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{{Infobox film
| name = Appudappudu
| image = Appudappudu.jpg
| alt =
| caption = DVD cover
| native_name = 
| director = [[Chandra Siddhartha]]
| writer = Madhukar (dialogues)
| screenplay = Chandra Siddhartha
| story = Chandra Siddhartha
| based_on = 
| producer = A Ramesh Goud<br />PT Giridhara Rao
| starring = [[Raja (Telugu actor)|Raja]]<br />[[Sriya Reddy]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = KG Soman
| editing = Girish Lokesh
| music = [[R. P. Patnaik]] (songs) <br />Madhukar
| studio = 
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|5|16}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Appudappudu''''' ({{Translation|Sometimes}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[romance film|romantic]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Chandra Siddhartha]] starring [[Raja (Telugu actor)|Raja]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/may/31raja.htm|title=Looking for Ms Right!|date=31 May 2006|last=Rajamani|first=Radhika|work=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> and [[Sriya Reddy]], in her Telugu debut.

== Plot ==
Sundeep and Radhika get married. After realizing their differences, they break up. However, they later realize that they are made for each other and try to unite with each other again.<ref name="Idlebrain">{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/making/index.html|title=Making of ''Appudappudu'': In Love|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608173713/http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/making/index.html|archive-date=8 June 2003}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
*[[Raja (Telugu actor)|Raja]] as Sundeep
*[[Sriya Reddy]] as Radhika
*[[Jayasudha]] as Radhika's mother
*[[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]
*[[Suman Setty]] as a servant
*[[Krishna Bhagawan]]
*[[Vizag Prasad]]
*[[Sudha (actress)|Sudha]]
*[[Giribabu]]
*[[Banerjee (actor)|Benarjee]]
*[[Annapurna (actress)|Annapurna]]
*[[Ali (actor)|Ali]]
*[[M. S. Narayana]]
*[[L. B. Sriram]]
*[[Shankar Melkote]]
{{Colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
The songs were composed by [[R. P. Patnaik]] while Madhukar composed the score. The lyrices are written by Chaitanya Prasad and Peddada Murthy. In an audio review of the soundtrack, Sreya Sunil of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' wrote that "Over all, the album is a passable fare except for two songs (Nee Kalalu Kavali, Idigo Ippude), which are instant winners".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/appudappudu.html|title=Audio Review - Appudappudu|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|last=Sunil|first=Sreya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031003173402/http://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/appudappudu.html|archive-date=3 October 2003}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)

| title1 = Wahwa Wahwa
| extra1 = Natasha Gulmohar
| lyrics1 = Chaitanya Prasad

| title2 = Nee Kalalu Kaavali
| extra2 = R. P. Patnaik, [[Sunitha Upadrashta|Sunitha]]
| lyrics2 = Chaitanya Prasad

| title3 = Neekem Telusu
| extra3 = R. P. Patnaik, [[Usha (Telugu singer)|Usha]]
| lyrics3 = Chaitanya Prasad

| title4 = Idigo Ipude
| extra4 = R. P. Patnaik, Usha
| lyrics4 = Peddada Murthy

| title5 = Gudugudu Gunchem
| extra5 = Usha, Lenina, Gayatri, R. P. Patnaik, Ravi Varma
| lyrics5 = Peddada Murthy

| title6 = Nandalala Nandalala
| extra6 = Usha, R. P. Patnaik
| lyrics6 = Peddada Murthy
}}

== Release and reception ==
The film was initially scheduled to release on 1 April 2003.<ref name="Idlebrain"/>

Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' gave this film a rating of two out of five and opined that "The first half of the film is boring. Second half of the film is slightly better. The best things about this film are songs and photography. This film suffers from bad editing and slow screenplay".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-appudappudu.html|title=Movie review - Appudappdu|date=16 May 2003|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|author=Jeevi}}</ref> A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' gave the film a verdict of "Missable" and said that "The emotional scenes are a let down due to the lack of story. The only saving grace of this insipid film is the music of R.P. Patnaik and the camera of Soman".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.sify.com/movies/appudappudu-review-telugu-pcluVwicaibbd.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913021926/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jhp0-lWp-XUJ:https://m.sify.com/movies/appudappudu-review-telugu-pcluVwicaibbd.html&cd=8&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 September 2022|title=Appudappudu|work=[[Sify]]|date=20 May 2003}}</ref> Mithun Verma from ''Full Hyderabad'' criticised the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/appudappudu/telugu/appudappudu-movie-reviews-902-2.html|title=Appudappudu Review|last=Verma|first=Mithun|work=Full Hyderabad}}</ref>

Although the film was a box office failure,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2005/aug/24shreya3.htm|title='I can never become a commercial actress'|date=25 August 2004|work=[[Rediff.com]]|last=Warrier|first=Shobha|author-link=Shobha Warrier}}</ref> Raja credits this film with giving him a wider reach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/raja.html|title=Interview with Raja|date=5 November 2006|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|1601802}}

[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2003 Indian films]]
[[Category:2003 Telugu-language films]]

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