Vasantam

Vasantam (transl.Spring) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by Vikraman. Produced by N. V. Prasad and Sanam Naga Ashok Kumar, the film starred Venkatesh, Arti Agarwal, and Kalyani. The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar. The film won two Nandi Awards.

The film opened simultaneously alongside the Tamil version of the film, Priyamaana Thozhi, starring R. Madhavan, Jyothika, Sridevi Vijayakumar and Vineeth.^[1] It was remade in Kannada in 2010 as Hoo.^[2]

Ashok and Julie have been friends since childhood. They live in Hyderabad and share no love interest. Ashok marries Nandini, and although Julie's closeness to Ashok initially irritates Nandini, she subsequently accepts it. Julie falls in love with Michael D'Souza, a cricketer who's hoping for a place in the Indian cricket team and whose main rival happens to be Ashok.

When Ashok gets selected instead of Michael, Michael's father strikes a deal with Ashok that the marriage between his son and Julie will only take place if Ashok steps down and lets Michael substitute him, and also tells Ashok to cut his friendship with Julie so he does not interfere in Michael's and Julie's life, to which Ashok agrees. Ashok acts as an unwilling person to his friend Julie. Julie decides to move out of Ashok's house and plans to stay at Michael's. Ashok plans to sell his property, give the money to Julie, and to go to Mumbai with Nandini, where his friend has offered him a job. Ashok and his wife vacate their house without informing Julie. Julie and Michael learn why Ashok is leaving Hyderabad, and they rush to the railway station to stop him but fail to find him. To spot Ashok easily, Julie sings a song to which Ashok responds, and they reunite. Ashok ends up playing for the Indian team and over the time their children become friends too. The film ends on a happy note.

El nombre de la película se basa en Nava Vasantham , la versión doblada de Pudhu Vasantham de Vikraman . ^{[ 1 ]} Algunas de las canciones se filmaron en Grecia . ^{[ 3 ]}

La música fue compuesta por SA Rajkumar y lanzada por el sello Aditya Music . Las canciones eran las mismas que en Priyaamana Thozhi . La presentación del audio se realizó en un plató de los estudios Ramanaidu el 14 de junio de 2003. ^{[ 4 ]} En una reseña de audio, Sreya Sunil de Idlebrain.com escribió: "En general, este álbum tiene muchas melodías, pero todas están impregnadas de una sensación de déjà vu que nos recuerda a las composiciones anteriores de SA Raj Kumar". ^{[ 1 ]}

Gudipoodi Srihari de The Hindu escribió que " Vasantham es una película agradable y una historia de amor sentimental que intenta demostrar que puede existir una amistad genuina entre un hombre y una mujer incluso después de casarse". ^{[ 5 ]} Jeevi de Idlebrain.com calificó la película con cuatro de cinco estrellas. ^{[ 6 ]}

• Premio Especial del Jurado Nandi a la Mejor Película – NVParasad (productor cinematográfico)
• Premio Nandi al Mejor Diseñador de Vestuario – P. Rambabu

• Vasantam en IMDb