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Directed by | Kodi Ramakrishna |
Written by | Chintapalli Ramana |
Produced by | M Shyam Prasad Reddy |
Starring | Anushka Shetty Sonu Sood Arjan Bajwa |
Cinematography | K Senthil Kumar |
Edited by | Marthand K Venkatesh |
Music by | Koti |
Production company | |
Release date | January 16, 2009 |
Country | ![]() |
Language | Telugu Dubbed in Tamil |
Budget | 13 crores[1] |
Box office | 40 crores |
Arundhati is a 2009 Telugu film starring Anushka as the protagonist. It was directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.
Plot
Arundhati (Anushka) is the great grand daughter of the Raja of Gadwal Mahasamsthan. Arrangements are being made for her marriage. Arundhati visits her native place before marriage. Her beau (Arjan) asks her to come to the fort of Gadwal, where she faces a horrible experience. Learning the history from an aged servant maid Chandramma (Manorama), Arundhati comes to know that she is a look alike of her great grandmother Arundhati/Jejjamma(Anuska).
Jejjamma is an expert in painting, dancing and martial arts(essential skills for princesses). She has an elder sister who is married off to her father's nephew Pasupathi (Sonu Sood). Pasupathi a womaniser rapes the women he likes and kills those who objects.Jejjamma's sister commits suicide and the people of Gadwal thrash Pasupathi severely and tie him to his horse. Though Gadwal celebrates his death, he is saved by Aghoras(saints who practice dark arts). Pasupathi masters the tantrik arts and returns to Gadwal to exact his revenge.
Pasupathi unleashes carnage as he uses his powers to torture innocent people.Jejjamma performs a special dance mixed with martial arts to lull Pasupathi and then cuts off his tongue(thus ending the incantations) and pins his hands. She spares him from killing to prevent him from becoming a 'pretatma'(a demonic poltergeist). Pasupathi is buried alive in a tomb and powerful 'yantras'(defensive spells) with inscriptions from Vedas and holy scriptures are put on it to prevent the 'pretatma' from coming out. Jejjamma then as a final countermeasure sacrifices her own life by going through intense torture. She is burnt alive and her relics are fashioned into a dagger. The one weapon that could destroy Pasupathi forever.
After this revelation through flashback, a worker in a trance, unknowingly breaks the tomb and releases the 'pretatma'. The revenge drama ensues again. Anwar (Sayaji Shinde) who treats patients through sorcery tells her that she is none other than Jekkamma and asks her to fight Pasupathi. From the portrait of Jejjamma which was painted by Jejjamma herself during her last days before leaving the fort, Arundhati comes to know that her great grandmother had prepared a 'weapon' with her own bones and had kept it with some tribals. Anwar and Arundhati proceed to procure the weapon and in this process Anwar meets with an accident and falls off a cliff.
Arundhati, believing that Anwar is dead and is left with no option returns to the fort to surrender herself to Pasupathi, to prevent the death of her family members. Anwar, who survives the fall, collects the weapon and hands it to Arundhati. The Aghoras who crafted the weapon for Jejjamma tell Anwar that the wepon has to be soaked in Arundhathi's blood before it can be used otherwise it will not work. Arundathi tries to kill Pasupathi using the weapon without being soaked in the blood but it does not work. Before Anwar tells the secret about the weapon being soaked in blood, Pasupathi kills him. Without any option, Arundhati tries to kill herself with the same weapon and in the process the weapon gets soaked in her blood. The Dagger glows bright and the power incantations inscribed on it glow with energy and Arundhati kills Pasupathi.
Cast
- Anushka Shetty as Arundathi also as Jejjamma
- Sonu Sood as Pasupathi
- Arjan Bajwa as Rahul
- Shiyaji Shinde as Anwar
- Manorama as Chandramma
- Kaikala Satyanarayana as Bhupathi Raja
- Annapurna
- Ahuti Prasad
- Chalapati Rao
- Siva Parvati
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Reviews
The director has used a one line story but then he has been masterly in keeping the audience engaged throughout. The presentation was tremendous and the narrative was equally gripping, the script had no flaws and the screenplay was absolutely impressive. The dialogues were written with vigor, music really sank well with the story and gave some melodious tracks. Cinematography was mesmerizing and captured the angles and sets really well. A special mention goes to the graphics department without which the film would not have been so grand. Editing was crisp, costumes were grand and rich. The other departments have contributed equally well to add value to the film.
Anushka has come out with a revelation that she has a true actress inside her, she fitted the role of Jejamma spot on and looked like a perfect royal lady. She reminds of the yesteryears beauty Jayaprada in that get up. Sonu Sood was equally competent and he has expressed enough venom in this role and was perfect fit. Sayaji Shinde was excellent, he brought in a lot of life and energy with his dialogues and performance, Satyanarayana was neat, Manorama was mature, the others like Ahuti, Chalapathi Rao, Annapurna were upto the mark. Subhashini was scary enough to drive the wits away. Baby Divya was a show stealer. The others were apt.
The film happens to be a complete mix of graphics, sentiments, spirituality, occultism and most importantly it has kept the audience engaged throughout the length of its movie despite the lack of commercial elements or comedy. While the first half goes about with the present day scenario and the evil attempts, the second half gets into flashback and contains some major scenes. Technically, it has been made with high magnitude and that should ensure the film's success. The horror effects also help. A very refreshing movie.
It is worthless if we dont specify the voice of Sonusood, which was given by RAVI SHANKAR(Sai Kumar's Brother). Usually he gives dubbing in one day per a picture. But it took 17 days to complete the dubbing for this movie. Particularly the way he spelled the dialogue "Ninnu vadala Bommali" stole the entire show.
Box Office
- The film grossed 50 crores[2][3][4] at the box office including 5 crores as Tamil version[5][6][7][8] and 2 crores as Hindi version.[9]
- Satellite rights fetched 7 crores.[10]
arundhati film collected more than 65 crores in telugu.and satellite rights are sold out for 5.5 crores.
References
Anushka videos intervies in various chanells Anushka speaks on the making of Arundhathi . http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7kfKi1alc8 . Anushka interview abt Arundhathi in etv . http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zw3VOBOSw . Anushka interview abt Arundathi in local tv Part 1: http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Dmly751cw . Part 2: http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=QOOPUF-dG7o . Anushka shares success of Arundhathi http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=L65vVjHCKBo . Anushka TV5 interview abt Arundathi in tv5 http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=MedBi798WTo . Anushka interview in e tv abt Arundathi part 1:http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Y40wsG1Bwzs . Part2:http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=TWL74E43BQg . Anushka interview in maa tv abt Arundathi part 1:http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=CKDfq_QqzIY . Part2:http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=ai-pihlSRPs . Anushka interview in gemini tv abt Arundathi part 1:http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=QcxbdN0BaXM . Part2:http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=i2kTIXtM7zM