''Eeswar'' is a 2002 Indian
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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S ...
-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
Bengali
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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
Aditya Music
Aditya Music India Private Limited is a music company in India, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana.
Overview
The company was founded by Umesh Gup ...
company.
Reception
A critic from ''
Idlebrain.com
Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website that features information, news, and reviews on Telugu cinema. It is one of the oldest websites on the Internet focusing on Telugu films. The site is especially popular for its film reviews writt ...
'' 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
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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
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