Indra (2002 film)
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Directed by | B. Gopal |
Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt |
Written by |
Chinni Krishna Paruchuri Brothers |
Starring |
Chiranjeevi Arti Agarwal Sonali Bendre Mukesh Rishi Sivaji |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
Cinematography | V. S. R. Swamy |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Release dates | 24 July 2002 |
Running time | 173 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Box office |
₹30 crore (equivalent to ₹80 crore or US$12 million in 2016) (first film to exceed 30 crore takings) |
Indra is a Telugu language action film directed by B. Gopal. It stars Chiranjeevi, Arti Agarwal and Sonali Bendre.
The film was released on 24 July 2002, opened to highly positive reviews from critics as well as from audience.This film gave Chiranjeevi a super hit after few flops and average grossers. This film recorded as top grossing south Indian film at the time of its release. Later it was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil as Indra- The Tiger and Indran respectively and it was remade in Bengali as Dada. It was Chiranjeevi's comeback movie.
Plot
Indra opens in a village in Andhra Pradesh showing the rivalry between two families. A police officer (Narra Venkateswara Rao) wishing to end this hostility comes up with the proposal of marriage between the two families which ultimately is used by Veera Siva Reddy as a trap to finish off his rival. After the funeral, no one is willing to stake claim for the leadership of the clan when the young Indrasena Reddy comes in and tells his grandmother that he will.
The story then moves to 2002 in Varanasi. Shankar Narayana is a taxi driver who has his own boat, makes an honest living, and is held in high regard by the members of his adopted family. During a singing competition held in his niece's college, her friend Pallavi (Sonali Bendre) sees him and falls in love. Pretending to be an orphan, she starts staying with Shankar Narayana and his family. Pallavi's father Chenna Kesava Reddy (Prakash Raj) is the governor of AP. Upon finding his daughter missing, he carries out a search and discovers that she is staying with a taxi driver and his family. He sends out an attack on his family. Enraged he goes to his house to discover that she is staying with Shankar Narayana. He folds his hands and greets him and it is hinted that he knows something about Shankar Narayana's past. The story carries on to Shankar Narayana's niece's wedding. Giri (Sivaji), who stays with Shankar Narayana and his family as a student says that he loved Shankar Narayana's niece. After the marriage, in the area only, Snehalata Reddy (Aarthi Agarwal) comes with her brother Veera Shankar Redddy (Mukesh Rishi), Siva Reddy's eldest son. Snehalata tells Giri to get up, and reveals that Giri is actually Veera Manohar Reddy, Veera Shankar Reddy's son and Snehalata's nephew. She also reveals that Shankar Narayana is really Indrasena Reddy. After the marriage is over, Valmiki (Tanikella Bharani), Indrasena's loyal friend, tells the past of Shankar Narayana.
Indrasena/Shankar Narayana was held in regard in his village. He used to work for the benefit of the people. Siva Reddy, who had murdered Indrasena's family, is warned by him not to return to the village. Siva Reddy returns and, in the ensuing battle, Indrasena kills him. After this, his sons swear revenge on Indrasena and his family. One day Indrasena saves a boy from being run over by a truck – he turns out to be Veera Shankar Reddy's son. Veera Shankar Reddy is furious that his son was saved by his enemy, and he kills his own son. Indrasena, upon hearing this, storms Veera Shankar Redddy's house and confronts him. He buries the boy in the courtyard and plants a sapling over it and tells the boy's mother to pour water to the plant everyday, also warning the brothers that if anything were to happen to the plant, he would kill all of them. Snehalatha (Siva Reddy's daughter) sees this, falls for Indrasena, and tells him that she will marry him.
The town has been suffering from drought. When one of the villagers tell Indrasena this, he goes to Chenna Kesava Reddy, previously a collector, and asks to build a reservoir because the poor don't have enough water supply. The government is unable to help because the place where the reservoir can be constructed is owned by Veera Shankar Reddy and his family who are not giving it up. Indrasena calls a meeting and asks them to hand over the land in exchange for whatever they want. The brothers ask for all of his property and a promise that he will leave the village while Snehalata asks Indrasena to marry her. Indrasena agrees and the reservoir is built. On the day of the wedding, unknown to Snehalata, her elder brother murders Indrasena's sisters and their husbands. In a state of rage, Indrasena goes on a rampage, killing three of the brothers. Snehalata swears revenge and sends her nephew, Veera Manohar Reddy, to seduce Indrasena's niece.
Indrasena then returns to his village of Rayalaseema. Later Snehalata realizes the truth of her brother killing Indrasena's family by Veera Shankar Reddy's brother-in-law (Sunil) as she tells it to her brother, and asks Veera Manohar Reddy to go ahead and marry Indrasena's niece. Veera Shankar Reddy starts a hase for them as they go in the car and finally Indrasena battles all of them but does not kill Veera Shankar Reddy and suggests that they end the rivalry here only. In the end, Snehalata and Pallavi try to convince Indrasena Reddy to marry them but neither are successful as he still wants to work for the people.
