Okkadu
''Okkadu'' ( ''The One'') is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film written and directed by Gunasekhar. It stars Mahesh Babu, Bhumika Chawla and Prakash Raj. The film was produced by M.S. Raju while music was composed by Mani Sharma and editing was by A. Sreekar Prasad. The film follows journey of a Kabaddi player, Ajay who rescues Swapna from Obul Reddy, when the latter tries to forcefully marry her. Released on 15 January 2003, ''Okkadu'' was successful at the box office and became as the one of the highest-grossing Telugu films ever. It earned a distributor's share of 25–30 crore. It has garnered eight Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film – Telugu, and led Mahesh Babu to instant stardom. The film was later remade into Tamil as ''Ghilli'' (2004), Kannada as '' Ajay'' (2006), Bengali ''as'' ''Jor'' (2008), Hindi as ''Tevar'' (2015), Odia as ''Mate Aanidela Lakhe Phaguna'' (2008), and in Sinhala as ''Kabaddi'' (2021). Plot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sumanth Art Productions
Sumanth Art Productions is an Indian film production company in Hyderabad established by M. S. Raju. Successful films like ''Manasantha Nuvve'' (2001)'', Okkadu'' (2003)'', Varsham'' (2004)'', Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (2005) were made under this banner. The first film made on the banner was ''Sathruvu'' (1991) starring Venkatesh. Film production Awards References {{Reflist External linksSumanth Art Productionson Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ... Film production companies based in Hyderabad, India Year of establishment missing ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mahesh Babu
Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu (born 9 August 1975) is an Indian actor, producer, media personality, and philanthropist who works mainly in Telugu cinema. He has appeared in more than 25 films, and won several accolades including, eight Nandi Awards, five Filmfare Telugu Awards, four SIIMA Awards, three CineMAA Awards, and one IIFA Utsavam Award. One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, he also owns the production house G. Mahesh Babu Entertainment. The younger son of veteran Telugu actor Krishna, Babu made his debut as a child artist in a cameo role in ''Needa'' (1979), at the age of four, and acted in eight other films as a child artist. He made his debut as a lead actor with ''Rajakumarudu'' (1999) which won him Nandi Award for Best Male Debut. Babu achieved his breakthrough with the supernatural drama '' Murari'' (2001), and the action film ''Okkadu'' (2003). He went on to act in other commercially successful films such as ''Athadu'' (2005), ''Pokiri'' (2006), ''Dookudu'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gunasekhar
Gunasekar (born 2 June 1964) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Telugu cinema. He has directed films in action, romance, mythological, and historical drama genres. He has won a National Film Award, multiple Nandi Awards, and a Filmfare Award South. Gunasekhar directed the mythological film ''Ramayanam'' (1997), which won the National Film Award for Best Children's Film and was screened at the International Children's Film Festival of India. His 2003 action film, Okkadu was huge commercial success becoming the highest grossing Telugu film of that year and was remade into various Indian languages. His other notable films include ''Sogasu Chooda Tharamaa'' (1995), ''Choodalani Vundi'' (1998), '' Manoharam'' (2000)'','' and '' Rudhramadevi'' (2015). Career Before venturing into mainstream film direction, Gunasekar worked as an associate director to D. V. Narsaraju, Kranthi Kumar, and Ram Gopal Varma. Gunasekhar made his directorial debut with the s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ajay (2006 Film)
''Ajay'' is a 2006 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Puneeth Rajkumar, Anuradha Mehta and Prakash Raj. It was Anuradha's debut Kannada film. The film is based on the Telugu film ''Okkadu''. Plot Ajay Varma is a Bengaluru-based Kabbadi player, the son of Kumaraswamy who is the DCP of Bengaluru, visits Hubli to take part in a state-level tournament. There, he saves Padma(Paddu) from Vijay Reddy, a dangerous faction leader, who is in love with Paddu and wants to marry her against her wishes. Ajay learns that Paddu is trying to leave for the United States for pursuing higher education after Vijay killed her brothers, when they refuse to marry their sister to Vijay Reddy. In the process of saving Paddu, Ajay humiliates Vijay by pushing him into a mud pond. Vijay refuses to cleanse the mud until Paddu is found and brought back. Ajay helps Paddu escape and takes her to his house in the Old City of Hyderabad, hiding her in his room with the help of his sister, Asha. Soon, hi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ghilli
''Ghilli'' () is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language romantic action masala film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu-language film ''Okkadu'' (2003). The film stars Vijay, Trisha and Prakash Raj with Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Mayilsamy and Janaki Sabesh playing supporting roles. The soundtrack album and score were composed by Vidyasagar. Cinematography was handled by Gopinath and editing was done by V. T. Vijayan and B. Lenin. Dialogues for the film were written by Bharathan. The film was released on 17 April 2004 to generally positive reviews and became a commercial success. The film ran for more than 200 days at the box office, breaking the box office records of the 1999 film ''Padayappa'' in the process. It emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2004 and became the first Tamil film to gross 50 crore. ''Ghilli'' is considered to be one of the best films in Vijay's career. Plot Velu is a state-level Kabaddi player living in Chen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bhumika Chawla
Bhumika Chawla (born Rachna Chawla; 21 August 1978) is an Indian actress and former model known for her work predominantly in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. She began her acting career with the Telugu film ''Yuvakudu'' (2000) and then seen in '' Kushi'' for which she won Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Telugu. Chawla is the recipient of one Filmfare Awards South, and SIIMA Award. She made her debut in Hindi Cinema with the romantic tragedy film ''Tere Naam'' (2003) which was huge critical and commercial success and earned her Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut. Chawla then subsequently appeared in several successful films including ''Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa'' (2004), ''Anasuya'' (2007) and ''Middle Class Abbayi'' (2017). Early life Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in New Delhi, India and completed her schooling there. Her father is a retired Army officer. Bhumika has two siblings, an elder brother and sister. She moved to Mumbai in 1997 and started her career w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tevar
''Tevar'' () is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by debutante Amit Ravindernath Sharma and produced by Boney Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Sunil Lulla, Naresh Agarwal and Sunil Manchanda, based on a script by Sharma and Shantanu Shrivastav. An official remake of the 2003 Telugu film ''Okkadu'', the film stars Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha while Manoj Bajpayee plays the primary antagonist. Shruti Haasan makes a special appearance in a special dance number, while crooning another song on the soundtrack. The film was released worldwide on 9 January 2015. Plot Ghanshyam "Pintoo" Shukla is a young Kabaddi player from Agra who goes to factionism-hit Mathura to take part in practice. There, in a twist of fate, he saves a civilian, Radhika Mishra from a goon, Gajendar Singh, a dangerous faction leader, who is in love with Radhika and wants to marry her against her wishes. Pintoo tries to comfort her because Gajendar Singh killed her brother Mahesh. When he saves Radhika, he ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Filmfare Award For Best Film – Telugu
The Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1964 for films released around 1963. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won. Winners *Before 2000 year there have no nominations for Filmfare Awards South in Telugu films. The panel of judges, jury members are selected for Best films.https://events.fullhyderabad.com/48th-south-indian-filmfare-awards/2001-april/tickets-dates-videos-reviews-577-1.html 2000s *2001: ''Nuvvu Nenu'' **'' Kushi'' **'' Murari'' *2002: '' Santosham'' **'' Jayam'' **'' Manmadhudu'' **''Indra'' *2003: ''Okkadu'' **''Aithe'' **''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' **''Vasantam'' *2004: '' Varsham'' **'' Anand'' **''Aa Naluguru'' **''Arya'' *2005: ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' **''Athadu'' **''Sankranti'' **'' Super'' **''Chhatrapati'' *2006: ''Bommarillu'' **''Pokiri'' **''Godavari'' **''Sri Ramadasu'' *2007: ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kabaddi (2021 Film)
''Kabaddi'' is a 2021 Sri Lankan sports action film directed by Harsha Udakanda and produced by Nishantha Jayawardena for HU Films and Hiruna Creations. It stars Amila Karunanayake and Senali Fonseka in lead roles along with Sriyantha Mendis, Darshan Dharmaraj and Nilmini Kottegoda in supportive roles. The film had its premiere on 16 April 2021. The film is a remake of 2003 Indian Telugu language film ''Okkadu'' (2003). Cast Soundtrack The film consists of three songs. References External links ''Kabaddi''on Sinhala Cinema Database ''Kabaddi''on Facebook ''Kabaddi''on YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ... Remakes of Sri Lankan films 2021 films Sports action films 2020s Sinhala-language films 2020s sports films 2021 action films {{Sri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jor (film)
''Jor'' () is a 2008 Indian Bengali-language action film directed by Swapan Saha. The movie features Jeet and Barsa Priyadarshini. It was the first Bengali film of Oriya film actress Barsa Priyadarshini. It was dubbed into Odia as ''Juge Juge Mun Tumara''. It is a remake of the 2003 Telugu film ''Okkadu''. Plot Surya ( Jeet) is a sportsman. He loves to run and win championships in Kolkata. Once on a championship tour, he goes to Siliguri. There he runs into an influential gang leader Indrajit (Subrat Dutta) who forcefully tries to make Sumi (Barsha Priyadarshini) his wife. After some struggle and fights, Surya is able to escape from Siliguri with Sumi. After coming to his home in Kolkata, Surya hides Sumi from his family members. He attempts to arrange for Sumi's departure to the US where her relatives reside. Indrajit and his goons arrive in Kolkata in search of Sumi. They use their political and social influence to the local police who locks up Surya. Eventually, Surja makes ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kabaddi
Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their players and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders in 30 seconds. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are touched or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tag or a tackle. It is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi appear in the histories of ancient India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kabbadi
Kabaddi is a contact team sport. Played between two teams of seven players, the objective of the game is for a single player on offence, referred to as a "raider", to run into the opposing team's half of the court, touch out as many of their players and return to their own half of the court, all without being tackled by the defenders in 30 seconds. Points are scored for each player tagged by the raider, while the opposing team earns a point for stopping the raider. Players are taken out of the game if they are touched or tackled, but are brought back in for each point scored by their team from a tag or a tackle. It is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi appear in the histories of ancient India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century. It is the national sport of Bangladesh. It is the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |