Parugu
| Parugu | |
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| Directed by | Bhaskar |
| Produced by | Dil Raju |
| Written by | Bhaskar |
| Starring | Allu Arjun Sheela Poonam Bajwa Prakash Raj |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | Vijay C Chakravarthy |
| Editing by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Release date(s) | May 1, 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
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Development
The film's title has been in major headlines prior to the film's release. During the film's production, the film has been referred to as Premikudu, Romeo, Enta Ghaatu Premayo, Araku and Varadhi, before being titled as Parugu.
Plot
Neelakanta (Prakash Raj) is a powerful man in the village Ramachandrapuram who doesn’t believe in love marriages. He has two daughters. His elder daughter Subbalakshmi (Poonam Bajwa) elopes with a guy called Erra Babu from a lower class on the night of her arranged marriage. Neelakanta's men kidnap all the friends of Babu. Krishna (Allu Arjun) – a happy go lucky guy from Hyderabad, Sreenu (Chitram Seenu) from Nellore are among them. Krishna likes a girl called Meena (Sheela) who happens to be the younger daughter of Neelakanta. The rest of the story is all about whether Krishna elopes with Meena or convinces Neelakanta to marry her.Inspiration
This film seems unintentionally is similar to the elopement drama of Chiranjeevi’s daughter Srija with her then-boyfriend Sirish Bharadwaj. Though non of the mainstream media spoke about the co-incidence, the movie received a lot of buzz amongst the movie goers for the similarity to the real life episode of the Srija.[3]
Reception
- The film collected a share of Rs.10.82 crores in its first 9 days of theatrical run and collected 21 crores in 3 weeks.[1]
- There were mixed reviews for the film.
- The film ran 100 days in 54 centres [2]
Trivia
- This movie was dubbed into Malayalam as Krishna and was a blockbuster in Kerala too.
Cast
- Allu Arjun .... Krishna
- Sheela .... Meena
- Poonam Bajwa .... Subbalakshmi
- Prakash Raj .... Neelakanta
- Chitram Seenu .... Sreenu
- Bhaskar
Awards
Nandi Awards- Won the "Third Best Feature Film" for 2008 films
- Allu Arjun won "Special Jury Award" for this film
- Allu Arjun won the "best actor" award.
- Nominated for "best film"
- Bhaskar was nominated for "Best director"
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Mani Sharma and lyrics for the songs are written by Ananth Sreeram, Sirivennela, and Chandrabose. On April 8, 2008, film actor and Arjun's uncle Chiranjeevi launched the soundtrack in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.| Parugu | ||||
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| Soundtrack by Mani Sharma | ||||
| Released | April 8, 2008 (Audio Release) | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Dil Raju | |||
| Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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| Tracklist | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Parugulu" | Ranjith | 04:20 | ||||||
| 2. | "Nammavemo" | Saketh | 04:49 | ||||||
| 3. | "Yelageyalaga" | Kailash Kher, Saindhavi | 04:23 | ||||||
| 4. | "Chal Chal Chalo" | Ranjith | 04:37 | ||||||
| 5. | "Hrudayam" | Hemachandra | 03:49 | ||||||
| 6. | "Manakanna Podiche" | Rahul Nambiar | 04:40 | ||||||
