Annayya (2000 Film)
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''Annayya'' () is a 2000 Indian
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-language film directed by
Muthyala Subbaiah Muthyala Subbaiah (born: 15 September 1950) is an Indian film director. He has directed 50 Telugu language, Telugu films. Known for his films with heavy dose of human emotions, he is sometimes referred as ''Sentiment Subbaiah''. Personal life ...
who wrote the film with Bhupati Raja and Satyanand. The film stars
Chiranjeevi Konidela Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, philanthropist and former politician known for his work in Telugu cinema. Known as the "Mega Star", he is widely regarded as one of the most succe ...
,
Soundarya Sowmya Sathyanarayana (18 July 1972 – 17 April 2004), better known by her stage name Soundarya, was an Indian actress known for her works primarily in Telugu cinema. She was regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Telugu ...
, Venkat,
Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised for his roles in action comedy films, he is popularly referred to as ...
, Chandni, Sishwa, Priya and
Kota Srinivasa Rao Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Ma ...
. It has music composed by
Mani Sharma Yanamandra Venkata Subrahmanyam (Telugu: యనమండ్ర వెంకట సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; born 11 July 1964), professionally known as Mani Sharma, is an Indian composer and music producer known for his work primaril ...
with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. The film is released on 7 January 2000. The film won three state
Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic ...
. It was later dubbed into
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as ''Moothavan''.


Plot

Rajaram, owner of a fleet of lorrie, meets Devi, a garment factory owner. After that acquaintance, she once seeks his help in dealing with two street ruffians, who were teasing her sisters, Latha and Geetha, and is shocked when the culprits turn out to be his brothers, Ravi and Gopi. Rajaram takes the incident lightly as the pranks of youngsters and is very lenient with them. With more such incidents, the two fall in love, with the brothers and sisters not far behind. On his brothers' request, Rajaram approaches Devi for her sisters' hands in marriage to his brothers. But she curtly refuses her consent on grounds that the two are wayward drunkards. Rajaram reacts sharply to it and vows to get his brothers married to her sisters. Since then on he is more exacting with his brothers and brings about a transformation in them. Devi agrees to their marriage. But the incorrigible brothers come in an inebriated condition for their engagement and Rajaram faces the brunt of Devi's ire. She insults him and leaves with her sisters. An outraged Rajaram kicks his brothers out of home. The two brothers being state rank holders in engineering find favor with a businessman, Rangarao, who employs them. Rajaram, who is genuinely fond of his brothers, sells away his property and gives money secretly to Rangarao, paving the way for a partnership deal between Rangarao and his brothers. Piqued at being kicked out of home, his brothers, unaware of his hand in securing the partnership for them, nurse a grudge against their brother and insult Rajaram in Devi's presence. She, being in the know, slaps them and opens their eyes by informing them of his sacrifice. This brings about a total change in them and the repentant duo go to Rangarao to restore the property to their brother. Rangarao has other plans and tries to have them killed with gundas. The brothers escape death and land in a hospital with injuries. A furious Rajaram goes to Rangarao, who reveals his real identity. Rangarao is the brother of Chinna Rao, a criminal who was caught in the police dragnet with Rajaram's help and later died. This is Rangarao's vendetta. In the ensuing melee, Rangarao is killed. Rajaram and his brothers reunite. The film ends with all the three brothers getting married; Rajaram with Devi, Ravi with Latha, and Gopi with Geetha.


Cast


Production

Vineeth was originally selected to portray as one of Chiranjeevi's younger brothers. Chakravarthy was also part of this project however he left the film and they were replaced by Ravi Teja and Venkat. Two songs were shot in Switzerland.


Soundtrack

Mani Sharma Yanamandra Venkata Subrahmanyam (Telugu: యనమండ్ర వెంకట సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; born 11 July 1964), professionally known as Mani Sharma, is an Indian composer and music producer known for his work primaril ...
composed the songs, while
Veturi Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and cinema. Veturi is a recipient of the National Film Award, ...
,
Bhuvanachandra Bhuvana Chandra is an Indian lyricist, renowned for his work in the Telugu cinema. He served in the Indian Air Force for 18 years before turning into a lyricist. He penned lyrics for more than 2000 songs. He also wrote more than 100 stories, a no ...
, Jonnavittula and Vennelakanti penned the lyrics. The track "Hima Seemallo", sung by Hariharan and Harini won the
Nandi Award The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic s ...
for Best Playback Singer, Male for Hariharan.


Telugu tracklist

Annayya (Telugu Version)


Tamil Tracklist

Moothavan (Tamil Version)


Reception

''Deccan Herald'' wrote "Though packed with good intentions and a top flight performance by Chiranjeevi and Soundarya, the film buckles under a cliched plot and a narrative which lacks coherence. Nevertheless, Annayya, in which the brother sentiment is beaten to pulp, is quite good for family viewing". ''Idlebrain'' wrote "Muthyala Subbaiah's mark of sentiment is missing. He seems to have got carried away by projecting the charisma of Chiranjeevi and there by concentrating less on sensible narration of story. There is no heavy sentiment in this film". ''Andhra Today'' wrote "Muthyala Subbaiah, who gave Chiranjeevi a hit movie with "Hitler" by exploiting sisterly sentiment, has done it again, this time with brotherly sentiment. Already equipped with all the trappings necessary to impress the masses, the movie has a light entertaining comedy track, catering to all tastes and is sure to be a hit with the audience".


Box office

The film had collected a distributors' share of Rs.11 crores. It completed 50 days in 92 centres and 100 days in 60 centres.


Awards

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Nandi awards The Nandi Awards are annual awards presented by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, theatre, and television, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are named after the monolithic ...
2000 * Best Male Playback Singer - Hariharan for "Hima Seemallo" - won * Best Choreographer -
Raghava Lawrence Raghava Lawrence (born Lawrence Murugaiyan) is an Indian actor, choreographer, film director, composer, playback singer, lyricist, film producer and philanthropist known for his works primarily in Tamil cinema. After making his debut as a dance ...
for "Aata Kaavala" - won * Best Fight Master -
Kanal Kannan Kanal Kannan (born as V. Kannan) is an Indian actor, action choreographer & screenwriter who works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada & Hindi films. He has worked with actors Ajith Kumar, Vijay, Vikram, Suriya, Vishal, Arjun Sarja & R. ...
- won


References


External links

* {{Muthyala Subbaiah 2000 films Geetha Arts films Films scored by Mani Sharma 2000s Telugu-language films Indian comedy-drama films Films directed by Muthyala Subbaiah 2000 comedy-drama films