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Naani

January 07, 2023

Naani is an 2004 Indian Telugu-language science-fiction romantic comedy film released in 2004. It was directed by S. J. Surya and stars Mahesh Babu, Ameesha Patel. The film is bilingual, simultaneously shot in Tamil as New with a slightly different cast and features music composed by A. R. Rahman. Made on a budget of ₹12 crore, the film released on 14 May 2004 theatrically with negative reviews criticising the runtime and adult comedy but praising the Mahesh's performance and Rahman's music. It was a flop at the box-office.[2]

Naani
Film poster
Directed byS. J. Surya
Written byS. J. Surya
Produced byManjula Ghattamaneni
StarringMahesh Babu
Amisha Patel
Devayani
Raghuvaran
CinematographyK. V. Guhan
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 May 2004 (2004-05-14)
Running time
173 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budgetest.₹12 crore[1]

Plot

Naani is a mischievous eight-year-old boy who is always troubling his mother. His mother scolds him for his behavior, such as when he eats toothpaste or urinates in bed. Naani falls down on a road one day and a young woman helps him. Naani's elder brother plans to watch a movie with his friends in the absence of their parents and Naani demands to join him, which his brother does not allow. Angered, Naani cuts off the power which creates a short circuit at home. Naani's mother scolds him and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child. This hurts Naani and he runs away from home to jump into a river. But he is stopped by an old man who takes Naani to his place. The old man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory. He insists that Naani help him in his research. Naani agrees and the scientist uses his research to transform him into a young man. Naani starts to live as a young man physically, but remains a child mentally. He stays away from his family. The only person other than the scientist who knows the truth is his child friend. Naani meets a girl (Priya) at a park who helped him once when he fell down. Naani helps remove dust from her eyes, smiles at her, and leaves. The girl is attracted to him and looks for him.

Naani goes for a job interview at a toy manufacturing company. The owner who interviews him demands that he have childhood memories and be like a child to understand children's tastes. Naani grabs the job easily. The company falls into the hands of the owner's daughter who turns out to be Priya. Priya is happy to see Naani in her company. Their friendship makes Raj (another employee) jealous. Naani overcomes Raj's idea for a new type of bed for kids and introduces his own idea. Naani meets his brother as an anonymous man and hears that his mother is depressed over Naani's disappearance. Naani meets his mother who had fallen ill. Naani asks the scientist to change him back. The scientist complies and Naani reconciles with his mother. That night he changes back into the young man, shocking the scientist.

Naani lives as an eight-year-old boy during the day and as a twenty eight-year man (Vichu) at night. Priya expresses her love, but Vichu tells her to love a man suitable for her age. The scientist tells Vichu to accept Priya. Priya asks him to accompany her to a matinee. Young boy Naani cannot appear. He sees Priya angrily waiting for Vichu at the theatre while going home with his mother. Naani's mother befriends Priya and Priya comes to like Naani. Priya gets angry at Vichu's absence. She finally decides to marry Vichu. Raj kidnaps him on the wedding day, but then Vichu becomes Naani. The kidnappers release him. Naani becomes Vichu and marries Priya that evening. (Hindu marriages usually take place at Night). Vichu knows nothing about marital life.

Naani somehow manages his mother by disappearing at night. Priya needs a child so she intentionally shows her skin to Vichu, who responds. Priya becomes pregnant. Vichu once meets his mother and understands the difficulties of pregnancy for a woman. Naani's child friend demands to play with him, but Naani's schedule is too complicated. Naani slaps his friend and to make him angry and reveals the truth to Priya. Priya is shocked to hear that she is bearing the child of a child.

Priya argues with Vichu for marrying her and making her pregnant, but Vichu blames her arrogance for involving him. Naani turns into Vichu in front of her, shocking Priya. Vichu reveals that he loves her. Priya now goes into labour and Vichu takes her to hospital. On the way Vichu is stopped by Raj's men seeking revenge. Vichu overcomes them. Everybody learns the truth about Naani and Priya.

Twenty years pass. Naani reaches twenty-eight. He lives with Priya as her husband. He goes inside his room as Naani and comes out as a forty-eight-year-old Vichu, father of a twenty-year-old son.

