Avuna.. (transl. Really..?) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic sports drama film directed by C. Umamaheswara Rao and starring newcomers Adarsh and Santhi Rao. The film was released to negative reviews.

Avuna..
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Directed byC. Umamaheswara Rao
Dialogue byAasam Srinivas
Screenplay byC. Umamaheswara Rao
Story byC. Umamaheswara Rao
Produced byDr. K. Ramana Kumar
StarringAdarsh
Santhi Rao
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Music byBhavatharini Ilayaraaja
Production
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Meghana Productions
Release date
  • 12 December 2003 (2003-12-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Cast

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Production

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Adarsh, Vijaya Bhaskar and Surya were trained in basketball for the film. The climax features national level basketball players.[2] K. Bhagyaraj made his acting debut in Telugu through this film.[1]

Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Bhavatharini Ilayaraaja. The lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Bhuvana Chandra, and Chandrabose.[3]

Reception

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Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film one out of five and wrote that "Except for a few inspirational quotes uttered in a couple of scenes by Surya, the entire film is a boring one".[3] Mithun Verma of Full Hyderabad rated the film one out of ten and wrote that "The lead pair, as mentioned earlier, appears to have been wearing too tight pants for their liking. The other departments like music, script, comedy, direction etc. are visible very clearly in the credits. That's all the appearance they do".[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Poornima (28 June 2003). "Bhagyaraj's Telugu debut". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Idlebrain.com's Showcase - Avunaa." Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Jeevi (12 December 2003). "Movie review - Avuna..!". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  4. ^ Verma, Mithun. "Avuna Review". Full Hyderabad. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
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