Arya 2

Arya-2 Ek Deewana
Directed by	Sukumar
Produced by	Aditya Babu
Written by	Sukumar
Starring	Allu Arjun Kajal Aggarwal Navdeep Shraddha Das Brahmanandam Mukesh Rishi
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	B. Rajasekhar
Editing by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Release date(s)	November 27, 2009 (2009-11-27) (Telugu) February 5, 2010 (2010-02-05) (Malayalam)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	15 crores[1]
Box office	22 crores (net share)[2]

Arya 2 (IPA: [[ɑːrja]-2]; Telugu: ఆర్యా-2, Ārya-2) is a 2009 Telugu romance film film directed by Sukumar, and is a follow-up to the actor's and the director's previous successful film, Arya. Allu Arjun and Kajal Aggarwal play the lead roles while Navdeep and Shraddha Das play supporting roles^[3] Sukumar, who directed the original, directed this film as well. The film's music is by Devi Sri Prasad. V Aditya Babu and Bhogavalli Prasad produced the film under the Aditya Arts banner. The film was dubbed in Malayalam with same title and became blockbuster in Kerala. Allu Arjun gained huge fan base in Kerala through this film. This is the sequel to the 2004 Telugu film Arya. The film was later dubbed into hindi as Arya Ek Deewana.

Plot

The first scene of the film shows Arya (Allu Arjun) being carried into an operation theatre. His friend Ajay (Navdeep) narrates how Arya changed his life. In their childhood, Arya stays in an orphanage where has no friends or family. By force, he befriends Ajay who also is in that orphanage. One day, Ajay is adopted by a rich family and therefore he leaves the orphanage behind him. As time passes, he becomes a big shot business tycoon and has his own software company. but Arya became a drunkard and he can do anything for ajay. Ajay feels ashamed to say that Arya is his friend and avoids him. But Arya convinces him that he would be a good boy if he' given a job in Ajay's company. Die hard friend Arya just wanted to stay close to Ajay. But Ajay has one condition that if Arya is proven as a "bad boy" in the office, he has to leave the company. Thus, Arya converts himself into a " Mr. Perfect" without any defect and joins in the company. Everyone in the company are fond of Arya especially Shanti (Shraddha Das) who is madly in love with him. One day Geetha (Kajal Aggarwal) joins the company and Ajay and Arya both immediately fall in her love. Arya is now Geetha's Team Lead. In a lift one day, while Geetha converses with Arya, suddenly he kisses her. In many other instances also, Arya keeps confessing his love to Geetha without anyone knowing about it. Ajay now wants to get rid of Arya. So, he crashes his own (Ajay's) car and weaves a story that Arya has crashed him. He did so, so that everyone would accuse Arya and he would be fired. At this juncture, Geetha comes to know that Ajay too loves her.

The next day at the office, Arya shows his true colours and arranges Ajay and Geetha's wedding. But on the day of their wedding, Geetha is taken away by her family to her hometown. Arya decides to bring her back at any cost. He is introduced to her family and he stays at her house amid the preparations for the wedding. Due to some reasons, caused by Arya the wedding is stopped and Arya is asked to marry Geetha. After their marriage, Ajay arrives to their town and the trio decide to go away from the place before they could find out that Geetha does not love Arya. The three of them stay at a hotel and decide that they must forget all of their worries for Geetha and Ajay would be gone and Arya left alone. But, Geetha's father finds them and while attempting to stab Ajay, Arya rescues him. But he is stabbed instead. Arya is rushed to hospital where it is seen that Geetha is truly in love with Arya. At the end, Arya asks Ajay to press a button. Unknowingly, Ajay does so. Suddenly, Arya starts suffocating for the supply of Oxygen is stopped. Geetha slaps Ajay for doing so and Arya says sorry to Ajay when she goes and holds his hand and Ajay just smiles and walks out. Arya and Geetha both fall in love.

Cast

• Allu Arjun as Arya
• Kajal Agarwal as Geethanjali
• Navdeep as Ajay
• Shraddha Das as Shanti
• Sayaji Shinde as Raja Reddy (cameo)
• Brahmanandam as Mr. Dasavathaaram

Box office and reception

The film collected 3 crores in its first week, including 4+ crores from Nizam and 1 crore from Visakhapatnam district.^[4] But there was a huge drop in the collections in the second week because of the Telangana Agitation. The film was banned in all Telangana regions because of Allu Arjun's relation with Chiranjeevi. Dil Raju, the distributor of Nizam lost about one and a half crores due to the Telangana Agitation. The film received mixed reviews. Ultimately, Arya 2 collected a share of Rs 22 crores in total.

The movie was dubbed into Malayalam with the same title, and released across Kerala on 5 February 2010 with 100 prints. It collected more than 2 crore in its first week in Kerala.

The soundtrack was a huge hit and film became above average.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and background score were composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was released on November 1, 2009 at Rock Heights, Madhapur, Hyderabad. The audio rights of the soundtrack were purchased by Sony Music.^[5] The tracks "Ringa Ringa", "Uppenantha Prema" and "My Love Is Gone" topped the music charts.

The song "Ringa Ringa" created a cult status. This song was played in Cricket stadiums during the breaks of Indian Premier League and 2011 Cricket World Cup held in Bangalore. Later, this song was also remade for the Bollywood movie Ready.

Arya 2
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	1 November 2009
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Sony Music
Producer	Aditya Babu
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Kanthaswamy (2009) Arya 2 (2009) Adurs (2009)

All music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Mr. Perfect"	Baba Sehgal, Rita	04:35
2.	"Uppenantha"	K.K.	05:26
3.	"Baby He Loves You"	Devi Sri Prasad, Chandrabose	05:20
4.	"Ringa Ringa"	Priya Himesh	05:32
5.	"Karige Loga"	Kunal Ganjawala, Megha	06:02
6.	"My Love is Gone"	Ranjith	04:47
7.	"Karige Loga (D-Plugged)"	Sagar	02:53
8.	"Mr. Perfect (DSP Mix)"	Devi Sri Prasad	04:15

References

1. ^ "Arya 2 makes profit". Trade. Hyderabad: Idlebrain. 29 December 2009. http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/arya2-profit.html. 
2. ^ "Arya 2 30 Crores Business". News. Gusa Gusa. 28 Dec 2009. http://www.gusagusa.com/news/arya-2-30-crores-business. 
3. ^ "'Arya' sequel rolls at Annapurna Studios". Telugu News. IndiaGlitz. October 6, 2008. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/42099.html. 
4. ^ . "Arya 2 : 6 crores first week collections". Movie News. Hyderabad: 123Telugu. 7 December 2009. http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/Dec09/Arya%202_16_crores_first_week_collections_07120909.html. 
5. ^ "Sony Music gets Aarya 2 audio rights - News". News - Telugu. Cineicon. http://www.cineicon.com/News/Telugu/sony-bmg-gets-aarya-2-audio-rights-news280909. 

External links

• "సిరాశ్రీ రివ్యూ : 'ఆర్యా-2' [Sirāśṟī Review : Arya-2]" (in Telugu). GreatAndhra. Nov 2009. http://telugu.greatandhra.com/reviews/nov2009/aarya2_rev1.php. 
• Arya 2 at the Internet Movie Database