Cast

Production

After the success of Kushi (2001), Surya began pre-production work on a third story titled Naani.[3]

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Naani Vayase"VeturiKarthik, Vijay Prakash, Blaaze, Sunitha Sarathy, Tanvi Shah4:33
2."Chakkera"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryS.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Mohan5:53
3."Vasta Nee Venuka"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryHariharan, Harini5:34
4."Pedave Palikina"ChandraboseUnnikrishnan, Sadhana Sargam4:24
5."Spiderman"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryKunal Ganjawala, Poornima5:59
6."Markandeya"VeturiShankar Mahadevan, Nithyasree Mahadevan6:12
7."Naaku Nuvvu"Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Blaaze (English lyrics)Hariharan, Gopika Poornima4:11
Total length:36:56

Reception

Idlebrain.com rated the film 2 out of 5, writing, "the movie suffers from artificialness and [a] bad script."[4] The Tamil version performed well, while the Telugu version was not as strong commercially.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kanth, K. Rajani (26 December 2003). "2003 - Year of all-time hits & mega failures for Tollywood". Business Standard.
  2. ^ Ogirala, Mohan Rao (24 June 2004). "It's raining flops on Tollywood's parade". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 September 2022. The Chiranjeevi-starrer Anji didn't run for long though the film took over Rs 30 crore and five years to complete. Similar was the fate of Teja's Jai, Mani Ratnam's Yuva, Mahesh Babu's Nani and Prabhas starrer Adavi Ramudu.
  3. ^ "Telugu Cinema Etc - Idlebrain.com". www.idlebrain.com.
  4. ^ "Telugu cinema Review - Nani - Mahesh Babu, Amisha Patel - SJ Suryah - AR Rehman". www.idlebrain.com.
  5. ^ hysvm (3 June 2005). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015.

