To You, My Dear) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Balasekaran.
[1] The film stars Tarun, Sivaji, Sneha (in her Telugu debut) and Preetha, while Ali, Venu Madhav and Tanikella Bharani played supporting roles.
The film and the soundtrack received positive reviews upon release, and was a box office success.
[2][3] The film, owing to its success, was eventually reshot and released in Tamil under the title Kadhal Sugamanathu (transl.
[4] Ganesh (Tarun) is a carefree college youth from Hyderabad, whose life revolves around friends and doing good deeds for them which upsets his father Raja Shekar (Tanikella Bharani).
Director Balasekaran announced in June 2000 that he would direct a romantic dramedy film, with Tarun Kumar roped to play the main lead.
Sivaji agreed to play a parallel leading role in this film, as the hero's best friend.
"Adi Sugama" was later reused as title song for Hindi film Pyaar Diwana Hota Hai also produced by R. B. Choudary.
[5] A critic from Sify wrote that "Unlike other Supergood films, the musical score of Sivasankar is pedestrian except for one song and director could have added one or sub plots to make it more engrossing.
[6] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Except for the idea the diary from which the movie unfolds, there is nothing novel about the film".
[7] Andhra Today wrote "This movie may not add great value to the Super Good Films banner, but certainly won't ruin their reputation.
Some scenes look 'stretched' and slow down the pace of the movie, but the deft handling by the director make one gloss over the minor defects".