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| director = [[Y. V. S. Chowdary]] |
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| starring = [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]]<br />[[Simran (actress)|Simran]]<br />[[Anushka Shetty]]<br />[[Nisha Kothari]]<br />[[Ashutosh Rana]] |
| starring = [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]]<br />[[Simran (actress)|Simran]]<br />[[Anushka Shetty]]<br />[[Nisha Kothari]]<br />[[Ashutosh Rana]] |
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| music = [[Mani Sharma]] |
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| cinematography = Madhu A. Naidu<br /> |
| cinematography = Madhu A. Naidu<br />[[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|C. Ramprasad]] |
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| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]] |
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| studio = Bommarillu |
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| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|1| |
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'''''Okka Magaadu''''' ({{translation|One |
'''''Okka Magaadu''''' ({{translation|One man}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Vigilante film|vigilante]] [[action film|action]] film written, produced and directed by [[Y. V. S. Chowdary]]. The film stars [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]], [[Ashutosh Rana]], [[Anushka Shetty]], [[Simran (actress)|Simran]] and [[Priyanka Kothari|Nisha Kothari]]. The film's music was composed by [[Mani Sharma]]. The film was overwhelmingly criticized for its silly action sequences, actors' performances, bad double-meaning jokes, and being similar to the 1996 film ''[[Indian (1996 film)|Indian]]''. The film was a huge [[box-office bomb]] and remains as one of the worst films in Balakrishna's filmography.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/okka-magaadu/telugu/okka-magaadu-movie-reviews-2192-2.html | title=Okka Magaadu Review | access-date=2024-06-12 | website=movies.fullhyderabad.com}}</ref> |
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''Okka Magaadu'' was one of the most anticipated Telugu films of 2008, but became ‘Disaster’ at the box office amidst high expectations and vibe around the film at that time. This film had many similarities regarding storyline with 1996 Tamil film [[Indian (1996 film)|Indian]], including character design of the protagonist. The audience heavily panned and criticised mainly for destroying the [[Indian (1996 film)|original script]], film’s lengthy duration, Balakrishna's bad heroism, bad [[double entendre|double meaning]] dialogues, illogical and gravity defying action sequences, [[VFX|poor VFX]] & [[Computer-generated_imagery|graphics]] highly adult content, half-nudity, misogynist scenes, lack of logic & lack of originality. The film was a huge disaster in Balakrishna’s and Chowdary’s career and film bombed at box office and it is considered as one of the worst films in [[Telugu Film Industry|TFI]].<ref name="Heading">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0928160/reviews |title=Heading |publisher=IMDb}}</ref><ref name="Heading-2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cinegoer.net/reviews/okkamagadu.htm |title=Heading-2 |publisher=Cinegoer}}</ref><ref name="Heading-3">{{cite web|url=http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/okka-magaadu/telugu/okka-magaadu-movie-reviews-2192-2.html |title=Heading-3 |publisher=fullhyd}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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The film begins with Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy, an arbiter of a terrain esteemed as a deity. In his reign, that area is eternal from four sides. He resides with his grandmother. Baby / Sarada looks hyperactive, but Satyanarayana treats her as an infant. Once, Satyanarayana defenses a turtle dove and gives a call to the boy's affluent father [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]] Namboodriyar, who proceeds and panics, sighting his tremendous vast acolytes of Satyanarayana. He gallantly espouses them in front of CM, which infuriates him. At that juncture, Bhavani, Namboodriyar's daughter, gets fascinated with Satyanarayana. Parallelly, Aliveelu, a journalist, also crushes for him, and the two compete. |
