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Tholi Muddu
Tholi Muddu
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Rushendra Reddy
Written by	Ganesh Patro (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	K. Rushendra Reddy
Story by	Rajiv Kaul; Praful Parekh
Produced by	G. C. Gupta Presents; G. Radhadevi Gupta; K. K. Reddy
Starring	Prashanth; Divya Bharati
Cinematography	K. Shankar
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production; company	Durga Films
Release date	16 October 1993;
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Tholi Muddu (transl. The First Kiss) is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language teen romance film directed and co-written by K. Rushendra Reddy and starring Prashanth and Divya Bharati. The film is a remake of the 1990 Hindi-language film Dil.^[1] The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Ilam Nenje Vaa.

This was the last Telugu film of actress Divya Bharti, which was posthumously released six months after her death. Due to Divya's death before filming was completed, her remaining scenes were completed by actress Rambha, who slightly resembled Divya (Only Divya was credited in the final film). The film was commercially successful.^[2]

Plot

Prashanth and Divya get married without informing anyone. Soon enough, Divya's father tries to make their life a living hell.

Cast

Prashanth as Prashanth
Divya Bharti as Divya
- Rambha as Divya (Replacement for Divya)
Brahmanandam as Police Inspector
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kotishwara Raayudu
Captain Raju as Mr. Gupta
Senthil as Swamiji
Raaki
Ali as Prashanth's friend
Ironleg Sastri
Annapoorna
Pandari Bai

Production

Due to Divya Bharti's death on 5 April 1993, the rest of Divya's scenes were completed by actress Rambha in Divya's role while Roja Ramani dubbed her voice.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Soundtrack

Telugu version

The original score by Ilaiyaraaja consists of 6 tracks. The song "Vaane Laddi" was not included in the movie.

Title	Singers
"Idhi Bombai Bulliro"	S.P. Balu
"Toli Muddu"	S.P. Balu, Janaki
"Mem Premikulam"
"Chittiguma Padave"
"Ravaa Priyathama"
"Vane Laddi"

Tamil version

Music composed by Ilaiyaraaja consists of 6 tracks and were released in 1995.

Title	Singers
"Idhi Bombaye"	S.P Balu, Chorus
"Oru Mutham"	S.P Balu, Chithra
"Ini Vellvathu"	S.P Balu, Chithra, Chorus
"Chittu Kuruvi"	S.P Balu, Chithra
"Vezhva Maranama"
"Mattai Kozhi"

References

^ Sisodia, Kirti (1 January 2017). Aamir Khan: A Social Spark. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9789352661183. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via Google Books.
^ Sunil, Sreya. "Telugu Heroines - They drizzled, they sizzled and they fizzled". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
^ "6 Bollywood Celebs Who Replaced Their Colleagues In Projects Due To Their Untimely Demise". Desimartini. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "The dark side of showbiz spotlight". The Times of India. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "దివికేగిన దివ్య" [Divya died] (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). 9 April 1993. p. 9,11. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

External links

Tholi Muddu at IMDb

[1] Sisodia, Kirti (1 January 2017). Aamir Khan: A Social Spark. Prabhat Prakashan. ISBN 9789352661183. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2021 – via Google Books.

[2] Sunil, Sreya. "Telugu Heroines - They drizzled, they sizzled and they fizzled". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2022.

[3] "6 Bollywood Celebs Who Replaced Their Colleagues In Projects Due To Their Untimely Demise". Desimartini. 19 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[4] "The dark side of showbiz spotlight". The Times of India. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[5] "దివికేగిన దివ్య" [Divya died] (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). 9 April 1993. p. 9,11. Retrieved 28 December 2024.

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