''Subash Chandra Bose'' is a 2005

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, produced by C.Ashwini Dutt on

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banner, directed by veteran director

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in his 101st film. Starring

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and music composed by

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Plot

The story takes place during the pre-Independence era, just before the British left India. Ashok, who is working on a TV channel with his girlfriend Anita, covers the meeting of a politician Venkat Ratnam. By seeing Venkat Ratnam there, Ashok gets images from the bygone era. In a flashback, it is revealed that in the year 1946, a man named Amarchandra / Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram fights against local British officer George. Subash Chandra Bose worships the real freedom fighter

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. When the state governor Jackson comes to Chintapalli along with his daughter Diana for a brief vacation, Bose welcomes him by blowing up the water tank in his palace. Enraged, Jackson asks his army to kill Bose. With the help of a local native Bandodu, the British army wipes out the entire village population, including Bose's lover Swarajyam. In an act of betrayal by Bandodu, the army kills Bose too. Ashok realizes that he is the reincarnation of Bose and Venkat Ratnam is Bandodu. In the climax, Bose kills Venkat Ratnam.

Cast

as Amarchandra / Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram / Ashok (dual role) *

as Swarajyam *

as Anita *

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as Venkat Ratnam / Bandodu *

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as British Army Officer George *

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as Ranjit Singh *

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as Governor Jackson *

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as Balram * Sunil as Chandram's sidekick *

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as Kareem *

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as Bapiveedu *

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as RTO Officer * Sudha as Ashok's mother *

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as Rajaratnam, Venkat Ratnam's son *

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as Washerman * Maalin Maria Mobargh as Diana * Malladi Raghava as Anitha's father *

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* Venu Madhav * Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao *

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* Chitti Babu * Gowtham Raju * Hari Kishan * Manik * Kalpana * Swathi * Apoorva * Shobha Rani * Baby Kavya

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

. Music was released on ADITYA Music Company.

Release

Critical reception

The movie generally received mixed reviews from critics.

performance as describe by reviewer, "Venkatesh is impressive as Ashok. The character of Subash Chandra Bose did not suit Venkatesh"; "Venkatesh did well in both roles of Chandram and Ashok. However, the characterizations of these two characters are not good enough to exploit the histrionics of Venkatesh. He has shown variation in the get-up of both the characters";"Venkatesh sleep-walks in his dual role as Ashok and Chandram". Among the heroines reviewers describe

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's performance as "Shriya, who plays Venkatesh’s lover in the past, looks glamorous, but is there just for the usual song ‘n’ dance routine"; "Shriya is sexy and her movements are very sensuous."; " Shriya is cute in the role of innocent patriotic village belle. Her costumes are very simple as they represent the culture of 1940s. She is sensuous and at the same time voluptuous in the song of 'Neredi Pandu'.". While

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receive mostly negative review from the critics. This is mainly due to Genelia's character was short and weak compare to Shriya and she also fails to perform well. Technically the film receive mostly negative review because the lack of perfection in the story and the poor handling in the direction.

Box-office

The movie eventually becomes a flop film at the box office.

Remake

This film was remade in

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as '' Abar Asbo Firey'' in 2006.

Awards

;

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

* Best Editor -

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- Basha * Best Makeup - R. V. Raghava

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Subash Chandra Bose (Film) 2000s Telugu-language films 2005 films Films directed by K. Raghavendra Rao Films scored by Mani Sharma 2000s masala films Films set in 1940 Films about reincarnation Telugu films remade in other languages