Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu

Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu (transl. Me for you and you for me) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film starring Uday Kiran and Shriya Saran,^[1][2] directed by Raja Sekhar. It is produced by D. Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner. Krishnam Raju and Suman play supporting roles in this film.

Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
DVD cover
Directed by	Raja Sekhar
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers
Produced by	D. Suresh Babu
Starring	Uday Kiran Shriya Saran Krishnam Raju Suman
Cinematography	N.K. Ekambaram
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Production company	Suresh Productions
Release date	15 August 2003 (2003-08-15)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Raghavayya, a rich industrialist has a daughter (Meena Kumari). Raghavayya helps Prasad who was the son of Raghavayya's deceased employee by funding his studies. Prasad falls in love with Raghavayya's daughter and elopes with her to London and settles there. They have a daughter called Seetu alias Seeta Lakshmi.

Raghavayya adopts a boy from an orphanage and names him Anand. Raghavayya has excessive hatred towards love marriages because of his daughter's elopement. In the meantime, Raghavayya's daughter dies due to illness. After a few years, Prasad and Seetu return to Hyderabad where she meets Anand who is very loyal to his adopted father. Seetu and Anand fall in love.

What happens when Raghavayya learns that his loyal and truthful son is in love with the daughter of those who hurt him forms the crux of the story.

Cast

• Uday Kiran as Anand
• Shriya Saran as Seeta Lakshmi / Seetu
• Krishnam Raju as Raghavayya
• Suman as Prasad
• Sujatha as Raghavayya's wife
• Meena Kumari as Raghavayya's daughter
• Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Raghavayya's friend
• Brahmanandam as Pandit
• Ravi Babu as College student
• Krishna Mohan
• Kakarala
• Jyoti as Thief

Music

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Naa Chirunamaa"	Rajesh Krishnan, K. S. Chithra
2.	"Premakanna Goppadinka"	Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chithra
3.	"Gummaare Gummaare"	K.K, Usha
4.	"Telugu Bhasha"	S. P. B. Charan
5.	"Pellade Teeralannaru"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
6.	"Nenu Neekevarani"	Karthik, Usha
7.	"Goal Goal"	Uday Kiran, Usha

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "The touch of D Suresh Babu is missing in the taking of this film. However, he should be commended for making a clean film".^[3] A critic from The Hindu called the film "A moving high-voltage, sentimental drama that caters to family audiences in general".^[4] A critic from Sify wrote that "To sum it up NLNL is a weak and undernourished love story".^[5]

Awards

51st Filmfare Awards South

• Best Supporting Actor – Krishnam Raju – Nominated

Nandi Awards

• Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film – D. Suresh Babu^[6]

References

1. "Uday Kiran Birth Anniversary: 8 foot-tapping numbers of Tollywood's "heartthrob"". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
2. "Playing on emotions". The Hindu. 18 August 2003. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
3. "Telugu cinema review - Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu - Uday Kiran, Shriya, Krishnam Raju - D Suresh Babu - Raja Sekhar". Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
4. "Telugu cinema review - Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu - Uday Kiran, Shriya, Krishnam Raju - D Suresh Babu - Raja Sekhar". Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
5. Moviebiz. "Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005.
6. "Telugu Cinema Etc – Nandi award winners list 2003". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

External links

• Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu at IMDb