Dubai Seenu
Dubai Seenu is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film starring Ravi Teja in the lead role and Nayantara as his love interest. The film is directed by Srinu Vaitla in his third collaboration with Ravi Teja after Nee Kosam and Venky. DVV Danayya produced this film after the box office success of his maiden film, Desamuduru. It was remade in Kannada as Dubai Babu with Upendra in lead role. A Tamil dubbed version titled Dubai Rani was released in Chennai on 29 July 2016.[1]
| Dubai Seenu | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Srinu Vaitla |
| Produced by | D.V.V. Danayya |
| Written by | Srinu Vaitla Chintapalli Ramana Gopimohan |
| Starring | Ravi Teja Nayantara |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | Bharani K. Dharan |
| Edited by | Varma |
Release date | 8 June 2007 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Srinivas (Ravi Teja) is popular in his village as Dubai Seenu. He of seeking his fortune in Dubai. Seenu and his friends reach Mumbai but unfortunately get cheated by a fraudster named Bommakanti Nagalingam (Venu Madhav). After realizing that they were cheated, the friends start a Pav Bhaji center with the help of Patnaik (Krishna Bhagavaan), who is also a fraudster.
Madhumati (Nayantara), who was working as an RJ, goes to Mumbai in search of her brother. Seenu meets Madhu in a local train and loses his heart. Luckily, she surfaces right before his Pav Bhaji center. Seenu dares to propose his love, but Madhu does not reply and disappears. While Seenu was in search of Madhu, he meets Chakri (J. D. Chakravarthy). In fact, Seenu helps Chakri, who loved Puja (Neha Bamb), and got them married. Chakri and Puja promise Seenu to help him to go to Dubai. They make all arrangements. They, too, plan to return to Hyderabad to repay the loan borrowed by Chakri's father for his education. Just before leaving the office, Chakri and Puja find that their boss is none other than Jinnah Bhai (Sushant Singh) the most wanted mafia don in India.
Finding that the couple recognised him, Jinnah and his brother kill Chakri and Puja right before Seenu. Minutes before his death, Chakri reveals that Madhu was his sister. Seenu returns to Hyderabad, where he meets Madhu and pays off her debt. When she asks how he got the money, he reveals that it is her brother's money. Madhu's uncle Babji (Sayaji Shinde) also wants to marry her. In the end, Seenu kills Jinnah and his people and marries Madhu.
Cast
- Ravi Teja as Srinivas "Seenu"
- Nayantara as Madhumati
- J. D. Chakravarthy as Chakri
- Sushant Singh as Jinnah Bhai
- Brahmanandam as Ramakrishna "Ramki"
- Sunil as Seenu's cousin
- Bhanu Chander as DCP Dinesh
- Neha Bamb as Pooja
- Sayaji Shinde as Punjagutta Circle Inspector Babji
- Raghu Babu as Panjagutta constable Durga
- Supreeth as Matka Naik
- Krishna Bhagavaan as Patnaik
- Venu Madhav as Tataji/Netaji (Bommakanti Nagalingam)
- Srinivasa Reddy as Srinu's friend
- M. S. Narayana as "Fire Star" Solomon Raju
- Chitram Seenu as Ramana
- Surekha Vani as Dinesh's wife
- Master Bharath as Seenu's nephew
- Mallikarjuna Rao as 9 to 9 Shastri
- AVS as Prasad
- Fish Venkat as Jinnah's henchman
- Prudhvi Raj as Khadir
- Sarika Ramachandra Rao as Ramachandra
Soundtrack
Music was Scored by Manisharma.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Once Upon" | Ramjogayya Sastry | Karthik, Rita | |
| 2. | "Diwali Holi" | Ramjogayya Sastry | Deepu, Karunya, Kausalya | |
| 3. | "Kol Kol" | Sahithi | Ranjith, Saindhavi | |
| 4. | "Seenu Seenu" | Ramjogayya Sastry | Naveen | |
| 5. | "Kanya Raasi" | Ramjogayya Sastry | Vijay Yesudas, Suchitra | |
| 6. | "Suppanathi" | Ramjogayya Sastry | Manikya Vinayagam, Anuradha Sriram |
Critical reception
The film was well received by both audience and critics. The Hindu wrote "Yes, there are blemishes in the screenplay but in a movie like this, one is really not supposed to bother about them as logic (Dubai Seenu never visits Dubai) is never the motive!".[2] Idlebrain wrote "On a while it’s a time pass film if you are looking for Ravi Teja kind of comedy".[3]
Box-office performance
The movie has earned 107.3 million rupees in its opening week and 158.9 million rupees by the end of the second week, giving a strong competition with Sivaji (2007), a Rajinikanth starrer.[4] Considering its low budget of Rs. 9 Crores into concern it was declared a super hit. It has brought Ravi Teja, depressed about the failure of Khatarnak, into wonderful joy which was released with nearly 250 prints.[5][6]
References
- Subramanian, Anupama (30 July 2016). "Nayanthara on a high". Deccan Chronicle.
- "A Ravi Teja show all the way". The Hindu. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2007.
- "Dubai Seenu - Telugu cinema Review - Ravi Teja & Nayana Tara". www.idlebrain.com.
- Movies, iQlik. "Telugu Movies". iQlikmovies.
- "Welcome to Sify.com". www.sify.com.
- "Seenu Vytla interview on Dubai Seenu - chitchat - Telugu film director". www.idlebrain.com.
External links
- Dubai Seenu at IMDb