Ninne Ishtapaddanu () is a 2003 Telugu-language film directed by Konda and produced by KL Narayana under Sri Durga Arts. The film stars Tarun and Sridevi in the lead roles. The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Uyiraai Ninaithen.
Plot Charan (Tarun) is a fun loving college-going guy in Vizag. He meets Sanjana (Anitha) in an interesting style. They start off their relationship with quarreling and slowly fall in love. Sanjana leaves for Hyderabad after the graduation is over. Charan also leaves for Hyderabad in search of Sanjana, as he has not received any phone call or mail from Sanjana since she left. On his way to Hyderabad, he meets an NRI called Boney (Rajiv Kanakala), who has come to India in search of a bride. After reaching Hyderabad, Charan accidentally meets another girl called Geeta (Sridevi), who works at All India Radio and somehow settles in her house as guest. One day, he spots Sanjana who ridicules his love and says that she pretended to love him only to take revenge on him for the pranks he played on her during college time. Then she hands him over her wedding card. And the bridegroom turns out to be Boney. The rest of the film revolves around these four characters – Charan, Boney, Sanjana and Geetanjali. The climax is all about who gets whom.
Cast
Tarun as Charan / Cherry Sridevi as Geetanjali "Geeta" Anita Hassanandani as Sanjana "Sanju" Rajiv Kanakala as Boney Sarath Babu as Sanjana's father Raavi Kondala Rao as Sanjana's grandfather Brahmanandam as Train Passenger Ali as Charan's friend Giri Babu as Charan's father Sunil as Bangaru Babu (Gold Babu), Sanjana's relative Sudha as Sanjana's mother Sudeepa Pinky as Charan's sister MS Narayana as Muddu Krishna, a police officer Mallikarjuna Rao as peon in Charan's college Tanikella Bharani as Venkateswarlu, All India Radio Managing Director and Geeta’s boss Madhunandan as Charan's friend Sivaji Raja as Sanjana's brother-in-law Chinna as Boney's relative Hema as Bangaru Babu's wife Junior Relangi as Purohith Babloo as Charan's friend Athli Lakshmi as Sanjana's grandmother Delhi Rajeswari as Charan's mother Jhansi as Visalakshi "Visu Aunty", Chinna's wife Anitha Chowdary as Sanjana’s sister Misro Ganesh Devi Sri Sakhi Neha Dhupia in a special appearance Venu Madhav in a cameo Raghava Lawrence in the song "Krishna Zilla" Harish Shankar in a cameo
Music
The music of the film was composed by R. P. Patnaik. The Hindu praised the lyrics and music. Telugu Cinema wrote "The album has two songs aimed at the masses among the audience, and mostly melodies on the other hand. It is notable that R.P. Patnaik’s job is more of a music director than of a singer. This would probably answer the critical comments he has been facing about singing all songs in his movies. The album is just above average, however, unless it can gain some repeat value, because the tunes are not very catchy. The melodies can prove attractive to certain sections of the audience". No. Song Lyricist Singer(s) Length (m:ss) 1 "Clean Bowled" Chandrabose KK, Ali 05:19 2 "Ku Ku Ku" Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam04:20 3 "Jumbai Bai Bai" Sri Sai Harsha Malgudi Subha, R. P. Patnaik 04:36 4 "Krishna Zilla" Kulasekhar Ravi Varma, R. P. Patnaik 04:06 5 "I Love You" Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Kausalya, S. P. B. Charan 04:39 6 "Emantave O Manasa" K. S. Chithra, S.P. Balasubramaniam04:32 7 "O Prema O Prema" R. P. Patnaik 01:36
Reception A critic from Idlebrain.com wrote that "It's a neat film that is narrated in a slow pace. The film picks up its mood after 'I love you' (3rd one) song. But in the second half, the intentions of hero are not shown to the audiences till the climax of the film". A critic from The Hindu wrote that "though the story runs on predictable lines, it has a strong grip. Another notable factor is its background score, quite subdued and effective". A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Ninne Ishtapaddanu is your regular Telugu movie that you won't regret watching".
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