Dhana 51

Dhana 51 is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film^[1] directed by R. Soorya Kiran and starring Sumanth and Saloni Aswani with Mukesh Khanna in a negative role. Structural similarities were found between the plot of this movie and the 2008 Kannada film Bindaas penned by Janardhana Maharshi.^[2]

Dhana 51
Directed by	Surya Kiran
Written by	Surya Kiran
Produced by	M. L. Kumar Chowdary
Starring	Sumanth Saloni Aswani
Cinematography	S. Arun Kumar
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Chakri
Production company	Sri Keerthi Creations
Release date	14 January 2005 (2005-01-14)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Sumanth as Dhananjay a.k.a. Dhana
• Saloni Aswani as Lakshmi
• Mukesh Khanna as Mahesh Chandra
• Tanikella Bharani
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Dhana's father
• Rajakumar
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Kanta Rao
• Ali
• Delhi Rajeswari
• Radha Kumar
• Gautam Raju
• Gundu Hanumantha Rao
• R. Soorya Kiran (guest appearance)
• Kalyani (guest appearance)

Production

After the success of Satyam, R. Soorya Kiran, Sumanth and Chakri reunited for this film.^[3] The title was changed from 51 to Dhana 51 because Sumanth's previous films named after the hero's character (Satyam and Gowri) were box office successes. This film marks the Telugu debut of Mumbai-based Saloni Aswani and Shaktimaan-fame Mukesh Khanna.^[1][4][5]

Soundtrack

Music by Chakri.^[3][6]

• "Aravirisina Mogga" – Chakri
• "Avunanave Avunani" - P. Unnikrishnan
• "China Goda" – Kousalya, Shankar Mahadevan
• "Dhana 51" – Soorya Kiran, Vasu, Vishwa, Lahari
• "I Am In Love" – Anitha
• "Kovaa Kovaa" – Balaji, Gowri Srinivas, Matin, Pallavi, Ravi Varma, Soorya Kiran, Vasu, Kameshwari

Release and reception

The film released on 14 January 2005 coinciding with Sankranthi.^[1]

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and opined that "Dhana 51 suffers with inadequate screenplay, uneven narration and confused characterization. Dhana 51 is most unexpected from a director who made his debut with Satyam film".^[7] Ravi Kalaga of Full Hyderabad wrote that "A remake in the essence, albeit with changes in the locations, songs, sidekicks and vocations of the actors, Dhana is essentially a cut-copy-paste version of their earlier enterprise [Satyam], with new fonts and colors (literally!)".^[8]

References

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2. R G Vijayasarathy (8 December 2008). "Paramesha Paanwala is a laugh riot". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
3. "Dhana 51 - audio function - Telugu Cinema - Sumanth, Saloni - Soorya Kiran". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
4. "Saloni Aswani in Telugu film Maryada Ramanna". Rediff.com. 22 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
5. "Telugu Cinema - Pressmeet - Dhana 51 - Sumanth, Saloni". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
6. "Dhana 51 Songs Download | Dhana 51 Naa Songs Telugu". 29 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
7. "Dhana 51 - Telugu cinema Review - Sumanth, Saloni". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
8. Kalaga, Ravi. "Dhana 51 review: Dhana 51 (Telugu) Movie Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.