Anjaneyulu (film)
Anjaneyulu is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film starring Ravi Teja and Nayantara in the lead roles, while Sonu Sood plays a pivotal role. Directed by Parasuram, the music was composed by S.S. Thaman, produced by Bandla Ganesh, the film was released on 14 August 2009.[1] The Tamil dubbed version titled Adhiradi Arjun was released in Chennai on 29 July 2016.[2]
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| Directed by | Parasuram |
| Produced by | Bandla Ganesh |
| Written by | Parasuram |
| Starring | Ravi Teja Nayantara Sonu Sood Nassar Brahmanandam |
| Music by | S.Thaman |
| Cinematography | Ravindra Babu |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Employed with HMTV, Anjaneyulu lives in Hyderabad and is in constant touch with his retired father Krishnamurthy and mother. His boss Sudarshan Babu hires a creative consultant, Prabhakar Garu. Their TV channel undergoes a number of changes, and Anjaneyulu gets to interview various people. He meets with Anjali, an Airtel employee, and both dramatically fall in love. While investigating corrupt politicians, he comes across evidence and decides to join the gang of a gangster named Bada. Still involved in gathering evidence, his world will come crashing around him when he will be told his parents and many others have been killed after their bus was torched by hooligans. He sets out to trace who was responsible behind their killing - not knowing that his life is also in danger.
Cast
- Ravi Teja as Anjaneyulu / Pavan (Abhimanyu in Hindi version)
- Nayantara as Anjali
- Sonu Sood as Bada
- Nassar as Anjaneyulu's father
- Brahmanandam as Creative Genius Prabhakar (Surya in Hindi version)
- Suman as Anjali's father
- Sana as Anjali's mother
- Brahmaji as Deva, A Journalist & Anjaneyulu's friend
- Raja Ravindra as Bada's henchman
- Tarzan as Bada's henchman
- Vinaya Prasad as Lakshmi
- Jeeva as Sudarshan Babu, Anjaneyulu's boss
- Srinivasa Reddy as Anjaneyulu's colleague
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Babulal
- Srinda Arhaan as Anna
- Vinayakan as Lex
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Gurudev
- Chalapathi Rao
- Ahuti Prasad
- M. S. Narayana as Prakash
- Bhuvaneswari
- Dhandapani
- Fish Venkat
- Prakash Raj in a special appearance
- Kim Sharma in an item number
Reception
Rediff.com has given an average rating of 2.5 out of 5 and described it as "Filled with masala, Anjaneyulu which is fairly slickly made is likely to go down well with the masses. Ravi Teja steals the show in Anjaneyulu". And the Telugu movies website idlebrain.com gave 3/5 rating for this film.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by S. Thaman and released by Aditya Music.
| Anjaneyulu | ||||
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| Released | July 24, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:30 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | S. Thaman | |||
| S. Thaman chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Olammi" | Bhaskarabhatla | Karthik, Sri Vardhini | 4:16 |
| 2. | "Anjali" | Chandrabose | Shankar Mahadevan, Rahul Nambiar, Megha | 4:23 |
| 3. | "Em Vayaso" | Krishna Chaitanya | Naveen, Jyotsna | 4:29 |
| 4. | "Dil Se Bhol" | Krishna Chaitanya | Ranjith | 4:32 |
| 5. | "Rajulakey Raraju" | Krishna Chaitanya | Ranjith, Suchitra | 5:03 |
| 6. | "Nuvve Kanta Padavante" | Krishna Chaitanya | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:47 |
| Total length: | 26:30 | |||
External links
Anjaneyulu on IMDb