Darling Darling (2001 film)
| Darling Darling | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | V. Samudra |
| Written by | V. Samudra Diwakar Babu (dialogues) |
| Based on | Darling Darling (Malayalam) |
| Produced by | Medikonda Murali Krishna |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Navakanth |
| Music by | Koti |
Production company |
Sri Venkata Ramana Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Darling Darling is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by V. Samudra. A remake of the Malayalam film of the same name, the film stars Srikanth, Shaheen and Sai Kiran.
Cast
- Srikanth as Chinni Krishna
- Shaheen as Hema / Latha
- Sai Kiran as Kiran
- Chandra Mohan as Pedarayudu
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Srinivasa Rao
- M. S. Narayana as Swamy
- Giribabu as P.K. Rao
- Satyanarayana
- Annapoorna as Rajyalakshmi
- Varsha as Saraswathi
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao as STD/ISD Booth Owner
- Sudhakar as Sudhakar aka Sudha
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Doctor
- Vinod as Ravi
- Prasanna Kumar as Prathap
Production
Producer Medikonda Murali Krishna who produced Suryudu and Narasimha Naidu (both remakes) produced this film. After a string of failures, Srikanth changed his hairstyle for the film.
Release
The film was scheduled to release on Diwali.
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com opined that "The film is one of the worst films that are made in the recent past. There is no imagination in screenplay or direction". Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote that "Saikiran's character looks foolish. Srikant, playing a sadist role, is unimpressive, particularly in closeup shots" and that "Shaheen is a mere doll". A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Darling Darling has a plot so complicated that only two persons in the cast finally understand what has happened, and those two do not include the heroine or the hero".