Mee Sreyobhilashi

Mee Sreyobhilashi (“Your Well-Wisher”) is a 2007 Telugu drama directed by V. Eshwar Reddy for VISU Films, starring Rajendra Prasad and Naresh, with music by Koti. A gentle, philosophical film about people who have given up on life, it won Nandi Awards including the gold Nandi for Best Feature Film and was shown in the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India. It was released on 28 December 2007.

What the story is about

In Hyderabad, a quiet good Samaritan called Rajaji gathers a group of strangers who have been broken by life: an elderly couple neglected by their children, a cancer patient, a chit-fund owner, a jilted lover, a young woman tormented over dowry, a couple whose families oppose their marriage, and a schoolboy who has failed his exams. Sitting on a bench at Tank Bund, he also meets Surya Prakash Reddy, a bankrupt film producer about to kill himself, and takes him along.

Rajaji then makes them an extraordinary proposal: a bus trip to Srisailam, where they will all jump together from the highest cliff. One of them protests and calls him a murderer, but the rest set off with a drunken driver who has his own reasons for wanting to die. The film follows that journey, with the police soon on their trail, and what the travellers learn about their own troubles along the way.

Cast and crew

• Rajendra Prasad as Rajaji
• Naresh as Surya Prakash Reddy
• Nassar as ACP Sunil
• Raghu Babu as Mallesh, the bus driver
• Krishna Bhagavan as Chitila Chinna Rao
• Chinna as Rama Krishna
• Raavi Kondala Rao and Radha Kumari as Raghuram and Lakshmi
• Brahmanandam as Swamiji, Ali as a watchman and Tanikella Bharani as a hotel owner

Director: V. Eshwar Reddy. Production: VISU Films. Music: Koti, released by Madhura Audio. Runtime: 128 minutes.

Reception and awards

According to Wikipedia, the film was very well reviewed and did well at the box office, citing an Idlebrain news report; we have not found collection figures. It was selected for the Indian Panorama at the International Film Festival of India, per the Directorate of Film Festivals’ list. Wikipedia’s awards list credits it with three 2007 Nandi Awards: the gold Nandi for Best Feature Film (V. Eshwar Reddy), Best Dialogue Writer (Ramesh Cheppala) and Best Lyricist (Venegella Rambabu); its introduction says two.

The film’s core idea was reportedly inspired by the 1998 Japanese film Ikinai, and it was later remade in Kannada as Lift Kodla (2010).

Where to watch Mee Sreyobhilashi

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Mee Sreyobhilashi and the reports it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.