Nuvvu Nenu


Nuvvu Nenu is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Teja, who co-wrote the script with Dasaradh. The film stars Uday Kiran and Anita in lead roles, with Tanikella Bharani, Telangana Shakuntala, Sunil, and Banerjee in supporting roles. Nuvvu Nenu marked Anita's official acting debut.
Released on 10 August 2001, the film was a major commercial success. It won four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film – Telugu, and five Nandi Awards. It was remade in Hindi as Yeh Dil, with Anita reprising her role, and in Tamil as ''Madurai Veeran''

Plot

Ravi is the son of a multimillionaire in Hyderabad. Vasundhara is the daughter of a milk supplier. Ravi and Vasundhara study in the same college. The film starts with Vasundhara showing hatred towards Ravi, as he is a sportsman who is not good at studies. Over time, her hatred turns into love. Finally, he falls in love with her too. However, their parents do not approve of their marriage and their plan to avoid their marriage is to ask the couple that if they are to marry they must not meet each other for one year. If their love remains even after one year then their parents say they would agree to their marriage.
Ravi's father locks him up in the house in Mumbai, while Vasundhara's father takes her to his hometown and arranges her marriage with another man. However both Ravi and Vasundara manage to escape. They reach a garden where they spend a lot of days working for money. But Ravi's father sends goons to bring back his son. In the end, both of them get married in front of the Legislative Assembly, where the whole college comes to support them.

Cast

Production

Teja contacted Madhavan's spokesperson to sign the actor for the lead role in his film. However, his spokesperson denied the offer citing Madhavan's disinterest in acting in Telugu films. Thus, the role went to Uday Kiran.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.

Reception

Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot praised the film's writing. "For an ordinary story, Teja has written an extra-ordinary screenplay," Gopalrao added. Jeevi of Idlebrain rated the film out of 5 stars and opined, "A simple story can be told in a simple manner. But the director used every possible technique to insert the twists and unwanted violence in this film". A critic from Sify wrote, "The film is a mish-mash of Bollywood love stories like Bobby, QSQT and Maine Pyaar Kiya" and praised the music and cinematography".

Remakes

This film was remade into Hindi as Yeh Dil, in Tamil as Madurai Veeran Anita reprised her role in the Hindi version.