Maa Annayya

Maa Annayya is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. The film stars Rajasekhar and Meena with Maheswari, Vineeth, Brahmaji, Deepti Bhatnagar, Preetha Vijayakumar and Nassar in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film was released in 2000 to positive reviews. The film was a remake of the Tamil film Vaanathaippola. The film became a box-office hit.

Cast

Rajasekhar in a dual role as Madhu and Gopalam
* Dilip Kumar Salvadi as young Madhu
Meena as Gowri
* Sudeepa Pinky as young Gowri
Maheswari as Nandini
Vineeth as Sekhar
Preetha Vijayakumar as Sumathi
Deepti Bhatnagar as Radha
Nassar as Nandini's father
Brahmaji as Gopi
Devan as Gowri's father
Sudha as Gowri's mother
Rama Prabha as Gopalam's grandmother
Sudhakar as Sonti
Chandra Mohan as Sumathi's father
Rami Reddy as rival company owner
Anand as Anand
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Production

The film began production in early 2000 with Rajasekhar initially wanting Muthyala Subbaiah to direct the film. According to Subbaiya, he was removed from the film as Rajasekhar was unimpressed with the film Manasunna Maaraju after seeing its rush copy. The film began production under the name Maa Manchi Annayya before the name was shortened to Maa Annayya. Two songs were shot in Austria.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar who composed for the original Tamil film. The song "Maa Logililo Pandedantha" is based on "Dil Deewana" from the Hindi film Daag,
which itself borrows its charanam from "Pehli Pehli Baar Mohabbat Ki Hai" from Sirf Tum.

No.	Song	Singer
1	"Neeli Ningilo"	Hariharan
2	"Maina Emainaave"	K. S. Chithra, P. Unnikrishnan
3	"Maa Logililo Pandedantha"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Unni Menon, K. S. Chithra, Sujatha Mohan
4	"Pilla Bhale Dhini Figure"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha
5	"Kadhile Andhala Nadhi"	Sukhwinder Singh, Anuradha Sriram
6	"Thaajaga Maa Intlo"	K. S. Chithra, Sujatha Mohan, Mano
7	"Neeli Ningilo"	Hariharan

Reception

A critic from Full Hyderabad opined that "The film is good to watch with all the fun and laughter". On the contrary, a critic from indiainfo wrote that "There are several occasions where the bond comes under severe test and every time it comes out unscathed". Andhra Today wrote "The story with its heavy brotherly sentiment moves very slow. Unlike other movies, the story does not have any twists and turns of brothers splitting and reuniting. The director has worked hard to make it very appealing to the audience. It offers little entertainment". Telugu Cinema wrote "The routine family drama which could be easily dismissed otherwise has a strength in the form of Rajasekhar in title role who essayed it to its perfection while the junior role has nothing much to offer. Technically, the film has good quality of photography and music by Ram Pinisetty and Rajkumar respectively. As a director Raviraja Pinisetty wasn’t up to the mark in blending the family drama which looks dragging many times".