Photo (film)

Photo is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language romantic thriller film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao and starring Anand, Anjali and Muktha. This film marks the film debut of Nandu (credited as Anand) and Anjali and the Telugu debut of Muktha. Photo is reportedly based on the 2004 Thai film Shutter.

This film is the first directorial venture of comedy director Nageswara Rao in the thriller genre. The film was released on 1 September 2006.

Plot
The story begins with a group of friends who come across an old photograph. This photograph seems to have supernatural elements associated with it, causing eerie and unexplained events in their lives. As the friends try to uncover the mystery behind the photograph, they encounter various challenges and frightening occurrences.The movie explores themes of horror and suspense, building tension as the plot progresses.

Cast

 * Anand as Siddhartha a.k.a. Siddhu
 * Anjali as Bhanu
 * Mukta as Swapna
 * Jayasudha as Swapna's mother
 * Sanjay as Giri
 * Nutan Prasad
 * Tanikella Bharani
 * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
 * L. B. Sriram
 * M. S. Narayana
 * Brahmanandam
 * Ali
 * Venu Madhav
 * Raghu Babu
 * Krishna Bhagawan
 * Kondavalasa
 * Suman Setty as Balu
 * Duvvasi Mohan
 * Kallu Chidambaram
 * Jenny
 * Tadivelu
 * Master Siva Varma
 * Dr. Srinivasa Rao
 * Raghava
 * Banda Jyothy
 * Jayavani

Production
After Siva Nageswara Rao liked a story in Hasam magazine, he asked the writer of the article, Karlapalem Hanumantha Rao, to develop a story for him. Nageswara Rao claimed that the story was based on a true incident that happened in Coastal Andhra in 2004. However, independent sources identify the film to be based on 2004 Thai film Shutter.

The film marks Nageswara Rao debut as a producer. Chennai-based model Anjali made her acting debut with this film.

Music
The music for the film was composed by Rohit Raj.

Release and reception
The film released on 1 September 2006. A special preview show was arranged on 30 August 2006.

Griddaluru Gopalrao of Zamin Ryot felt that the film was poorly made. Gopalrao stated that the storyline was novel but the film faltered in screenplay and execution. He appreciated the performances of Anand and Anjali. A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "The film is slow all through, and especially in the second half". Kishore of Nowrunning gave the film a rating of one out of five stars and opined that "Overall the movie probably would end up being the most boring movie of the year". A critic from Indiaglitz stated that "The director was able to extract the best of their performance and yes, Anand, Anjali and Mukta gave their best. Graphic works were also up to the mark. As producers are after Sivanageswara Rao to make comedy flicks and the director out to bring out a thriller, he himself produced the film and also succeeded in it".