Janatha Garage

Janatha Garage

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Koratala Siva[1]
Produced by Naveen Yerneni
Y. Ravi Shankar
C. V. Mohan
Written by Koratala Siva
Starring Mohanlal
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Nithya Menen
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography Tirru
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Distributed by Eros International
Release dates
  • 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)[2]
Running time
 162 minutes
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget ₹40–50 crore[3][4]
Box office est. ₹135 crores[5]

Janatha Garage is an 2016 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by Koratala Siva, produced by Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar, and C. V. Mohan under their banner Mythri Movie Makers, and distributed by Eros International.[6] The film features Mohanlal, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Samantha Ruth Prabhu, and Nithya Menen in the lead roles.

Production began on 25 October 2015 in Hyderabad and principal photography commenced on 22 February 2016.[7] Music from the film was released on 12 August 2016.[8] The film released worldwide on 1 September 2016.[9] The film registered the highest opening for a Telugu film in 2016, and is the second highest opening of all time, behind Baahubali: The Beginning.[10]

Plot

Sathyam (Mohanlal) is a small workshop owner in a village. His brother, Shiva (Rahman) works in Hyderabad and opens a workshop for Sathyam there. The brothers and their faithful allies run the garage happily as Janatha Garage.

One day, a poor man, who is a friend of Sathyam, loses his college-going daughter in a road accident. Sathyam and his friends get to know that she was raped and killed by some goons. They ask Shiva's friend ASP Chandrashekar's (Saikumar Pudipeddi) help, but he is helpless as there is no proper evidence against them and also they are highly influential. Then Janatha Garage take the matter in their own hands, kill the goons and make it look like an accident. Chandrasekhar knows this and warns against taking law in their hands as he is worried about the consequences.

Janatha Garage becomes famous among the local people as they believe that they'll get justice from them. Shiva gets married to a Mumbai-based guy Suresh's (Suresh) sister and they have a son Anand. One day Mukesh (Sachin Khedekar), a powerful business magnet with lot of criminal dealings and who was also the brother of a goon who was killed by Sathyam, visits and warns him. A few days later, Shiva and his wife get ambushed by Mukesh's men and both are killed. Sathyam, fearing for Anand's safety, asks Suresh to take him away from Janatha Garage.

As the years pass, Anand (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.) grows up as an environmental activist in Mumbai who is against any activity which can harm the environment. Suresh's daughter Bujji (Samantha Ruth Prabhu) and Anand are in love with each other, and her parents are happy with that. Anand also befriends a girl, Anu (Nithya Menen), whom he scolds for using firecrackers. He gets into some fight with a powerful MLA and fearing for his safety, Suresh sends him to Hyderabad under the pretext of a university exchange program. There he meets Sathyam's arrogant son Raghava (Unni Mukundan), who got married to Mukesh's daughter without his parents' approval. Sathyam meets with an accident which was planned by Mukesh but recovers. Janatha Garage is now not active solving the problems of the common men as Sathyam and his allies are getting old. Anand fights off Raghava's thugs regarding an illegal mining field. Sathyam meets with Anand and both develop a mutual respect for each other without knowing that they are uncle and nephew. Sathyam asks Anand to take over Janatha Garage. Anand quickly becomes a family member of the house. They save a strict government officer from some of Mukesh's men. Janatha Garage becomes popular among the public once again.

Chandrashekar, now the Commissioner of Police, finds out about Anand and brings Suresh and his family. Sathyam and others are shocked to know that Anand is his late brother's son. Suresh, who is bothered about Bujji's safety, asks Anand to choose either his daughter or Janatha Garage. Anand, with a heavy heart, chooses to stay with his father's family, and he and Bujji say goodbye tearfully. She gets married to a boy of her parents' choice. Meanwhile, Raghava and his wife leave Sathyam's house because of their uncultured lifestyle, creating a ruckus with Anand and the family. In order to overthrow the government, Mukesh and Raghava plan and execute a bomb blast in Hyderabad. Bose (Ajay), one of Sathyam's closest friends, loses his loved one in the blast. The next day, Bose's body is found in the railway track, with reports siting he committed suicide out of depression. The police chief asks Chandrasekhar to close the case. He comes to Janatha Garage for help. Anand finds out that Bose was killed by Raghava as Bose had found that it was Raghava who planned the blasts. Sathyam decides that even though Raghava is his son, he doesn't deserve to live.

