Gemeni (film)
Gemeni is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Saran and produced by M. Saravanan on AVM Productions. Starring Venkatesh and Namitha in the lead roles and music composed by RP Patnaik. It is the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Gemini, released the same year.[1] The film's title was spelt 'Gemeni' to differentiate from the original Tamil version.[2]
| Gemeni | |
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| Directed by | Saran |
| Produced by | M. Saravanan M. Balasubramanian M. S. Guhan B. Gurunath |
| Written by | Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Saran |
| Story by | Saran |
| Based on | Gemini (Tamil) |
| Starring | Venkatesh Namitha |
| Music by | RP Patnaik |
| Cinematography | A. Venkatesh |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Suresh Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
The story of Gemeni revolves around Gemeni (Venkatesh) and Ladda (Kalabhavan Mani), two contemporary rowdies in Vijayawada. Gemeni's friend is murdered by Ladda's friend. Then Gemeni and his gang search for the person who murdered his friend and kills him. This incident marks the start of their rivalry.
Meanwhile, Gemeni meets Manisha Natwarlal (Namitha) and falls in love with her. To gain her affections, he goes to study in an evening college as her classmate, and eventually, she too falls in love with him.
Gemeni and Ladda clash again for a market holdout. Using his brilliant tactics, Gemeni fools and wins against Ladda which drives him crazy. In the meantime, Vijayawada gets a new Police Commissioner in Narendranath Chowdary (Murali). He arrests both Gemeni and Ladda. Understanding their rivalry, Viswanath puts them in a private cell so they can beat each other to death and at the same time can put a finish line to rowdyism. But instead, Gemeni convinces Ladda to plead Narendranath Chowdary to give them a chance to lead a normal life. Gemeni's trick works and they both are given a chance. While Gemeni changes his life, Ladda does not change his life. He keeps on disturbing Gemeni and wants him to help him out in his business. But instead, Gemeni informs about Ladda and his activities to Narendranath Chowdary. So, now Ladda is in jail. Meanwhile, Gemeni tries to reunite with Manisha as he had changed now and eventually she does forgive him.
After some months, Chowdary gets transferred as the transport DG of Andhra Pradesh and the new Police Commissioner, Kumaraswamy (Kota Srinivasa Rao) arrives, but to Gemeni's bad luck he is corrupt and releases Ladda from jail. Now, Ladda and the new Commissioner urge Gemeni to help him in his business. But, he still tries to stay away from them.
Forcing Gemeni to return to his old business, he would later kill Gemeni's right hand and who's also a best friend to him. Then in the climax, Gemeni tricks the Kumaraswamy to kill Ladda. Then, Kumaraswamy is transferred as transport DGP and Viswanath becomes the new Commissioner of Police. The film ends with Gemeni starting to lead a fresh life with Manisha.
Cast
- Venkatesh as "Patamatalanka" Gemeni
- Namitha as Manisha Natwarlal (credited as Bhairavi)
- Kalabhavan Mani as Ladda
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Police Commissioner Kumaraswamy
- Murali as Police Commissioner Narendranath Chowdary / Transport DG
- Brahmanandam as Car Mechanic
- Posani Krishna Murali as Hand
- Sudhakar as Kanna
- Mumtaj as Kamini
- Sujatha as Annamma
- Venu Madhav as Car Mechanic
- Ahuti Prasad as ASP
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- Krishna Bhagavan
- Lakshmipati as Gemeni's lawyer
- Raghu Babu as Krishna Babu
- Raghunatha Reddy as Night College Principal
- Vizag Prasad as Kandula Satyam
- Surya as Annamma's slain son and Ladda's gang member
- Kadambari Kiran as Manikyam
- TK Hari
- Kandal Rao
- Babar
- Balaji
- Bhargav
- Ramana
- Chandu
- Ramesh
- Murali
- Madhu
- Radha Krishna
- Sravan Kumar
- Nagaraju
- Srikanth Rao
- Anil
- Pavan
- Devi Charan as College student
- Ashalata
- Preethi
- Manu Shetty
Soundtrack
| Gemeni | ||||
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| Film score by RP Patnaik | ||||
| Released | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:46 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | RP Patnaik | |||
| RP Patnaik chronology | ||||
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Music composed by RP Patnaik (referred to as S. P. Patnayak).[3] Music released on Aditya Music Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cheli Chedugudu" | Veturi | SP Balu, Anuradha Sriram | 4:04 |
| 2. | "Pulalo Tene" | Veturi | Rajesh | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Dil Diwana" | Veturi | Usha | 4:15 |
| 4. | "Brahma Oh" | Kulashekher | SP Balu | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Chukkallo" | Veturi | Vandemataram Srinivas | 2:58 |
| 6. | "Cheli Chedugudu" | Veturi | SP Balu, Anuradha Sriram | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Bandhame" | Veturi | RP Patnaik | 2:35 |
| 8. | "Nadaka Chuste" | Veturi | Shankar Mahadevan, Usha | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 30:46 | |||
References
- "Gemini Synopsis". apunkachoice.com. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- Krishnamoorthy, Suresh (17 September 2002). "Show with a difference". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- Rangarajan, Malathi; Kumar, S. R. Ashok (31 May 2002). "Quite a challenge". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.