Anukokunda Oka Roju
Anukokunda Oka Roju (transl. Unexpectedly, one day) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language neo-noir mystery-thriller film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by Gangaraju Gunnam and Venkat Dega. The film stars Jagapathi Babu, Charmy and Shashank with the music composed by M. M. Keeravani.[2]
| Anukokunda Oka Roju | |
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| Directed by | Chandra Sekhar Yeleti |
| Written by | Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Gangaraju Gunnam (dialogues) |
| Produced by | Gangaraju Gunnam Venkat Dega |
| Starring | Jagapathi Babu Charmy Shashank |
| Cinematography | Sarvesh Murari |
| Edited by | Mohan Rama Rao Chandra Shekar G. V. |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
Production company | Just Yellow Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹2.9 crore[1] |
The film received critical acclaim and won two Nandi Awards (including Second Best Feature Film), a Filmfare Award South, and a Santosham Film Award. It was remade as Sunday (2008) in Hindi language.[3]
Plot
The film starts with some people following a little boy coming from school. It is revealed to be ex-inspector Suresh Reddy (Jagapathi Babu) with his colleagues busting a drug smuggler, but he later takes a bribe from him. On the other hand, Sahasra (Charmi) is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in playback singing.
One night she attends a rave at the behest of her friend. The next day, life seems as usual for Sahasra. However, she is oblivious to one small detail: the next day is the day after. She is also completely unaware of what happened during that one missing day.
She realizes that something is amiss only when, a few days later, she is chased by unidentified men who try to assassinate her. Meanwhile, she meets Rajesh, (Shashank) a cab driver who tells her she should give him the money back, and Suresh himself when she gets attacked by an unknown person. He reveals that he knew her and her family as they set him a marriage proposal but later rejected him when she gets a photo of her in his car. She hears something strange from her audio recorder which she believes she never said, she also gets weird dreams and gets attacked -
- at the theatre when she was going to see Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. with children in her flat
- near a clinic
- near a shop
- and in Rajesh's house by his brother (Vasu Inturi) himself.
They also find a strange symbol. Suresh helps Sahasra in every way he could. At last, the mystery of the symbol is revealed in a flashback in 1997 when Suresh was an inspector, he meets Surya Swami (Pavan Malhotra), who practices black magic. Suresh beats him on the spot. The night when Sahasra was drunk, she reaches the ashram of Surya Swami unknowingly and disturbs the practices.
That day is when the devotees of Surya Swami are about to die according to black magic. A man, with whom intoxicated Sahasra traveled in another car after Rajesh's trip, is killed while saving her.
At last, she is kidnapped by Surya Swami's men and is about to be killed. Ultimately, she is saved by Machavarapu Abbulu (Narsing Yadav), a theatre actor, the witness of Sahasra traveling in Rajesh's car.
At the end of the movie, it is revealed that in the early hours of the missing day, an old man at Sahasra's apartment found her dizzy in the street when he was going to a medical shop as he had a headache since the previous night. and took her to the house. Thus, the puzzle of the missing one-day mystery is solved.
Cast
- Jagapati Babu as Inspector Suresh Reddy
- Charmy as Sahasra
- Shashank as Rajesh
- Pavan Malhotra as Surya Swamy, a Tantrik
- Harsha Vardhan as Shankar Rao MA BEd, a tuition teacher
- Narsing Yadav as Machavarapu Abbulu
- Kaushal Manda as Bojo's friend
- Ravi Prakash as Mahesh
- Amit Tiwari as Bhaskar "Bojo"
- Vasu Inturi as Rajesh's brother
- Surya
- Pooja Bharati as Swetha, Sahasra's friend
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Sahasra's father
- Giridhar
- Viswa Mohan
- Gopi Kaasi Reddy
- Sravan
- Srinivas
- Praveen
- Bhagawaan
- Dhulipala Nagendra
- Satish Bathula
- Srikanth
- Sivam
- C. V. L. Narasimha Rao
- Jagga Rao
- Shanoor Sana as Doctor
- Sandra
- Jayalakshmi
- Baby Rupika
- Baby Annie as Child Tuition Student
- Kamal Kamaraju as Kamal, Surya Swamy's follower
Soundtrack
| Anukokunda Oka Roju | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 13 May 2005 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 21:48 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | M.M. Keeravani | |||
| M.M. Keeravani chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by M.M. Keeravani.[4] The soundtrack was released on ADITYA Music Company.[5]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Evaraina Chusuntara" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Smita | 3:18 |
| 2. | "I Wanna Sing" | M.M. Keeravani, Ganga Raju, Maruth | Sunidhi Chauhan, Dominique Cerejo | 4:08 |
| 3. | "Humming" | Instrumental | Chorus | 2:10 |
| 4. | "Shaina Na Na Na" | M.M. Keeravani, Ganga Raju | Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:17 |
| 5. | "Needalle Tharumuthuvundi" | M.M. Keeravani, Ganga Raju | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:06 |
| 6. | "Righto Lefto" | M.M. Keeravani, Ganga Raju | Shreya Ghoshal | 2:49 |
| Total length: | 21:48 | |||
Awards
The film has won the following awards:
- Nandi Awards - 2005[6]
- Second Best Feature Film - Silver - Gangaraju Gunnam
- Best Screenplay Writer - Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Release
The film was released with 24 prints in Andhra Pradesh and two prints in the U.S.A.[8] Producer Gangaraju mentioned in an interview that the film was made on a budget of ₹2.9 crore and that they incurred a loss of ₹90 lakh on the film.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Interview with Gangaraju Gunnam about Amrutham Chandamamalo". Idlebrain.com. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Varma, Sankeertana (5 November 2018). "How Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's films bring layers and moral ambiguity to Telugu cinema | The News Minute". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 74. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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External links
- Anukokunda Oka Roju at IMDb