Gharshana

Gharshana
Directed by	Gautham Menon
Written by	Gautham Menon
Screenplay by	Gautham Menon
Story by	Gautham Menon
Based on	Kaakha Kaakha by Gautham Menon
Produced by	G.Sivaraju C.Venkatraju
Starring	Venkatesh Asin
Narrated by	Venkatesh
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Production company	Geeta Chitra International
Release date	30 July 2004 (2004-07-30)
Running time	159 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Gharshana (transl. 'Friction' or 'Clash') is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film produced by G.Sivaraju & C.Venkatraju on Geeta Chitra International banner, directed by Gautham Menon. It is the Telugu remake of the 2003 Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha. Venkatesh and Asin played the lead roles and music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Venkatesh was highly praised for his performance and it marked a highlight in his career.

Plot

Ramachandra IPS (Daggubati Venkatesh) is the Deputy Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad City. His upbringing as an orphan and the special nature of his job as a policeman have left him reluctant to form relationships with women. He doesn't have much faith in the judicial system and seeks to 'eliminate' the criminals in the town through encounters.

Rama Chandra, however, has fallen in love with Maya (Asin Thottumkal). She is a school teacher and has fallen in love with him. Initially, he shuns her love, fearing that his enemies might cause harm to her. But her love is so deep for him that she is willing to take this risk, and they are married.

In one of his encounters, Rama Chandra kills Das, an Orissa-based leader of a criminal family, and his troubles begin. Das’ brother Panda (Salim Baig) resolves to take revenge on Rama Chandra for the death of his brother by targeting Chandra's friends and family members. Maya is kidnapped by these villains and her husband sets out to rescue her and to free Hyderabad City of this criminal menace at the same time. Despite facing growing horror and betrayal at every step, Ramachandra violently finishes off Panda and his mafia, and also rescuing his wounded wife. The ending scene features Rama Chandra a few months later, calling out to his wife 'Maya' and both leaving in a car.

Cast

• Venkatesh as D.C.P Ramachandra I.P.S
• Asin as Maya
• Salim Baig as Panda
• Ravi Prakash as Rajesh
• Daniel Balaji as Srikhanth
• Vamsi Krishna as Jagan
• Yog Japee as Das
• Satyam Rajesh as Ansari
• Minale Ravi
• Raj P Kannan
• Sugaa Nandan
• Goa Sharma
• Srinivas
• Anand
• deepan
• Amitha
• Chandana
• Yana Gupta as item number in "Aadatanamaa"

Soundtrack

Gharshana
Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj
Released	16 June 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	30:12
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Kaakha Kaakha (2003) Gharshana (2004) Chellamae (2004)

Music composed by Harris Jayaraj. All songs were blockbusters. The music was released by ADITYA Music Company. (The soundtrack of Kaakha Kaakha was retained in the Telugu remake except "Andagaada" and "Ye Chilipi".)

All lyrics are written by Kulasekhar

Track list

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Cheliya Cheliya"	KK, Suchitra	5:19
2.	"Nanne Nanne"	Tippu, Pop Shalini	5:53
3.	"Ye Chilipi"	Srinivas	5:14
4.	"Andagaada"	Harini	5:20
5.	"Aadatanamaa"	Sunitha Sarathy, Febi Mani	4:48
6.	"Theme Music" (Instrumental)		2:17
Total length:			30:12

Production

Gautham Menon subsequently remade the film in the Telugu language for producer Venkata Raju.

Reviews

Idlebrain wrote: "The second half starts in an interesting style and it loses the steam as the climax approaches. The plus points of this film are music, Venkatesh, photography and stylish taking. The negative points are slow narration, lack of Telugu commercial elements, dry scenes and lack of substance. This film has got more style and less substance". Indiaglitz wrote: "the film redeems itself due to the technical excellence and masterful craft of Gowtham. In that, he has married the best of Ram Gopal Varma and Manirathnam (urban finesse, short, crisp and natural dialogues and getting the best out of his music director)". Fullhyderabad wrote: "The action fans will love this movie. The encounters are sadistically gory! And that forms half of the movie". Sify wrote: "Speed, style and sparkle are the essence of Gharshana".

External links

• Gharshana at IMDb