Pokiri (2006 film)

Infobox Film
name = Pokiri


caption =
director = Puri Jagannadh
producer = Puri Jagannadh
writer = Puri Jagannadh
narrator =
starring = Mahesh Babu,
Ileana D'Cruz,
Prakash Raj,
Sayaji Shinde,
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ali,
Brahmanandam
music = Mani Sharma
cinematography = Shyam K. Naidu
editing = Marthand K. Venkatesh
distributor = Vaishno Academy
released = April 28, 2006
runtime = 157 min.
country = India
language = Telugu
budget = Rs.17 crores |
followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:349044
imdb_id = 0816258 "Pokiri" (Telugu: పోకిరి, English translation: "Rogue") is a 2006 Telugu movie directed, written, and produced by Puri Jagannadh. Mahesh Babu plays the lead role while Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, and Ashish Vidyarthi play supporting roles. Mani Sharma was the music director, Shyam K. Naidu handled cinematography , and was edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on April 28, 2006.This telugu blockbuster was remade in tamil with the same title.

The film was premiered at the 2006 International Indian Film Academy Awards.cite web| title=idlebrain.com| work= Pokiri at IIFA Dubai|url= http://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news273.html
accessdate=13 February|accessyear=2007]

Plot

Pandu (Mahesh Babu) is a mafia hench man who is willing to kill anyone and anywhere for money. In a visit to his uncles aerobic center he meets Sruthi (Ileana D'Cruz) he gets attracted to her, Both meet each other several times coincidentally such as on the train, in the market, and even stuck in the elevator together. Soon, he falls in love with Sruthi (Ileana D'Cruz). Sruthi starts to like Pandu, but she was hesitant to express her love towards him.

Just when Sruthi confesses her love to Pandu, a bunch of mafia goons attack Pandu. But Pandu is able to kill all of them, and in front of Sruthi's eyes. Sruthi has never known that Pandu was working for a mafia gang, and is terrified.

Pandu becomes a part of the gang headed by Ali Bhai (Prakash Raj), a Dubai based don. Ali Bhai wants to kill a minister in public by using a bomb blast, but Pandu refuses as it will cause many innocent deaths. As they are discussing and arguing, the police come and arrest Ali Bhai, who has been wanted for a long time.

Ali Bhai’s rowdies kidnap the senior police officer's daughter. Blackmailing him with the same, Ali Bhai comes out from prison. After coming from jail, Ali Bhai comes to know that somebody from his group is a police officer.

Not knowing who this is in his gang, he finds out the name of his father and goes there hoping to kill the snitch. He kills a man there "believing him to be Krishna Manohar", but soon finds out that the man was only the police officer's brother(adopted). To find the true identity of the police officer, he kills his father (Nasser).

As the news spreads as to his father's death, the police vehicles arrive and out steps Krishna Manohar (who is none other than Pandu). Krishna Manohar goes to Ali Bhai's hideout, and after a gripping climax, kills him and his gang.

Production

Ayesha Takia was approached to play the role of Shruti but declined the role. It later went to Ileana D'Cruz.cite web | title= totaltollywood.com| work=Ayesha Takia not in Pokiri|url= http://www.totaltollywood.com/news/ttnews246.html| accessdate=4 November | accessyear=2006] cite web| title=andhracafe.com| work= Ayesha to let go Pokiri|url= http://www.andhracafe.com/index.php?m=show&id=67
accessdate=29 December|accessyear=2006] Ironically, Ayesha Takia will now be playing the same role in the Hindi remake of Pokiri

Cast

* Mahesh Babu ... Pandu/Krishna Manohar
* Ileana D'Cruz ... Sruthi
* Prakash Raj ... Ali Bhai
* Sayaji Shinde ... ACP Syed Mohammad Basha Khadri
* Ashish Vidyarthi ... Inspector Pasupathi
* Brahmanandam ... Brahmi - Software Engineer, Sruthi's neighbor
* Nassar ... Father of Krishna Manohar and Ajay
* Subbaraju ... Nayar
* Ali ... Beggar's Leader
* Mumaith Khan ... Item number
* Ajay ... Ajay
* Jyothirana Mona
* master sai child actor

Music

Infobox Album | Name = Pokiri
Type = Album
Artist = Mani Sharma


Released =

April 6, 2006 (India)
Recorded =
Genre = Feature film soundtrack
Length =
Label =

Aditya Music
Producer = Mani Sharma | Reviews =
Last album = "Veerabhadra"
(2006)
This album = "Pokiri"
(2006)
Next album = "Ashok"
(2006)
The film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma. The music was launched on March 30, 2006 and was released in stores on April 6, 2006.

