Naa Oopiri


Naa Oopiri is a 2005 Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Kanmani and starring Vadde Naveen, Sangeetha, and Anjana in the lead roles. This film marks the Telugu debut of Anjana, Kanmani, Deepak Dev, and Suresh Urs.

Cast

  • Vadde Naveen as Venu
  • Sangeetha as Gowri
  • Anjana as Madhu
  • Sudha as Doctor
  • M. S. Narayana as Prasad
  • Surya as Manager, Venu's boss
  • Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Krishnamurthy
  • Lalitha Raj
  • Baby Abhinaya
  • Master Viswanath as Ramu

    Production

The muhurat for the film took place in 2004 at Annapoorna Studios. The film is directed by Kanmani, who has worked as an assistant director for Tamil films for 12 years, notably for Gemini. Kanmani originally wanted to make the film in Tamil. The cinematographer, Krishna, previously worked as an assistant to Santosh Sivan.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deepak Dev and lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Suddala Ashok Teja & Sriharsha.

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film 3/5 and praised the first half of the film as well as Naveen's performance stating that "This is the most challenging character for Naveen in his entire career".

Awards

Nandi Awards