Dil (2003 film)

Dil is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by debutant Raju. The film stars Nithiin, Neha, and Prakash Raj. The film is commercially successful at the box office. The success of the film led to the producer Raju becoming known as Dil Raju henceforth.

The film is remade in Oriya as Premi No.1 (2004), in Tamil as Kuththu (2004), in Kannada as Student (2006), in Indian Bengali as Challenge (2009), and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Bhalobasha Zindabad (2013).

Plot
Seenu is a new admit at Maharaja College of Arts and Sciences. Nandini goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle-class family, while Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar, a land mafia don. Gowri's assistant suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing at the fresher's celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up badly. Irritated by this, Seenu is challenged to win Nandini's love. After a few attempts, she falls in love with him. They elope and get married when Gowri tries to separate them. The story takes a few turns before it ends in a happy note.

Cast

 * Nithiin as Sreenivas aka Seenu (Voice dubbed by Sivaji).
 * Neha as Nandini (Voice dubbed by Sunitha)
 * Prakash Raj as Gowri Shankar
 * Chalapati Rao as Seenu's father
 * Sudha as Seenu's mother
 * Kalpana as Nandini's mother
 * MS Narayana as Principal
 * L. B. Sriram as Ramanatham
 * Duvvasi Mohan as Villager
 * Venu Madhav as Venu, Seenu’s uncle
 * Sangeetha as Nandini's grandmother
 * Raghu Babu as Gowri's assistant
 * Raghu Karumanchi
 * Rajan P. Dev as Nandini's grandfather
 * Rallapalli as Telephone Exchange Employee
 * Ahuti Prasad as police officer

Production
This was the first film as the producer for "Dil" Raju. In fact, his name got prefixed with the title as it brought him recognition in the film industry. After this, he went on to register many hits, and the credit displayed on the screens of his movies is still "Dil" Raju. This was the debut for the heroine Neha.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik and released by Aditya Music.

Reception
Jeevi of idlebrain.com wrote that "Over all, it's a good film to watch".

Remakes
Dil was remade into Oriya as Premi No.1 in 2004. It was remade into Kannada as Student. The film is also remade in Tamil in 2004 as Kuththu. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as Bichhoo: The Scorpion in 2010. The movie was also remade in Bengali in 2009 as Challenge and in Dhallywood Bangladesh in 2013 as Bhalobasha Zindabad.