Dost (2004 film)
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| Directed by | Muppalaneni Shiva |
| Produced by | N. Radhakrishna Reddy |
| Starring | Siva Balaji Karthik Neha Bamb Preethi Mehra |
| Music by | Koti |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Dost (transl. Friend) is a 2004 Indian Telugu language film directed by Muppalaneni Siva. Siva Balaji, newcomer Karthik, Neha Bamb and newcomer Preethi Mehra starred with K. Viswanath in a supporting role. The music was composed by Koti. The film was a remake of 2002 Malayalam film Nammal.[1]
Plot
Snehalatha (Suhasini) takes charge as the principal of a college where Shyam (Karthik) and Sivan (Siva Balaji) are the heroes. Shyam and Sivan are fun-filled, naughty characters. Meghamala (Neha Bamb) is teased and ragged by the duo, who happens to be the daughter of a friend of the principal. Megha complains and Snehalatha takes action against Shyam and Shivan. She discovers to her surprise that Shyam and Shivan are orphans, hardworking and their guardian is a teacher (K. Viswanath). But the real twist happens when Snehalatha finds out that one of them is her son.
Cast
- Siva Balaji as Siva
- Karthik as Shyam
- Neha Bamb as Megha
- Preethi Mehra as Malli
- K. Viswanath as Sathyamoorthy
- Suhasini as Snehalatha
- Ali
- Brahmanandam as A.V.Rao
- Hema
- Kallu Chidambaram
- Lakshmipati as attender Lakshmipati
- M. S. Narayana
- Raghu Babu
- Raghunatha Reddy
- Ananth Babu
- Shankar Melkote
- Tanikella Bharani
- Venu Madhav as Balu
- Srikar Babu as Vicky
- Ammalu
- Apoorva
- Kranthi
- Mohana
- Sarika Ramachandra Rao
- Shravan Kumar
- Swathi
- Master Banti
Production
Dialogue writer Diwakar Babu's son Srikar Babu made his film debut in a negative role.[2]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Koti. The audio launch function was held on 23 January 2004 at Film Nagar Cultural Club, Hyderabad.[3] The songs "Aa Chupe", "Jeevitham Oka", "Sorry Cheppi" are based on "Ennamme", "Sooryane" and "En Karalil" from Nammal, respectively. The song "Vei Vei Vaatei" is loosely based on the Tamil song "Mai Mai Kanmai" composed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam for Tamil film Thaiyalkaran.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Aa Chupe Suprabhatham" | Saamavedam | Vijay Yesudas | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Eppa Saara Kottaro" | Bhuvana Chandra | Karthik, K. S. Chithra, Hanumanta Rao | 4:45 |
| 3. | "Jeevitham Oka Aatara" | Bhuvana Chandra | Karthik, Tippu | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Malli Malli" | Muppalaneni Shiva | Udit Narayan, Chitra | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Sorry Cheppi" | Muppalaneni Shiva | Karthik, Tippu | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Vei Vei Vaatei" | Muppalaneni Shiva | Udit Narayan, Swarnalatha | 3:42 |
Reception
Naga of Telugucinema.com wrote "The film might not make as great an impact as the original did".[4]
References
- ^ "Muppalaneni's Dost started". Idlebrain.com. 13 September 2003.
- ^ "Diwakar Babu's son debut". Idlebrain.com. 13 March 2004.
- ^ "Audio launch of Dost - Siva Karthik Neha Preethi - Koti". Idlebrain.com. 23 January 2004.
- ^ Naga. "Dost". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
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