sideways sideways is a movie about a couple that meets once a year.
movie about a couple that meets once a year?
sideways sideways
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after his successful stint at television serials, mahesh rao made his debut through "dheemaku" (2008), starring naveen krishna in the lead role. the movie got rave reviews from critics and was an average grosser at box office. in 2009 he collaborated with "milana" fame director prakash for the screenplay of "gokula". his second film, "murali meets meera", a romantic film based on a novel, was released in 2011, with prajwal devraj in the lead role. "murali meets meera" too earned positive response from critics, with "the times of india" and "bangalore mirror" rating it 4/5 and sify rating it 3/5. the movie subsequently went on to become a sleeper hit after running for 50 days at the box office. following the success of "murali meets meera", mahesh rao's next was bhadra, a remake of the telugu movie "ranam", and introduced daisy shah pairing with prajwal devraj. he made some changes to the screenplay to suit the nativity of the kannada audience and the movie went on to become a super hit running 75 days at the box office with overall critics rating it as 3/5 and praising his direction skills. in 2013, he was roped in to direct case no. 18/9, a remake of the tamil hit "vazhakku enn 18/9". after its release, the film received generally positive reviews from critics. the performances of niranjan shetty, sindhu lokanath, shwetha pandit and rangayana raghu, and the film's direction, screenplay and narration received praise from critics. "case no. 18/9" was a profitable venture for the producers fetching 1.57 crores (us$230,000) only from satellite rights from suvarna tv. then he went on to direct "endendu ninagagi" which was a remake of "engeyum eppothum" and was a box office failure even after receiving positive reviews from critics. his next movie was "kwatle satisha" which was again a remake of "naduvula konjam pakkatha kaanom". "kwatle satisha" received positive reviews from critics and was a profitable venture for the producer. his next stint was as dialogue writer for the ganesh starrer movie khushi khushiyagi released in 2015. initially there were speculations that he would direct a movie starring yash for the remake of tamil movie "vaalu" but eventually the remake idea was scrapped. mahesh rao wrote his own script and it was finalised by producer k.manju. this film got the final title "santhu straight forward" and will go on floors february 2016 starring yash and radhika pandit.
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