Anand and others from Janatha Garage beat up Mukesh's men in their hideout. Anand kills Mukesh and Raghava pleads for mercy. Sathyam arrives and kills Raghava without remorse. Later, on the occasion of Diwali, Anand, despite being requested to stay at home for the festivities, goes to help someone with Sathyam's approval while Anu, who is Chandrashekar's daughter and now Anand's wife, smiles at him.

Cast

Production

Development

There were several rumours during mid July that Jr. NTR might team up with Koratala Siva after NTR finishes Nannaku Prematho and Koratala Siva finishes Srimanthudu.[11][12] During early October 2015, it was reported that this project will be produced by Mythri Movie Makers and it will be launched by the end of October and regular shooting will begin after NTR finishes Nannaku Prematho.[13] During mid October it was reported that this project will be launched on 25 October 2015.[14] This project was officially launched on 25 October 2015. The makers originally announced that the film would be released on 12 August 2016,[15] but the release date was postponed to 2 September 2016.[2]

Casting

During mid October there were rumours that Amyra Dastur might play one of the heroines in this film.[16] During early November, there were rumours that the makers are considering Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Parineeti Chopra to play the leading lady opposite NTR.[17][18] During the end of November 2015, the makers have announced that Mohanlal has signed this movie.[19] This marks Mohanlal's second Telugu film after his cameo appearance in the 1994 Telugu film Gandeevam. During Late December, it was confirmed that Samantha Ruth Prabhu will be playing the leading lady opposite NTR for the fourth time after Brindavanam, Ramayya Vasthavayya, and Rabhasa.[20][21] During the end of December 2015, it was reported that Nithya Menen will be playing the second heroine in this movie making her first collaboration with NTR.[22][23] During Late January, it was reported that Malayalam actor Unni Mukundan is a part of this film playing the villain.[24][25][26] It was also reported that Unni Mukundan will be playing the role of the son of Mohanlal and Cousin of Jr. NTR. Reportedly, this movie is a family drama, and it deals about the issues between two cousins, played by NTR and Unni Mukundan.[20] During early February 2016, it was reported that former Tamil actress Devayani would play the wife of Mohanlal's character.[27] Brahmaji confirmed his inclusion during mid-February 2016.[28] During Mid February, It was reported that Sai kumar would play the father of Jr. NTR.[29] Inclusion of well known actors like Ajay, Sithara was also confirmed during mid-February 2016.[7] During Early March, Rahman was reported to be part of this movie playing as brother to Mohanlal.[30]

Crew

Devi Sri Prasad will direct the film's music. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao is the film's editor and Tirru is the film's cinematographer. A. S. Prakash is the Art Director.[31]

Filming

The regular shooting of this film was expected to begin on 9 February 2016.[32][33][34] Art Director AS Prakash erected a huge set at Saradhi Studios, Hyderabad during the first week of January 2016.[35] During Late January, it was reported that this movie will be shot mainly in Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kerala.[24] Later the regular shooting was delayed to 22 February, and the first schedule kicked off in Ramoji Film City and it was wrapped up in four days.[36] The second schedule commenced in Mumbai on 5 March, it continued till 22 March after which the unit returned to Hyderabad. Jr. Ntr, and Nithya Menen were part of this schedule. The third schedule began in Hyderabad on 25 March in the specially erected set at Saradhi Studios.[37] Samantha joined the shooting in this schedule, and scenes featuring Mohanlal, Jr. Ntr, Samantha, and Unni Mukundan will be filmed in this schedule.

Soundtrack

Track list
No. TitleLyricsArtist(s) Length
1. "Pranaamam"  Ramajogayya SastryShankar Mahadevan  
2. "Rock On Bro"  Ramajogayya SastryRaghu Dixit 04:08
3. "Apple Beauty"  Ramajogayya SastryYazin Nizar , Neha Bhasin 03:52
4. "Jai Ho Janatha"  Ramajogayya SastrySukhwinder Singh , Vijay Prakash 04:18
5. "Nee Selvadigi"  Ramajogayya SastryShweta Mohan 01:38
6. "Pakka Local"  Ramajogayya SastryGeetha Madhuri , Sagar 04:19
Total length:
 22:17

Box office

The film grossed ₹41 crore worldwide on it opening day. The film registered the highest opening for a Telugu film in 2016, and is the second highest opening of all time, behind Baahubali: The Beginning.[10] The film has grossed approximately ₹135 crore worldwide.[38]

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