Premante Idera

Premante Idera
Theatrical poster
Directed byJayanth C. Paranjee
Written byParuchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Story byDeenaraj
Produced byBurugupalli Siva Ramakrishna
K. Ashok Kumar
StarringVenkatesh
Preity Zinta
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Music bySongs:
Ramana Gogula
Score:
Raj
Production
company
Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Films
Release date
  • 30 October 1998 (1998-10-30)
Running time
168 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Premante Idera (transl. This is love) is 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, and produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna and K. Ashok Kumar under the Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Films banner. The film stars Venkatesh and Preity Zinta (in her Telugu film debut), with music composed by Ramana Gogula, in his first composition.[1]

Premante Idera was commercially successful and the music album was a chartbuster. The film won Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer for Jayanan Vincent. It was remade in Kannada as O Premave (1999) with Ravichandran.[2][3]

Plot

Murali and his friends go to a village to attend their friend's marriage. There Murali meets a girl Sailu, the bridegroom's friend, they begin to have fun and join in with the festivities and Murali is captivated by her attitude and beauty. Soon both fall in love, but Murali soon finds out that she is to be married to a police officer Muralidhar.

Murali puts on a brave face for the ceremony but hopes that something or someone will be able to stop the ceremony. He does everything he can to stop the marriage, he even tries to convince Sailu's joint family. Finally, the movie ends with the approval of Venktramayya for their marriage.

Cast

Soundtrack

Premante Idera
Film score by
Ramana Gogula
Released1998
GenreSoundtrack
Length32:17
LabelAditya Music
ProducerRamana Gogula
Ramana Gogula chronology
Premante Idera
(1998) 		Premante Idera
(1998) 		Yuvaraju
(2000)

Music composed by Ramana Gogula. Music was through released Aditya Music Company.

Telugu
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nizam Babulu"ChandraboseMano, Swarnalatha4:32
2."Nalo Unna"SirivennelaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra4:43
3."Vayasa Chusuko"SirivennelaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra4:59
4."Manase Edhuru"SirivennelaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra4:49
5."Emo Ekkadundho"SirivennelaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.S.Chithra2:12
6."O Meri Bul"ChandraboseRamana Gogula5:10
7."Bombai Bomma"ChandraboseRamana Gogula4:10
8."Theme Music"InstrumentalRamana Gogula1:01
Total length:32:17
Tamil — Dubbed Version (as Naesikkiren)

All lyrics are written by Palani Bharathi

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Raja Rajanin"Mano, Swarnalatha4:32
2."Kaadhal Undhan Perai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha4:43
3."Naesikkiren Unnai Naan"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha4:59
4."Manasil"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha4:49
5."Yengo Yenkiruntho"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam2:12
6."O Meri Bul Bul Thara"Suresh Peters5:10
7."Pallakku"Mano, Ganga4:10
8."Theme Music"Ramana Gogula1:01
Total length:32:17

Hindi — Dubbed Version (as Dulhan Dilwale Ki)

All lyrics are written by Deepak Chaudhary

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Hai Dil"Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal4:51
2."O Mere Bulbul Tara"Sonu Nigam5:16
3."Dulhan Dilwale Ki"Udit Narayan, Preeti Uttam Singh4:11
4."Jaana Jaana Jeena"SP Balasubramaniam, Anuradha Paudwal4:44
5."Dulhe Ki Saali"SP Balasubramaniam, Preeti Uttam Singh4:34
6."Deewane Tujhe"SP Balasubramaniam, Anuradha Paudwal4:58
Total length:28:38

Reception and box office

Rakesh P of Deccan Herald called the storyline "trite", but the film "still manages to capture young hearts, for it`s shot in a free-wheeling and fluid fashion".[4] Manjula Kumar of The Indian Express wrote "Good performances, breathtaking shots of New Zealand and scintillating music by Ramana Gogula are plus points".[5][6] The film had collected a distributors' share of ₹8.5 crore in its complete theatrical run.[7]

Awards

References

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  2. ^ Dawar, Ramesh (1 January 2006). Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-905863-01-3.
  3. ^ Kanoria, Nitya. "8 Bollywood actors you didn't know, featured in South Indian films". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ^ P, Rakesh (29 November 1998). "Premante Idhera (Telugu)". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 28 January 1999. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  5. ^ Kumar, Manjula. "Breathtaking shots". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  6. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/19990203044856/http://andhratoday.com/movie/PIDERA.htm [bare URL]
  7. ^ "Venky telugu cinema idlebrain - box office". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  8. ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 43. Retrieved 9 January 2021.