Aaduthu Paaduthu

2002 Indian film by Devi Prasad

  • Srikanth
  • Sunil
  • Gayatri
CinematographyShankarEdited byKola BhaskarMusic byChakri
Production
company
C. V. Arts
Release date
  • 4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)
CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Aaduthu Paaduthu (transl. While playing and singing) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Devi Prasad. The film stars Srikanth, Sunil and Gayatri. The film was a box office success.[1] It is a remake of the Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001).

Cast

  • Srikanth as Gopi
  • Sunil as Papi
  • Gayatri as Gayatri / Vasanthi
  • Brahmanandam as a cop
  • Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as the sub-inspector
  • Tanikella Bharani as Gopi's father
  • M. S. Narayana as the cook
  • Gautham Raju
  • Aditya
  • Naveen
  • Sathibabu
  • Sana

Production

Srikanth plays an unemployed youth. Gayatri makes her debuts in Telugu with this film. The film was almost entirely shot in a bus.[2]

Soundtrack

Music by Chakri.[3]

  • "Aaduthu Paaduthu" - Ravi Varma, R B Jeeva
  • "Chamakku Chamakku" - Kausalya
  • "Navvave Chilakamma" - Pramod Babloo, Santhoshini, Vishwa
  • "Neeli Neeli" - Hariharan, Kousalya
  • "Rukumani" – Tippu, Moorthy

Reception

Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu gave the film a negative review and opined that "IT HAS been proved time and again that a full-length comedy sans sensible storyline leads nowhere, as is the case with Aaduthoo.. Paaduthoo...".[4] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com said that " Comedy alone cannot save a film when there is no grip on the screenplay. Film is little boring, at times".[5] A critic from Sify wrote that "The film is a full-length comedy and Srikanth and Sunil are average. Newcomer Gayatri Jeyaram has done a good job and she is very confident in the role of Vasanthi. The music of Chakri is average."[6] Arpan Panicker of Full Hyderabad opined that "But carried away by the enthu, he [Devi Prasad] loses track of what he was trying to do in the first place, and the result makes the viewer introspect for traces of masochism".[7]

Box office

The film had an average box office run and was Srikanth's second consecutive box office hit after O Chinadana (2002).[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ Sunil, Sreya; Jeevi. "Research - Telugu cinema in the first half of 2002". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022. Srikanth starrers O Chinnadana and Aaduthu Paaduthu brought smiles on the faces of their distributors mainly due to the presence of good comedy in both the films.
  2. ^ "Movie Preview - Aaduthu Paaduthu". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Aaduthu Paaduthu (2002) - Chakri". Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Weak storyline". The Hindu. 7 April 2002. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Aaduthu Paaduthu - Srikanth, Sunil and Gayatri - Devi Prasad - Chakri". Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Aaduthu Paaduthu". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  7. ^ Panicker, Arpan. "Aaduthu Paaduthu review: Aaduthu Paaduthu (Telugu) Movie Review - fullhyd.com". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Amid the glitz and glamour". The Hindu. 16 April 2002. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Telugu Cinema roundup in 2002 - Jeevi notes for the year 2002". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Telugu Cinema roundup in 2002 - Telugu cinema Hits of 2002". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  11. ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Tappuchesi Pappukoodu - Mohan Babu, Srikanth, Gracy Singh - Keeravani - A Kodandarami Reddy". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2022.