Malliswari (2004 film)

Malliswari
Directed by	K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Produced by	D.Suresh Babu D. Rama Naidu (presents)
Written by	Trivikram Srinivas (story / dialogues)
Screenplay by	K. Vijaya Bhaskar
Starring	Venkatesh Katrina Kaif
Music by	Koti
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Sreekar Prasad
Production company	Suresh Productions
Release date	18 February 2004 (2004-02-18)
Running time	155 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹5 crore (US$780,000)

Malliswari (The Princess) is a Telugu romantic comedy film produced by D.Suresh Babu on Suresh Productions banner, directed by K. Vijaya Bhaskar. Starring Venkatesh, Katrina Kaif in lead roles and music composed by Koti, written by Trivikram Srinivas The film was later dubbed into Malayalam as Malliswari, the Princess.

Malliswari (Katrina Kaif) is the heiress of Raja of Mirzapur (M. Balaiah). Her deceased father wrote in his will that she would inherit the property worth 750 crores after she becomes major at the age of 21. The entire property is under the control of Bhavani Shankar (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who wants to inherit the entire property by killing her. As he hatches the plans to eliminate Malliswari, she is sent to her uncle's (Tanikella Bharani)in Visakhapatnam as a normal girl so that she can live with anonymity. Prasad (Venkatesh) works as a bank accountant in Andhra Bank there. He is a bachelor who has been desperately seeking for marriage alliance for the past seven years. He would be looking at every unmarried girl with dreams in his eyes. He accidentally meets Malliswari and falls deeply in love with her. Malliswari is traced by the goons there and they start running after her. Prasad escorts her and drops her safely in Hyderabad. The rest of the story describes what happens next and the eventual conclusion of the plot.

The music was composed by Koti. All songs are hit tracks. The music was released on Aditya Music Company.

Nandi Award for Akkineni Award for Best Home-viewing Feature Film - D. Suresh Babu