Cast
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- Chiranjeevi .... Indrasena Reddy / Shankar Narayana
- Teja Sajja .... Indrasena Reddy Chilhood
- Arti Agarwal .... Snehalatha Reddy
- Sonali Bendre .... Pallavi
- Sivaji .... Veera Manohara Reddy
- S.P.Balasubrahmanyam .... as himself (Cameo appearance)
- Mukesh Rishi .... Veera Shankar Reddy
- Prakash Raj .... Chenna Kesava Reddy
- Puneet Issar .... Shaukhat Ali Khan
- Tanikella Bharani .... Valmiki
- Raza Murad .... Veera Shiva Reddy
- Rani .... Cameo appearance
- Ahuti Prasad .... Indrasena Reddy's brother-in-law
- Sunil
- Brahmanandam .... Pandit
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam .... Pandit's friend
- Allu Rama Lingaiah
- M. S. Narayana .... Pandit's friend
- Sameer as Indrasena Reddy's Uncle
Crew
- Director: B. Gopal
- Writers: Chinni Krishna (story) & Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
- Producer: C. Ashwini Dutt
- Co-Producer: K. Sathya Saibaba
- Music: Mani Sharma
- Cinematography: V.S.R. Swamy
- Art: Ashok Kumar
- Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
- Executive Producer: C. Dharmaraju
- Choreography: Lawrence Raghavendra & Raju Sundaram
- Stunts: Vikram Dharma
Music
Indra | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma | ||||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 31:52 | |||
Language | Telugu | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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The audio soundtrack of Indra was released on the evening of 14 June 2002 at a neatly erected set in the first floor of Annapurna Studios. This event was a private affair between Chiru fans and the Vijayanthi movie unit. The celebrities who graced this occasion were the Paruchuri brothers (dialogue writers), Aswini Dutt (producer), Chinni Krishna (story writer), VSR Swamy (cinematographer), Sirivennela Seeta Rama Sastry (lyrics writer) and Chiranjeevi. The function started off with a welcome by Raghu Kunche and Suma. Gemini TV covered this event and it was telecast as a 30-minute capsule on Gemini TV. Chiranjeevi selected a coupon from the lucky dip box and called the lucky fan to the stage. Chiranjeevi opened the audio box and handed over the first cassette to that fan, who was so elated that he tried to touch Chiranjeevi's feet, but Chiranjeevi stopped him from doing so. The audio hit the market on Monday (17 June 2002) and was a hit. [1]
Tracklist | ||||
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
1. | "Bham Bham Bole" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan | 6:08 |
2. | "Ammadu Appachi" | Veturi Sundararama Murthy | S. P. Balasubramanyam & Kalpana | 4:44 |
3. | "Radhe Govinda" | Bhuvanachandra | Udit Narayan & K. S. Chitra | 4:50 |
4. | "Ghallu Ghallu" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | S. P. Balasubramanyam, Mallikarjun | 5:52 |
5. | "Dayi Dayi Damma" | Sirivennela Sitaramasastri | KK & Mahalakshmi Iyer | 5:20 |
6. | "Ayyo Ayyo Ayyayyo" (Composed by R. P. Patnaik) | Kulasekhar | Karthik & Usha | 4:58 |
Total length: |
31:52 |
Release
Indra was released in 268 screens, including 223 in Andhra Pradesh, 30 in Karnataka, three in Odisha and 15 in the United States.[2]
Box office
- It was the first Telugu movie to gross over Rs. 300 million (Rs 300 million).[3]
- The film had collected a distributors' share of Rs. 80 million in its opening week.[4] Its overall share was nearly Rs. 320 million.[5]
- It had a 50-day run in 151 centres, including nine in Karnataka and two in Odisha.[6]
- It had a 100-day run in 98 centres, including four in Karnataka.[7]
- It had a 175-day run in 32 centres[8] including a 227-day run in Satyam theatre, Adoni.[8]
100th day public screening
The film screened with two TVs in Kantragada Village in Srikakulam District on the 100th day of film....
Reception
This movie was one of the biggest hits in Chiranjeevi's film career. Jeevi of Idlebrain had given a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stating, "First half is a perfect blend of mass and class elements. It's extraordinary. The interval scene gives the right finishing touch to the first half."[9] Performance of Chiranjeevi was highly appreciated especially in the song "Dayi dayi daammaa" where he performed famous "Veena Step". A grand 175 days function celebrating the success of the movie was held at Vijayawada.
Awards
Year | Nominee/work | Award | Result |
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2002 | Chiranjeevi (his 6th time) | Best Actor – Telugu | Won |
2002 | Raghava Lawrence | Best Dance Choreographer – South | Won |
- Best Actor - Chiranjeevi
- Best Choreographer - Raghava Lawrence - "Dhayi Dhayi Dhama"
- Best Male Dubbing Artist - P. Ravi Shankar
References
- ↑ "Telugu Cinema Etc - Idlebrain.com". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Cycle Stand - Telugu cinema - Indra release centers - Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, Arti Agrawal - B Gopal". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Indra". 24 July 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2016 – via IMDb.
- ↑ "Cycle Stand - Telugu and Tamil cinema - Indra". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "nonstopcinema.com". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Cycle Stand - Telugu cinema - Indra 50 days centers - Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, Arti Agrawal - B Gopal". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Cycle Stand - Telugu cinema - Indra 100 days centers - Chiranjeevi, Sonali Bendre, Arti Agrawal - B Gopal". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- 1 2 "CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - Chiranjeevi's 175-Day Centres List". Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- ↑ "Indra Review". Idlebrain. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
External links
- Indra at the Internet Movie Database