''Yagnam'' () is a 2004 Indian

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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

produced by Pokuri Babu Rao on the Eetharam Films banner, directed by A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary. It was released on 2 July 2004. It stars Gopichand and

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, with music composed by

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. This film was remade in Oriya as ''Mo Mana Khali tori Pain (2005)'', starring Siddhant Mahapatra and Madhuri , and in Tamil as ''

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'', with

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and Sathyaraj. The film was also later dubbed into Hindi as ''Aaj Ka Raavanraaj'' in 2007. The film won two

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Plot

Seenu ( Gopichand) is a loyal servant and the right-hand-man of faction leader Reddeppa (

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). He and Sailaja (

), Reddeppa's daughter, grew up together. Nayudamma (Vijaya Rangaraju) is an archrival of Reddeppa. Factional feuds between them have resulted in the loss of a number of lives among their groups. When Reddeppa realizes that his daughter and Seenu are in love, he swings into action, trying to kill Seenu. The rest of the story is about how Seenu secures Sailaja's hand in marriage and how he unites the forces of followers in both the warring groups to teach their masters (Reddeppa and Nayudamma) a lesson or two.

Cast

* Gopichand as Seenu (Srinu) alias Srinivas *

as Sailaja / Sailu * Prakash Raj as Inspector Pratap Reddy *

as Redappa * Vijaya Rangaraju as Nayudamma * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam *

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* Suman Setty *

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Munthaj

Production

The filming occurred in and around

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, Srikakulam, and

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in the

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area, the capital city

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, and in the outskirts of

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and Kurnool cities in the Rayalaseema region of

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. The music was released on the Maruthi Music Company label.

Awards

;

- 2004(in

) * Best Male Comedian - Dharmavarapu Subramanyam * Best Female Comedian - Jahnavi

References

External links

* 2000s Telugu-language films 2004 films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by Mani Sharma {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub