5 Underrated Telugu Films You Should Watch

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Oopiri ( 2016)

This Telugu comedy-drama starring Karthi, Nagarjunda and Tamannaah Bhatia revolved aroung the lives of a quadriplegic billionaire, and Seenu, his ex-convict caretaker, and their coming to terms with importance of relationships over money and disability.

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Remake

Oopiri is a remake of Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's French film The Intouchables (2011). Oopiri was also shot in Tamil, and named Thozha in the language.

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Appatlo Okadundevadu (2016)

This Telugu action-crime film written and directed by Saagar K Chandra starres Nara Rohit, Sree Vishnu and Tanya Hope.

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Unique storyline

Appatlo Okadundevadu follows the life of Railway Raju, an aspiring cricketer who is falsely framed as a Naxalite.

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Aa Naluguru (2004)

A highly-rated film, Aa Naluguru is Telugu drama film directed by Chandra Siddhartha. The film stars Rajendra Prasad and Aamani.

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Nandi awards

Marking Aamani's return to films after 7 years, the film won several Nandi awards and revolved around a man's fight for his philosophy.

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Aithe (2003)

This Telugu thriller written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti, Aithe starred several debutants at the time.

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National film award

A film about the underworld criminal nexus and hijacking, Aithe was a commercially successfull film and also won a National Film Award for Best Feature film in Telugu.

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Andari Bandhuvaya (2010)

Andari Bandhuvaya received the Akkineni Award for best home-viewing feature film for the year 2010. The film was directed by Chandra Siddartha and written by popular Telugu novelist Balabhadrapatruni Ramani.

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Story

A low budget film that also did well overseas, the film revolves around human values in today's society.

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