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Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy is beloved by villagers whose lives were forever changed by his presence. His grandmother, Baby, whose husband had dedicated his life to gaining independence for his country, was taken as a prisoner of war and declared [[missing in action]]. Meanwhile, corrupt doctors, lawyers, and journalists are allegedly killed, but their bodies were never found. Swamy one day protects and conducts the marriage of young couples who were in love with each other but the boy's father, [[Chief Minister]] Namboodriyar, doesn't allow him. The CM gets warned by Swamy not to destroy his son's wish to live with the lover girl. Enraged CM hires goons from Kerala to kill his son and his lover. Meanwhile, CBI finds Swamy in the judge's office and suspects the kidnap of this judge by Swamy as they check CCTV footage showing Swamy's walk-in. At night heavy fight between the goons with Okka Magudu, and the CBI arrested Swamy same time. During the time of interrogation in the CBI office, an old man named Raghupati Raghava Rajaram alias Okka Magadu comes forward and claims to have committed the alleged murders. Okka Magadu fights all the CBI to escape from there. The same night chief minister's Swiss account money get looted by Okka Magadu that transferred to the international welfare society by Okka Magadu. Right now, the enraged CM visits the CBI officers who now in hospital and insults them. Thereby, CBI tracks and finds some relation with Swamy village and thus enters Swamy House and calls Okka Magadu a traitor when Baby reveals the past. During the pre-independence era, Okka Magadu was a doctor who turned into an extreme fighter against the British people when he finds his siblings are mercilessly killed by officer Douglas. Okka Magadu decapitates Douglas when he tries to humiliate the Baby alias Sharada. Thereafter, he nuptials her. Now British people get immense loss due to Okka Magadu, so, they decide to give freedom to India with a cabal that to hand over all the extremists that including Okka Magadu where they deceive by exploding the ship in the middle of the sea from which but Okka Magadu escaped. At present, CBI officers respect Okka Magadu and announce their followers. At last, the CM tries to get meeting in front of judge to show oka magadu as the killer but oka magadu brings all the bad people who were missing thus the cm gets again exposed of bad activities when a final video show cm with the opposition leader proposes 5lak rupes for somebody who died to protest against case removal that charged against okamagadu but was a planned killing..now cm brings his goons to fight with okamagadu and a terrific fight happens. Finally scene show flight with cm and an opposition leader with bad goons behind travels abroad but okamagadu who already driven away the pilot tells the flight will hit mountain and they all die.. ending scene show reporter ask sharada if she believes oka magadu will come back and sharada tells he told he will come back.. now okamagadu is seen walking between the mountains by the side of the exploded plane. |
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Meanwhile, the doctors, lawyers, and journalists terrifically vitiated society when a 101-year-old man, ''Okka Magadu,'' raises a [[missing in action]] against them. He allegedly kills the miscreants, but their bodies are missing, and that catastrophe creates mayhem in the country. Today, the government handed over the case to [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] under the charge of AK, who is in the thick of it. So, he makes a trap to clutch the secret killer. Plus, he views CCTV footage of the Okka Magadu abducting a judge. Upon which, AK affirms it is impossible the man is old by his body language & strength and uncovers his young shade, i.e., Satyanarayana. Since it is not feasible in his area, they silently operate at night and seize him. |
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Simultaneously, Namboodriyar ruses to eliminate love birds and assaults them when they stab Baby / Sarada while hindering them. Here lands Raghupati Raghava Rajaram / Okka Mogadu, Baby /Sarada's husband, a guerrilla & tall warrior whom she discerns and faints. Concurrently, CBI is under the interrogation of Satyanarayana while Okka Mogadu arrives and acquits him, stating he is a homicide. Next, he absconds from there, amid AK traces particular relevance between Satyanarayana & Okka Mogadu. So, he reaches their village and claims Okka Magadu is a traitor when enraged Baby / Sarada reveals him as a great patriot who dedicated his life to the country. |
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Now, the tale shifts to the pre-independence era. Raghupati Raghava Rajaram is a benevolent doctor who treats everyone equally and believes that human life is precious. Plus, he impedes participation in the movement as he promised his parents to take care of his younger. During that period, an evil British controlling authority, Douglas, omits conformity and ruthlessly kills anybody. Once, he slaughters the siblings of Raghupati Raghava Rajaram when he turns into a rebel Okka Magadu as incensed. Later, Douglas attempts to molest Sarada, an insurgent, when Okka Magadu decapitates him and knits her. Following, he knocks down Britishers gigantically. Hence, they declared independence, providing that all the revolutionaries surrendered as [[Prisoner of war|POW]], including Okka Magadu. Before leaving, he promises pregnant Sarada to return. After 60 years, Okka Magadu escapes from their prison and reaches India. Whereat he experiences the contrast between virtual & reality. Satyanarayana is delighted to know such a ''man of the mark'' as his grandfather. |