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Naani is an 2004 Indian Telugu language science fiction romantic comedy film released in 2004 It was directed by S J Surya and stars Mahesh Babu Ameesha Patel The film is bilingual simultaneously shot in Tamil as New with a slightly different cast and features music composed by A R Rahman Made on a budget of 12 crore the film released on 14 May 2004 theatrically with negative reviews criticising the runtime and adult comedy but praising the Mahesh s performance and Rahman s music It was a flop at the box office 2 NaaniFilm posterDirected byS J SuryaWritten byS J SuryaProduced byManjula GhattamaneniStarringMahesh BabuAmisha PatelDevayaniRaghuvaranCinematographyK V GuhanEdited byA Sreekar PrasadMusic byA R RahmanProductioncompanyIndira ProductionsRelease date14 May 2004 2004 05 14 Running time173 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTeluguBudgetest 12 crore 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Soundtrack 5 Reception 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditNaani is a mischievous eight year old boy who is always troubling his mother His mother scolds him for his behavior such as when he eats toothpaste or urinates in bed Naani falls down on a road one day and a young woman helps him Naani s elder brother plans to watch a movie with his friends in the absence of their parents and Naani demands to join him which his brother does not allow Angered Naani cuts off the power which creates a short circuit at home Naani s mother scolds him and shouts at her husband for not stopping with one child This hurts Naani and he runs away from home to jump into a river But he is stopped by an old man who takes Naani to his place The old man introduces himself as a scientist who has his own laboratory He insists that Naani help him in his research Naani agrees and the scientist uses his research to transform him into a young man Naani starts to live as a young man physically but remains a child mentally He stays away from his family The only person other than the scientist who knows the truth is his child friend Naani meets a girl Priya at a park who helped him once when he fell down Naani helps remove dust from her eyes smiles at her and leaves The girl is attracted to him and looks for him Naani goes for a job interview at a toy manufacturing company The owner who interviews him demands that he have childhood memories and be like a child to understand children s tastes Naani grabs the job easily The company falls into the hands of the owner s daughter who turns out to be Priya Priya is happy to see Naani in her company Their friendship makes Raj another employee jealous Naani overcomes Raj s idea for a new type of bed for kids and introduces his own idea Naani meets his brother as an anonymous man and hears that his mother is depressed over Naani s disappearance Naani meets his mother who had fallen ill Naani asks the scientist to change him back The scientist complies and Naani reconciles with his mother That night he changes back into the young man shocking the scientist Naani lives as an eight year old boy during the day and as a twenty eight year man Vichu at night Priya expresses her love but Vichu tells her to love a man suitable for her age The scientist tells Vichu to accept Priya Priya asks him to accompany her to a matinee Young boy Naani cannot appear He sees Priya angrily waiting for Vichu at the theatre while going home with his mother Naani s mother befriends Priya and Priya comes to like Naani Priya gets angry at Vichu s absence She finally decides to marry Vichu Raj kidnaps him on the wedding day but then Vichu becomes Naani The kidnappers release him Naani becomes Vichu and marries Priya that evening Hindu marriages usually take place at Night Vichu knows nothing about marital life Naani somehow manages his mother by disappearing at night Priya needs a child so she intentionally shows her skin to Vichu who responds Priya becomes pregnant Vichu once meets his mother and understands the difficulties of pregnancy for a woman Naani s child friend demands to play with him but Naani s schedule is too complicated Naani slaps his friend and to make him angry and reveals the truth to Priya Priya is shocked to hear that she is bearing the child of a child Priya argues with Vichu for marrying her and making her pregnant but Vichu blames her arrogance for involving him Naani turns into Vichu in front of her shocking Priya Vichu reveals that he loves her Priya now goes into labour and Vichu takes her to hospital On the way Vichu is stopped by Raj s men seeking revenge Vichu overcomes them Everybody learns the truth about Naani and Priya Twenty years pass Naani reaches twenty eight He lives with Priya as her husband He goes inside his room as Naani and comes out as a forty eight year old Vichu father of a twenty year old son Cast EditMahesh Babu as Naani Vijay a k a Vijju Master Parth Dave as Pappu child Ameesha Patel as Priya Devayani as Indira Devi Aishwarya as Priya s friend Nassar as Sekhar Priya s father Raghuvaran as Scientist Sciensu Brahmanandam as Satyam Ali as Simham Ravi Babu as Raj Satyam s son Sanjay Swaroop as Naani s father Sunil as Vishwanath X Kota Srinivasa Rao as Doctor Sudhakar as income tax officer Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as police officer Junior Relangi as police officer Master Ashok Galla as Naani s friend Galla Jayadev in a special appearance Ramya Krishna in a special appearance Anjala Zaveri in a special appearance Kiran Rathod in a special appearance S J Surya as Math Professor cameo appearance Production EditAfter the success of Kushi 2001 Surya began pre production work on a third story titled Naani 3 Soundtrack EditNaaniSoundtrack album by A R RahmanReleased2004RecordedPanchathan Record InnGenreFeature Film SoundtrackProducerA R RahmanA R Rahman chronologyNew 2004 Naani 2004 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa 2004 No TitleLyricsSinger s Length1 Naani Vayase VeturiKarthik Vijay Prakash Blaaze Sunitha Sarathy Tanvi Shah4 332 Chakkera Sirivennela Seetharama SastryS P Balasubrahmanyam Sujatha Mohan5 533 Vasta Nee Venuka Sirivennela Seetharama SastryHariharan Harini5 344 Pedave Palikina ChandraboseUnnikrishnan Sadhana Sargam4 245 Spiderman Sirivennela Seetharama SastryKunal Ganjawala Poornima5 596 Markandeya VeturiShankar Mahadevan Nithyasree Mahadevan6 127 Naaku Nuvvu Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Blaaze English lyrics Hariharan Gopika Poornima4 11Total length 36 56Reception EditIdlebrain com rated the film 2 out of 5 writing the movie suffers from artificialness and a bad script 4 The Tamil version performed well while the Telugu version was not as strong commercially 5 References Edit Kanth K Rajani 26 December 2003 2003 Year of all time hits amp mega failures for Tollywood Business Standard Ogirala Mohan Rao 24 June 2004 It s raining flops on Tollywood s parade The Times of India Retrieved 12 September 2022 The Chiranjeevi starrer Anji didn t run for long though the film took over Rs 30 crore and five years to complete Similar was the fate of Teja s Jai Mani Ratnam s Yuva Mahesh Babu s Nani and Prabhas starrer Adavi Ramudu Telugu Cinema Etc Idlebrain com www idlebrain com Telugu cinema Review Nani Mahesh Babu Amisha Patel SJ Suryah AR Rehman www idlebrain com hysvm 3 June 2005 Entertainment Hyderabad His father s son The Hindu Archived from the original on 6 July 2015 External links EditNaani at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Naani amp oldid 1128473929, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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