Samanyudu

Samanyudu
Directed by	Ravi C Kumar
Produced by	R. R. Venkat
Written by	Ravi C Kumar dialogues
Screenplay by	Ravi C Kumar
Story by	Ravi C Kumar
Starring	Jagapati Babu Kamna Jethmalani Sai Kumar
Music by	Vandemataram Srinivas
Cinematography	Vijay C. Kumar
Edited by	K.V Krishna Reddy
Production company	R.R. Movie Makers
Release dates	19 October 2006 (2006-10-19)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Samanyudu (Telugu: సామాన్యుడు) (English: Common Man) is a 2006 Telugu film directed by Ravi C Kumar and produced by Venkat. The film stars Jagapati Babu, Kamna Jethmalani and Sai Kumar in the lead roles.^[1] This film won Nandi Award for Best Story Writer, Nandi Award for Best Villain^[2] and Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (Telugu).^[3]

Plot

Chandrasekhar (Ranganath) is the editor of a daily called Addam. As he was ready to expose the misdeeds and corrupt practices of Home Minister Bhagawan Raj (Sai Kumar) the latter hangs him to death with the help of his henchman Lingam Goud (Vinodkumar). Chandu (Jagapati Babu), Abhi (Arunkumar) and Aparna (Archana) were orphans and were brought up by Chandrasekhar. They go to high positions and stay abroad. But they return to India to continue the legacy of Chandrasekhar and run Addam.Chandrasekhar wishes not to cause physical harm to the crooked politicians but they should be made unpopular. So Chandu takes over the editor's job and prepares a plan to catch the political red handed.As a first step they catch Vaishnavi Bank chairman Rajareddy (Ashokkumar) who declares insolvency in order to loot the people and expose him. During the course, the trio comes to know that Bhagawan Raj is part of the scam.Based on a video and audio, Chandu starts blackmailing Bhagawan Raj and makes him to spend the money he earned through scams for the benefit of people, as part of fulfilling his election promises. Meanwhile, Chandu falls in love with Vandana (Kamna Jethmalani), the sister of Lingam Goud. As the recording had the mention of Lingam Goud's name, he could not do any harm to Chandu. However, there was a black sheep among the trio. It is none other than Aparna, who wants to take revenge against Chandrasekhar as he was responsible for the death of her parents and sister. She joins hands with Bhagawan Raj and helps in the murder of Chandrasekhar. She is out to ensure the closure of Addam newspaper.Finally, Bhagawan Raj realises that the real happiness in life lies in working for the welfare of the people. After the self-introspection, Bhagawan Raj kills Aparna and decides to commit suicide. But Chandu stops him saying that the people need a politician who realized his mistakes.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. All songs are hit tracks. Music released on Aditya Music Company.

100-days function

The film has completed a 100-day run at the box-office on January 26, 2007. The makers of the film held a function at Raavi Narayana Reddy Auditorium in Hyderabad on January 31, 2007. V. B. Rajendra Prasad, T. Subbarami Reddy, APSP DIG Gopinath Reddy, D. Ramanaidu, Srikanth and Uday Kiran attended this event.^[4]

Awards

References

External links

• Samanyudu at the Internet Movie Database