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Further, Okka Magadu retrieves the ill-gotten gains of CM from the [[Swiss Bank Corporation|Swiss bank]] and endows them to human welfare organizations. Thus, the livid CM cabal planned the killing and forged it as a protest to protect Okka Magadu. He announced blood money for victims, accelerating massive suicides out of poverty. It is inevitable for Okka Magadu's famous appearance before the open court at a stadium between giant applause. On the spot, Okka Magadu exposes the diabolic shade of CM and produces the outlaws who are supposed to be slain by him before the judiciary. At last, all the criminals plan to cross the borders on a flight that crashed by Okka Magadu. After a while, a reporter moves to Sarada / Baby, and she proclaims that he will be back. Finally, the movie ends with showing Okka Magadu walking between the mountains by the side of the exploded aircraft. |
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==Cast== |
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==Production== |
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The project was announced on 9 August 2006. Director [[Y. V. S. Chowdary]] got the title ''Okka Magaadu'' from a song composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]] for the film ''[[Seetayya]]'' (2003). After registering the title, Chowdary began developing a screenplay tailored for a "hero worshipping" film. He believed that [[Nandamuri Balakrishna]] was "the only hero who could do justice" to the role and presented the screenplay to him during the post-production of ''[[Devadasu (2006 film)|Devadasu]]'' (2006). Chowdary said he would have scrapped the project if Balakrishna had turned it down. Chowdary described the film as a "[[South India]]n spicy meal".<ref name="interview1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/chitchat-yvs-okkamagaadu.html|title = YVS Chowdary interview on Okka Magaadu - chitchat - Telugu film director}}</ref> |
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Filming began in December 2006, but only three songs were completed in the following four months. After a hiatus, shooting resumed in April 2007 and completed in December that year. The film was shot in various locations, including Australia, [[Malaysia]], [[Rayalaseema]], [[Rajahmundry]], and [[Hyderabad]]. The old aged looks of Balakrishna and Simran were designed by Eeswar, and the team went to the United States for 20 days to consult with make-up technicians. Applying the makeup took four hours, and removing it took one hour for Balakrishna.<ref name="interview1"/> |
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==Soundtrack== |
==Soundtrack== |
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| length = 35:57 |
| length = 35:57 |
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| label = Supreme Music |
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| producer = [[Mani Sharma]] |
| producer = [[Mani Sharma]] |
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==Release== |
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''Okka Magaadu'' was released in theatres on 11 January 2008. |
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===Critical reception=== |
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Critic from ''[[Sify]]'' gave an unfavourable review, stating it to have "silly graphics, non-serious getups of Balakrishna, confused first half, monotonous screenplay and mediocre direction". However, he said that the songs were a "good watch", except for the last song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/okka-magadu--review-telugu-pclw2Aggjbbfe.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930064614/https://www.sify.com/movies/okka-magadu--review-telugu-pclw2Aggjbbfe.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2021|title = Okka Magadu}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 27 August 2024
| Okka Magaadu | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Y. V. S. Chowdary |
| Written by | Y. V. S. Chowdary Chintapalli Ramana (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Y. V. S. Chowdary |
| Story by | Y. V. S. Chowdary |
| Produced by | Y. V. S. Chowdary |
| Starring | Nandamuri Balakrishna Simran Anushka Shetty Nisha Kothari Ashutosh Rana |
