Nuvvu leka nenu lenu

Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu (“Without You, I Am Not There”) is a 2002 Telugu romantic comedy directed by Y. Kasi Viswanath in his debut, starring Tarun and Aarthi Agarwal with Laya. Produced by D. Suresh Babu’s Suresh Productions with music by R. P. Patnaik, it was released on 14 January 2002 and became one of the year’s big hits.

What the story is about

Radha Krishna and Krishna Veni grow up together; their fathers are close friends and business partners, and the childhood friendship slowly turns into love. When the family business runs into trouble, a kind-hearted elder steps in to help, and in return asks that Krishna Veni marry his grandson. To repay the debt, Radha Krishna decides to give her up, and Krishna Veni reluctantly agrees, setting up a story of sacrifice, jealousy and family loyalty.

Cast and crew

• Tarun as Radha Krishna
• Aarthi Agarwal as Krishna Veni
• Laya as Neerja
• Kiran Rathod as Anjali
• K. Viswanath as Ramachandraiah
• Sarath Babu as Panduranga Rao, Radha’s father
• Chandra Mohan as Siva Prasad, Krishna’s father
• Brahmanandam as Shastri and Sunil as Karri Seenu
• Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao as Kodi Peddaiah, Neerja’s grandfather

Director: Y. Kasi Viswanath. Producer: D. Suresh Babu (Suresh Productions). Music: R. P. Patnaik. Runtime: 150 minutes.

Reviews

Most critics liked it. Idlebrain called it “a feel-good and pleasant film” with a time-tested story in tune with the youth films of the day. The Hindu’s review, reproduced on Idlebrain, found it “an interesting and pleasant love story, handled well by debutant director Y. Kasi Viswanath”. Telugu Cinema noted that it retells “some recent hits” but still entertains. The dissenting voice was Sify, which called it “a weak and undernourished love story”.

Box office

The film was a major commercial success. T2BLive‘s list of the top Telugu earners of 2002 puts its distributors’ share at ₹15 crore, and Wikipedia’s description of it as a blockbuster cites Idlebrain’s review of Telugu cinema in the first half of 2002.

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Nuvvu Leka Nenu Lenu and the reviews and reports it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.