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Sye (2004 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Sye' is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language sports action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli from a story by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The story has a rugby union backdrop. Nithiin and Genelia D'Souza star while Shashank and Pradeep Rawat play other crucial roles. In the film, two rival groups in a collegeScience led by Prudhvi and Arts led by Shashankfight for superiority through the game of rugby, until a local gangster Bhikshu Yadav takes over their college.
This was Rajamouli's third film after the successes of 'Student No.1' and 'Simhadri'. It has music composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography and editing by K. K. Senthil Kumar and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively. The film earned 11 crore distributors' share (US$2.4 million) against a production budget of 10.2 crore (US$2.2 million) and was commercially successful. The film won four Nandi Awards.
Plot
Prudhvi (Nithiin) and Shashank (Shashank) are the leaders of two warring student groups in a Hyderabad college. They are fond of rugby union game, and they sort things out between them by playing rugby to prove superiority.
One day, a local mafia leader Bhikshu Yadav (Pradeep Rawat) gets a court notice that he has purchased the land of college from its legal heirs. Prudhvi and Sashank's groups unite by forgetting their differences to win back the land for the college. The students attack the political career of Bhikshu posting fake posters of him in the streets. They go to his liquor shops and play dead to make it appear that the shops sold false liquor which killed the students. After getting affected by assaults of students, Bhikshu Yadav throws a challenge to defeat his team in a game of rugby union to win back the land for their college. The rest of the story is how Prudhvi leads his team to the victory.
Cast
* Nithiin as Prudhvi
* Genelia D'Souza as Indu
* Shashank as Shashank
* Pradeep Rawat as Bhikshu Yadav
* Nassar as Qadar (College Property owner)
* Ajay as Bhikshu Yadav's henchman
* Rajiv Kanakala as Rugby coach Rafi
* Tanikella Bharani as Prudhvi's father and college principal
* Venu Madhav as Nalla Balu
* Supreeth as Bhikshu Yadav's henchmen
* Madhunandan as College Student
* Sameer as ACP Aravind
* Sivannarayana Naripeddi
* Narsing Yadav
* SS Kanchi as Indu's father
* Surya as Ping Pong
* Alapati Lakshmi
* Preeti Nigam as Prudhvi's mother
* Sekhar as Bhikshu Yadav's henchman
* Shravan as Prudhvi's Mate
* S.S.Rajamouli as Nalla Balu's henchman (cameo appearance)
* Natraj Master as Spare
Soundtrack
The film has six songs composed by M. M. Keeravani:
* "Appudappudu" - Lucky Ali & Sumangali - Lyrics: M. M. Keeravani
* "Chantaina Bujjaina" - Kalyani Malik, Smitha, & Vasundara Das - Lyrics: Chandrabose
* "Ganga A/C" - Kalyani Malik, Ganga, & Vasundara Das - Lyrics: Chandrabose
* "Gutlovundi" - Tippu & Malathi - Lyrics: Bhuvana Chandra
* "Nalla Nallani Kalla" - M. M. Keeravani & K. S. Chithra - Lyrics: Siva Shakti Datta
* "Pantham Pantham" - Devi Sri Prasad, M. M. Keeravani, Tippu, Chandrabose, Kalyani Malik, & Smitha - Lyrics: Chandrabose
Box office
The film had a successful 365-day run at one center. It collected 11 crore share at box office. 'Sye' was the most expensive film in Rajamouli's career till 2004 as it was made with approximately 10 crore budget.[http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html Chatrapati - Post mortem - Telugu cinema - SS Rajamouli - Prabhas, Shriya]. Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 2020-05-25.
In popular culture
In the lead up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, a video of the rugby scenes from Sye went viral.
Awards
;Nandi Awards
* Best Editor - Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
* Best Male Dubbing Artist - P. Ravi Shankar
* Best Supporting Actor - Shashank
* Best Villain - Pradeep Rawat
;Filmfare Awards South
* Filmfare Best Villain Award (Telugu) - Pradeep Rawat (2004)
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