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Wikipedia article
'Ek Niranjan' is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Sonu Sood and Mukul Dev. The plot revolves around Chotu (Prabhas), who is a bounty hunter getting criminals to the police in exchange for money and how he reunites with his parents he never got to meet because he was kidnapped.
Filming tookn place from March 2009 to September 2009 and was shot on Hyderabad and Bangkok in addition to two songs in Switzerland. The film released on 30 October 2009. The film was dubbed into Tamil as 'Police Dada' and was released on 31 May 2013. It was also dubbed in Hindi as 'Ek Hi Raasta: The Power', into Malayalam as 'Game'.
Plot
Veeraiah's younger son is kidnapped by Chidambaram, who abducts children and makes them beggars. He names him as Chotu and makes him beg on streets to earn money for him. The police raid Chidambaram, and Chotu helps the police find him. The police reward Chotu for helping them. This makes Chotu realize that he can earn money by catching criminals for the police.
From then on, Chotu works for the police and catches hold of criminals whom the police are in search of. He also is in touch with Chidambaram and communicates with him so that he can tell him who his parents are, but he never told him. While getting hold of a goon, Chotu comes across Sameera, a guitar teacher who is the sister of the goon (Sravan) who works for Johnny Bhai.
The police ask Chotu to nab Sameera's brother, who is wanted by them for many crimes. When Sameera is feeding her brother, Chotu enters and forcefully arrests him after causing much havoc in the house. Chotu then falls in love with Sameera. As her brother reels behind the bars, Sameera reciprocates her love for Chotu. Veeraiah's elder son Kailash also works for Johnny Bhai, who will be arrested on charges of killing the Minister Narendra Kumar, which is planned by Johnny Bhai.
Johnny Bhai wants to kill Kailash, who is arrested, fearing that he will reveal his name to the police interrogation. Kailash escapes from the police clutches, and Johnny Bhai is in search of him. The police commissioner also asks Chotu to find Kailash and bag a handsome reward. Sameera's brother vacates his house and escapes to Bangkok, fearing Johnny Bhai. Chotu also goes to Bangkok in search of Sameera and finds Kailash there. He catches Kailash, who tells him that the minister was killed by his brother and that Kailash took the blame. Johnny Bhai kidnaps Sameera and her brother and threatens to kill them if Chotu does not hand over Kailash to him.
The story ends with Chotu rescuing Sameera from Johnny Bhai and meeting his parents.
Cast
* Prabhas as Niranjan / Chotu
* Kangana Ranaut as Sameera
* Sonu Sood as Johnny Bhai
* Mukul Dev as Kailash
* Ashish Vidyarthi
* Makrand Deshpande as Chidambaram
* Sravan as Sameera's elder brother
* Brahmanandam as Guru
* Ali as Mantra
* Sunil as Chanti Babu
* Venu Madhav as Chitti
* Chalapathi Rao as Police Commissioner
* Posani Krishna Murali as Minister Narendra Kumar
* Brahmaji as Brahmaji
* Satya Prakash as Police Inspector
* Gautam Raju as Police Constable
* Rao Ramesh
* Murali Sharma
* Srinivasa Reddy
* Vennela Kishore
* Naga Babu
* Ravi Prakash
* Tanikella Bharani as Veeraiah
* Sangeeta as Veeraiah's wife
* Prudhviraj as ex-Minister
* Abinayasri as Guru's wife
* Baby Annie as Sameera's guitar student
* Akash Puri as Sameera's guitar student
Production
Development
Jagganadh and Prabhas worked together for the film 'Bujjigadu' which was an average score in the box-office, Puri decided to do the duo again for 'Ek Niranjan'. Prabhass character is a strong, powerful, dynamic, rough and tough guy who is a bounty hunter.Kangana Ranaut, who is popular in Bollywood films, is making her debut in the Tollywood industry. Her character is said to be a guitar teacher. It was also said that she is acting in the film for a very big price of Rs. 10 million.Puri, initially, approached her for Pokiri which Ileana D'Cruz has done, but she was unable to do the film due to the dates of 'Gangster'. Sonu Sood will essay the villain in the film. The film is described to be a mass commercial entertainer mixed with action, emotions, drama, suspense, romance and comedy to appeal to the audiences.
Filming
, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Puri Jagannadh, and Aditya Ram during the film's audio release'Ek Niranjan' began shooting on 31 March 2009 in Lahari resorts and on Road No. 25, Jubilee Hills, a part of Hyderabad which was recreated for the film. Art director Chinna and his team brought a natural look to their creations a clock tower, a four road junction, by lanes, a Hanuman temple, and dhobi ghat including house sets for the lead pair.
Around June, they left for Switzerland for the canning of two songs on Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut.
After shooting in Switzerland till 30 June 2009 the film began to film the final phase of shooting in July in Bangkok and Pattaya where the climax was shot at. The film completed in September.
The audio of the film was released on 25 September 2009 at Shilpakala Vedika and the music has already gotten good reviews and has been very successful so far with people loving "Evaru Lerani" and title track "Ek Niranjan". The music is done by Mani Sharma who also did the music for 'Billa'.http://telugu.16reels.com/movies/Ek+Niranjan-Movie.aspx
Release
Reception
The film received mixed reviews. Rediff gave a two-star rating commented "the film does not live up to the expectations. Technically, Puri ensures that the film is in place. He tries to earnestly build up a deft screenplay with a wafer-thin story (which is increasingly becoming his trademark). But the clichd plot falls flat despite all the technical gimmicks (fights and all) and attempts to prop it up. However Prabhas is effortless as Chotu, he acts well and the movie is watchable for him although he has developed a similar style in all his films. Kangana's Telugu debut can't be really raved about. She looks pretty but as far as performance goes, there's nothing much to write about as the script doesn't have anything for her to showcase her acting skills". Sify gave a three-star rating and said "Prabhas has come up with a good and lively performance in the film. He has improved a lot in his dialogue delivery. He also excelled in dance sequences. Bollywood beauty Kangana Ranaut makes her debut in Tollywood with this film and she is looking gorgeous. Sonu Sood comes up with another dazzling performance after magnum opus Arundathi. Director Puri Jagannadh just played routine stuff in this film. The presentation and narration are very weak, lacking all seriousness. The dialogues are to some extent good. The screenplay was not impressive and there a lot many illogical threads. local review sites Greatandhra gave two and a half rating and Idlebrain gave a three-star says "On a whole, 'Ek Niranjan' is a not a bad film. The first half of the movie is entertaining and the second half should have been better".[http://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-ekniranjan.html Ek Niranjan film review Telugu cinema Review Prabhas & Kangana Raunat]. Idlebrain.com (29 October 2009). Retrieved on 2015-08-03.Box office
'Ek Niranjan' was released all over Andhra Pradesh with over 350 prints in 700 theaters and the hype was outstanding due to the combination of Prabhas and Puri. The film grossed Rs. 210 million in its first week.
Awards
;57th Filmfare Awards South
*Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Actor Telugu Prabhas
Soundtrack
The music is composed by Mani Sharma. The soundtrack contains six songs and featured throughout the film. The audio release was held on 25 September and was an elaborate event. Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Allu Arjun, Puri Jagannadh presented the music at the event.
References
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