''Veedhi'' () is a 2006 Telugu-language film directed by V Dorairaj. The film stars Sharwanand and Gopika with newcomers Nataraj, Santhosh, and Aryan in important roles.

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plays a negative role.

Cast

Sharwanand Sharwanand Myneni (born 6 March 1984) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films alongside a few Tamil films. He made his acting debut in the year 2004 with the film ''Aidho Tareekhu.'' For ''Engeyum Eppodhum'' (2011), he received S ...

as Surya *

Gopika Girly Anto, credited by her screen name Gopika (born 1 February 1984) is an Indian actress, who has predominantly starred in Malayalam films.Starting her career as a model, she ventured into acting with the Malayalam film, ''Pranayamanithooval'' ...

as Seetha Mahalakshmi *

as Sivanna * Nataraj * Santosh * Aryan *

M.S. Narayana M. S. Narayana (16 April 1951–23 January 2015) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu cinema. He died on 23 January 2015 due to organ failure in Hyderabad, India. Career Narayana has over 750 films to his credit. His debut film ...

* Rallapalli *

Brahmanandam Kanneganti Brahmanandam (born 1 February 1956), known mononymously as Brahmanandam, is an Indian actor, comedian, impersonator, and voice actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is particularly known for his comic performa ...

* Delhi Rajeswari * Master Siva Varma *

Harsha Vardhan Harsha Vardhan is an Indian actor, comedian and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil and Hindi language films, in addition to television. He is known for his performance in Telugu ...

Mannava Balayya Mannava Balayya (9 April 1930 – 9 April 2022) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer in Telugu cinema. He acted in 300 films. Early life and career Mannava Balayya, was born at Chavupadu, Amaravathi mandalam, Guntur district ...

* Pilla Prasad *

Kondavalasa Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao (10 August 1946 – 2 November 2015), popularly known as Kondavalasa, was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. Background Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao was born on 10 August 1946 in ...

Jayalalita Jayalalita is an Indian character actor, who acted in about 650 films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Early life Jayalalita was born in Gudivada, a town in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. She complete ...

* Dil Ramesh * Jeeva * Apoorva * Kanchi * P.D. Raju * Siva Krishna *

Vinod Kumar Vinod Kumar Alva (born 1 April 1963) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Telugu cinema & also appeared in Kannada,Tamil & Malayalam films. Filmography Telugu *''Mayadari Mogudu'' (1984) *''Mouna Poratam'' (1989) *'' Adavil ...

Rajyalakshmi Rajyalakshmi Chandu, better known by her stage name Sankarabharanam Rajyalakshmi (born 18 December 1964) is an Indian actress. She was a prominent lead actress during the 1980s in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She was well noted fo ...

* Mallikarjuna Rao

Production

The story is based on a true incident that happened in Bihar. The shooting of the film ended on 3 June 2006. Raju Voopati, who previously directed ''

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'' rechristened himself as V Dorairaj for this film. The film is produced by

Ushakiran Movies Usha Kiron Movies is an Indian film production company founded by Ramoji Rao in 1983. It is a part of Ramoji Group. This film production house has produced over 80 films with the majority of them in Telugu, along with a few in Kannada, Hindi an ...

and has music by

Anup Rubens Anup Rubens, born Enoch Rubens, is an Indian film music composer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He has received the South Filmfare Awards and Nandhi Awards by Government of Andra pradesh. Rubens works include ''Seetharama Kalyana'' ...

. This film marks Rubens's second collaboration with Ushakiran Movies after ''

Chitram ''Chitram'' () is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Teja. This film stars debutants Uday Kiran and Reema Sen in the lead roles. The film was sensational hit in 2000. The film is produced by Ramoji Rao.T ...

'' (2000).

Release

The film was scheduled to release at the end of June, but was delayed. The film released to mixed reviews from critics. ''

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'' gave the film a rating of three out of five and wrote that "''Veedhi'' is a dead end and most inept movie of the year award should go to its director Dorairaj". ''The Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "The film has lesser logic than a bowl of goldfish – what lend it some platform of watchability are the performances". On the contrary, the critic praised the comedy sequences and performances of the newcomers.

References

External links

* 2006 films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian action drama films 2006 action drama films {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub