Premante Idera

Premante Idera (meaning “This is love”) is a 1998 Telugu romantic drama directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee and produced by Burugupalli Siva Rama Krishna and K. Ashok Kumar under Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Films. Venkatesh stars opposite Preity Zinta in her Telugu debut, with Srihari, Ranganath, Kaikala Satyanarayana and Brahmanandam, and Ramana Gogula composed the music in his first film. Released on 30 October 1998, it was a commercial success with a chartbusting soundtrack.

What the story is about

Murali and his friends travel to a village for a friend’s wedding. There Murali meets Sailu, a friend of the bridegroom, and as the two throw themselves into the festivities he is captivated by her spirit and her beauty. They fall in love, but Murali soon learns that Sailu is already promised to a police officer, Muralidhar. Putting on a brave face through the celebrations, he sets out to win over her large joint family and stop the wedding.

Cast

• Venkatesh as Murali
• Preity Zinta as Sailaja “Sailu” (voice dubbed by Shilpa)
• Ranganath as Venkatramayya and Kaikala Satyanarayana as Sailu’s grandfather
• Srihari as Muralidhar
• Brahmanandam as Avadhani, Ali as Ram Pandu and Chandra Mohan as Subba Rao
• Giri Babu as Murali’s father and Rama Prabha as Subbammatta
• Sivaji as Sivaji

Music

Ramana Gogula’s first soundtrack, released by Aditya Music, was a chartbuster. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Naesikkiren and into Hindi as Dulhan Dilwale Ki.

Box office and reviews

According to Idlebrain.com, the film earned a distributors’ share of ₹8.5 crore over its full run. Rakesh P of the Deccan Herald called the story “trite” but said the film “still manages to capture young hearts”, while Manjula Kumar of The Indian Express praised the performances, the “breathtaking shots of New Zealand” and Ramana Gogula’s “scintillating music”.

Awards and remake

Jayanan Vincent won the Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer. The film was remade in Kannada as O Premave (1999), starring Ravichandran.

Where to watch Premante Idera

We do not have a confirmed streaming platform for Premante Idera on file. The OTT details on this page will be updated when a platform’s own listing confirms it.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Premante Idera and the sources it cites, linked above; Wikidata; our own cast and crew records.