Taarak

Taarak
Official poster
Directed byBalasekaran
Written byParuchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay byBalasekharan
Story byVijaya Creations Unit
Produced byAchanta Gopinadh
StarringTaraka Ratna
Sharmili
Krishna
CinematographyPoorna
Edited byRavindra Babu
Music byMani Sharma
Release date
  • 3 April 2003 (2003-04-03)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Taarak is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Balasekaran and starring Taraka Ratna, Sharmili and Krishna.

Cast

Production

Sharmili made her Telugu debut with this film.[1][2]

Soundtrack

The music composed by Mani Sharma[3] was well received.[4]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vennela Kala"VeturiCharan, Nitya Santhoshini5:17
2."Alakalu Ela"Sai HarshaK. J. Yesudas5:08
3."Mellanga Raavo"ShaktiUdit Narayan, Suneetha4:46
4."Esko Esko"Vijay KumarKarthik, Radhika5:07
5."Sarasamika Sunday"ChandraboseTippu, Sujatha Mohan4:12
6."Vanakalamani"ChandraboseMano4:30
Total length:29:00

Release and reception

The film was scheduled to release on 11 April 2003 but was advanced to 3 April 2003.[4]

Gudipoori Srihari of The Hindu opined that "The film has a vague story line and appears to have been influenced by a Hollywood movie. The characters are not well supported by dialogue. Tarak Ratna is a shade better and confident than what he looked in his earlier two films".[5] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of three out of five and said that "The director tried to create an impact of that using the flashback. But the narrative meanders from the basic objective towards the love track between hero and heroine".[6] Mithun Verma of Full Hyderabad wrote that "The movie's intentions were sacred, aiming at the increasingly suicidal youth. But the execution will definitely not decrease any, to say the least".[7]

References

  1. ^ Sudhish Kamath (15 April 2003). "Celebrating cinema and music". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ Poornima (19 April 2003). "From MCA to celluloid". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Tarak Songs: Tarak MP3 Telugu Songs by Mani Sharma Online Free on Gaana.com". Gaana. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Taarak calendar". Idlebrain.com. 25 March 2003. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ Gudipoodi Srihari (3 April 2003). "Lack of cohesive storyline". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022 – via Idlebrain.com.
  6. ^ Jeevi (3 April 2003). "Taarak". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  7. ^ Mithun Verma. "Tarak Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2022.