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''Eeswar'' is a 2002 Indian
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-language action drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, starring
Prabhas Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas (), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in ''Fo ...
and
Sridevi Vijaykumar Sridevi Vijaykumar (born 29 October 1986) is an Indian actress. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film ''Rickshaw Mama'', she has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Personal life Sridevi was born on 29 October 1986 as ...
. Siva Krishna and Revathi played supporting roles. It marked the debut of
Prabhas Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas (), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in ''Fo ...
, nephew of popular Telugu actor Krishnam Raju. However, it didn't prove him well enough as a popular hero until the release of his blockbuster '' Varsham.'' The film was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Humla: The War'' (2009) and into
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as ''Bhalobashar Jeet''.


Plot

Eeswar (
Prabhas Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas (), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in ''Fo ...
) is a motherless child and brat living in Dhoolpet, a slum area in Old City. Eeswar's father (Siva Krishna) manufactures Gudumba ( Arrack) with the help of neighborhood people. Eeswar falls in love at first sight when he sees a college-going beauty Indu (
Sridevi Vijaykumar Sridevi Vijaykumar (born 29 October 1986) is an Indian actress. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film ''Rickshaw Mama'', she has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Personal life Sridevi was born on 29 October 1986 as ...
). In the meantime, Eeswar's father marries Sujatha ( Revathi), who has been waiting for him for the past 20 years so that she can be a good mother to Eeswar. Eeswar hates his stepmother thinking that his father married her to enjoy worldly pleasures. Meanwhile, Indu's father turns out to be a local MLA (Kolla Ashok Kumar) who hates poor. The local MLA sends goons to finish Eeswar off. What follows next forms the second half of the film.


Cast

*
Prabhas Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana Prabhas Raju (born 23 October 1979), known mononymously as Prabhas (), is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. One of the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema, Prabhas has featured in ''Fo ...
as Eeswar *
Sridevi Vijaykumar Sridevi Vijaykumar (born 29 October 1986) is an Indian actress. Starting off as a child artist in the 1992 Tamil film ''Rickshaw Mama'', she has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. Personal life Sridevi was born on 29 October 1986 as ...
as Indu, Eeswar's love interest *Dheeraj Krishna Nori as Desi Dheeraj * Revathi as Eeswar's stepmother * Ravikanth *Hanumanthu *N. Hari Krishna *Siva Krishna as Eeshwar's father *Kolla Ashok Kumar as Indu's father *
Abhinaya Krishna Abhinaya Krishna is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films and television. Krishna debuted with the drama film '' Eeswar'' in 2002. He is working as an anchor, dancer, stand-up comedian. Filmography Television Abhinaya Krishna is popul ...
as Eeswar's friend * Brahmanandam as Priest *
Allari Subhashini Allari Subhashini (born Tirumala Subhashini) is an Indian actress predominantly appears in Telugu films and TV serials. She plays supporting roles. Personal life She hails from Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh. She lost her father when she was attend ...
* Pavala Syamala


Soundtrack

Music was composed by
R. P. Patnaik Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. He has toured the world to perform his live shows. ...
. All songs were penned by
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (born Chembolu Seetharama Sastry; 20 May 1955 – 30 November 2021) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He acquired the stage name Sirivennela after writing the ...
. Music was released by
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company.


Reception

A critic from ''
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'' said that "Over all, it's an average flick and worth watching for all curious people to see how Prabhas fared". A critic from '' Sify'' opined that "On the whole Takkari Donga director Jayant C Paranji’s new film ''Eeswar'' is lacklustre".


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* 2000s Telugu-language films 2002 action drama films 2002 films Indian action drama films Films shot in Jammu and Kashmir Films shot in Hyderabad, India Films directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee {{2000s-Telugu-film-stub