Priyudu

Priyudu
Official poster
Directed by	Shravan
Written by	Shravan
Produced by	Uday Kiran
Starring	Varun Sandesh Preetika Rao
Cinematography	Malhar Bhatt
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Mohan Jona
Release date	3 December 2011 (2011-12-03)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Priyudu (transl. Lover) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Shravan and starring Varun Sandesh and Preetika Rao.

Cast

• Varun Sandesh as Karthik
• Preetika as Madhu Latha
• Ranadhir Reddy as Vara Prasad
• Kota Srinivasa Rao
• Thagubothu Ramesh
• Vennela Kishore
• Nassar as Karthik's father
• Vijay Sai
• Ali as Kuphli Baba, Hukka Baba and Pungi Baba
• Pragathi
• Surekha Vani
• Y. Kasi Viswanath as Madhu Latha's father
• Shweta Basu Prasad (cameo appearance)

Production

Varun Sandhesh plays the role of a businessman's son. Amrita Rao's sister, Preetika, is the heroine.[1][2] Danayya named the film.[3] The film was shot in Hyderabad and a couple songs were shot in Bangkok.[4] Preetika took lessons in Mumbai to learn Telugu.[5]

Soundtrack

Music by Mohan Jona.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Lo Edo"	Benny Dayal	3:50
2.	"Chaitrama"	Karthik	5:20
3.	"Albela Albela"	Vijay Prakash, Chinmayi	4:20
4.	"Bakkodera"	Priya Himesh	3:16
5.	"Cheliya Cheliya"	Shankar Mahadevan	5:17
6.	"Chinni Gunde"	Shweta Mohan	3:16
Total length:			25:19

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Priyudu is a better film for Varun Sandesh after Kotha Bangaru Lokam.[6] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "The story gives out an outdated approach to narration and also the characters".[7] A critic from The Times of India wrote that "It just looks like a mish mash of many similar films of the past".[8] 123 Telugu wrote that "Priyudu is a film that has not much going for it except for some instances of humour in the first half".[9] A critic from Full Hyderabad opined that "The movie is a plain commonplace romance, nothing more than an over-dramatization of the kind of unremarkable situations that college youth get into".[10]

References

1. "Varun Sandesh chitchat about Priyudu - Telugu cinema actor". Idlebrain.
2. "Preetika: Dance with me! - Times of India". The Times of India.
3. "Priyudu music launch - Telugu cinema - Varun Sandesh and Preetika Rao". Idlebrain.
4. "First Look: Preetika and Varun's Priyudu". Rediff. 15 November 2011.
5. Rajamani, Radhika (1 December 2011). "Preetika: I am proud to be a part of Priyudu". Rediff.
6. "Priyudu film review - Telugu cinema Review - Varun Sandeh, Preetika Rao & Shweta Basu Prasad". Idlebrain.
7. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (December 3, 2011). "Priyudu - Matters of the heart". The Hindu.
8. "Priyudu Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Priyudu by Times of India". The Times of India.
9. "Review : Priyudu – Bad remake of many good films". December 3, 2011.
10. "Priyudu review: Priyudu (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com".

External links

• Priyudu at IMDb