Arjun (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Arjun


imdb_id = 0907619
writer = Gunasekhar
starring = Mahesh Babu
Shriya Saran
Keerthi Reddy
Prakash Raj
Raja
director = Gunasekhar
producer = G. Ramesh Babu
distributor =
country = India
cinematography = Sekhar V. Joseph
editing = A. Sreekar Prasad
music = Mani Sharma | released = August 18, 2004
runtime =
language = Telugu
overseas gross = | total gross = | budget = Rs. 20 crores ($4.6 million)
awards =

"Arjun" (Telugu:అర్జున్) ( Dubbed into Tamil as Varenda Madhuraiku and Dubbed into Malayalam as Arjun ) is a Tollywood film released on August 18, 2004, and was directed by Gunasekhar. This is the second time Mahesh Babu and Gunasekhar have teamed up after delivering the blockbuster Okkadu. Shriya Saran, Keerthi Reddy, Raja and Prakash Raj play other roles.

Plot

Arjun is a kalu. I other words he is a BIC Black in colour.

Soundtrack

This film consists of 6 songs, all composed by Mani Sharma:

#Okka Matta..(Picturized on Mahesh)
#Oh Cheli..(Picturized on Sriya and Mahesh)
#Mudhura Madhura..(picturized on keerthi reddy and mahesh in the temple setting)
#Raa Raa...(Sriya and Mahesh:shot outside the temple setting)
#Hey Pilla(picturized on Mahesh and sriya)
#Dum Dumare(picturized on Mahesh, Sriya, and Keerthi Reddy )

Though the songs were well composed, they didn't receive much appreciation.

Cast

* Mahesh Babu ... Arjun
* Shriya Saran ... Roopa
* Keerthi Reddy ... Meenakshi
* Raja ... Uday
* Prakash Raj ... Bala Nayagar
* Saritha ... Andal

Crew

* Director: Gunasekhar
* Screenplay: Gunasekhar
* Story: Gunasekhar
* Dialogue: Paruchuri Brothers
* Producer: G. Ramesh Babu
* Music: Mani Sharma
* Choreography: Raju Sundaram & Raghava Lawrence
* Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
* Director of Photography: Sekhar V. Joseph
* Lyrics: Veturi
* Art Director: Thotta Tharani
* Stunts: Vijayan

Box-office performance

*The film collected a share of Rs.55 millions in its opening week. [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/boxoffice/display.php?id=180]
*100 days in 21 centres. [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/boxoffice/display.php?id=201]
*The dubbed version of the movie released later in Tamil Nadu and it was a super hit there. The film had released in 40 prints and it had a 50-day run in 35 centres and a 100-day run in 14 centres.

Trivia

* In this film, the name of the character played by Mahesh Babu is not revealed till the end. The other roles call him with the name of the relation, but none call him Arjun, and this is revealed only at the end.
* The film is to be dubbed in Tamil as "Varenda Maduraiku".
*This was Mahesh's last film released before he tied the knot with Namratha Shirodhkar, on the other hand this was the first movie(and the last as on July 2008) for Keerthi Reddy after marriage.
*The film was produced by Mahesh's brother Ramesh.
*The Madurai Meenakshi temple shown in this film is a collosal setting of the real one. It was created by art director Padma Sri Thotta Tharani.
*The song "Madura Madura thana Meenakshi" was shot in the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu

External links

*imdb title|id=0907619|title=Arjun