Tholi Muddu

Tholi Muddu (transl. The First Kiss) is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language teen romance film directed and co-written by K. Rushendra Reddy and starring Prashanth and Divya Bharati. The film is a remake of the 1990 Hindi-language film Dil.^[1] The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Ilam Nenje Vaa.

Tholi Muddu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Rushendra Reddy
Written by	Ganesh Patro (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	K. Rushendra Reddy
Story by	Rajiv Kaul Praful Parekh
Produced by	G. C. Gupta Presents G. Radhadevi Gupta K. K. Reddy
Starring	Prashanth Divya Bharati
Cinematography	K. Shankar
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Durga Films
Release date	16 October 1993 (1993-10-16)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

This was the last Telugu film of actress Divya Bharti, which was posthumously released six months after her death. Due to Divya's death before filming was completed, her remaining scenes were completed by actress Rambha, who slightly resembled Divya (Only Divya was credited in the final film). The film was commercially successful.^[2]

Plot

Prashanth and Divya get married without informing anyone. Soon enough, Divya's father tries to make their life a living hell.

Cast

• Prashanth as Prashanth
• Divya Bharti as Divya
  • Rambha as Divya (Replacement for Divya)
• Brahmanandam as Police Inspector
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kotishwara Raayudu
• Captain Raju as Mr. Gupta
• Senthil as Swamiji
• Raaki
• Ali as Prashanth's friend
• Ironleg Sastri
• Annapoorna
• Pandari Bai

Production

Due to Divya Bharti's death on 5 April 1993, the rest of Divya's scenes were completed by actress Rambha in Divya's role while Roja Ramani dubbed her voice.^[3][4][5]

Soundtrack

Telugu version

The original score by Ilaiyaraaja consists of 6 tracks. The song "Vaane Laddi" was not included in the movie.

Title	Singers
"Idhi Bombai Bulliro"	S.P. Balu
"Toli Muddu"	S.P. Balu, Janaki
"Mem Premikulam"
"Chittiguma Padave"
"Ravaa Priyathama"
"Vane Laddi"

Tamil version

Music composed by Ilaiyaraaja consists of 6 tracks and were released in 1995.

Title	Singers
"Idhi Bombaye"	S.P Balu, Chorus
"Oru Mutham"	S.P Balu, Chithra
"Ini Vellvathu"	S.P Balu, Chithra, Chorus
"Chittu Kuruvi"	S.P Balu, Chithra
"Vezhva Maranama"
"Mattai Kozhi"