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The city of Hyderabad is rife with nefarious activities of land mafia. There are two rival gangs, one under Ali Bhai([[Prakash Raj]]) who resides in Dubai and controls the operation through his underlings Naik and Mona. The other gang is operated by local goon Narayan. Both threaten builders and land owners into giving them hafta/protection money or real estate property, through means of force, extortion or murder. Syed Pasha([[Sayaji Shinde]]) arrives as the new Commissioner of Hyderabad and starts cracking on goons in the city. |
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Pandu ([[Mahesh Babu]]) is a mafia hench man who is willing to kill anyone and anywhere for money. In a visit to his uncles aerobic center he meets Sruthi ([[Ileana D'Cruz]]) he gets attracted to her, Both meet each other several times coincidentally such as on the train, in the market, and even stuck in the elevator together. Soon, he falls in love with Sruthi ([[Ileana D'Cruz]]). Sruthi starts to like Pandu, but she was hesitant to express her love towards him. |
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The movie begins with Pandu([[Mahesh Babu]]), a local goon who will kill anyone, anytime for money, being chased by Mallesh, a member of Ali Bhai's gang and his henchmen. Pandu has taken a contract from Narayan to beat up Mallesh, which he does successfully. Impressed by his ability to handle a seasoned gangster like Mallesh and his henchmen, Naik invites Pandu to join Ali bhai's gang. Pandu declines the offer stating that he does not work for any gang, but is ready to do anything, given enough money. Meanwhile, Pandu encounters Shruthi([[Ileana D'Cruz]]) when he visits his uncle's aerobics class. He is bowled over by her beauty, though she disregards him as a thug. Shruthi a college going student, lives with her widowed mother and younger brother. Brahmanandam([[Brahmanandam]]) lives above Shruthi's house, is a major source of irritation for her family, as he incessantly tries to convince Shruthi into marrying him. Sub inspector Pashupathy([[Ashish Vidyarthi]]), is a corrupt officer in the colony where Pandu and shruthi live. He goes hand in glove with the land mafia, often helping them out in their activities. He is also on the payroll of Ali Bhai. He is also a lecherous man, whose eye falls on Shruthi and he decides to make her his mistress. |
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Just when Sruthi confesses her love to Pandu, a bunch of mafia goons attack Pandu. But Pandu is able to kill all of them, and in front of Sruthi's eyes. Sruthi has never known that Pandu was working for a mafia gang, and is terrified. |
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Pandu's first assignment with Ali Bhai's gang is to kill a member of Narayan's gang. However, police show up at the spot where Pandu and the other gangsters are waiting for the kill. Pandu distracts the cops long enough for the others to finish the task and flee. He also helps Shruthi escape from Pashupathy, in the middle of all this. She is impressed by his kindness and starts developing friendship with him. He also starts having feelings for her, which are reciprocated by Shruthi. When she expresses her feelings towards him, they are attacked by members of Narayan's gang, whom Pandu single handedly finishes off. Shruthi is shocked to learn that Pandu is a seasoned ganagster and has no qualms in killing people. |
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Pandu becomes a part of the gang headed by Ali Bhai ([[Prakash Raj]]), a Dubai based don. Ali Bhai wants to kill a minister in public by using a bomb blast, but Pandu refuses as it will cause many innocent deaths. As they are discussing and arguing, the police come and arrest Ali Bhai, who has been wanted for a long time. |
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Pashupathy starts harassing Shruthi and her mother, and wants them to cater his lecherous demands. On realizing that Shruthi is about to get married, he arranges to have some thugs put up a mock show of molesting Shruthi, so that no decent family will want to take her as their daughter-in-law and with no other option Shruthi and her mother will accept his demands. Pandu gets wind of this and trashes Pashupathy incognito, warning him that if he is responsible for this incident then things will turn very ugly for him. |
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Ali Bhai’s rowdies kidnap the senior police officer's daughter. Blackmailing him with the same, Ali Bhai comes out from prison. After coming from jail, Ali Bhai comes to know that somebody from his group is a [[police officer]]. |
