''Premikudu'' is a 2016 Indian

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-language romantic drama film written and directed by Kala Sundeep. The film stars Maanas and

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in the lead roles. It was released on 17 June 2016. The film was dubbed into Malayalam with the same name.

Cast

* Maanas Nagulapalli as Sri *

as Krishna * Ajith *

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* Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao * Bhanu Chander

Production

The film marks Maanas' solo debut; he previously starred in ''Kai Raja Rai'' (2015). and ''

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'' (2016). The film's title logo was launched in August 2015 at Prasad Labs in Hyderabad coinciding with Maanas's birthday. The event was presided by film producer Damodar Prasad, who was the chief guest. By August 2015, 60 percent of the film's shoot was complete, with the shoot primarily taking place in and around

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Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Vijay Balaji and Paadu Shantha Paadu. The film's soundtrack was released on 13 March 2016 at a ceremony held at Rock Heights in Hyderabad. The previous day, a single track was premiered at an FM station.

Release and reception

The film released on 17 June 2016. A reviewer from film portal ''

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'' wrote "for a small budget film to be successful, it should have at least an unique story line or an interesting narration", adding "sadly, ''Premikudu'' does not have any of those going its way". A critic from ''nettv4u'' noted that the film was "boring and outdated", but noted Maanas "acted decently and did justice to his character of selfless and ignorant youth", while Sanam "plays the character of the rich girl and has pulled it beautifully with her looks and attitude".

References

{{reflist 2010s Telugu-language films 2016 films 2016 romance films