Aaduthu Paaduthu

Aaduthu Paaduthu (transl. While playing and singing) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Devi Prasad. The film stars Srikanth, Sunil and Gayatri. The film was a box office success.^[1] It is a remake of the Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001).

Aaduthu Paaduthu
DVD cover
Directed by	Devi Prasad
Written by	Devi Prasad Chintapalli Ramana (dialogues)
Produced by	CV Reddy
Starring	Srikanth Sunil Gayatri
Cinematography	Shankar
Edited by	Kola Bhaskar
Music by	Chakri
Production company	C. V. Arts
Release date	4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Srikanth as Gopi
• Sunil as Papi
• Gayatri as Gayatri / Vasanthi
• Brahmanandam as a cop
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as the sub-inspector
• Tanikella Bharani as Gopi's father
• M. S. Narayana as the cook
• Gautham Raju
• Aditya
• Naveen
• Sathibabu
• Sana

Production

Srikanth plays an unemployed youth. Gayatri makes her debuts in Telugu with this film. The film was almost entirely shot in a bus.^[2]

Soundtrack

Music by Chakri.^[3]

• "Aaduthu Paaduthu" - Ravi Varma, R B Jeeva
• "Chamakku Chamakku" - Kausalya
• "Navvave Chilakamma" - Pramod Babloo, Santhoshini, Vishwa
• "Neeli Neeli" - Hariharan, Kousalya
• "Rukumani" – Tippu, Moorthy

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu gave the film a negative review and opined that "IT HAS been proved time and again that a full-length comedy sans sensible storyline leads nowhere, as is the case with Aaduthoo.. Paaduthoo...".^[4] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com said that " Comedy alone cannot save a film when there is no grip on the screenplay. Film is little boring, at times".^[5] A critic from Sify wrote that "The film is a full-length comedy and Srikanth and Sunil are average. Newcomer Gayatri Jeyaram has done a good job and she is very confident in the role of Vasanthi. The music of Chakri is average."^[6] Arpan Panicker of Full Hyderabad opined that "But carried away by the enthu, he [Devi Prasad] loses track of what he was trying to do in the first place, and the result makes the viewer introspect for traces of masochism".^[7]

Box office

The film had an average box office run and was Srikanth's second consecutive box office hit after O Chinadana (2002).^{[8][9][10][11]}

References

1. Sunil, Sreya; Jeevi. "Research - Telugu cinema in the first half of 2002". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022. Srikanth starrers O Chinnadana and Aaduthu Paaduthu brought smiles on the faces of their distributors mainly due to the presence of good comedy in both the films.
2. "Movie Preview - Aaduthu Paaduthu". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
3. "Aaduthu Paaduthu (2002) - Chakri". Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
4. "Weak storyline". The Hindu. 7 April 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
5. "Telugu Cinema - Review - Aaduthu Paaduthu - Srikanth, Sunil and Gayatri - Devi Prasad - Chakri". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
6. "Aaduthu Paaduthu". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
7. Panicker, Arpan. "Aaduthu Paaduthu review: Aaduthu Paaduthu (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
8. "Amid the glitz and glamour". The Hindu. 16 April 2002. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
9. "Telugu Cinema roundup in 2002 - Jeevi notes for the year 2002". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
10. "Telugu Cinema roundup in 2002 - Telugu cinema Hits of 2002". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
11. "Telugu Cinema - Review - Tappuchesi Pappukoodu - Mohan Babu, Srikanth, Gracy Singh - Keeravani - A Kodandarami Reddy". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.