Suri (2000 film) explained

Soori
Director:Sankara Kumar
Producer:Tammareddy Bharadwaja
Music:Vidyasagar
Studio:Ravindra Arts
Country:India
Language:Telugu

Suri is a 2000 Telugu-language film directed by Sankara Kumar (Editor Shankar) in his directorial debut. The film stars J. D. Chakravarthy and Priyanka Trivedi. It was produced by Tammareddy Bharadwaja. The lead actor J. D. Chakravarthy also provided the story, screenplay and dialogues for the film, though he was not credited in the movie credits.[1] [2] Suri released on 28 December 2000 and was a box-office disaster.[3]

The film was simultaneously made in Hindi as Durga (2002) for which Chakravarthy was credited as producer and director.[4]

Production

Shankar, who worked with Ram Gopal Varma and Krishna Vamsi as editor made his debut as a director with the film. Tammareddy Bharadwaja produced the film. Shankar handled both editing and direction. J. D. Chakravarthy who played lead the lead role also provided the story, screenplay and dialogues for the film. But, he was not credited for his writing work in the movie credits. Producer Tammareddy Bharadwaja attributed this to him lacking the required money to put the movie titles or even marketing the film in newspapers.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vidyasagar and released by Aditya Music.

Soori
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Vidyasagar
Released:2001
Recorded:2001
Genre:Soundtrack
Length:29:51
Label:Aditya Music
Producer:Vidyasagar
Prev Title:Poovellam Un Vasam
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Villain
Next Year:2002

Release

The film released on 28 December 2000.

Reception

A critic from Indiainfo wrote that "The photography is good. J.D. is okay as ever and the new face Priyanka is also okay. Watch the movie only if you have too much time to waste."[5] A critic from Sify found Suri to be an underwhelming experience, overly reliant on familiar gang war themes, with a predictable climax and underdeveloped love story, despite some decent performances.

A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "If only the makers had done a little homework on the screenplay, it would have made an interesting movie."[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 May 2001 . Interview with Tammareddy Bharadwaja by Jeevi . 27 October 2022 . Idlebrain.com.
  2. Web site: 18 December 2000 . Suri to be released on 28th December . 2022-10-27 . Idlebrain.com.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20050109061343/http://sify.com/movies/telugu/review.php?id=6007843&ctid=5&cid=2430
  4. Web site: Adarsh . Taran . Taran Adarsh . 29 March 2002 . Durga Review 1/5 | Durga Movie Review . Bollywood Hungama.
  5. Web site: Indiainfo: Tollywood masala: Movie Reviews - Suri . https://web.archive.org/web/20010209095251/http://movies.indiainfo.com/telugu/reviews/index.html . 9 February 2001.
  6. Web site: Suri Review . 27 October 2022 . fullhyderabad.