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'Nirmala Convent ' is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by G. Naga Koteswara Rao, and produced by Akkineni Nagarjuna and Nimmagadda Prasad on Annapurna Studios and Matrix Team Works. The film features Roshan Meka and Shriya Sharma in their debut in lead roles while Nagarjuna appears as himself in a crucial role. It has music composed by Roshan Saluri.

Meka won Best Male Debut Telugu at the 6th South Indian International Movie Awards, in addition to Best Debut Actor Award at the 15th Santosham Film Awards.

Plot



Samuel is the son of a peasant, David Suri whose livelihood is only from a 1-acre land. Samuel is studious and very intelligent and studies plus one in Nirmala Convent in a village Bhupati Nagaram near Samalkota in Andhra Pradesh. Shanti, his classmate, daughter of rich landlord Bhupati Raja (Aditya Menon) of the same village also studies in the same convent. Initially, their acquaintance begins with teasing & quarrel but slowly it turns into love. Upon learning this, Bhupati Raja strikes Samuel and insults his father in front of everyone. Even then to make his son's love successful, Samuel's father approaches Bhupati Raja with the marriage proposal, to which he agrees on one condition: Samuel acquire a name & money of his merit. Samuel decides to become popular, and lands in Hyderabad where he meets film star Akkineni Nagarjuna and asks him to conduct the 'Champion of Champions' program in his village. After some drama, the star accepts his request. The rest of the story if Samuel wins this challenge and gains his love with Nagarjuna's support & cooperation.

Cast



*Roshan Meka as Samuel

*Shriya Sharma as Shanti

*Akkineni Nagarjuna as himself

*Aditya Menon as Bhupati Raja

*Ravi Prakash as Bhupati Raja's younger brother

*Sameer as Bhupati Raja's elder brother

*Surya as David Suri

*Praveen as Bulli

*Roshan Kanakala as Bhasha

*Chandrahas as Venu

*Pavan Sriram as Ravi Varma

*Riteesh as Ranga

*Prasanna Kumar as Sarpanch

*Chitti

*Lab Sarath as Church father

*L. B. Sriram as Veerigadu

*Thagubothu Ramesh

*Jogi Brothers as Betting Brothers

*Satya Krishnan as Vasundhara

*Anitha Chowdary as Mary

*Bhargavi as Indu

*Indu Anand as Principal

Production



The film was shot in five schedules in Jaipur, Araku Valley, Medak, Nainital, and Chikmagalur. The film marks the lead debut of Roshan Meka, son actors Srikanth and Ooha, after 'Rudhramadevi' in which he played as child artist. Shriya Sharma who has acted as child artist in few films also makes her debut as the lead actress. Roshan Saluri, son of music director Koti as the music director makes his maiden film composition. A. R. Rahman's son Master A. R. Ameen has debuted as a singer in Telugu. It even marks the acting debut of Roshan Kanakala (son of actor Rajiv Kanakala and television presenter Suma) and Chandrahas (son of television actor Prabhakar). Nagarjuna has crooned a special song in this film after 17 years. He previously sang for the movie 'Seetharama Raju' (1999).

Soundtrack



Music composed by Roshan Saluri. Music released on ADITYA Music Company. The Audio launch held at N-Convention Centre, on 8 September 2016. Allu Aravind attended the function as chief guest, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Nimmagadda Prasad, Srikanth, Ooha, Koti, G. Naga Koteswara Rao, Roshan Saluri and several industry stalwarts have graced the occasion.

Reception



Pranitha Jonnelagadda from 'The Times of India,' rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote, "'Nirmala Convent' has an interesting message and class to give but the highly enthusiastic students that we are, we wanted a lot more!" A reviewer from 'The Hindu' also felt the same, stating, "The film falls short of being a memorable outing." Rating the film 2.5 of five stars, 'The Indian Express' Krishna Vamsi stated, "Roshan Meka and Shriya Sharma's pair gives film some freshness, but the film fails to offer anything new in terms of script." In an other mixed review, a critic from 'Sakshi' appreciated the performances while criticising Koteswara Rao's screenplay and direction.

References



Category:2010s Telugu-language films

Category:Indian coming-of-age films

Category:Indian teen romance films

Category:2016 directorial debut films

Category:2016 romantic drama films

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