Juniors (film)

2003 Indian film

Juniors

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Directed by| J Pulla Rao
Written by| Marudhuri Raja (dialogues)
Screenplay by| J Pulla Rao
Story by| Kasthuri Raja
Based on| Thulluvadho Ilamai (Tamil) by Kasthuri Raja
Produced by| J Bhagawan
Danayya
Starring| Allari Naresh
Shireen
Pavan
Anil
Edited by| Gautham Raju
Music by| Chakri

Production
company

Sri Balaji Art Productions

Release date

* 24 January 2003 (2003-01-24)

Running time

| 142 minutes
Country| India
Language| Telugu

Juniors is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language coming of age-romantic drama film directed and co-written by debutant J Pulla Rao. It is a remake of the Tamil film Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002). The film stars Allari Naresh and Shireen, who reprises her role from the original, along with newcomers Pavan and Anil in supporting roles.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Allari Naresh as Mahesh[1]
* Shireen as Pooja[2]
* Pavan
* Anil
* Tanikella Bharani
* Prakash Raj as the principal[1]
* Vizag Prasad as Pooja's father
* Sudhakar as a vagabond[1]
* Chittajalu Lakshmipati
* Jr. Relangi
* Gautam Raju
* Sattanna as a teacher
* Dasanna
* Pardhasaaradhi
* Prudhvi Raj
* Banerjee
* Shweta Menon

## Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Chakri.[3]

Track listingNo.| Title| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Preyasi"| Hariharan, Kousalya| 4:53
2.| "Naa Gundello"| Chakri, Kousalya| 5:08
3.| "Cheliya Cheliya"| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam| 4:37
4.| "Chesindhi"| KK, Ravi Verma, Chakri| 4:56
5.| "Nighte Joru"| Vasundhara Das, Tippu| 4:56
6.| "Hello Hello"| Shankar Mahadevan, K. S. Chithra| 4:30
Total length:| 29:00

## Release and reception

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Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu criticised the film and stated that "Naresh and all the other college boys and girls get childish cheap roles. Even Naresh the only star attraction in the cast turns out to be a dud. Shireen, a debutante is a total misfit in the cast. Experienced character artistes suffer because of illogical and unsympathetic roles. Music and photography make no sense in this kind of drama".[1] Jeevi of Idlebrain criticised the second half of the film, but praised the performances of Naveen, Sherin, Prakash Raj, Tanikella Bharani, and Sudhakar.[2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Juniors is strictly for the juveniles, adolescents, teens, youngsters and any other group that does not fit into either the kids or the adults category".[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Srihari, Gudipoodi (27 January 2003). "Crude and corny". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
2. ^ a b Jeevi. "Movie review – Juniors". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
3. ^ "Juniors". Gaana. Archived from the original on 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
4. ^ "Juniors Review". Full Hyderabad. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

## External links

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* Juniors at IMDb

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