Kantri
Kantri | |
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C. Ashwini Dutt | |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Sameer Reddy |
Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
Release date | 9 May 2008 |
Running time | 166 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Kantri is a 2008 Indian
Kantri is also the first Indian film to feature a 3D animated character based on an actor. [5] It was also dubbed in English under the title Jackal.[6]
Plot
Cast
- Jr. NTRas Kantri (Kranthi)
- Hansika Motwani as Varalakshmi / Hamsa
- Tanisha Mukherjeeas Priya
- Prakash Raj as PR / Pothuraju
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Seshu
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Daiva Sahayam
- Mukesh Rishi as Kantri's grandfather
- Sayaji Shinde as Das
- Brahmanandam as Brahmi
- Ali as Chang Lee
- Sunil as Rajni Haasan
- Murali Sharma as Veeru, (Gangster)
- Subbaraju as Bhyraagi
- Raghu Babu as Acid Durga
- Krishna Bhagawanas Singaporean Tour Guide
- Prudhvirajas Settlement Raju
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao as Devaraju
- Srinivasa Reddy as Cutting Seenu
- Prabhas Sreenu as Spider Reddy
- M. S. Narayana as Thelupu Ramakrishna
- Master Bharath as Rambo
- Hema
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
- Venu Yeldandi
Production
I narrated the script of Kantri to Puri Jagan when we went to Manali to shoot Desamuduru for 30 days. He listened to the beginning scene, interval block and pre-climax and said that this film will become a hit. He also liked Kantri title and immediately registered it on Vaishno banner so that others won't squat on it.[7]
Dutt observed me during that time and offered me a film. When he asked who I want to have as hero, I said NTR. I also told him that there will not be any thoda kottatam kind of things in this film. It is going to be stylish and it will showcase NTR in a 25-year-old tappori character. Dutt said that he would take 4 days to call me again. He called me right the next day and asked me to narrate it to NTR. I gave a 20-minute narration to NTR and I could see a glow in his face after listening to the script. The next day I got a call from NTR that the project is on. I narrated two more developed versions on 7 and 20 April. I had the entire script ready by that time. Whatever is there is movie today was there written in that bound script. The each and every scene in Kantri was approved by both Aswini Dutt and NTR before going to the sets.[7]
I wanted to show NTR in a new look. We did a photo shoot and bought costumes from places around to make sure that each costume is not costlier than 1500 rupees. Deepa designed the costumes of NTR. We had all costumes ready even before the movie is started.
At that time Mani Sharma was in USA doing live concerts. Aswini Dutt made me travel there so that I could participate music sittings right away. I traveled along with Mani. 123 song was that first one he composed. I wanted to shoot a hip-hop song on NTR. We needed a lyricist and we did not have anybody around us. Hence I wrote the lyrics for that song. all the words in that song came from my observations on NTR – especially 'by birth undi timmiri'. I reserved a portion of the rendition to NTR. Mani Sharma composed three tunes in USA only.
We started the shoot of Kantri with a song on 1 October. We had to wait for a month because cinematographer Sameer Reddy was busy with Athidi at that time.
We had to shoot a vital portion of the film abroad. Aswini Dutt gave us an option to shoot in any country around the word. We finalized on Hong Kong and Dubai. But Hong Kong shoot costs 6 million more. When I put forth the budgets in front of Dutt, he selected Hong Kong. We shot the transit part in Singapore and action episodes in Hong Kong. Aswini Dutt also produced Ram Gopal Varma's Company in Hong Kong in the past. I could able to shoot 75% of what I had imagined in Hong Kong episodes. Sameer Reddy and Stun Shiva shot the entire portion efficiently. I showcased the skyline of Hong Kong effectively. We shot at an area where the latest version of Hollywood film Batman was shot a couple of days earlier. We also shot in a most dangerous airport strip in the middle of the city. Aswini Dutt also did not compromised on songs. We could have easily shot the songs in Singapore and Hong Kong. But he wanted us to go to other places. We went to Cape town in South Africa as no Telugu film was shot over there after Badri.[7]
Music
Kantri | ||||
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 27:49 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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Released on 29 March 2008,
No | Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Lyricist |
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1 | 123 Nenoka Kantri | N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Naveen Madhav, Karunya | 04:31 | Meher Ramesh |
2 | Ammaho | Karthik, K. S. Chithra | 05:16 | Sirivennela
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3 | Vayasunamy | Sunitha Upadrashta
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04:04 | Veturi |
4 | I Go Crazy | Rahul Nambiar, Jey | 04:48 | Anatha Sreeram
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5 | Janthar Manthar | Rita
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04:25 | Anatha Sreeram |
6 | Raamare | Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan | 04:45 | Ramajogayya Sastry |
Reception
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer - South - Prem Rakshithfor the song "Vayasunami"
- Nandi Award for Best Choreographer – Prem Rakshit for the song "Vayasunami"
- South Scope best stylish actor – Jr NTR
- South Scope best stylish choreography – Raju Sundaram ("123 Nenoka Kantri")
Dubbed versions
The film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Ek Aur Qayamat (2009),[15] In English as Jackal (2011),[16] in Tamil as Pokkiri Paiyan,[17] and in Malayalam as Njananu Boss.
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- ^ "10 Songs Which Copied Their Tunes from Other Films | Telugu". Archived from the original on 27 June 2017.
- ^ Srinivas, Saraswathy (18 December 2006). "Pokkiri has racy music". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ Radhika Rajamani. "Kantri: NTR's show all the way". Rediff. Retrieved 9 May 2008.
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- ^ "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)
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External links
- Kantri at IMDb