''Letha Manasulu'' () is a 2004 Indian

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-language romantic drama film directed by

S. V. Krishna Reddy Satti Venkata Krishna Reddy is an Indian film director, screenwriter, composer, and actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has garnered three state Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Best Telugu Director Award. His notable ...

. The film is produced by V. Balasouri and M. Anantha Varma under Sri Sivasai Pictures. It is a remake of the Tamil film ''Azhagi'' (2002) and stars

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, and Gopika. Raju (Srikanth) and Dhana Lakshmi (Kalyani) are childhood sweethearts who eventually get married to others. When Dhana Lakshmi loses her husband, Raju pities and takes her in as a maidservant while keeping his wife Bhanu (Gopika) in the dark about their past. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by

M. M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

. ''Letha Manasulu'' released on 1 October 2004.

Plot

Cast

as Raju *

as Dhana Lakshmi * Gopika as Bhanu * Raghunatha Reddy as Bhanu's father * AVS * S. S. Kanchi * Sivaji Raja as Raju's friend * Siva Parvathy as Bhanu's mother * Draksharamam Saroja * Rajeswari * Banda Jyothi * Krishna Chaitanya * Narsing Yadav * Baby Sruthi * Master Manoj * Kavya

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album consists of six singles composed by

. The audio launch was attended by

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12t ...

, then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. Reviewing the soundtrack album, ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...

'' stated: "All the songs in the film are made rich by sensible and poetic lyrics .However, the singers' good rendition notwithstanding, the pronunciation by the non-Telugu artistes remains much to be desired as usual".

Reception

Reviewing the film for ''

'', Gudipoodi Srihari wrote: "Though neat and simple, there is nothing novel in the storyline which is akin to the narration in a novel. It is surprising to note that a popular director known for neat themes, Krishna Reddy chose a routine theme involving a man and two women." A critic from '' Sify'' termed it "Slow and dreary," and stated, "Music of Keeravani is very average and dialogues by Ramana Chintapally are adequate. On the whole is film is slow with no surprises or commercial elements." Griddaluru Gopalrao of '' Zamin Ryot'' criticised the direction and screenplay, writing that the director failed to bring any novelty to the old storyline. He added that the characterisation was poor and performances were mediocre.

References

External links

* {{S. V. Krishna Reddy 2000s Telugu-language films 2004 romantic drama films Films directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Indian romantic drama films Telugu remakes of Tamil films