Anukokunda Oka Roju

Anukokunda Oka Roju (transl. Unexpectedly, one day) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language neo-noir mystery-thriller film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by Gangaraju Gunnam and Venkat Dega. The film stars Jagapati Babu, Charmme Kaur and Shashank with the music composed by M.M. Keeravani.[1]

Anukokunda Oka Roju
DVD cover
Directed byChandra Sekhar Yeleti
Written byChandra Sekhar Yeleti
Gangaraju Gunnam (dialogues)
Produced byGangaraju Gunnam
Venkat Dega
StarringJagapati Babu
Charmme Kaur
Shashank
CinematographySarvesh Murari
Edited byMohan
Rama Rao
Chandra Shekar G.V.
Music byM.M. Keeravani
Production
company
Just Yellow Media
Release date
  • 30 June 2005 (2005-06-30)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

The film received two Nandi Awards (including Second Best Feature Film), a Filmfare Award South, and Santosham Film Award. It was remade as Sunday (2008) in Hindi language.[2]

Plot

The film starts with some people following a little boy coming from school. It is revealed to be ex-inspector Suresh Reddy (Jagapathi Babu) with his colleages bursting a drug-smuggler but later takes a bribe from him. On the other hand, Sahasra (Charmi) is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in playback singing.

One night she attends a rave 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 actually the day after. She is also completely unaware of what happened during that one missing day.

She realises 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, (Shashank) a cab driver who tells her she should give him 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 -

  1. at theatre when she was going to see Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. with children in her flat
  2. near a clinic
  3. near a shop
  4. and in Rajesh's house by his brother (Vasu Inturi) 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 (Pavan Malhotra), 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 was when the devotees of Surya Swami were about to die according to black magic. A man of Bojo, a teenager in which intoxicated Sahasra travelled in another car after Rajesh's trip, was killed while saving her.

At last, she was kidnapped by Surya Swami's men and was about to kill her, she was saved by Machavarapu Abbulu (Narsing Yadav), an theatre actor, the witness of Sahasra travelling in Rajesh's car.

At the end of the movie, it was revealed that the landlord of Sahasra's apartment founded her in the street when he was going to a medical shop as he was having a headache since the night. and took her to the house. Thus, the puzzle of the one-day mystery got solved.

Cast

Soundtrack
Anukokunda Oka Roju
Film score by
M.M. Keeravani
Released13 May 2005
GenreSoundtrack
Length21:48
LabelAditya Music
ProducerM.M. Keeravani
M.M. Keeravani chronology
Chatrapathi
(2005)		 Anukokunda Oka Roju
(2005)		 Allari Bullodu
(2005)

The music was composed by M.M. Keeravani.[3] The soundtrack was released on ADITYA Music Company.[4]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Evaraina Chusuntara"Sirivennela Sitarama SastrySmita3:18
2."I Wanna Sing"M.M. Keeravani, Ganga Raju, MaruthSunidhi Chauhan, Dominique Cerejo4:08
3."Humming"InstrumentalChorus2:10
4."Shaina Na Na Na"M.M. Keeravani, Ganga RajuSunidhi Chauhan5:17
5."Needalle Tharumuthuvundi"M.M. Keeravani, Ganga RajuShreya Ghoshal4:06
6."Righto Lefto"M.M. Keeravani, Ganga RajuShreya Ghoshal2:49
Total length:21:48

Awards

The film has won the following awards:

Nandi Awards -2005[5]
Filmfare Awards
Santosham Film Awards

Release

The film was released with 24 prints in Andhra Pradesh and two prints in the U.S.A.[7]

References
  1. Varma, Sankeertana (5 November 2018). "How Chandra Sekhar Yeleti's films bring layers and moral ambiguity to Telugu cinema | The News Minute". www.thenewsminute.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Ge On, Krupa (10 October 2019). "Silverscreen Recommendation: Ten Fantastic Telugu Movies And Where To Stream Them". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. http://www.raaga.com/channels/telugu/moviedetail.asp?mid=a0000492
  4. "France Dairies! Vijay Deverakonda takes a break from foreign shoot; spends time with family - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. p. 74. Retrieved 3 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Singer Smita turns nostalgic; remembers her first song with MM Keeravani - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. "Cycle Stand - Telugu Cinema Trade Story". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
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