Nee Thodu Kavali (Telugu: నీ తోడు కావాలి) (transl. I need your company) is a 2002 Indian Telugu romantic drama directed and produced by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao under Sampada Creation. Deepak, Charmi (in her film debut) and Rimi Sen played the lead roles.[1] The film is inspired by Return to Me (2000),[2] and it was a box office failure.[3]
This film is Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao's only film that was not remade from an Indian film but was a remake of a Hollywood film.[4] While in Mumbai, Charmi was spotted and she subsequently made her film debut at the age of 13.[5] The film crew wanted to shoot songs in New Zealand, but her visa was rejected due to her age.[6]Rimi Sen made her Telugu debut through this film.[7]
Soundtrack
The songs are composed by Valisha Baabji and Sandeep.[8]
A critic from Idlebrain.com rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "This film is a badly made one. Only few scenes of the film are interesting. Rest of the film is quite boring".[2]