Anaganaga O Kurraadu

2003 Telugu film

15 August 2003 (2003-08-15)

CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Anaganaga O Kurraadu (transl. Once upon a boy) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by L P Ramarao and starring Rohit and Rekha. The film reuses scenes from Bend It Like Beckham (2002).

Cast

Rohit as Sachin
Rekha as Rekha
Banerjee as Vithal Rao
Rajeev Kanakala as Rajeev
Vizag Prasad as G. K. Naidu
Devadas Kanakala as Rajeev's father
Chalapati Rao as Driver
Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam
Gundu Hanumantha Rao
Sangeetha
M. Balayya
Kadambari Kiran
Venkatapathy Raju as a selection committee member (special appearance)^[1]
Mohammed Azharuddin as himself (special appearance)^[2]

Production

Director LP Rama Rao previously worked under Puri Jagannadh.^[3] Most of the film completed shooting by the end of 2002 sans three songs, which were to be shot in Malaysia and Singapore.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chakri.^[5]

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vijayam Mana Sontham"	Tippu, Anuradha Sriram	4:17
2.	"Cell Phone Dwani"	Chakri, Gopika Poornima	5:28
3.	"Kala Teravarindi"	Kousalya	4:34
4.	"Nene Nuvvani"	Kousalya, Venu	4:25
5.	"Sakku Sakku"	Raghu Kunche, Sunitha	4:39
6.	"Chinna Dressulo"	Ravi Varma, Sudha	5:14
Total length:			28:37

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu opined that "The narration becomes interesting only when it is deals with cricket".^[6] A critic from Sify wrote that "The film is made against the cricket background but comes a cropper as director Rama Rao fails to keep the tempo going".^[7] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com stated that "But the director failed to cash on the cricketing scenes in this film though the entire film revolves around cricket".^[8]

References

^ Vijay Jeedigunta. "Cricket and Cinema, My passion and obsession". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Azhar's debut". Sify. Archived from the original on 2 May 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ Narasimham, M. L. (26 November 2002). "Finding a foothold". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Rohit's film titled as 'Anaganaga O Kurradu'". Idlebrain.com. 31 December 2002. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Anaganaga O Kurradu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP". Apple Music. 2003.
^ Gudipoodi Srihari (19 August 2003). "Cricket scores over all". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Anaganaga O Kurraadu". Sify. 25 August 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2022.^{[dead link]}
^ Jeevi (15 August 2003). "Movie review - Anaganaga O Kurrodu". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.