Prematho Raa


Prematho Raa is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Udayasankar and produced by T. Trivikrama Rao under Vijayalakshmi Art Pictures. Starring Venkatesh and Simran in the lead roles, the film features music composed by Mani Sharma.
This film marked the second collaboration between Venkatesh, Simran, and Udayasankar, following the success of Kalisundam Raa. However, Prematho Raa failed to replicate the success of their previous venture and was a box office failure. It was later dubbed into Tamil as Kadhal Galatta.

Plot

Chandu and Vijay are brothers. They belong to a wealthy family where the elder brother Vijay is responsible for taking care of the business. The younger one Chandu is a spoilt brat and a womanizer.
Vijay is in love with Sandhya. Chandu happens to visit Ooty and falls for a damsel, Geeta. But Geeta remains aloof. So he plays different tricks to attract her. One fine day he expresses his love to her and duly deflowers her. The next day, he takes the train to Hyderabad without informing Geeta and attends the marriage of his brother Vijay and Sandhya. At the time of marriage, Sandhya enters the scene with Geeta revealing that she is her younger sister and was used by Chandu to satisfy his lust. Sandhya breaks the marriage with Vijay.
Chandu realizes his mistake and repents for the same. He approaches Sandhya and pleads with her. She gives him an opportunity to change. If she realizes that Chandu is a changed man after six months, then she will endorse the marriage of Chandu and Geeta. The rest of the film is all about how effectively Chandu convinces Geeta.

Cast

Production

The filming began on October 2000 and was held at locations such as Hyderabad, New Zealand, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Rajasthan, Jaisalmer and Jaipur.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Mani Sharma. Auido soundtrack was released on Aditya Music label.

Reception

Idlebrain wrote, "The touch of Uday Shankar, who has given a memorable film like 'Kalisundam Raa, is not there in this film. This entire film, including songs and comedy, lacks continuity. Screenplay and direction of this film is not up to Venky standards". Full Hyderabad wrote, "When a movie starts 10 minutes early on the second day of its showing, you begin to wonder if there isn't something amiss. And your fears would be validated in the first half an hour of 'Prematho Raa' itself - the initial part of the movie is the very definition of predictability". Andhra Today wrote, "Unlike Venkatesh's movies which have been known for their variety stories, and for drawing big crowds, this movie has a very ordinary story which will disappoint the audience. A weak story combined with a screen-play of similar quality will not impress the movie-goers".