Darling Darling | |
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Directed by | V. Samudra |
Written by | V. Samudra Diwakar Babu (dialogues) |
Based on | Darling Darling (Malayalam) |
Produced by | Medikonda Murali Krishna |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Navakanth |
Music by | Koti |
Production company | Sri Venkata Ramana Productions |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Darling Darling is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by V. Samudra. A remake of the Malayalam film of the same name, the film stars Srikanth, Shaheen and Sai Kiran.
Cast
- Srikanth as Chinni Krishna
- Shaheen as Hema / Latha
- Sai Kiran as Kiran
- Chandra Mohan as Pedarayudu
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Srinivasa Rao
- M. S. Narayana as Swamy
- Giribabu as P.K. Rao
- Satyanarayana
- Annapoorna as Rajyalakshmi
- Varsha as Saraswathi
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao as STD/ISD Booth Owner
- Sudhakar as Sudhakar aka Sudha
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Doctor
- Vinod as Ravi
- Prasanna Kumar as Prathap
Production
Producer Medikonda Murali Krishna who produced Suryudu and Narasimha Naidu (both remakes) produced this film.[1] After a string of failures, Srikanth changed his hairstyle for the film.[2]
Release
The film was scheduled to release on Diwali.[3]
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com opined that "The film is one of the worst films that are made in the recent past. There is no imagination in screenplay or direction".[4] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "Saikiran's character looks foolish. Srikant, playing a sadist role, is unimpressive, particularly in closeup shots" and that "Shaheen is a mere doll".[5] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Darling Darling has a plot so complicated that only two persons in the cast finally understand what has happened, and those two do not include the heroine or the hero".[6]
References
- ↑ "Narasimha Naidu producer into remake". Idlebrain. 10 July 2001.
- ↑ "Srikanth changes his hairstyle". Idlebrain. 20 September 2001.
- ↑ "Abhay auctioned". Idlebrain. 5 November 2001.
- ↑ Jeevi (30 December 2001). "Movie review - Darling Darling". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 2 December 2001.
- ↑ Srihari, Gudipoodi (30 December 2001). "All about villainous ways". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Darling Darling Review". Full Hyderabad.