Desamuduru

Desamuduru
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	D.V.V. Danayya
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Starring	Allu Arjun Hansika Motwani Pradeep Rawat Ali
Music by	Chakri
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Editing by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by	Universal Media
Release date(s)	12 January 2007
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	10 crores[citation needed]

Desamuduru (Telugu: దేశముదురు) is a 2007 Telugu film, dubbed into Malayalam and Tamil as Hero: The Real Hero, and Hindi as Ek Jwalamukhi. The film has Allu Arjun in the male lead role and Hansika Motwani playing the female lead. The film was directed by Puri Jagannadh, who had previously directed Pokiri. D.V.V. Danaiah produced Desamuduru under the Universal Media banner. Chakri composed the music. Cinematography was handled by Shyam K. Naidu. Editing was done by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Stunts are by Vijayan. The movie was released on 12 January 2007 in 400 theatres.^[1]

Plot

Bala Govind (Allu Arjun) is a program director in MAA TV. His fights for justice regularly get him into trouble. During one of these incidents, he saves a person (Raja Ravindra) from goons while severely thrashing Murugan (Subbaraju), son of the notorious smuggler Tambi Durai (Pradeep Rawat). Fearing retribution from Tambi Durai, the MAA TV crew sends Bala to Kulu Manali to shoot a travel episode, where Bala meets Vaishali (Hansika Motwani), who is a sanyasin. It is love at first sight for Bala. Vaishali, though initially apprehensive of Bala, falls for him. The head sanyasin of the ashram (Ramaprabha) unites the couple. However, before Bala is able to return to Hyderabad with Vaishali and marry her, some goons kidnap her. Bala returns to Hyderabad and finds that she is with Tambi Durai. The person who was saved by Bala in the beginning reveals that Vaishali is the daughter of Narayana Patwari. In order to grab Patwari's property, Tambi Durai killed him and his wife and performed the marriage of Vaishali with Murugan in front of their dead bodies. However, Vaishali escapes and reaches Kulu Manali. Bala decides to save Vaishali from their clutches and eventually succeeds in his attempt.

Cast

• Allu Arjun ... Bala Govind
• Hansika Motwani ... Vaishali
• Ali ... Himalayan Baba
• Pradeep Rawat ... Tambi Durai
• Jeeva ... Ponnuswamy
• Subbaraju ... Murugan
• Raghu Babu
• Chandra Mohan
• Ajay
• Kovai Sarala ... Sannyasi Elder
• Rambha ... Item number in song "Athanthodde Ithanthodde"^[2]

Crew

• Director: Puri Jagannadh
• Story: Puri Jagannadh
• Dialogue: Puri Jagannadh
• Producer: D.V.V. Danayya
• Music: Chakri
• Cinematography: Shyam K. Naidu
• Editor: Marthand Kick Venkatesh
• Stunts: Vijayan

Music

Desamuduru
Studio album by Chakri
Released	25 December 2006 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Chakri
Chakri chronology
Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006) Desamuduru (2007) Dhee (2007)

The film has six songs composed by Chakri. Music of the film was launched on 25 December 2006. The song Ninne Ninne was the most popular song in the soundtrack among music lovers.^[3]

• "Ninne Ninne" - Chakri, Kousalya
• "Gili Gili Ga" - Devan, Andrea
• "Satte Ye Godava Ledhu" - Ranjith
• "Gola Petti Nadiro" - Raghu Kunche, Kousalya
• "Manusuley" - Chakri, Kousalya
• "Athanthode Ithandode" - Ravi Varma, Suchitra

Release

• The film was released on 500 screens, including 424 in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Karnataka, 8 in Orissa, 2 in Chennai, 3 in Mumbai and 31 overseas.^[4]

Box office

Despite receiving mixed talk from the public, Desamuduru grossed 12.58 crores^[5] and a share of Rs.9.5 crores.^[6] worldwide in the first week of it's release. The openings stand out as the highest in Arjun's career.

Desamuduru grossed 29 crores in four weeks.^[7]

References

1. ^ "indiaglitz.com". Desamuduru set for release in 400 theatres. http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/28391.html. Retrieved 11 January 2007. 
2. ^ "telugucinema.com". Rambha’s item number in Desa Muduru. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070102175032/http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/news/desamuduru_dec1306.php. Retrieved 21 December 2006. 
3. ^ "greatandhra.com". Ninne Ninne Rocking Music Lovers. Archived from the original on 12 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070112214317/http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/jan2007/desa_music.php. Retrieved 18 January 2007. 
4. ^ http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=desamudurureleasecenters
5. ^ "greatandhra.com". Desamuduru First Week Collections. Archived from the original on 21 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070121103302/http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/jan2007/desa_first_week.php. Retrieved 19 January 2007. 
6. ^ "nonstopcinema.com". Desamuduru worldwide 7 day gross – 12.58 crores. Archived from the original on 22 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070122154434/http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=229. Retrieved 19 January 2007. 
7. ^ "greatandhra.com". Desamuduru Collected Rs. 29,63,00,655 in 4 Weeks. Archived from the original on 16 February 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070216004638/http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/news/feb2007/desa_collect.php. Retrieved 14 February 2007. 

External links

• Desamuduru at the Internet Movie Database