''Speed Dancer'' is a 1999 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

-language dance

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include lif ...

directed by Muppalaneni Shiva and produced by TVD Prasad. The film stars

Raghava Lawrence Lawrence Raghavendra is an Indian dance choreographer, actor, director, composer, dancer and playback singer. After making his debut as a dance choreographer in 1993, he began looking for acting opportunities. He began his career as an actor in ...

and Monica Bedi. It was released on 18 June 1999.

Cast

as Seenu * Monica Bedi as Monika * Anand Babu *

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 ...

Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. As a former politician, Rao has ...

* AVS * Ranganath * M. S. Narayana * Ironleg Sastri * Manorama * Sangeeta * Roja in a special appearance

Production

revealed that he accepted the offer to appear as the lead actor of a film for the first time at the insistence of TVD Prasad. Monica Bedi also was given a role in the film, owing to her friendship with Prasad. The film's comedy track was written by Satish Vegesna.

Soundtrack

Release

Prior to the film's release, actor

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu, as well as some film ...

helped promote the film and spoke highly of Lawrence's work in the film. The film was released on 18 June 1999 and did not perform well at the box office.

References

External links

* 1990s Telugu-language films 1990s action drama films 1990s masala films Indian action drama films Indian dance films Films scored by Ramesh Vinayakam Films directed by Muppalaneni Shiva {{1990s-Telugu-film-stub