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Unable to withstand the interference by Narayan into his gangs operations, Ali Bhai comes to Hyderabad and kills Narayan in person. He also meets Pandu to discuss with him the killing of a minister by blowing up a bomb. Pandu however, disagrees to Ali Bhai's method as it is his principle not to kill women and children. In the middle of their argument, police raid the club and arrest Ali Bhai. His gang members retaliate by creating a lewd video of Police Commissioner's daughter and releasing it to media. They also kidnap the Commissioner's daughter, forcing the police to release Ali Bhai. After coming out, Ali Bhai starts torturing the Commissioner's daughter, who accidentally reveals that her father has placed a mole in Ali Bhai's gang. This causes a lot of tensions and after digging up some old records they find that Pandu's uncle was formerly a circle inspector and his son Krishna Manohar is now a part of Pandu's gang. Assuming him to be the mole, Ali Bhai kills Krishna Manohar in front of his dad. However, it is then revealed that the person who died is not Krishna Manohar but Ajay. It is then revealed that Krishna Manohar the actual son of the circle inspector is none other than Pandu. His father explains that Krishna Manohar is a gold medalist IPS officer, who has been masquerading as a thug so that he can penetrate the underworld and wipe it out from the inside it. |
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Not knowing who this is in his gang, he finds out the name of his father and goes there hoping to kill the snitch. He kills a man there ''believing him to be Krishna Manohar'', but soon finds out that the man was only the police officer's brother([[adopted]]). To find the true identity of the police officer, he kills his father ([[Nasser]]). |
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The movie concludes with Krishna Manoher/Pandu avenging his father's death by finishing off all members of Ali Bhai's gang including Ali Bhai and Pasupathy. |
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As the news spreads as to his father's death, the police vehicles arrive and out steps Krishna Manohar (who is none other than Pandu). Krishna Manohar goes to Ali Bhai's hideout, and after a gripping climax, kills him and his gang. |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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Revision as of 07:51, 29 October 2008
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| Directed by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Written by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Produced by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Starring | Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Ashish Vidyarthi Ali, Brahmanandam |
| Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Distributed by | Vaishno Academy |
Release dates | April 28, 2006 |
Running time | 157 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | Rs.17 crores |
Pokiri (Telugu: పోకిరి, English translation: Rogue) is a 2006 Telugu movie directed, written, and produced by Puri Jagannadh. Mahesh Babu plays the lead role while Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, and Ashish Vidyarthi play supporting roles. Mani Sharma was the music director, Shyam K. Naidu handled cinematography , and was edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on April 28, 2006.This telugu blockbuster was remade in tamil with the same title.
The film was premiered at the 2006 International Indian Film Academy Awards.[1]
Plot
The city of Hyderabad is rife with nefarious activities of land mafia. There are two rival gangs, one under Ali Bhai(Prakash Raj) who resides in Dubai and controls the operation through his underlings Naik and Mona. The other gang is operated by local goon Narayan. Both threaten builders and land owners into giving them hafta/protection money or real estate property, through means of force, extortion or murder. Syed Pasha(Sayaji Shinde) arrives as the new Commissioner of Hyderabad and starts cracking on goons in the city.
The movie begins with Pandu(Mahesh Babu), a local goon who will kill anyone, anytime for money, being chased by Mallesh, a member of Ali Bhai's gang and his henchmen. Pandu has taken a contract from Narayan to beat up Mallesh, which he does successfully. Impressed by his ability to handle a seasoned gangster like Mallesh and his henchmen, Naik invites Pandu to join Ali bhai's gang. Pandu declines the offer stating that he does not work for any gang, but is ready to do anything, given enough money. Meanwhile, Pandu encounters Shruthi(Ileana D'Cruz) when he visits his uncle's aerobics class. He is bowled over by her beauty, though she disregards him as a thug. Shruthi a college going student, lives with her widowed mother and younger brother. Brahmanandam(Brahmanandam) lives above Shruthi's house, is a major source of irritation for her family, as he incessantly tries to convince Shruthi into marrying him. Sub inspector Pashupathy(Ashish Vidyarthi), is a corrupt officer in the colony where Pandu and shruthi live. He goes hand in glove with the land mafia, often helping them out in their activities. He is also on the payroll of Ali Bhai. He is also a lecherous man, whose eye falls on Shruthi and he decides to make her his mistress.
