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2000 film by Sekhar Kammula

Dollar Dreams
Directed by Sekhar Kammula
Written by Sekhar Kammula
Produced by Sekhar Kammula
Starring
Cinematography Vijay C. Kumar
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh

Production
company
Distributed by Amigos Creations

Release date
  • 19 October 2000 (2000-10-19)

Running time

 100 minutes
Country India
Languages Telugu
English
Budget ₹16 lakh[1]

Dollar Dreams is a 2000 Indian drama film written, directed and produced by Sekhar Kammula.[2] Primarily shot in Telugu and English, the film starred Santosh Kumar, Anish Kuruvilla, Ravi Raju, Anil Prashant, Dashveer Singh, Priyanka Veer, and Satya. The film was screened at the 33rd International Film Festival of India.[3][4] It won the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director at the 47th National Film Awards.[2][3]

Accolades[edit]

Dollar Dreams garnered the National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director for its “taking in a very natural manner the burning problem of brain drain to the technologically developed world” as cited by the jury at the 47th National Film Awards.[2][3]

Reddiff.com cited Dollar Dreams as a take off from where Hyderabad Blues ends.[5][6] Dollar Dreams explores the conflict between American dreams and human feelings.[7] The film re-introduced social realism to Telugu screen.[8]

  • Santosh Kumar as Balu
  • Anish Kuruvilla as Srinu
  • Ravi Raju as Ravi
  • Dr. Anil Prashant as Phani
  • Dashveer Singh as Sardar
  • Priyanka Veer as Usha
  • Satya as Archana
  • Manasa as She
  • Gopal Krishna as Father
  • Radha Krishna as Lakshmi
  • Kushnaaz as Kamal
  • Sekhar Kammula (cameo appearance)

References[edit]

  1. ^

    Alitho Saradaga | Sekhar Kammula (Director) | 12th April 2021 | Full Episode | ETV Telugu, retrieved 16 August 2022; Event occurs at 7:15

  2. ^ a b c “47th National Film Awards” (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c “rediff.com, Movies: The Dollar Dreams review”.
  4. ^ Menon, Amarnath K. (23 August 1999). “Dollar Dreams: Is the great American dream a myth or reality?”. India Today.
  5. ^ “Software engineer turned director wins National Award”. reachouthyderabad.com.
  6. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (7 October 2016). “Hyderabad 425: Cinema and the city”. The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ^ “Dollar Dreams Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes”. The Times of India.
  8. ^ “rediff.com, Movies: The Dollar Dreams review”. M.rediff.com. 17 July 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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