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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Student No: 1
| image = Student_No.1.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = S. S. Rajamouli
| screenplay = K. Raghavendra Rao
| story = Pruthvi Teja
| producer = K. Raghavendra Rao
C. Aswani Dutt
| starring = N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Gajala
Rajeev Kanakala
| cinematography = Hari Anumolu
| editing = Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
| music = M. M. Keeravani
| studio = Swapna Cinema
| released = 27 September 2001
| runtime = 148 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = (US$392,000)[http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html Chatrapati Post mortem Telugu cinema SS Rajamouli Prabhas, Shriya]. Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 27 September 2015.
| gross = (US$2.54 million) distributors' share
}}
'Student No: 1' is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age romantic action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli. K. Raghavendra Rao produced the film, in addition to providing the screenplay and supervising the direction. 'Student No: 1' marks the directorial debut of Rajamouli in a feature film. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Gajala, and Rajeev Kanakala. The film was made on a budget of 1.85 crore (US$392,000) and earned a distributors' share of 12 crore (US$2.54 million). It was one of the most successful Telugu films of 2001.
The film was later remade in Tamil with the same name in 2003 and in Odia as 'Mate Ta Love Helare' (2008).
Plot
Aditya (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.) joins a law college in Vizag as a student. The college is notorious for its unruly students headed by Satish / Satya (Rajiv Kanakala). Aditya is shown as a mysterious young man, and throughout the first half, there are flashbacks to his story. He makes the unruly students mend their ways. In the interval, we come to know that Aditya is a criminal facing murder charges and is serving his life term in Vizag central jail. He attends college with the special permission of the jail authorities. Aditya lives in Hyderabad with his parents. He has finished his intermediate studies (10th grade plus 2). He wants to pursue engineering, but his father wants him to study law. This presents a tension between them, leading to a confrontation. Meanwhile, Aditya unintentionally murders a goon while saving a girl from getting raped. Aditya's father disowns him as his son, and Aditya surrenders at a police station. The rest of the film is how Aditya wins his father's heart with the law degree he earns.
Cast
* N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Aditya
* Gajala as Anjali
* Rajiv Kanakala as Satish / Satya
* Brahmanandam as Dr. Brahmanandam
* Ali as Engineer Ali
* Sudha as Aditya's mother
* Kota Srinivasa Rao as Samba Sivam a.k.a. Leakage Sambayya, leakage leader
* M. S. Narayana as Law School Lecturer
* Gundu Sudarshan
* Ajay as Satya's Batchmate
* Tanikella Bharani as Jailor
* Sekhar as goon
* Preeti Nigam
* L. B. Sriram Hostel Chef
* Sameer as Police officer
Release
The film was released with 40 prints.[http://idlebrain.com/trade/tsynop/tradestory33.html Cycle Stand Telugu Cinema Trade Story]. Idlebrain.com (26 December 2001). Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
Box office
'Student No: 1' was sold at a price of Rs. 2.75 crore and collected a share of Rs. 12 crore. This movie was N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s first super hit. It had a 50-day run in 73 centres.[http://idlebrain.com/trade/tsynop/tradestory27.html Cycle Stand Telugu Cinema Trade Story] . Idlebrain.com (13 November 2001). Retrieved on 2015-09-27. This movie had a 100-day run in 42 centres.[http://idlebrain.com/trade/tsynop/tradestory34.html Cycle Stand Telugu Cinema Trade Story]. Idlebrain.com (31 December 2001). Retrieved on 2015-09-27.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani and released by Aditya Music. All lyrics were penned by Chandrabose.
Awards
*M. M. Keeravani won Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song "Ekkado Putti"(in Telugu)
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References
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