Preminche Manasu

Preminche Manasu is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romantic psychological thriller film directed by AVS Adi Narayana and starring Vadde Naveen and Keerthi Reddy. The film is a remake of the 1998 Tamil-language film Priyamudan. It was commercially unsuccessful.

Production

The film was launched at Ramanaidu Studios.

Soundtrack

The songs are composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry and Chandrabose. Rajkumar went on to reuse "Evare Cheli Nuvvevare" as "Nathiye Nayil Nathiye" in Vaanathaippola, which also went on to be reused as "Kadhile Andhala Nadhi" in Maa Annayya.

Release

The film released on 2 July 1999 with the tagline "Loving Heart". Keerthi Reddy, who became popular with Tholi Prema, failed to garner further recognition from this film and Ravoyi Chandamama and subsequently went to work in Hindi films.

Reception

Griddhaluru Gopala Rao of Zamin Ryot gave the film a negative review. He noted that the first half is entertaining, but the film goes haywire in the second half. He praised the music, lyrics, picturisation in Jaipur but criticised the Telugu pronunciation of the singers, and certain plot points which he felt were unrealistic. Andhra Today wrote "The story is unique and has good roles. But the director failed to exploit to his advantage and thereby failed the audience. Even the strong bondage of love between Vasanth and Sailaja has not been well portrayed. With a little more imagination and perspective, the director could have taken the movie to better heights by making it an entertainer and the movie would have made a big hit".