Fidaa (2017)Īnother Sekhar Kammula film, Fidaa revolves around Bhanumathi ( Sai Pallavi ) who believes she’s one of a kind, and her love-hate-love relationship with Varun (Varun Tej), whose brother is married to her sister. Watch out for Ritu Varma’s lovely performance as a solid friend and an even more tough taskmaster. But when they get locked up in a room by accident, many truths are revealed to fast forward their relationship to a more evolved stage. A groom lands up in the wrong house to meet his prospective bride.

The film that actually made Vijay Deverakonda a darling was this sweet rom-com that starts off with a hilarious mix-up.

Perfect for an easy watch, there’s loads to laugh at and even more to smile about. This standard issue ‘love-hate-love’ film directed by actor Srinivas Avasarala and starring Naga Shourya and Raashi Khanna, had its fair share of twists with an ‘uninvited guest’ and an unusual screenplay. Given that the meet-cute is between two people considered failures in love, things could have only gone up from there. It’s a simple boy-meets-girl love story that stood apart then for its freshness in treatment, music and performances. Ala Modalaindi (2011)Īnother Nani starrer, this film was the debut of both Nithya Menen (in Telugu) and its director Nandini Reddy. With its quirky characters, including Lavanya ( Swathi Reddy) who plays a heartbroken Mahesh Babu fan (because he didn’t marry her!), lovely voiceovers and music, the film remains hip to this day. The debut film of actor Nani, there’s much to love and rewatch in this rom com. Long before he made a film like V, its director Mohana Krishna Ingraganti adapted Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being Earnest for the Telugu audience. If you do, it’s probably in another Kammula film! She’s self-assured, generous to a fault, and has the grace to move on.

Even now, you don’t get to see too many characters like Roopa on screen. The film is memorable for its writing, music and performances. This is director Sekhar Kammula ’s sophomore film after Dollar Dreams, and the way it was structured proved that he was a creator who is here to stay. Anand is more about Roopa (Kamalini Mukherjee) than Anand (Raja).

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