Pandu's first assignment with Ali Bhai's gang is to kill a member of Narayan's gang. However, police show up at the spot where Pandu and the other gangsters are waiting for the kill. Pandu distracts the cops long enough for the others to finish the task and flee. He also helps Shruthi escape from Pashupathy, in the middle of all this. She is impressed by his kindness and starts developing friendship with him. He also starts having feelings for her, which are reciprocated by Shruthi. When she expresses her feelings towards him, they are attacked by members of Narayan's gang, whom Pandu single handedly finishes off. Shruthi is shocked to learn that Pandu is a seasoned ganagster and has no qualms in killing people.
Pashupathy starts harassing Shruthi and her mother, and wants them to cater his lecherous demands. On realizing that Shruthi is about to get married, he arranges to have some thugs put up a mock show of molesting Shruthi, so that no decent family will want to take her as their daughter-in-law and with no other option Shruthi and her mother will accept his demands. Pandu gets wind of this and trashes Pashupathy incognito, warning him that if he is responsible for this incident then things will turn very ugly for him.
Unable to withstand the interference by Narayan into his gangs operations, Ali Bhai comes to Hyderabad and kills Narayan in person. He also meets Pandu to discuss with him the killing of a minister by blowing up a bomb. Pandu however, disagrees to Ali Bhai's method as it is his principle not to kill women and children. In the middle of their argument, police raid the club and arrest Ali Bhai. His gang members retaliate by creating a lewd video of Police Commissioner's daughter and releasing it to media. They also kidnap the Commissioner's daughter, forcing the police to release Ali Bhai. After coming out, Ali Bhai starts torturing the Commissioner's daughter, who accidentally reveals that her father has placed a mole in Ali Bhai's gang. This causes a lot of tensions and after digging up some old records they find that Pandu's uncle was formerly a circle inspector and his son Krishna Manohar is now a part of Pandu's gang. Assuming him to be the mole, Ali Bhai kills Krishna Manohar in front of his dad. However, it is then revealed that the person who died is not Krishna Manohar but Ajay. It is then revealed that Krishna Manohar the actual son of the circle inspector is none other than Pandu. His father explains that Krishna Manohar is a gold medalist IPS officer, who has been masquerading as a thug so that he can penetrate the underworld and wipe it out from the inside it.
The movie concludes with Krishna Manoher/Pandu avenging his father's death by finishing off all members of Ali Bhai's gang including Ali Bhai and Pasupathy.
Production
Ayesha Takia was approached to play the role of Shruti but declined the role. It later went to Ileana D'Cruz.[2][3] Ironically, Ayesha Takia will now be playing the same role in the Hindi remake of Pokiri
Cast
- Mahesh Babu ... Pandu/Krishna Manohar
- Ileana D'Cruz ... Sruthi
- Prakash Raj ... Ali Bhai
- Sayaji Shinde ... ACP Syed Mohammad Basha Khadri
- Ashish Vidyarthi ... Inspector Pasupathi
- Brahmanandam ... Brahmi - Software Engineer, Sruthi's neighbor
- Nassar ... Father of Krishna Manohar and Ajay
- Subbaraju ... Nayar
- Ali ... Beggar's Leader
- Mumaith Khan ... Item number
- Ajay ... Ajay
- Jyothirana Mona
- master sai child actor
Music
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The film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma. The music was launched on March 30, 2006 and was released in stores on April 6, 2006.
