Prema Katha

Prema Katha
Directed byRam Gopal Varma
Written byVara Prasad Varma (Dialogues)
Screenplay byVara Prasad Varma
Story byVara Prasad Varma
Produced byNagarjuna Akkineni
StarringSumanth
Antara Mali
Manoj Bajpayee
Radhika
Narasimharaju
CinematographyVenkat Prasad
Edited byBhanodaya
Music bySandeep Chowta
Production
company
Distributed byAnnapurna Studios
Release date
  • 16 April 1999 (1999-04-16)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Prema Katha (transl. Love Story) is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language romance drama film written by Vara Prasad Varma and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. It is the debut film of both Sumanth and Antara Mali as leads in the Telugu film industry. The film opened to positive reviews by critics but was commercially unsuccessful. It had a highly praised soundtrack by Sandeep Chowta including the hit song "Devudu Karunisthaadani".[1] The film bagged six state Nandi Awards[2][3] and was dubbed into Tamil as Kadhal Vanile.[4]

  1. ^ Staff, T. N. M. (1 December 2021). "11 songs that won Nandi Awards for Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. ^ "The Nandi Awards For 1999". fullhyderabad.com.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.zaminryot.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Film Review: Kaadhal Vaanilae". The Hindu. 13 April 2000.