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Mahatma (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Mahatma' is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Krishna Vamsi. This film stars Srikanth (in his 100th film) and Bhavana. The music was composed by Vijay Antony with cinematography by Sharat and editing by Gautham Raju. The film was to release on 2 October, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Due to censor issues, the film's release was postponed by a week to 9 October 2009. The film was dubbed in Tamil as 'Puthiya Thalapathy' and in Hindi as 'Ek Aur Mahanayak' in 2009. The film won four Nandi Awards. The film was a box office success.
Plot
Dasu (Srikanth) is a rowdy in a basti in Hyderabad. He makes a living out of the "settlement of petty issues". A young lawyer named Krishnaveni (Bhavana) gets him bail in a petty case, and their acquaintance soon develops into romance after a series of events. On the other hand, a politician-cum-businesswoman (Jyothi) plans to set up SEZ in that basti that move is protested by dwellers headed by a genuine leader (Sekhar). Meanwhile, a local politician-cum-rowdy leader named Dada (Jaya Prakash Reddy) also protests against the businesswoman and seeks Rs. 200 crores if she wants to set up SEZ there. Dasu initially believes Dada is a good politician and works for him. When Dada tries to take advantage of Dasu, he realizes his fault and plans to contest against him at a newly floated Mahatma party. How Krishnavani and local theatre artists bring a change in Dasu and make him realize the importance of Mahatma Gandhi's ideology is a core point of the movie.
Cast
* Srikanth as Dasu
* Bhavana as Krishnaveni
* Navneet Kaur
* Yana Gupta
* Brahmanandam as English Professor
* Jaya Prakash Reddy as Dada
* Jyothi as Politician/Businesswoman
* Paruchuri Gopala Krishna as Advocate
* Sekhar as Leader of Dwellers
* Ahuti Prasad as Inspector B. K.
* Sampoornesh Babu as Protester
* Duvvasi Mohan
* Thagubothu Ramesh
* Uttej
* Ramjagan
* Charmee Kaur as an item number
Soundtrack
The song "Yem Jaruguthundi" was inspired from the song "Aen Ennaku Mayakkam" from the movie 'Naan Avanillai'. Similarly "Jajjanaka" from "Naaka Mukka" song from the movie 'Kadhalil Vizhunthen' and the song "Dailamo" from "Dailamo Dailamo" from the film 'Dishyum'.
Awards
;Nandi Awards - 2009
* Best Supporting Actor - Ramjagan
* Best Male Playback Singer - S. P. Balasubramaniam
* Special Jury Award for Best Performance - Srikanth
* Best Female Dubbing Artist - Soumya
See also
* List of artistic depictions of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
References
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