| Cinematography | Madhu A. Naidu C. Ramprasad |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Bommarillu |
Release date |
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Running time | 178 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Okka Magaadu (transl. One man) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language vigilante action film written, produced and directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Ashutosh Rana, Anushka Shetty, Simran and Nisha Kothari. The film's music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film was overwhelmingly criticized for its silly action sequences, actors' performances, bad double-meaning jokes, and being similar to the 1996 film Indian. The film was a huge box-office bomb and remains as one of the worst films in Balakrishna's filmography.[1]
Plot
[edit]The film begins with Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy, an arbiter of a terrain esteemed as a deity. In his reign, that area is eternal from four sides. He resides with his grandmother. Baby / Sarada looks hyperactive, but Satyanarayana treats her as an infant. Once, Satyanarayana defenses a turtle dove and gives a call to the boy's affluent father Chief Minister Namboodriyar, who proceeds and panics, sighting his tremendous vast acolytes of Satyanarayana. He gallantly espouses them in front of CM, which infuriates him. At that juncture, Bhavani, Namboodriyar's daughter, gets fascinated with Satyanarayana. Parallelly, Aliveelu, a journalist, also crushes for him, and the two compete.
Meanwhile, the doctors, lawyers, and journalists terrifically vitiated society when a 101-year-old man, Okka Magadu, raises a missing in action against them. He allegedly kills the miscreants, but their bodies are missing, and that catastrophe creates mayhem in the country. Today, the government handed over the case to CBI under the charge of AK, who is in the thick of it. So, he makes a trap to clutch the secret killer. Plus, he views CCTV footage of the Okka Magadu abducting a judge. Upon which, AK affirms it is impossible the man is old by his body language & strength and uncovers his young shade, i.e., Satyanarayana. Since it is not feasible in his area, they silently operate at night and seize him.
Simultaneously, Namboodriyar ruses to eliminate love birds and assaults them when they stab Baby / Sarada while hindering them. Here lands Raghupati Raghava Rajaram / Okka Mogadu, Baby /Sarada's husband, a guerrilla & tall warrior whom she discerns and faints. Concurrently, CBI is under the interrogation of Satyanarayana while Okka Mogadu arrives and acquits him, stating he is a homicide. Next, he absconds from there, amid AK traces particular relevance between Satyanarayana & Okka Mogadu. So, he reaches their village and claims Okka Magadu is a traitor when enraged Baby / Sarada reveals him as a great patriot who dedicated his life to the country.
Now, the tale shifts to the pre-independence era. Raghupati Raghava Rajaram is a benevolent doctor who treats everyone equally and believes that human life is precious. Plus, he impedes participation in the movement as he promised his parents to take care of his younger. During that period, an evil British controlling authority, Douglas, omits conformity and ruthlessly kills anybody. Once, he slaughters the siblings of Raghupati Raghava Rajaram when he turns into a rebel Okka Magadu as incensed. Later, Douglas attempts to molest Sarada, an insurgent, when Okka Magadu decapitates him and knits her. Following, he knocks down Britishers gigantically. Hence, they declared independence, providing that all the revolutionaries surrendered as POW, including Okka Magadu. Before leaving, he promises pregnant Sarada to return. After 60 years, Okka Magadu escapes from their prison and reaches India. Whereat he experiences the contrast between virtual & reality. Satyanarayana is delighted to know such a man of the mark as his grandfather.
Further, Okka Magadu retrieves the ill-gotten gains of CM from the Swiss bank and endows them to human welfare organizations. Thus, the livid CM cabal planned the killing and forged it as a protest to protect Okka Magadu. He announced blood money for victims, accelerating massive suicides out of poverty. It is inevitable for Okka Magadu's famous appearance before the open court at a stadium between giant applause. On the spot, Okka Magadu exposes the diabolic shade of CM and produces the outlaws who are supposed to be slain by him before the judiciary. At last, all the criminals plan to cross the borders on a flight that crashed by Okka Magadu. After a while, a reporter moves to Sarada / Baby, and she proclaims that he will be back. Finally, the movie ends with showing Okka Magadu walking between the mountains by the side of the exploded aircraft.
