Arya (2004 film)

This article is about the Telugu film. For the Tamil film, see Arya (2007 film).

Arya
Directed by	Sukumar
Produced by	Dil Raju
Written by	Sukumar
Starring	Allu Arjun Anu Mehta Siva Balaji Subbaraju Santosh
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu
Editing by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Release date(s)	7 May 2004 (2004-05-07)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Arya (Telugu: ఆర్య) is a Telugu film which released on 7 May 2004 and was directed by Sukumar. This film has Allu Arjun in the main lead. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as Arya Proud of Youth. It was remade into Oriya as Pagala Premi and in Tamil as Kutty.The movie is dubbed in hindi as "Arya Ki Prem Pratigya" The film was further followed by the sequel in 2009 as Arya 2.

Plot

Geetanjali a.k.a Geeta (Anuradha Mehta) goes to Kanyakumari on a trip. She finds a poem in a diary left on a beach and signs in it. Her anklet falls into the ocean and a guy jumps into the water in front of her eyes but no one sees him resurfacing. However, Geeta did not see who jumped in the ocean. She dreams about the incident frequently with the idea that the guy who jumped has died but her friends ask her to forget it. Ajay (Siva Balaji) is a spoiled brat, and is the son of local MP Avataram (Rajan P Dev). He likes to flirt with beautiful girls and wants them to be his girlfriends. One day he woos at Geeta and proposes to her. When she refuses, he threatens to jump from the top of college building. Being a meek girl, Geeta accepts the proposal with the thought that some guy has already died for her and she doesn't want someone to get hurt because of her and starts dating him. Arya (Allu Arjun) is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys his life with friends and kids. On his first day to the college,he sees Geeta who was just proposing to Ajay who was at the top of the college building , threatening her. Charmed by her beauty, Arya falls in love with her and soon he proposes to her. But Ajay makes conspiracy against Arya. She actually rejects his proposal saying that she is already committed to Ajay. One day Ajay's father, Mr.Avataram arranges a party in his house and it so turns out that Ajay introduces Geeta to his father and persuades him to fix their marriage. Ajay's father, who initially pretended to accept his son's marriage with Geeta,but suddenly turns tables upside down by introducing another girl (Miss Lalasa by name) and announces that his son is going to marry Lalasa and not Geeta. He threatens his son not to marry anyone except Lalasa. Being embarrassed by the situation and helpless, Ajay sits down and starts to get frustrated. Arya, who loves Geeta so much that he never hesitated to help her,Arya decides to go bring Ajay to Geeta and helps them elope. On their way, they are followed by Avataram's henchmen. The three youngsters find a train and get into it.

When they get down from the train in the night, they are shocked to see the leader of Avataram's henchmen who forces Geeta to come with him, denying his boss' order too. On the other hand Ajay remains helpless, while Arya bravely fights all the men and finally defeats them,rescuing Ajay and Geeta. They walk on to the nearby town, Arya's hometown. Being Already late and tired, the three go to bed. The next morning they wake up and realize that Ajay is missing. Arya tries to convince Geeta that Ajay left to win over his father. This leaves private time for Arya and Geeta and they grow close to each other. Geetha starts liking Arya .But when she tries to reveal it to him, Ajay and his father return. Avataram agrees to get Ajay married to Geeta. On the day of wedding, Geeta finds out that Arya was the guy who dived into the sea for her anklet and realizes that he came into her life much before Ajay. She realizes that while Ajay blackmailed her into loving him, Arya just wanted to see her happy. Geeta also realizes that Arya truly loves her, while Ajay was just acting on his impulse of wanting what he couldn't have. She leaves the wedding hall in tears and confesses her love to Arya.

Cast

• Allu Arjun ... Arya
• Anuradha Mehta ... Geethanjali (Geetha)
• Siva Balaji ... Ajay
• Rajan P. Dev ... MP Avataram
• Subbaraju ... Subbu (Ajay's Henchman)
• Sunil ... Punch Falaknama
• Venu Madhav
• Sudha
• Devi Charan
• Vidya ... Geetha's Best Friend
• Babloo ... Arya’s Buddy
• Abhinayasri
• J. V. Ramana Murthi

Crew

• Director: Sukumar
• Screenplay: Sukumar
• Story: Sukumar
• Dialogue: Sukumar
• Producer: Dil Raju
• Music: Devi Sri Prasad
• Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
• Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Nixon, Shankar, Ashok Raj, & Harish Pai
• Lyrics: Viswa, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Chandrabose, & Sirivennela

Box-office performance

• The film had a 50-day run in 89 centres. The film had a 100-day run in 56 centres. It collected a share of 16 crores.^[1]
• The film's dubbed version in Malayalam did a business of nearly Rs. 30-35 lakhs from Kerala.^[2]

References

1. ^ Cycle Stand - Telugu cinema - Arya 50 days centers - 89 - Allu Arjun
2. ^ Bunny-Hot in Kerala! - Sify.com

External links

• Arya at the Internet Movie Database