Katamarayudu
Katamarayudu is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action romance film directed by Kishore Kumar Pardasani which features Pawan Kalyan and Shruti Haasan in the lead roles, while Tarun Arora, Ajay, Siva Balaji, Ali, Kamal Kamaraju, Chaitanya Krishna, Pradeep Rawat, Rao Ramesh, and Nassar appear in supporting roles.[2] It is a remake of Tamil film Veeram, which was directed by Siva.
| Katamarayudu | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Kishore Kumar Pardasani |
| Produced by | Sharrath Marar |
| Written by | Sreenivasa Reddy (dialogues) Vema Reddy Thimmareddy (additional dialogues |
| Screenplay by | Vasu Varma Deepak Raj Kishore Kumar Pardasani |
| Story by | Siva Bhupati Raja |
| Based on | Veeram by Siva |
| Starring | Pawan Kalyan Shruti Haasan Tarun Arora Ajay Siva Balaji Ali Kamal Kamaraju Chaitanya Krishna Pradeep Rawat Rao Ramesh Nassar |
| Music by | Anup Rubens |
| Cinematography | Prasad Murella |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Production company | North Star Entertainment |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | est. ₹97.5 crore[1] |
The music was composed by Anup Rubens with cinematography by Prasad Murella and editing by Gautham Raju. The film released worldwide on 24 March 2017.[3]
Plot
Kattula Katamarayudu (Pawan Kalyan) is a brave person living in a village called Oddaanchatram. He lives with his four brothers (Siva Balaji, Ajay, Kamal Kamaraju, Chaitanya Krishna). The elder brother loves the younger ones to the core and sacrifices his happiness for their good. They are often caught in fights and are proud of it. Advocate Bail Lingam (Ali) bails them out whenever legal issues arise because of their brawls. Katamarayudu hates the idea of marriage as he feels that his wife might create disharmony among brothers. Though the four younger brothers say that they do not want to either fall in love or get married, when Kattula Katamarayudu is not around, they all have their secret lovers. Now, in order to get the green light for their love stories, they learn through his brother's childhood friend Collector that Kattula Katamarayudu, in school, was in love with a girl named Avantika, and his brothers hatch a plan to find her and reintroduce her to Kattula Katamarayudu so that he can fall for her all over again. However, she is married now and has kids, so the brothers conspire to do the most logical thing, which is to find another woman named Avantika (Shruti Hassan) because Kattula Katamarayudu was not in love with that girl so much as her name, and when he meets another (completely random) girl with that name, he is sure to lose his heart to her just because she bears that name. Though initially reluctant, later Kattula Katamarayudu himself falls in love with her. He clashes with a businessman called Radia (Pradeep Rawat) to take care of the market in the village. Radia tries to kill Kattula Katamarayudu's brothers, while Kattula Katamarayudu kidnaps Radia's son Juttu Ranga (Ayyappa P. Sharma). After clashing, Kattula Katamarayudu orders Radia to leave the village.
While travelling in the train to Avantika's village, Avantika narrates her family background to Kattula Katamarayudu. Avanthika's father Bhupathi (Nassar) is a respected man in the village who hates violence, while his son (Ravi Prakash) is the exact opposite who kills people, but when he is killed, Bhupathi refuses to bury his body and decides to make his village with peace and harmony. A few goons enter into the train, but Kattula Katamarayudu bashes all the rowdies. Avantika is shocked to see Kattula Katamarayudu, whom she thought was a nonviolent person. Kattula Katamarayudu and his brothers arrive at Avantika's village with clean shaven looks. He says that he has changed and would never harbor violence, and he and his brothers are welcomed and respected by her family. Bhupathi is touched and impressed by their love, affection, and hospitality. Kattula Katamarayudu comes to know that an illegal goon named Yelasari Bhanu (Tarun Arora) wants to kill Bhupathi and his family. The reason is revealed through a flashback that Yelasari Bhanu's father (J. Mahendran) is responsible for the blast of a matchstick factory. Bhupathi complains against Yelasari Bhanu's father and is arrested, and the father commits suicide by getting hit by a lorry.
Yelasari Bhanu swears revenge against Bhupathi. Kattula Katamarayudu finishes all the goons and solves all their problems without the knowledge of Bhupathi and the family. When Bhupathi's granddaughter finds a sickle under Kattula Katamarayudu's jeep, Bhupathi orders Kattula Katamarayudu to go out of town. Yelasari Bhanu, who escapes from the death sentence, arrives to kill Bhupathi, but Kattula Katamarayudu keeps him and his family in a safe place. Yelasari Bhanu informs Kattula Katamarayudu that he had kidnapped one of his brothers, Sivarayudu (Siva Balaji). Kattula Katamarayudu arrives at the nick of time and saves his brother but instead gets attacked by Yelasari Bhanu. Bhupathi and his family, who arrive at the place, come to know about the risk taken by Kattula Katamarayudu to save him from the mess. A brutally attacked Kattula Katamarayudu rises steadily and kills Yelasari Bhanu and his henchmen. Bhupathi, who is impressed with Kattula Katamarayudu's valour, decided to give his hand to his daughter Avantika. The film ends with the marriage of Kattula Katamarayudu and his brothers.
Cast
- Pawan Kalyan as Kattula Katamarayudu, the protagonist
- Shruti Hassan as Avantika
- Tarun Arora as Yelasari Bhanu, the main antagonist
- Siva Balaji as Sivarayudu, Katamarayudu's younger brother
- Ajay as Kattula Kondarayudu / Konda Babu, Katamarayudu's younger brother
- Kamal Kamaraju as Katamarayudu's younger brother
- Chaitanya Krishna as Katamarayudu's youngest brother
- Ali as Kattula Lingarayudu / Linga Babu / Lingam
- Pradeep Rawat as Radia, a businessman
- Rao Ramesh as Narsappa
- Nassar as Judge Bhupathi, Avanthika's father
- Pavitra Lokesh as Pavitra, Avantika's mother
- Ayyappa P. Sharma as Juttu Ranga
- J. Mahendran as Machappa, Yelasari Bhanu's father
- Prudhviraj as NASA Sarvam, Avanthika's uncle & Bhupathi's younger brother
- Manasa Himavarsha as Manasa
- Sowmya Venugopal as Manju
- Ashmitha Karnani as Alivelu
- Yamini Bhaskar as Yamini
- Bhanu Sri Tripathi
- Ravi Prakash as Ravi, Avanthika's brother (cameo)
Production
After the release of his previous film Sardaar Gabbar Singh (2016), Pawan Kalyan announced that he would remake Tamil film Veeram (2014) in Telugu with S. J. Surya as a director, despite the fact that the Tamil film was already dubbed and released in Telugu as Veerudokkade. The title of the film was announced as Katamarayudu named after the song sung by Pawan from the film Attarintiki Daredi (2013).[4] However, in a sudden turn of events, Suryah left the project to concentrate on acting assignments as he was the main villain of the upcoming móvie, Spyder, and he was replaced by Kishore Kumar Pardasani, collaborating with Pawan for the second time after Gopala Gopala (2015) while Soundarrajan, who was the cinematographer, was replaced by Prasad Murella.[5] The film began its shoot on 24 September[6] in Secunderabad.[7]
Soundtrack
| Katamarayudu | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 3rd March, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:13 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Anup Rubens | |||
| Anup Rubens chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Anup Rubens and released by Aditya Music.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mira Mira Meesam" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Anurag Kulkarni | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Laage Laage" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Nakash Aziz, Dhanunjay, Nuthana | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Jivvu Jivvu" | Varikuppala Yadagiri Goud | Dhanunjay | 2:39 |
| 4. | "Emo Emo" | Ananta Sriram | Shreya Ghoshal, Armaan Malik | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Yelo Yedarilo Vaana" | Ananta Sriram | Dhanunjay, Malavika | 4:04 |
| 6. | "Netha Cheera" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Sai Charan, Sahithi | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Love Theme" (Instrumental) | 1:06 | ||
| Total length: | 24:13 | |||
Reception
Great Andhra in its review called the music as a total letdown and one of the most disappointing works of Anup and probably one of the weak albums in Pawan Kalyam’s career, if not the weakest.[8]
However, Karthik from Milliblog found it "a simple, likeable commercial album by Anup."[9]
References
- "Tollywood in 2017: 15 highest grossing Telugu movies of the year - Baahubali 2, Khaidi No 150, JLK, DJ and others". IB TImes.
- "Katamarayudu Review {3.5/5}: This is a must watch if you need a heavy dose of South Indian machismo". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (24 March 2017) Katamarayudu: One-man show. The Hindu
- Pawan Kalyan's upcoming film titled Katamarayudu : Regional cinema, News – India Today. Indiatoday.intoday.in (2 September 2016). Retrieved on 25 March 2017.
- Katamarayudu A walk out and a walk in – Telugu Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (22 September 2016). Retrieved on 25 March 2017.
- Pawan Kalyan Announced Katamarayudu Shooting Start Date. Mirchi9.com (13 September 2016). Retrieved on 25 March 2017.
- Katamarayudu gets going – Telugu Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (21 September 2016). Retrieved on 25 March 2017.
- "Katamarayudu Audio: A Total Let Down". greatandhra.com. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- "Katamarayudu (Music review), Telugu – Anup Rubens by Milliblog!". milliblog.com.
External links
- Katamarayudu on IMDb