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Wikipedia article
'Dhana 51' is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film directed by R. Soorya Kiran and starring Sumanth and Saloni Aswani with Mukesh Khanna in a negative role. This film inspired the storyline of the Kannada film 'Bindaas' (2008).
Cast
*Sumanth as Dhananjay a.k.a. Dhana
*Saloni Aswani as Lakshmi
*Mukesh Khanna as Mahesh Chandra
*Tanikella Bharani
*Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Dhana's father
*Rajakumar
*Mallikarjuna Rao
*Kanta Rao
*Ali
* Delhi Rajeswari
* Radha Kumar
*Gautam Raju
*Gundu Hanumantha Rao
*R. Soorya Kiran (guest appearance)
*Kalyani (guest appearance)
Production
After the success of 'Satyam', R. Soorya Kiran, Sumanth and Chakri reunited for this film. The title was changed from '51' to 'Dhana 51' because Sumanth's previous films named after the hero's character ('Satyam' and 'Gowri') were box office successes. This film marks the Telugu debut of Mumbai-based Saloni Aswani and 'Shaktimaan'-fame Mukesh Khanna.
Soundtrack
Music by Chakri.
*"Aravirisina Mogga" Chakri
*"Avunanave Avunani" - P. Unnikrishnan
*"China Goda" Kousalya, Shankar Mahadevan
*"Dhana 51" Soorya Kiran, Vasu, Vishwa, Lahari
*"I Am In Love" Anitha
*"Kovaa Kovaa" Balaji, Gowri Srinivas, Matin, Pallavi, Ravi Varma, Soorya Kiran, Vasu, Kameshwari
Release and reception
The film released on 14 January 2005 coinciding with Sankranthi.
Jeevi of 'Idlebrain.com' gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and opined that "'Dhana 51' suffers with inadequate screenplay, uneven narration and confused characterization. 'Dhana 51' is most unexpected from a director who made his debut with 'Satyam' film". Ravi Kalaga of 'Full Hyderabad' wrote that "A remake in the essence, albeit with changes in the locations, songs, sidekicks and vocations of the actors, 'Dhana' is essentially a cut-copy-paste version of their earlier enterprise [Satyam], with new fonts and colors (literally!)".
References
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