- Deva devuda - Naveen
- Gala Gala - Nihaal
- Ippatakinka - Murilidhar & Suchitra
- Jagadame - Kunal Ganjawala
- Chododhantunna - Karthik & Mahalakshmi
Release
- The film released in 297 screens,including 254 in andhra Pradesh, 20 in Karnataka,3 in Orissa,3 in Tamil Nadu,1 in Mumbai and 16 in Overseas.[4]
- The film lately released in 30 theatres in Orissa.[5]
Box office
In its first week of release, Pokiri collected a share of 9.11 crores.[6]
- The film is claimed to have collected a share of Rs.46 crores in its total run.[7]
Andhra Pradesh
- The film grossed Rs.1.63 crores in 189 days from Sudershan35mm,which is the highest single theatre gross in Andhra Pradesh[8] and also the 4th film of Mahesh Babu to gross more than Rs.1 crore in a single theatre.[9]
- The film netted a distributors' share of Rs.3.12 crores in its entire run from Guntur which is the highest for any film in Guntur.[10]
Karnataka
- The film had a 100% opening in all the 12 theatres in which it was screened in Bangalore collecting a distributors' share of Rs.100 lakhs in 1 week.[11]
- It collected a distributors' share of Rs.2.08 crores in 75 days.[12]
Chennai
- Pokiri debuted in Chennai at no. 2 position with a 98.5% opening[13],collecting a distributors' share of Rs.12 lakhs in its first week from Tamil Nadu.[14]
- The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.403 lakhs from Chennai.[15]
Orissa
- The film collected a share of Rs.12 lakhs in its first 2 weeks after the release[16] and Rs.14 lakhs in 3 weeks.
- The film had a direct 100 days run in 2 centres and also a shift run in 4 theatres.[17]
Maharashtra
- The film collected a share of Rs.15 lakhs in its first 2 weeks after the release[18] and Rs.18.44 lakhs in 3 weeks.[19]
Overseas
- In the US,the film grossed $350,000 by June 2006.[20]Totally,it collected a distributors' share of over Rs.2.5 crores from USA.[21]
- It collected a distributors' share of Rs.15 lakhs from Gulf region and Rs.12 lakhs from United Kingdom.[22]
- The film collected a distributors' share of Rs.12.8 lakhs from Australia and Rs 11.72 lakhs from Singapore in 10 weeks.[23]
Awards
- Mahesh Babu - Filmfare Award; Best Actor For The Year 2006
- Puri Jagannadh - Filmfare Award; Best Director For The Year 2006
- Nandi Awards-Film providing wholesome entertainment for the year 2006 or popular feature film
See also
Footnotes
- ^ "idlebrain.com". Pokiri at IIFA Dubai. Retrieved 13 February.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "totaltollywood.com". Ayesha Takia not in Pokiri. Retrieved 4 November.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "andhracafe.com". Ayesha to let go Pokiri. Retrieved 29 December.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Pokiri release centres
- ^ [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=156 Pokiri 100 days in 200 centres,144 direct]
- ^ "totaltollywood.com". Tollywood Box Office Report. Retrieved 8 December.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Pokiri 561 days.
- ^ Top 6 Grossers in Hyderabad.
- ^ Pokiri 75 days records
- ^ Pokiri still on top!
- ^ Pokiri in Karnataka
- ^ Pokiri 75 days records
- ^ Chennai Box Office April 28-May 01 2006
- ^ Pokiri first week share
- ^ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14544603&cid=2363 Prince is back!]
- ^ BOX OFFICE IS SINGING AND DANCING TO THE TUNE OF ‘PRINCE’
- ^ [http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=156 Pokiri 100 days in 200+ centers, 144 direct]
- ^ BOX OFFICE IS SINGING AND DANCING TO THE TUNE OF ‘PRINCE’
- ^ Pokiri 3 weeks collections
- ^ "sify.com". Pokiri power. Retrieved 8 December.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Half Yearly report!
- ^ Telugu cinema trade report for the first half of 2006
- ^ Pokiri 75 days records.
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