Naa Manasistha Raa (transl. Come, I will give you my heart) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic thriller film directed by R. R. Shinde. It stars Srikanth, Soundarya, and Richa Pallod. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Parthen Rasithen (2000).[1]
| Naa Manasistha Raa | |
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 Cassette cover | |
| Directed by | R. R. Shinde |
| Written by | Jandhyala (dialogues) |
| Based on | Parthen Rasithen by Saran |
| Produced by | M. Sudhakar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | C. Ramprasad |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
Production company | Sri Mahaganapathi Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
The film released on 18 July 2001 and was a semi-hit at the box office.[2]
Plot
editShankar, an aeronautical engineer, is a soft spoken man. He befriends Nandini, a student of medicine and the both share a platonic relationship. Despite this, Shankar spends a lot of time as a loaner blowing his mouth organ. Seershika, who works as an employee at a private firm, meets Shankar and starts liking him as a person as well as his taste in music.
Shankar reciprocates her feelings, and they both fall in love with each other. As they decide to get marry, Shankar's parents who live in Dubai come to India as start the wedding arrangements. Meanwhile, Nandini takes an opportunity and confesses her love to Shankar.Shankar however never had any romantic feelings towards Nandini.Seershika poisons herself and gets hospitalized,and survives.However both Shankar and Seershika gets reunited in the end.
Cast
edit- Srikanth as Shankar
- Soundarya as Nandini
- Richa Pallod as Seershika
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Shankar's father
- Sangeeta as Shankar's mother
- Prithivi
- Brahmanandam
- Sivaji Raja
- Sudhakar as Parasuram
- Tanikella Bharani
- Sunil as Cab driver
- Hema
- Telangana Shakuntala
- Sudha
- Kallu Chidambaram
Production
editAfter the success of films ending with 'Raa', Ninne Premistha (2000) director R. R. Shinde titled this film Naa Manasistha Raa. The film is produced by Sudhakar, who produced Taraka Ramudu (1997).[3][4] Shooting was scheduled to start on 18 January 2001 but was postponed to the second week of February of the same year.[5][3] Srikanth and Soundarya shot for this film and Kalisi Naduddam (2001) at the same time.[6]
Soundtrack
editSongs are composed by S. A. Rajkumar, who reused all tunes from the original.[7]
- "Twinkle Twinkle" – Rajesh, Sunitha
- "Punnami Jabili" – S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sunitha
- "Kadantava" – Rajesh, Sunitha
- "Sakkubai" – Udit Narayan
- "Champodhe" – Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram
- "Ooh Prema" – Devan
Reception
editGriddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot gave a positive review for the film. He appreciated the storyline, performances of the leads and camerawork of the film.[8] Ajay Bashyam of Full Hyderabad opined that "Right from the name (ouch!), everything about Naa Manasista... Raa! is filmy. It's an old problem – the story starts off pretty okay and has enough steam to carry it till the interval, then there is the twist [...] and then the writer keeps coming up with new problems just to pull along the film for the second half".[9]
Box office
editA writer from News18 attributed the film's failure with the audience's rejection of Soundarya in a negative role.[10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Some love stories are not always pleasant". The Times of India. 24 August 2001. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ Vijayalaxmi, M D Riti (30 May 2003). "Vamsi is back!". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ a b ""Manasista .. Raa!" – says love expert Shinde". Idlebrain.com. 19 January 2001. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "RB Chowdary donates 5 lakhs to RR Shinde family". Idlebrain.com. 30 October 2001. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Srikanth – Soundarya combo on 18th Jan". Idlebrain.com. 27 December 2000. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Anjala Zhaveri with Srikanth". Idlebrain.com. 29 May 2001. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Naa Manasista Raa Songs Download: Naa Manasista Raa MP3 Telugu Songs Online Free on". Gaana.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ Gopalrao, Griddaluru (9 August 2001). "నా... మానసిస్తా రా! చూసి రావోచ్చు!!" [Naa Manasistha Raa is watchable] (PDF). Zamin Ryot (in Telugu). pp. 9, 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Bashyam, Ajay. "Naa Manasistha Raa Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Samantha – Ramya Krishna – Kajal – Soundarya: వెండితెరపై విలనిజం చూపించిన స్టార్ హీరోయిన్స్ వీళ్లే." News18 Telugu (in Telugu). 7 April 2021. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "సమంత ప్రేమకథకి నయన్ విలనా?". Andhra Jyothy (in Telugu). 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021.