Dollar Dreams


Dollar Dreams is a 2000 Indian drama film written, directed and produced by Sekhar Kammula in his directorial debut. Shot in Telugu and English, the film starred Santosh Kumar, Anish Kuruvilla, Ravi Raju, Anil Prashant, Dashveer Singh, Priyanka Veer, and Satya.
The film explores the conflict between American dreams and human feelings.
Dollar Dreams was screened at the 33rd International Film Festival of India. It won the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director at the 47th National Film Awards.

Production

Rediff.com cited Dollar Dreams as a take off from where Hyderabad Blues ends. The film re-introduced social realism to Telugu screen.