Cast
[edit]- Nandamuri Balakrishna in a dual role as Raghupati Raghava Rajaram and Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy
- Ashutosh Rana as Chief Minister Namboodriyar, the main antagonist
- Simran as Sarada alias Baby, Swamy's grandmother
- Anushka Shetty as Bhavani, Swamy's love interest and Namboodriyar's daughter
- Nisha Kothari as Alivelu, Swamy's love interest
- Ravi Kale as CBI Officer
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Chandra Mohan
- Subbaraju as CBI Officer's assistant
- Chalapathi Rao
- Ranganath
- Sivaji Raja
- Annapurna
- Rajyalakshmi
- Raghu Babu as Namboodriyar's personal assistant
- Giri Babu
- Ravi Prakash as Ravi
- Krishna Bhagawan
- Chinna
- Chittajalu Lakshmipati
- Raghunatha Reddy
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
- Narsingh Yadav
- Devadas Kanakala
- Bandla Ganesh
- Salim Baig
- Sameer Hasan
- Sravan
- Prabhakar
- Ping Pong Surya
- Prasad Babu
- Narayana Rao
- Hari Prasad
- Siva Prasad
- Siva Parvathi
- Alapathi Lakshmi
- Haritha
- Karishma
Production
[edit]The project was announced on 9 August 2006. Director Y. V. S. Chowdary got the title Okka Magaadu from a song composed by M. M. Keeravani for the film Seetayya (2003). After registering the title, Chowdary began developing a screenplay tailored for a "hero worshipping" film. He believed that Nandamuri Balakrishna was "the only hero who could do justice" to the role and presented the screenplay to him during the post-production of Devadasu (2006). Chowdary said he would have scrapped the project if Balakrishna had turned it down. Chowdary described the film as a "South Indian spicy meal".[2]
Filming began in December 2006, but only three songs were completed in the following four months. After a hiatus, shooting resumed in April 2007 and completed in December that year. The film was shot in various locations, including Australia, Malaysia, Rayalaseema, Rajahmundry, and Hyderabad. The old aged looks of Balakrishna and Simran were designed by Eeswar, and the team went to the United States for 20 days to consult with make-up technicians. Applying the makeup took four hours, and removing it took one hour for Balakrishna.[2]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Okka Maggadu | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 21 December 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 35:57 | |||
| Label | Supreme Music | |||
| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
| Mani Sharma chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Mani Sharma. Lyrics were written by Chandrabose. The music was released on 21 December 2007.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Okka Magaadu" | Rita, Bhargavi | 5:41 |
| 2. | "Devadi Deva" | Vijay Yesudas, Ranjith | 5:47 |
| 3. | "Nanu Paalinchaga" | Mallikarjun, Rita | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Aa Aaa Ee Eee" | Rahul Nambiar,Jey | 4:58 |
| 5. | "Ammatho" | Naveen, Anushka Manchanda | 4:57 |
| 6. | "Rey" | Rita | 4:37 |
| 7. | "Pattuko Pattuko" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra | 4:53 |
| Total length: | 35:57 | ||
Release
[edit]Okka Magaadu was released in theatres on 11 January 2008.
Critical reception
[edit]Critic from Sify gave an unfavourable review, stating it to have "silly graphics, non-serious getups of Balakrishna, confused first half, monotonous screenplay and mediocre direction". However, he said that the songs were a "good watch", except for the last song.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Okka Magaadu Review". movies.fullhyderabad.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "YVS Chowdary interview on Okka Magaadu - chitchat - Telugu film director".
- ^ "Okka Magadu". Archived from the original on 30 September 2021.
External links
[edit]- Okka Magaadu at IMDb