''Eeswar'' is a 2002 Indian

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-language action drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, starring

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and

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. Siva Krishna and Revathi played supporting roles. It marked the debut of

, 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 (

) 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 (

). 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

as Eeswar *

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 *

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as Eeswar's friend * Brahmanandam as Priest *

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* Pavala Syamala

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

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. All songs were penned by

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. 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".

References

External links

* 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