Dil (film)

Dil
Directed by	V.V. Vinayak
Produced by	Dil Raju, Giri
Written by	V.V. Vinayak Chintapalli Ramana
Starring	Nitin, Neha, Prakash Raj
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Release date(s)	April 4, 2003
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Dil (Telugu: దిల్) is a 2003 Telugu film which starred Nitin, Neha, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles. V.V. Vinayak directed this film and Dil Raju produced it. The film was a box-office hit. The comedy of the film was appreciable. This movie was remade into Oriya as Premi No.1 in 2004 with Anubhav Mohanty and Koyel Mallick, and also remade into Kannada as Student with Mayur Patel and Pooja Kanwal in the lead roles, but was a flop. The movie was remade in Tamil in 2004 as "Kuththu" starring Silambarasan and Divya Spandana.

Plot

Seenu (Nitin) is a new admit into a college. Nandini (Neha) goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle class family and Nandini is a rich girl. Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar (Prakash Raj), who is a land mafia don. Gowri Shankar suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing for freshers celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up. Irritated by this, Seenu challenges about winning the love of Nandini. After several attempts, she falls in love with him. They elope and get married when Gowri Shankar tries to separate them. The story takes several turns before the movie ends in a happy note.

Trivia

• This was the first film as producer for "Dil" Raju. In fact, his name got prefixed with the film title after it brought him recognition in the film industry; after this film he went on to register many a hit, and the name displayed on the screens of his movies is still "Dil" Raju.

• This was the debut film for the heroine Neha.

Cast

• Nitin Kumar Reddy as ... Seenu
• Neha as ... Nandini
• Prakash Raj as ... Gowri Shankar
• Sudha
• Venu Madhav
• Raghu Babu
• MS Narayana

Crew

• Director: V.V. Vinayak
• Screenplay: V.V. Vinayak
• Story: V.V. Vinayak
• Dialogue: Chintapalli Ramana
• Producers: Dil Raju & Giri
• Music: R. P. Patnaik
• Art Director: Thotta Tharani
• Stunts: Stun Shiva

Box-office performance

• The film had a successful 50-day run in 91 centres.[1]

External links

• Dil at the Internet Movie Database