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]
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| Directed by | Sekhar Kammula |
| Written by | Sekhar Kammula |
| Produced by | Sekhar Kammula |
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| Cinematography | Vijay C. Kumar |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
Production company | Amigos Creations |
| Distributed by | Amigos Creations |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Telugu English |
| Budget | ₹16 lakh[1] |
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]
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