{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Snehithulu | image = Snehithulu poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Muthyala Subbaiah | writer = Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues) | screenplay = Muthyala Subbaiah | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = Badvelu Srinivasulu Reddy | starring = {{plainlist|*Vadde Naveen *Raasi *Sakshi Shivanand *Anand }} | narrator = | cinematography = K. S. Selvaraj | editing = Gautham Raju | music = Koti | studio = <!-- or: | production_companies = --> | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1998|9|11}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = | gross = }} '''''Snehithulu''''' ({{Translation|'Friends'}}) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and starring Vadde Naveen, Raasi, Sakshi Shivanand and Anand. The film was remade in Kannada as ''Sneha'' (1999) and in Tamil as ''Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham'' (1999).
== Cast == {{Colbegin}} *Vadde Naveen as Murali *Raasi as Mahalaxmi *Sakshi Shivanand as Sirisha *Anand as Vijay *Sudhakar *Ahuti Prasad as Anjanappa *Narra Venkateswara Rao *Chalapathi Rao *Satyaprakash *Ranganath *Venu Madhav *Tirupathi Prakash * Bandla Ganesh * Kallu Chidambaram * Baby Upasana as Mahalaxmi's little sister {{colend}}
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by Koti. The songs were released under the Aditya Music label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/snehithulu/eoSJ9j9yaOE_|title=Snehithulu|date=2000|work=JioSaavn}}</ref> {{track listing | headline = Track listing | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Mallikavo…Menakavo | extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Oh Gajjala Gumma | extra2 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | length2 = 5:21 | title3 = Pooche Puvvuki Enno Gumagumalu | extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | length3 = 4:09 | title4 = Premisthanu Ninne Nannu | extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra | length4 = 4:55 | title5 = Vanaa Vanaa Vanaa | extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha | length5 = 4:07 | title6 = Yennenni Kalalu Kannayi | extra6 = Yesudas | length6 = 4:26 | total_length = 27:07 }}
== Reception == A critic from ''Deccan Herald'' opined that "But unlike other streotyped. mushy romances and action flicks, ''Snehitulu'', which has its anchor in human relationships, emerges a winner, for it is shot imaginatively".<ref name="D">{{Cite news |last=P |first=Rakesh |date=14 February 1999 |title=Snehitulu (Telugu) |work=Deccan Herald |url=http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/6DAFFE93F21EFCB765256941003DC8B0 |url-status=dead |access-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213235753/http://www.cscsarchive.org/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/6DAFFE93F21EFCB765256941003DC8B0 |archive-date=13 February 2009}}</ref> A critic from ''Andhra Today'' wrote that "Although a routine story, Posani Krishna Murali lends it variety in its final twist. Good performances by the star cast combined with the director's prowess quite appeal to the audience".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andhratoday.com/movie/SNEHIT.htm|title=SNEHITHULU|work=Andhra Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981202200652/http://www.andhratoday.com/movie/SNEHIT.htm|archive-date=2 December 1998}}</ref>
== Box office == The film ran for a hundred days in Andhra Pradesh.<ref name="D"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.andhraonline.com/archives/tollywood/star38.htm|title=The year gone by `Twas good for some and bad for most|work=Andhra Online|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990428055419/http://www.andhraonline.com/archives/tollywood/star38.htm|archive-date=28 April 1999}}</ref>
==Awards== ;Nandi Awards<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in Telugu)</ref> * Best Male Comedian - Sudhakar
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb title|13475870}}
{{Muthyala Subbaiah}}
Category:1998 films Category:1998 romantic drama films Category:1998 Indian films Category:1998 Telugu-language films Category:Films about friendship Category:Films directed by Muthyala Subbaiah Category:Films scored by Koti (composer) Category:Indian romantic drama films Category:Telugu films remade in other languages