''Student No: 1'' is a 2001 Indian

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-language

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directed by

S. S. Rajamouli Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli ( ; born 10 October 1973) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the highest paid director in India, and is known for his action, fantasy, and epic genre films. T ...

K. Raghavendra Rao Kovelamudi Raghavendra Rao (born 23 May 1942) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema besides having directed a few Hindi films. He has garnered four state Nandi Awards and fiv ...

produced as well did Screenplay for the film. ''Student No: 1'' marks the directorial debut of Rajamouli in a

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. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr.,

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and

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. The film was made on a budget of 1.85 crore (US$392,000) and earned a distributors' share of 12 crore (US$2.54 million). It was one of the most successful Telugu films of 2001. The film was later remade in

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as ''

Student Number 1 ''Student No.1'' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language coming of age action film directed by Selva. The film starring Sibiraj in his debut and Sherin in lead role while also features Manivannan, Yugendran Yugendran (born Yugendran Vasudevan on ...

'' in 2003 and in Odia as '' Mate Ta Love Helare'' (2008).

Plot

Aditya ( N. T. Rama Rao Jr.) joins a law college in

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as a student. The college is notorious for its unruly students headed by Satish / Satya (

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). Aditya is shown as a mysterious young man, and throughout the first half, there are flashbacks to his story. He makes the unruly students mend their ways. In the interval, we come to know that Aditya is a criminal facing murder charges and is serving his life term in Vizag central jail. He attends college with the special permission of the jail authorities. Aditya lives in

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with his parents. He has finished his intermediate studies (10th grade plus 2). He wants to pursue

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, but his father wants him to study

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. This presents a tension between them, leading to a confrontation. Meanwhile, Aditya unintentionally murders a goon while saving a girl from getting raped. Aditya's father disowns him as his son, and Aditya surrenders at a police station. The rest of the film is how Aditya wins his father's heart with the law degree he earns.

Cast

* N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Aditya *

as Anjali *

as Satish / Satya *

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as Dr. Brahmanandam *

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as Engineer Ali * Sudha as Aditya's mother *

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as Samba Sivam a.k.a. Leakage Sambayya, leakage leader * Malladi Raghava as Aditya's father * M. S. Narayana as Law School Lecturer *

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* Ajay as Satya's Batchmate *

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as Jailor * Sekhar as goon *

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Hostel Chef *

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as Police officer

Release

The film was released with 40 prints.

Box office

''Student No: 1'' was sold at a price of Rs. 2.75 crore and collected a share of Rs. 12 crore. This movie was N. T. Rama Rao Jr.'s first super hit. It had a 50-day run in 73 centres. This movie had a 100-day run in 42 centres.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani and released by Aditya Music. All lyrics were penned by Chandrabose.

Awards

* M. M. Keeravani won

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for the song "Ekkado Putti"(in

)

Notes

References

External links

* {{S. S. Rajamouli 2001 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani Films directed by S. S. Rajamouli 2000s action drama films Indian action drama films Films shot in Visakhapatnam Films shot in Switzerland Films set in Hyderabad, India Telugu films remade in other languages 2001 directorial debut films