''Anukokunda Oka Roju'' () is a 2005 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (born 4 March 1973) is an Indian film director known for his works in Telugu cinema. He made his directorial debut with the Neo-noir crime film, ''Aithe'', which received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Te ...

and produced by

Gangaraju Gunnam Gunnam Gangaraju is an Indian producer, screenwriter, and director known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu television. He is best known as the creator and co-producer of the TV sitcom ''Amrutham'' (2001–2007), widely considered to be ...

and Venkat Dega. The film stars

Jagapathi Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

, Charmy and Shashank with the music composed by M. M. Keeravani. The film received critical acclaim and won two

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(including Second Best Feature Film), a

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, and a Santosham Film Award. It was remade as ''

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'' (2008) in

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language.

Plot

The film starts with some people following a little boy coming from school. It is revealed to be ex-inspector Suresh Reddy with his colleagues busting a drug smuggler, but he later takes a bribe from him. On the other hand, Sahasra is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in

playback singing A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not app ...

. One night she attends a

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at the behest of her friend. The next day, life seems as usual for Sahasra. However, she is oblivious to one small detail: the next day is the day after. She is also completely unaware of what happened during that one missing day. She realizes that something is amiss only when, a few days later, she is chased by unidentified men who try to assassinate her. Meanwhile, she meets Rajesh, a cab driver who tells her she should give him the money back, and Suresh himself when she gets attacked by an unknown person. He reveals that he knew her and her family as they set him a marriage proposal but later rejected him when she gets a photo of her in his car. She hears something strange from her audio recorder which she believes she never said, she also gets weird dreams and gets attacked - # at the theatre when she was going to see Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. with children in her flat # near a clinic # near a shop # and in Rajesh's house by his brother himself. They also find a strange symbol. Suresh helps Sahasra in every way he could. At last, the mystery of the symbol is revealed in a flashback in 1997 when Suresh was an inspector, he meets Surya Swami, who practices black magic. Suresh beats him on the spot. The night when Sahasra was drunk, she reaches the ashram of Surya Swami unknowingly and disturbs the practices. That day is when the devotees of Surya Swami are about to die according to black magic. A man, with whom intoxicated Sahasra traveled in another car after Rajesh's trip, is killed while saving her. At last, she is kidnapped by Surya Swami's men and is about to be killed. Ultimately, she is saved by Machavarapu Abbulu, a theatre actor, the witness of Sahasra traveling in Rajesh's car. At the end of the movie, it is revealed that in the early hours of the missing day, an old man at Sahasra's apartment found her dizzy in the street when he was going to a medical shop as he had a headache the previous night. and took her to the house. Thus, the puzzle of the missing one-day mystery is solved.

Cast

Jagapati Babu Veeramachaneni Jagapathi Rao Chowdary (born 12 February 1962), professionally known as Jagapathi Babu (), is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Tamil, , Kannada and Malayalam films. ...

as Inspector Suresh Reddy * Charmy as Sahasra * Shashank as Rajesh *

Pavan Malhotra Pavan Malhotra (born 2 July 1958) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films and television alongside Punjabi and few Telugu films. He has played lead roles in Buddhadeb Dasgupta's National Film Award-winning '' Bagh Bahadur'' and Saeed Akht ...

as Surya Swamy, a Tantrik *

Harsha Vardhan Harsha Vardhan is an Indian actor, comedian and screenwriter known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also worked in a few Tamil and Hindi language films, in addition to television. He is known for his performance in Telugu ...

as Shankar Rao MA BEd, a tuition teacher * Narsing Yadav as Machavarapu Abbulu *

Kaushal Manda Kaushal Prasad Manda is an Indian actor and model who predominantly works in Telugu language films and TV serials. Career Manda made his debut as a child artist in 1982–1983 with Telugu TV serial Evanni Chedanunchu. Then he participated i ...

as Bojo's friend * Ravi Prakash as Mahesh *

Amit Tiwari Amit Tiwari is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his negative roles in Telugu films in addition to a few Tamil and Kannada films. Some of his notable roles are in films such as ''Vikramarkudu ''Vikr ...

as Bhaskar Raju "Bojo" *

Vasu Inturi Inturi Srinivasa Rao, better known as Vasu Inturi, is an Indian actor and writer who works in Telugu films and television. He is known for the role of Sarvam in the TV sitcom ''Amrutham'', which won him Nandi TV Award for Best Comedian in 2 ...

as Rajesh's brother *

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* Pooja Bharati as Swetha, Sahasra's friend *

Sivannarayana Naripeddi Sivannarayana Naripeddi is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films and television. He is best known for his role as 'Appaji' in the popular Telugu TV sitcom '' Amrutham'' (20012007). He won the Nandi Award for Best Comedian for A''mmamma.com ...

as Sahasra's father * Giridhar * Viswa Mohan * Gopi Kaasi Reddy * Sravan * Srinivas * Praveen * Bhagawaan * Dhulipala Nagendra * Satish Bathula * Srikanth * Sivam * C. V. L. Narasimha Rao * Jagga Rao *

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as Doctor * Sandra * Jayalakshmi * Baby Rupika *

Baby Annie Baby Annie (born 31 March 2001) is a south Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu movies. She is known for the role of Mallamma in the 2011 movie ''Rajanna'', for which she received a Nandi Award. She made her debut through ''Anukok ...

as Child Tuition Student *

Kamal Kamaraju Kamal Kamaraju is an Indian actor and writer who works in Telugu cinema. He has a degree in architecture from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. He is passionate about movies. He is also a writer, assistant art director, and a commen ...

as Kamal, Surya Swamy's follower

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

M.M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

. The soundtrack was released on ADITYA Music Company.

Awards

The film has won the following awards: ;

- 2005 * Second Best Feature Film - Silver - Gangaraju Gunnam * Best Screenplay Writer - Chandra Sekhar Yeleti ;

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* Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu - Smita ;

Santosham Film Awards Santosham Film Awards, currently known as Santosham South Indian Film Awards are one of the most popular awards given for Tollywood films and Telugu Music Artistes. Background The awards first began in 2004 by the annual ''Santosham'' magazine ...

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- Charmy

Release

The film was released with 24 prints in

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and two prints in the U.S.A. Producer Gangaraju mentioned in an interview that the film was made on a budget of ₹2.9

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and that they incurred a loss of ₹90

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on the film.

References

External links

* {{Chandra Sekhar Yeleti 2005 films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Indian mystery thriller films 2000s mystery thriller films Films about drugs Telugu films remade in other languages Films set in 1997 Films set in the 1990s Films set in the 20th century 2000s Telugu-language films Indian neo-noir films Films directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti