Dubai Seenu
Film poster
Directed by	Srinu Vaitla
Written by	Srinu Vaitla Gopimohan
Dialogues by	Chintapalli Ramana
Produced by	D. V. V. Danayya
Starring	Ravi Teja Nayanthara
Cinematography	Bharani K. Dharan
Edited by	M. R. Varma
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Universal Media
Release date	8 June 2007
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹9 crore
Box office	₹13 crore distributors' share[1]

Dubai Seenu is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Srinu Vaitla. Produced by D. V. V. Danayya, the film stars Ravi Teja and Nayanthara. It has music composed by Mani Sharma.^[2][3] The film was a Super hit at the box office

It was remade in Kannada as Dubai Babu. A Tamil dubbed version titled Dubai Rani was released in Chennai on 29 July 2016.^[4]

Plot

Srinivas (Ravi Teja) is popular in his village as Dubai Seenu. He dreams of seeking his fortune in Dubai. Seenu and his friends reach Mumbai but unfortunately, get cheated by a fraudster Tataji (Venu Madhav) because of Ramki alias Rama Krishna (Brahmanandam). After realizing that they were cheated, the friends start a Pav Bhaji center with the help of Patnaik (Krishna Bhagavaan), who is also a fraudster.

Madhumati (Nayanthara), who was working as an RJ, goes to Mumbai in search of her brother. Seenu meets Madhu on a local train and loses his heart. Luckily, she surfaces right before his Pav Bhaji center. Seenu dares to propose his love, but Madhu does not reply and disappears. While Seenu was in search of Madhu, he meets Chakri (J. D. Chakravarthy). Seenu helps Chakri, who loved Puja (Neha Bamb), and got them married. Chakri and Puja promise Seenu to help him to go to Dubai. They make all arrangements. They, too, plan to return to Hyderabad to repay the loan borrowed by Chakri's father for his education. Just before leaving the office, Chakri and Puja find that their boss is none other than Jinnah Bhai (Sushant Singh) the most wanted mafia don in India.

Finding that the couple recognized him, Jinnah and his brother kill Chakri and Puja right before Seenu. Minutes before his death, Chakri reveals that Madhu was his sister. Seenu returns to Hyderabad, where he meets Madhu and pays off her debt. When she asks how he got the money, he reveals that it is her brother's money. Madhu's uncle Babji (Sayaji Shinde) also wants to marry her. In the end, Seenu kills Jinnah and his henchmen and marries Madhu.

Cast

Production

The film marks Vaitla's third collaboration with Teja after Nee Kosam and Venky.^{[citation needed]}

Music

Music was composed by Manisharma. Lyrics were written by Ramajogayya Sastry and Sahithi.

Critical reception

The film was well received by both audience and critics. The Hindu wrote "Yes, there are blemishes in the screenplay but in a movie like this, one is really not supposed to bother about them as logic (Dubai Seenu never visits Dubai) is never the motive!"^[5] Idlebrain wrote "On a while it’s a time pass film if you are looking for Ravi Teja kind of comedy".^[6][7]

Box-office performance

The movie has earned ₹10.73 crore rupees in its opening week and ₹15.89 crore rupees by the end of the second week, giving a strong competition with Sivaji (2007), a Rajinikanth starrer.^[8] Considering its budget of ₹9 crore, it was declared a super hit. It brought Ravi Teja, depressed after the failure of Khatarnak, a great joy and was released with nearly 250 prints.^[9]