Tapana (film)

Tapana
Directed by	Tejas Dhanraj
Produced by	Wg Cdr. Ramesh
Starring	Prabhu Deva Siddhu Maahi Seema Archana
Music by	Shambhu Prasad
Production company	Applause Entertainment AP Pvt Ltd
Release date	13 February 2004 (2004-02-13)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Tapana is a 2004 Telugu romantic-drama film directed by Tejas Dhanraj. It stars Prabhu Deva, Siddhu, Maahi and Seema in the lead roles. The film opened to mixed reviews in February 2004.

Cast

• Prabhu Deva as Venu
• Siddhu as Siddhu
• Maahi as Meera
• Seema
• Archana as Radhima
• Ali as Chiru
• Eswara Rao as Meera's father
• Duvvasi Mohan
• Anant
• Vinay Varma
• Deepa
• Rakhi
• Meka Ramakrishna
• Vijayabhaskar

Production

The film was announced in June 2003, where Applause Entertainment Ltd revealed their maiden regional venture titled Tapana at Annapurna Studio in Banjara Hills. The film marked the debut of actress Jayaprada's nephew Siddhu in the leading role, alongside Prabhu Deva. She had initially attempted to launch Siddhu through a bilingual venture titled Classmates in 2001, but the film did not materialise. He later made a comeback with the Tamil film Uyire Uyire, starring Hansika Motwani, during 2016. An audio release event was held in December 2003 at Taj Krishna Hotel with Sonali Bendre in attendance as the chief guest.

Release

Tapana opened to mixed reviews in February 2004, with a critic from Idlebrain.com noting the "first half of the film does not have any story, hence is little boring. Things start rolling in second half. The film is good from the moment it is revealed that heroine is suffering with a disease". A critic from AllIndianSite.com wrote "Dhanraj's direction was not impressive, the entire film was narrated very slowly. It was more like a TV serial than a film".