiri'' () is a 2005

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film directed by Kanmani and starring

Vadde Naveen Vadde Naveen is an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu films. His father Vadde Ramesh was a film producer. Career Although his first film released was ''Korukunna Priyudu'' (1997), his first movie as an actor was ''Krant ...

, Sangeetha, and Anjana in the lead roles. Kanmani originally wanted to make the film in Tamil. This film marks the Telugu debut of Anjana, Kanmani, Deepak Dev (in his only Telugu album to date), and Suresh Urs.

Cast

as Venu * Sangeetha as Gowri * Anjana as Madhu (credited as Juhi) * Sudha *

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as Prasad *

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* Lalitha Raj * Baby Abhinaya * Master Viswanath

Production

The muhurat for the film took place in 2004 at Annapoorna Studios. The film is directed by Kanmani, who has worked as an assistant director for Tamil films for 12 years, notably for ''

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''. The cinematographer, Krishna, previously worked as an assistant to

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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and lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Suddala Ashok Teja & Sriharsha.

Awards

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* Special Jury Award for Best Performance -

Release

The film received mixed to positive reviews upon release. Full Hyderabad gave the film 6 out of 10 stars stating "Naveen deserves kudos for his brave effort to crawl back into mainstream cinema, but he simply isn't up to this one". Idlebrain stated that "Naa Oopiri, by a long stretch, is the best film that Vadde Naveen has acted so far. The story and its treatment is indeed refreshing". Idlebrain praised the first half of the film as well as Naveen's performance stating that "This is the most challenging character for Naveen in his entire career".

References

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