''Thank You Subba Rao'' is a 2001 Indian

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-language directed by

E. V. V. Satyanarayana Eedara Veera Venkata Satyanarayana (10 June 1956 21 January 2011) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed a total of 51 films in Telugu and Hindi and introduced many actors to Telugu cinema. He was well known for ma ...

. The film stars Srihari as the titular character,

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and Abhirami, in her Telugu debut. It was theatrically released on 12 October 2001, and it was a box office failure. The film is inspired by ''

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'' (1987) and its Malayalam remake '' Vandanam'' (1989).

Cast

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Production

The film marks the debut of mass hero Srihari as a comedy hero and was completed in mid-2001. A dog plays a major role.

Soundtrack

The film notably has no songs, and the score was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari from ''

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'' wrote "Prakash Raj and Abhirami dominate the show with Srihari playing the second fiddle to them. Some sequences at the end, featuring Srihari and LB Sriram are entertaining. Music score by Vandemataram is average". A reviewer of ''

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'' says " The first half of the film has no story and is full of comedy. The second half has a little bit of story and sentiment along with comedy. The comedy of the second half is very well received (mainly due to the presence of sentiment)". A reviewer of '' Sify'' wrote "Prakash Raj proves he has a comic angle, while new girl Abhirami has made a decent debut in Telugu films. Thank god the film does not have any songs".

References

External links

* {{E. V. V. Satyanarayana 2001 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana