Arjun (2004 film)
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Cinematography | Sekhar V. Joseph |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
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Running time | 174 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹20 crore[1] |
Arjun is a 2004 Indian
Plot
Arjun and his twin sister Meenakshi finish college, and their parents decide to look for a good man to marry Meenakshi. Meenakshi shows Arjun a letter from their friend Uday, who confesses his love for her and asks her to elope with him as his parents Bala Nayagar and Andal are arranging his marriage with a different girl. Meenakshi tells Arjun that she, too, is interested in Uday. Arjun goes to Madurai, where Uday lives with his parents and is about to get married. Arjun tells Uday's parents about the letter and asks for their consent for marriage. Uday dares to marry Meenakshi before their parents' approval comes. Uday's parents agree for Meenakshi as their daughter-in-law, though they have different plans in mind.
Meanwhile, Arjun meets Roopa, who also happens to be from Madurai, and they fall for each other. In Meenakshi's house, Uday's parents plan to kill her as they had lost a chance to grab a millionaire's property by an arranged marriage. They make multiple attempts to kill Meenakshi, but she survives. Arjun comes to the conclusion that they are trying to kill his sister, but Uday and Meenakshi do not believe him. At last, Meenakshi believes him when they try to kill her while Uday was away. She escapes with Arjun and Roopa's help and gives birth to twins. In that fight, Bala dies, and Andal develops paralysis. Uday watches how they tried to kill Meenakshi and believes Arjun's version. They all reconcile and live peacefully.
Cast
- Mahesh Babu as Arjun
- Keerthi Reddy as Meenakshi (voice dubbed by Rohini)
- Shriya Saran as Roopa
- Rajaas Uday
- Prakash Raj as Bala Nayagar, Uday's father
- Saritha as Andal, Uday's mother
- Nassar as Police Commissioner Ratnavelu
- Tanikella Bharani as Roopa's father
- Murali Mohan as Anand Rao, Arjun and Meenakshi's father
- Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Parvathamma, Anand Rao's elder sister
- M. S. Narayana as Invigilator
- Kalabhavan Mani as Doranna
- Rajan P. Dev as Govindarajulu
- Master Ram Teja (Maanas Nagulapalli)
Production
The film was produced by Mahesh's brother
The main attraction of the film was the colossal set of
Another set for the exterior of Prakash Raj's house and the streets of Madurai were also created at Padmalaya studios of Gandipet. The shooting happened at Padmalaya Studios in these sets for 60 Days which was equivalent to 40% of the film's shoot. The song Madura Madura was shot in Day effect while Dum Dumaare was shot in Night Effect at Madurai Temple set.[5]
Soundtrack
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Language | Telugu | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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This film consists of 6 songs, all composed by Mani Sharma: All the Songs were written By Veturi.[citation needed]
Song | Singers |
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"Okka Maata" | Shankar Mahadevan |
"Oh Cheli" | K. S. Chithra, Karthik |
"Madura Madura" | P. Unnikrishnan, Harini |
"Ra Ra Rajakumara" | Udit Narayan, Swarnalatha |
"Aey Pilla" | SPB Charan
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"Dum Dumare" | SPB, K. S. Chithra |
Awards
References
- ^ a b "When Tollywood tunes didn't mesmerise box-office". Business Standard. India. 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
This was followed by a slew of duds that included the Rs 12-crore Nani, the Rs 20-crore Arjun ....
- ^ "Telugu cinema Review – Arjun – Mahesh Babu, Shriya, Keerthi Reddy, Raja – Guna Sekhar". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Muhurat of 'Arjun'". idlebrain.com. 18 July 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Arjun's Madura Meenakhi Temple set". idlebrain.com. 29 September 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
External links
- Arjun at IMDb