Jagadam

Jagadam is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Sukumar. This film has Ram, Isha Sahani, Pradeep Rawat, and Prakash Raj in the leading roles. The film was produced by Aditya Babu. The film was released on 16 March 2007. This film was later dubbed into Hindi & Malayalam as Dangerous Khiladi Returns & Bad Boy.

Jagadam
Directed bySukumar
Produced byAditya Babu
Written bySukumar
StarringRam
Isha Sahani
Pradeep Rawat
Prakash Raj
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
CinematographyR. Rathnavelu
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Release date
  • 16 March 2007 (2007-03-16)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Seenu (Ram) enjoys fights since his childhood. He appreciates violence and wants to be like Manikyam (Pradeep Rawat), a goonda, as everyone, including his teacher, is afraid of him. When all the boys wanted to become engineers, doctors, lawyers, and other professions, Seenu wanted to become a goonda. Though he behaves like a ruffian, he comes to know that one should have the support of a politician or big dada. With the help of Laddu (A. S. Ravikumar Chowdary), an associate of Manikyam, Seenu meets the latter and joins his gang. At this juncture, Seenu falls in love with Subbalakshmi (Isha Sahani). As she pleads with Seenu to help her friend's father, Seenu agrees to settle a land deal, but the land was under illegal occupation of Manikyam's gang member. As he promised to settle the deal, Seenu opposes Manikyam. This makes Seenu a hero, and he starts doing settlements on his own. Once, he agrees to help an industrialist, whose quarry was occupied by Yadav (Satya Prakash), with Manikyam's support. As things go out of control, Seenu decides to kill Yadav but could not. However, Seenu's young brother, who also likes fighting scenes, takes a gun and shoots Yadav. Seenu appeals to the police commissioner (Prakash Raj) to mediate with Manikyam, but his men kill Seenu's brother. This irks Seenu, who thrashes Manikyam but spares him. He realizes that violence is not the way to go. When Manikyam attacks him, he kills him in self-defense. The film ends on a happy note with Seenu leaving all the dadagiri and leading a normal life.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Music got a good response from public.[1]

Jagadam
Soundtrack album by
Devi Sri Prasad
Released20 January 2007
Recorded2007
GenreSoundtrack
Length30:13
LabelAditya Music
ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Rakhi
(2006)		 Jagadam
(2007)		 Aata
(2007)
Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Violence is a Fashion"ChandraboseDevi Sri Prasad4:44
2."36-24-36"SahithiMamta Mohandas5:51
3."5 Feet 8 Inches"ChandraboseTippu, Priya5:08
4."Everybody Rock Your Body"ChandraboseRanjith5:06
5."Mu Mu Mudhante Chedha"ChandraboseSunitha Upadrashta, Tippu4:46
6."36-24-36 (Remix)"SahithiMamta Mohandas4:38
Total length:30:13

Reception

Sify gave the film three stars out of five, calling Jagadam a "not a plot driven film." While praising the film for its cinematography and music, reviewer criticized its weak script and lack cluster characters.[2] Rediff.com, however, opined the contrary and appreciated Sukamar's screenplay and direction.[3] Idlebrain.com, while commending Sukumar for taking up a different theme, criticized the film for slow-paced second half and weak climax.[4]

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References
  1. "andhracafe.com". Jagadam audio is good. Retrieved 13 February 2007.
  2. "Jagadam". Sify. 17 March 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "Review: Jagadam is a good effort". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. "Jagadam - Telugu cinema Review - Ram & Isha". www.idlebrain.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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