Colour Photo is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language period romantic drama film directed by debutant Sandeep Raj.

Produced by Amrutha Productions and Loukya Entertainment, the film stars Suhas in his first lead role, along with Chandini Chowdary, and Sunil.

Ramaraju, Deepthi's brother and the local sub-inspector, tries to talk to her, but she shuts him down and goes to her ex Jayakrishna's house in his jeep.

A year later, a few seniors rag Jayakrishna by tricking him into going to Deepthi's rehearsal and then beat him up for "teasing girls".

Things go well for the couple until a fest, where the college principal denies Jayakrishna an opportunity to speak on the stage because of his skin tone.

On Deepthi's birthday, when Jayakrishna meets her in an empty class, the seniors lock the room and allege that the couple were having an amorous relationship.

However, as Deepthi arrives to collect her hall ticket, Jayakrishna shows up and leaves with her as Ramaraju is stuck in the college with their friends' help.

Jayakrishna met Deepthi when she arrived to receive her hall ticket, and they decide to commit suicide by consuming poison.

Chandini Chowdary already made her debut as a lead actress in Tollywood, also acted in few short films in early days.

[22][23] With the success of the music album of Mathu Vadalara,[24] Sandeep chose Kaala Bhairava for the film's soundtrack and background score.

[26] Kranthi Priyam was chosen as the art director who previously worked in Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2019).

Despite tad slow-paced and dull initial portions, the latter half of the film has touching moments.

[34] Another reviewer of GreatAndhra noted that "The genre of love stories has dealt with issues including casteism, and honor killings.

The first single ''Tharagathi Gadhi's'' lyrical version was released on Aditya Music on 27 August 2020.

''[46] 123Telugu wrote in its review that ''One of the biggest plus points of the film is undoubtedly Kaala Bhairava, the music director.

The producers and Allu Aravind announced the decision of releasing the film on Aha on 23 October 2020 on the eve of Vijayadasami festival.

[49][50] The Times of India critic Thadhagath Pathi gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote that "Colour Photo is a heart-wrenching love story that stays with you."

[51] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu stated that Colour Photo deserves a pat on the pack for going against the norms in Telugu cinema.

While appreciating the director for picking up a storyline based on colourism, the reviewer opined that he couldn't translate it well into the screenplay.

[55] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South stated that ''Colour Photo is one of the better products of this [direct-to-streaming] era.''

[56] Murali Krishna CH of Cinema Express wrote that the dialogues and performance while pointing out there were some scenes.''

The Hans India gave 2.5/5 stars and stated that ''Sai Rajesh Neelam is the story writer of the movie.