Naa Oopiri
Directed byKanmani
Written byPoosala (Dialogues)
Screenplay byKanmani
Story byKanmani
Produced bySiva Prasad
A Murugan
StarringVadde Naveen
Sangeetha
Anjana
CinematographyKrishna
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byDeepak Dev
Production
company
Sri Suresh Productions
Release date
  • 1 July 2005 (2005-07-01)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Naa Oopiri (transl. My breath) is a 2005 Telugu language film directed by Kanmani and starring Vadde Naveen, Sangeetha, and Anjana in the lead roles. Kanmani originally wanted to make the film in Tamil.[1][2] This film marks the Telugu debut of Anjana, Kanmani, Deepak Dev (in his only Telugu album to date), and Suresh Urs.

Cast

Production

The muhurat for the film took place in 2004 at Annapoorna Studios. The film is directed by Kanmani, who has worked as an assistant director for Tamil films for 12 years, notably for Gemini. The cinematographer, Krishna, previously worked as an assistant to Santosh Sivan.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deepak Dev and lyrics were written by Bhuvana Chandra, Suddala Ashok Teja & Sriharsha.[3]

Awards

Nandi Awards

Release

The film received mixed to positive reviews upon release. Full Hyderabad gave the film 6 out of 10 stars stating "Naveen deserves kudos for his brave effort to crawl back into mainstream cinema, but he simply isn't up to this one". [5] Idlebrain stated that "Naa Oopiri, by a long stretch, is the best film that Vadde Naveen has acted so far. The story and its treatment is indeed refreshing".[6] Idlebrain praised the first half of the film as well as Naveen's performance stating that "This is the most challenging character for Naveen in his entire career".[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Kanmani's ready with Chinnodu".
  2. 1 2 "Movie review – Naa Oopiri". Idlebrain.
  3. 1 2 "Naa Oopiri - Telugu Cinema Muhurat". Idlebrain.
  4. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Naa Oopiri Review Full Hyderabad. Retrieved 18 December 2022
  6. ↑ "Naa Oopiri Review". www.indiaglitz.com. 9 July 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2019.


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