Athade Oka Sainyam (transl. He's an Army) is a 2004 Telugu-language action comedy film produced by K . Atchi Reddy on SVK Films banner and directed by S. V. Krishna Reddy. Starring Jagapati Babu, Neha and music also composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy.[1][2]
| Athade Oka Sainyam | |
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| Telugu | అతడే ఒక సైన్యం |
| Directed by | S. V. Krishna Reddy |
| Written by | Diwakar Babu (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | S.V. Krishna Reddy |
| Story by | S.V. Krishna Reddy |
| Produced by | K. Atchi Reddy |
| Starring | Jagapati Babu Neha |
| Cinematography | K. Ravindra Babu |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | S.V. Krishna Reddy |
Production company | SVK Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot edit
The film begins with Sridhar / Chanti landing in Hyderabad, renting a house, and defining his agenda. It owns a mimicry artist, a magician, a software engineer, ₹2,526,924,454 (US$32 million), and seeks to kill two. Accordingly, he picks up Siva Reddy, Ali, & Srinivasa Reddy for his mission. One night, they view Chanti's secret movements and freak out. The next day, when they are about to step down, Chanti divulges the truth. He is familiar with magnificent kindred elder brother Raghava Rao, sister-in-law Seetha, and a little sister Sirisha. Raghava Rao is a Good Samaritan who holds high esteem in society and works as the general manager of Good Luck Co-operative Bank. Chanti falls for Swathi, a singer; his sister is also engaged to Swati's brother. Plus, Chanti acquires a fine job in Germany and proceeds. Likewise, everything comes out right.
Now, a twist in the wind occurs. Prakash Rao, the chair of Good Luck Bank, swindles hundreds of crores for illegal laundering of terrorist activities and ruses to seal down. Raghava Rao catches this and accumulates all the pieces of evidence. Hence, Prakash Rao & his partners slaughter him, create it as suicide, and pin him bankrupt before the public. As a result, Raghava Rao's reverence collapses, and the family is confronted with ignominy. Being conscious of it, Chanti returns, pledges to prove his brother's righteousness, and recovers every rupee of depositors, including his expenses. Then, he plans to intend his vengeance. Subsequently, these three men are also affected by the duplicity of Prakash Rao, for which Chanti selected them. Forthwith, they cluster, including Swathi, and start their mission.
At first, he moves a pawn by fetching idiotic brother Bharat from abroad. Utilizing his imbecility, Chanti incriminates the gang and bolts their passports. Next, he warns Prakash Rao via telephone and affirms that the total cost hereto is ₹1.25 (1.6¢ US). Sridhar, named Prakash Rao, figures out that Raghava Rao's brother is behind the design. Immediately, he aims to strike his family, whom Chanti hides prior. He attempts to acquire his photograph, which Chanti swaps with a petty thief, Sunil, and knaves behind him. Besides, Jeeva, Prakash Rao's acolyte, is the front office of an audio company that supersedes Swathi's song with his girlfriend, Champa. Chanti sets off the scam; as a part of it, he gains credence from Jeeva and intrudes into Prakash Rao's house. Then, Chanti switches on with his mates and starts recovering the amount. Prakash Rao's PA overhears it, so they make him temporarily dumb and disabled. Presently, Prakash Rao is conducting a massive deal with terrorists. At the time, Chanti judiciously cracks out Prakash Rao's Swiss Bank account and retrieves the totality. By that time, the PA recovers and discloses the drama. After the final combat, Chanti makes Prakash Rao confess his sin before the public and arouses his brother's glory. At last, he detonates Prakash Rao & Jeeva with their deadly weapons. Finally, the movie ends with the proclamation: Eating Public Money is Hazardous to Life.
Cast edit
- Jagapati Babu as Chanti / Sridhar / Rupay Paavla
- Neha as Swathi
- Prakash Raj as Prakash Rao
- Suman as Raghava Rao
- Brahmanandam as Prakash's P.A.
- Ali as magician Ali
- Sunil as Sunil, the thief
- M. S. Narayana as Swathi's father
- Srinivasa Reddy as Srinivasa Reddy, software engineer
- Jeeva as Jeeva
- Seetha as Seeta, Raghava's wife
- Harsha Vardhan as Prakash's goon
- Siva Reddy as Siva Reddy, mimicry artist
- Gautam Raju as Vegetable Seller
- Allari Subhashini as Jeeva's wife
- Sameer as Ramakrishnan
- Jenny
- Uttej
- Bandla Ganesh
- Siva Krishna as ACP
- Bharat as Bharat
- Shraddha Nigam as Champa
- Sirisha
- Shobha Rani
- Anitha
- Master Kaushik
- Master Tanush
Soundtrack edit
| Athade Oka Sainyam | ||||
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 27:20 | |||
| Label | SOHAN Music | |||
| Producer | S. V. Krishna Reddy | |||
| S. V. Krishna Reddy chronology | ||||
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Music was composed by S. V. Krishna Reddy and released by SOHAN Music Company. Lyrics were written by Chandra Bose.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Naa Pata Teta Telugu" | Sunitha | 5:49 |
| 2. | "August Padihedu" | SP Charan, Ravi Varma, Kousalya, Sunitha | 5:28 |
| 3. | "Maa Intiki Ninnu Pilichi" | Hariharan, Sunitha | 5:08 |
| 4. | "Nee Bulli Nikkaru Choosi" | Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal | 5:43 |
| 5. | "Yey Apparao" | Karthik, Sunitha | 5:12 |
| Total length: | 27:20 | ||
Awards edit
- Sunitha won Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Naa Paata"[3]
References edit
- ^ "Movie review - Athade Oka Sainyam". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ^ "Official Title". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ^ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)