* "Deva devuda" - Naveen

* "Dole Dole" - Ranjith & Suchitra

* "Gala Gala" - Nihaal

* "Ippatakinka" - Murilidhar & Suchitra

* "Jagadame" - Kunal Ganjawala

* "Chododhantunna" - Karthik & Mahalakshmi

Release

*The film released in 297 screens,including 254 in andhra Pradesh, 20 in Karnataka,3 in Orissa,3 in Tamil Nadu,1 in Mumbai and 16 in Overseas. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=pokirirc Pokiri release centres] ]
*The film lately released in 30 theatres in Orissa. [ [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=156Pokiri 100 days in 200 centres,144 direct] ]

Box Office

In its first week of release, Pokiri collected a share of 9.11 crores.cite web | title= totaltollywood.com|work=Tollywood Box Office Report|url=http://www.totaltollywood.com/articles/tradereport.html
accessdate=8 December |accessyear=2006]
*The film is claimed to have collected a share of Rs.46 crores in its total run. [ [http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1783/pokiri1dh2.jpgPokiri 561 days.] ]

Andhra Pradesh

*The film grossed Rs.1.63 crores in 189 days from Sudershan35mm,which is the highest single theatre gross in Andhra Pradesh [ [http://www.cinegoer.com/top6.htm Top 6 Grossers in Hyderabad.] ] and also the 4th film of Mahesh Babu to gross more than Rs.1 crore in a single theatre. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1291 Pokiri 75 days records] ]
*The film netted a distributors' share of Rs.3.12 crores in its entire run from Guntur which is the highest for any film in Guntur. [ [http://www.prawasi.com/toonprince.php?subaction=showfull&id=1207715596&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1& Pokiri still on top!] ]

Karnataka

*The film had a 100% opening in all the 12 theatres in which it was screened in Bangalore collecting a distributors' share of Rs.100 lakhs in 1 week. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1059 Pokiri in Karnataka] ]
*It collected a distributors' share of Rs.2.08 crores in 75 days. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1291 Pokiri 75 days records] ]

Chennai

*Pokiri debuted in Chennai at no. 2 position with a 98.5% opening [ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14196386&cid=13525926 Chennai Box Office April 28-May 01 2006] ] ,collecting a distributors' share of Rs.12 lakhs in its first week from Tamil Nadu. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1034 Pokiri first week share] ]
*The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.403 lakhs from Chennai. [ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14544603&cid=2363 Prince is back!] ]

Orissa

*The film collected a share of Rs.12 lakhs in its first 2 weeks after the release [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1077 BOX OFFICE IS SINGING AND DANCING TO THE TUNE OF ‘PRINCE’] ] and Rs.14 lakhs in 3 weeks.
*The film had a direct 100 days run in 2 centres and also a shift run in 4 theatres. [ [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=156Pokiri 100 days in 200+ centers, 144 direct] ]

Maharashtra

*The film collected a share of Rs.15 lakhs in its first 2 weeks after the release [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1077 BOX OFFICE IS SINGING AND DANCING TO THE TUNE OF ‘PRINCE’] ] and Rs.18.44 lakhs in 3 weeks. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1105 Pokiri 3 weeks collections] ]

Overseas

*In the US,the film grossed $350,000 by June 2006.cite web | title= sify.com|work= Pokiri power|url= http://sify.com/movies/telugu/fullstory.php?id=14229389
accessdate=8 December|accessyear=2006] Totally,it collected a distributors' share of over Rs.2.5 crores from USA. [ [http://sify.com/movies/telugu/fullstory.php?id=14243985&cid=2364 Half Yearly report!] ]
*It collected a distributors' share of Rs.15 lakhs from Gulf region and Rs.12 lakhs from United Kingdom. [ [http://www.idlebrain.com/trade/index.html Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of 2006] ]
*The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.12.8 lakhs from Australia and Rs 11.72 lakhs from Singapore in 10 weeks. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/headlines.asp?news=1291 Pokiri 75 days records.] ]

Awards

*Mahesh Babu - Filmfare Award; Best Actor For The Year 2006
*Puri Jagannadh - Filmfare Award; Best Director For The Year 2006
*Nandi Awards-Film providing wholesome entertainment for the year 2006 or popular feature film

See also

* Pokkiri

Footnotes

External links

*imdb title|id=0816258|title=Pokiri
* [http://www.teluguclick.com/telugumusic/categories.php?cat_id=42 Pokiri Music Tracks] http://www.cinegoer.com/pokirirecords.htm