Mahatma (film)
Mahatma is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Krishna Vamsi. This film stars Srikanth and Bhavana. The music was composed by Vijay Antony with cinematography by Sharat and editing by Gautham Raju. The film was to release on 2 October, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Due to censor issues, the film's release was postponed by a week to 9 October 2009. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Puthiya Thalapathy and in Hindi as Ek Aur Mahanayak in 2009. The film won four Nandi Awards.
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| Directed by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Produced by | C R Manohar |
| Starring | Srikanth Bhavana |
| Cinematography | Sharat |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
| Distributed by | Golden Lion Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹12 crores |
Plot
Dasu (Srikanth) is a rowdy in a basti in Hyderabad. He makes a living out of "settlement of petty issues". A young lawyer named Krishnaveni (Bhavana) gets him bail in a petty case, and their acquaintance soon develops into romance after a series of events. On the other hand, a politician-cum-businesswoman (Jyothi) plans to set up SEZ in that basti that move is protested by dwellers headed by a genuine leader (Sekhar). Meanwhile, a local politician-cum-rowdy leader named Dada (Jaya Prakash Reddy) also protests against the businesswoman and seeks Rs. 200 crores if she wants to set up SEZ there. Dasu initially believes Dada as a good politician and works for him. When Dada tries to take advantage of Dasu, he realizes his fault and plans to contest against him on a newly floated Mahatma party. How Krishnavani and local theatre artistes bring a change in Dasu and make him realize the importance of Mahatma Gandhi's ideology is a core point of the movie.
Cast
- Srikanth as Dasu
- Bhavana as Krishnaveni
- Navneet Kaur
- Yana Gupta
- Brahmanandam as English Professor
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Dada
- Jyothi as Politician/Businesswoman
- Paruchuri Gopala Krishna as Advocate
- Sekhar as Leader of Dwellers
- Ahuti Prasad as Inspector B. K.
- Sampoornesh Babu as Protester
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Uttej
- Ramjagan
- Charmee Kaur as an item number
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Vijay Antony chronology | ||||
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All music is composed by Vijay Antony.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Indiramma" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Yem Jaruguthundi" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Karthik, Sangeetha | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Kurra Kurra" | Suddala Ashok Teja | Vijay Antony, Surchith, Vinaya | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Thalayetthi" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Jajjanaka" | Lakshmi Bhoopal | Vijay Antony | 4:59 |
| 6. | "Dailamo" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Balaji, Sangeetha, Megha | 4:28 |
| 7. | "Neela Poori" | Kasarla Shyam | Kasarla Shyam | 3:36 |
| Total length: | 30:50 | |||
Awards
- Nandi Awards - 2009[2]
References
- "Mahathma". Spotify. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- "Nandi awards 2009 announced - Telugu cinema news".
