Stalin (2006 film)

Infobox Film
name = Stalin


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director = A. R. Murugadoss
producer = Nagendra Babu
eproducer =
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writer = A. R. Murugadoss
(story and screenplay)
Paruchuri Brothers
(dialogue)
starring = Chiranjeevi
Trisha Krishnan
Prakash Raj
Khushboo
Pradeep Rawat,
Sharada Urvashi
music = Mani Sharma
cinematography = Chota K. Naidu
editing = Anthony
distributor = Anjana Productions
released = September 20, 2006
runtime =
country = India
awards =
language = Telugu
budget = 16 crores
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 360921
imdb_id = 0366180

"Stalin" (Telugu: స్టాలిన్) is a Tollywood film directed by A. R. Murugadoss. It stars Chiranjeevi in the lead role and Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Sharada Urvashi and Khushboo in supporting roles. Anushka Shetty performs an item number in the film. Shooting for the film was done at various locations in India including Hyderabad and Chennai. Songs for the film were shot at Italy and Austria. It is loosely based on the film "Pay it Forward" released in 2000.

Tagline: "Man for the Society"

Plot

Stalin (Chiranjeevi) is a Major in the Indian Army. He returns to the society as the Colonel (Mukesh Rishi) transfers him to administrative division from the battlefield in the name of disciplinary action. After returning from the Army, he stays with his mother (Sharada Urvashi). Stalin keeps helping a physically challenged girl Sumati to write her Intermediate examination and her suicide disturbs him. The death occurs as none of the people around her extend help. Then Stalin plans a chain system. The theme works on a principle that everyone should help others and in return they should not seek a mere thanks but tell those who get the help to help three more, with a condition that those who get help from them should also demand the same. Stalin thinks that this chain will develop helping attitude among the people. But, to his dismay, Stalin finds that the chain did not work. On one occasion, Stalin bashes a rich boy, Chris Mogni who injured a beggar. This goes in chain reaction and the rich boy employs some goons to attack Stalin. As Stalin disappears from the scene, the goons take Stalin's sister (Khushboo) and friend Chitra (Trisha Krishnan) into their custody. Stalin reaches the spot and hacks the hand of one goon.

That goon happens to be the henchman of an MLA (Pradeep Rawat) who is also the son-in-law of Home Minister Muddu Krishnayya (Prakash Raj). The Home Minister takes it as a prestige issue and tries to eliminate Stalin but loses his son (Riaz Khan) in the process. When the Chief Minister intervenes to bring in a patch-up, the crooked Muddukrishnayya plans to kill him and implicate Stalin in the murder. But Stalin takes away the injured Paul Matteo and saves him. But, Stalin gets a severe chest pain due to exertion. The reason for the chest pain is a bullet, which remained in his chest, very near to the heart. Stalin sustains the bullet injury in the Kargil war and that was why the Colonel shifts him to administrative department. Finally the truth prevails and the Chief Minister returns to the hospital to visit Stalin, that the help three people concept was his brainchild, which saved him from death in the form of a school girl. Finally, the doctors successfully remove the bullet, in a very delicate surgery. Stalin comes to know that his "help three people" concept worked well and the same theme saved his life in the form of auto driver. He thanks all the people for making his concept a success.

Cast

* Chiranjeevi as. .. Stalin
* Trisha Krishnan as. .. Chitra
* Prakash Raj as. .. Minister Muddu Krishnayya
* Sharada Urvashi as. .. Stalin's mother
* Kushboo as. .. Stalin's sister
* Anushka Shetty as. .. Item Number Dancer
* Pradeep Rawat as. .. MLA
* Mukesh Rishi as. .. General
* Subbaraju as ... Local Gangster (Cameo)
* Gangadhar Panday as ... Doctor

Crew

* Director: A. R. Murugadoss
* Producer: Nagendra Babu
* Screenplay: A. R. Murugadoss
* Story: A. R. Murugadoss
* Dialogue: Paruchuri Brothers
* Executive Producer: B. Madhu
* Music: Mani Sharma
* Cinematography: Chota K. Naidu
* Editing: Anthony
* Lyrics: Anant Sriram, Peddada Murthy, Kandikonda & Suddala Ashok Teja
* Choreography: Lawrence Raghavendra & Raju Sundaram & Ashok Raj
* Stunts: Kanal Kannan

Music

The film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma, with lyrics by Ananda Sriram, Pedada Murthy, Kadikonda & Suddala Ashok Teja.

* "Go Go Gova" – Ranjith & Mahalakshmi Iyer

* "Siggutho Chi Chi" – Hariharan & Sadhana Sargam

* "I Want A Spider Man" – Naveen & Rita

* "Thobare Thoba " – S.P. Balasubramaniam & Sunitha Sarathy

* "Suryude Selavni' – S.P. Balasubramaniam

* "Parare Parare" – Shankar Mahadevan

Inspiration

Stalin is heavily inspired by the Hollywood movie "Pay It Forward", where a young boy named Trevor (Haley Joel Osment) invents the "Pay It Forward" principle as a contribution to his social studies project: he creates a nation-wide movement by convincing people to do a good deed for three people who must in turn each do good deeds for three other people.

This "Help 3 people" Concept was actually a Communist philosophy, started by Lenin in 1918 as a means of establishing an egalitarian society.Fact|date=April 2008

Release

The film released with about 450 prints [ [http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/movietrade/boxoffice_july1707.php Movies : Movie Trade : Lakshyam's new record ] ] in 602 screens,including 453 in Andhra Pradesh, 44 screens in Karnataka,13 in Maharashtra,3 in Tamil Nadu,4 in Orissa and 85 in Overseas. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=stalinreleasecenters ::Welcome to Superhit ] ]

Box Office Response

This film grossed 5.3 crores on its opening day.cite web | title=onion dosa.com| work=Biggest Gross on first day| url=http://oniondosa.blogspot.com/2006/09/megastar-stalin-first-day-collections.html| accessdate=21 September | accessyear=2006] In the U.S., it collected around 65,500 USD on the opening day. As of September 24, 2006, Stalin collected Rs. 13.08 crores in five days, which is an all-time South India Record.cite web | title=idlebrain.com| work=Biggest Opening Week| url=http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/records/stalin.html| accessdate=24 September | accessyear=2006] .In the first seven days, the film got a share of Rs. 17.6 crores worldwide,cite web| title=indiaglitz.com| work=Biggest Opening for Regional film|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/25716.html|accessdate=26 October|accessyear=2006] , which was yet another record in the whole of South India. The film grossed a total of Rs. 24.42 crores worldwide in 2 weeks which is another recordcite web | title=idlebrain.com| work=Stalin collects 24.42 crores in 2 weeks - a Tollywood record|url= http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/records/stalin2.html|accessdate=October 6|accessyear=2006] . The film grossed a total of Rs. 32 crores worldwide in 3 weeks.cite web | title=nonstopcinema.com| work= Stalin grosses over 30 crores! |url=http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/boxoffice/display.php?id=228
accessdate=25 October|accessyear=2006] .This film has finished its run for 50 days in 294 centerscite web | title=indiaglitz.com| work= 50 days in 274 centers!|url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/26715.html|accessdate=November 9|accessyear=2006] .
*It had a 100 day run in 31 centres. [ [http://www.cinegoer.com/stalin100.htm CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - 'Stalin' 100 Days Centers ] ]

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