Mahatma (film)

Mahatma is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Krishna Vamsi. This film stars Srikanth (in his 100th film) and Bhavana.[1][2] The music was composed by Vijay Antony with cinematography by Sharat and editing by Gautham Raju. The film was to release on 2 October, coinciding with Gandhi Jayanti. Due to censor issues, the film's release was postponed by a week to 9 October 2009. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Puthiya Thalapathy and in Hindi as Ek Aur Mahanayak in 2009. The film won four Nandi Awards. The film was a box office success.[3]

Mahatma
Directed byKrishna Vamsi
Produced byC R Manohar
StarringSrikanth
Bhavana
CinematographySharat
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byVijay Antony
Distributed byGolden Lion Films
Release date
  • 9 October 2009 (2009-10-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹12 crores

Plot

Dasu (Srikanth) is a rowdy in a basti in Hyderabad. He makes a living out of "settlement of petty issues". A young lawyer named Krishnaveni (Bhavana) gets him bail in a petty case, and their acquaintance soon develops into romance after a series of events. On the other hand, a politician-cum-businesswoman (Jyothi) plans to set up SEZ in that basti that move is protested by dwellers headed by a genuine leader (Sekhar). Meanwhile, a local politician-cum-rowdy leader named Dada (Jaya Prakash Reddy) also protests against the businesswoman and seeks Rs. 200 crores if she wants to set up SEZ there. Dasu initially believes Dada as a good politician and works for him. When Dada tries to take advantage of Dasu, he realizes his fault and plans to contest against him on a newly floated Mahatma party. How Krishnavani and local theatre artistes bring a change in Dasu and make him realize the importance of Mahatma Gandhi's ideology is a core point of the movie.

Cast

Soundtrack
Mahatma
Soundtrack album by
Vijay Antony
Released2009
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageTelugu
Vijay Antony chronology
Ninaithale Inikkum
(2009)		 Mahatma
(2009)		 Vettaikaaran
(2009)

The song "Yem Jaruguthundi" was inspired from the song "Aen Ennaku Mayakkam" from the movie Naan Avanillai. Similarly "Jajjanaka" from "Naaka Mukka" song from the movie Kadhalil Vizhunthen[4] and the song "Dailamo" from "Dailamo Dailamo" from the film Dishyum.

All music is composed by Vijay Antony.

Track list[5]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Indiramma"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryS. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:52
2."Yem Jaruguthundi"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryKarthik, Sangeetha5:07
3."Kurra Kurra"Suddala Ashok TejaVijay Antony, Surchith, Vinaya4:23
4."Thalayetthi"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryS. P. Balasubrahmanyam3:22
5."Jajjanaka"Lakshmi BhoopalVijay Antony4:59
6."Dailamo"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryBalaji, Sangeetha, Megha4:28
7."Neela Poori"Kasarla ShyamKasarla Shyam3:36
Total length:30:50

Awards
Nandi Awards - 2009[6]

See also

References
  1. "Review: Mahatma is verbose and preachy".
  2. "Mahatma film review - Telugu cinema Review - Srikanth & Bhavana".
  3. Sindhu Vijayakumar (27 November 2009). "Vijay Antony: Roles galore". The Times of India.
  4. "Namitha, Sathyaraj, Nakka Mukka". Behindwoods. 13 April 2009.
  5. "Mahathma". Spotify. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. "Nandi awards 2009 announced - Telugu cinema news".
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