''Josh'' () is a 2009 Indian
Telugu
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-language
coming-of-age
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political
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action drama film
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directed by
Vasu Varma in his debut, and produced
Dil Raju
Velamakucha Venkata Ramana Reddy (born 18 December 1970), known professionally as Dil Raju, is an Indian film producer and distributor, who is known for his work in Telugu cinema. He has also financed some Tamil cinema, Tamil and Hindi cinema, ...
. The film marks the debuts of
Naga Chaitanya
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (; born 23 November 1986) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. Chaitanya is a recipient of several accolades including one Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award South and one Nandi Award for his work.
Born in ...
(son of
Nagarjuna
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) and
Karthika (daughter of
Radha
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) in lead roles, whilst prominent actor
J. D. Chakravarthy plays antagonist role. The film's music is scored by
Sandeep Chowta.
The plot explores student politics, and the vested interests of politicians in such activities. Released on 5 September 2009, to highly positive reviews for its direction, emotional weight of the story, screenplay, Chaitanya & Prakash Raj's performance, soundtrack & social message, but received criticism for its lengthy runtime. Despite receiving positive reviews, film
was not commercially successful.
Over the years, the film attained
cult following
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among the youth.
Plot
Satya is a student. He discontinues his graduation studies in
Vizag
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and comes to
Hyderabad
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in search of a job. He stays with his uncle in Hyderabad. He runs into a fight with MGM college students who are influenced by political mafia leader Durga Rao. Satya tries to change the students but fails. Then he gets accidentally hit by the students and gets admitted into the hospital. When questioned by his uncle about his rude behavior with students Satya narrates his flashback.
In the flashback we see a carefree Satya with a gang of his classmates. Although he was a topper until schooling, college environment makes him a stubborn guy. His principal keeps on advising him to change but Satya would just feel it as a lecture. He also makes his principal's sincere son, Bujji join his gang. One day they go on for a bike race and Bujji accompanies Satya on Satya's bike. The bike's chain gets loose and the bike slips leaving Satya injured and causing Bujji's death. This makes Satya to realise.
And now after getting discharged from the hospital, Satya joins the college to cleanse the system. On the other hand, there is Vidhya, an elementary school teacher who aspires to go to college but could not as her brother feels that college students are rowdies and she would not be safe in college. She meets Satya and love blossoms between them. Main crux of the movie is how Satya changes the students and brings them out of the bad influence of Durga Rao.
Cast
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Sandeep Chowtha. The soundtrack, released on 18 July 2009 at Shilparama Vedika.
Release
Initially scheduled to release on 3 September 2009, the film was delayed due to the
death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It was eventually released two days later on 5 September 2009.
Reception
''Josh'' received highly positive reviews upon its release and was praised for its direction, emotional weight of the story, screenplay, Chaitanya & Prakash Raj's performance, soundtrack & social message, but criticised its runtime.''
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'' critic Radhika Rajmani wrote, "''Josh'' as such, does not have anything new about it. The theme has been touched upon before. The attraction now is Naga Chaitanya who has the movie on his shoulders," while rating the film 3 stars of 5.''
Idlebrain.com'' rated 2.75/5 and stated, "The narration and screenplay given by Vasu Varma diluted the main point."
Accolades
;
Filmfare Awards South
The Filmfare Awards South are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema, Malayalam cinema and Kannada cinema. They are presented by ''Filmfare'' magazine of The Times Group. When it was intr ...
* Won –
Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South –
Naga Chaitanya
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (; born 23 November 1986) is an Indian actor who works in Telugu cinema. Chaitanya is a recipient of several accolades including one Filmfare Awards South, Filmfare Award South and one Nandi Award for his work.
Born in ...
;
Santosham Film Awards
Santosham Film Awards, currently known as Santosham South Indian Film Awards are one of the most popular awards given for Tollywood films and Telugu Music Artistes.
Background
The awards first began in 2004 by the annual ''Santosham'' magazine ...
* Won –
Santosham Film Award for Best Debut Actress –
Karthika Nair
Karthika Nair (born 27 June 1992) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked down South in all language films. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Josh (2009 Telugu film), Josh'', opposite Naga Chaitanya. She rose to fame starrin ...
;
CineMAA Awards
The CineMAA Awards are presented annually by the Maa TV Group to honour artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Telugu cinema. The awards were introduced in 2004. The CineMAA Awards are voted for by both the public and a committee ...
* Won –
Best Female Debut –
Karthika Nair
Karthika Nair (born 27 June 1992) is a former Indian actress who primarily worked down South in all language films. She made her debut in the 2009 Telugu film ''Josh (2009 Telugu film), Josh'', opposite Naga Chaitanya. She rose to fame starrin ...
References
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2009 films
2000s Telugu-language films
Films scored by Sandeep Chowta
Indian coming-of-age films
Indian action films
2009 action films
2000s coming-of-age films
Sri Venkateswara Creations films