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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Avuna..<br />
| image = Avuna poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --><br />
| director = [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]]<br />
{{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes<br />
| label1= Dialogue by<br />
| data1 = Aasam Srinivas<br />
}}<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = C. Umamaheswara Rao<br />
| story = C. Umamaheswara Rao<br />
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --><br />
| producer = Dr. K. Ramana Kumar<br />
| starring = Adarsh<br />Santhi Rao<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = [[Madhu Ambat]]<br />
| editing = <br />
| music = [[Bhavatharini|Bhavatharini Ilayaraaja]]<br />
| studio = Meghana Productions<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2003|12|12}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Avuna..''''' ({{Translation|Really..?}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[romance film|romantic]] [[sports film|sports]] [[drama film]] directed by [[C. Umamaheswara Rao]] and starring newcomers Adarsh and Santhi Rao. The film was released to negative reviews.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{Cast listing|<br />
*Adarsh as Srinivas<br />
*Santhi Rao as Akhila<br />
*[[Surya (Telugu actor)|Surya]] as Srinivas's basketball coach<br />
*Vijaya Bhaskar<br />
*[[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]<br />
*[[Brahmanandam]]<br />
*[[M. S. Narayana]]<br />
*[[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]]<br />
*[[AVS (actor)|AVS]]<br />
*[[Shanoor Sana|Sana]]<br />
* Apoorva<br />
*[[Sudeepa Pinky]]<br />
* Anil Kumar<br />
* Abhijit<br />
* Dinesh<br />
* [[Anandaraj]]<br />
* Sriraj<br />
* Sishanthkumar<br />
* Vikas<br />
* Ajay Raj <br />
* Rajababu<br />
*[[K. Bhagyaraj]] (special appearance)<ref name="R">{{Cite web |last=Poornima |date=28 June 2003 |title=Bhagyaraj's Telugu debut |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/28south.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190930131808/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/28south.htm |archive-date=30 September 2019 |access-date=27 January 2024 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref><br />
*[[Bhagyashree]] (special appearance)<ref name="R"/><br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Adarsh, Vijaya Bhaskar and [[Surya (Telugu actor)|Surya]] were trained in basketball for the film. The climax features national level basketball players.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/showcase/avuna.html|title=Idlebrain.com's Showcase - Avunaa..|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref> [[K. Bhagyaraj]] made his acting debut in Telugu through this film.<ref name="R"/><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Bhavatharini|Bhavatharini Ilayaraaja]]. The lyrics were written by [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]], [[Bhuvana Chandra]], and [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]].<ref name="I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-avuna.html|title=Movie review - Avuna..!|date=12 December 2003|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|last=Jeevi|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' rated the film one out of five and wrote that "Except for a few inspirational quotes uttered in a couple of scenes by Surya, the entire film is a boring one".<ref name="I"/> Mithun Verma of ''Full Hyderabad'' rated the film one out of ten and wrote that "The lead pair, as mentioned earlier, appears to have been wearing too tight pants for their liking. The other departments like music, script, comedy, direction etc. are visible very clearly in the credits. That's all the appearance they do".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/avuna/telugu/avuna-movie-reviews-879-2.html|title=Avuna Review|work=Full Hyderabad|last=Verma|first=Mithun|access-date=27 January 2024}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|1579929}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian sports drama films]]<br />
[[Category:2003 Telugu-language films]]</div>Trena17I0666860