''Mee Sreyobhilashi'' () is a 2007 Indian

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-language philosophical film directed by V. Eshwar Reddy and starring

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, Naresh and music composed by

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. Upon release, the film received highly positive reviews and remained a box office hit. The film won two

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and was premiered in the Indian panorama section at the

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. The movie was remade in Kannada as ''

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'' (2010). The core plot of the movie was reportedly inspired from the 1998 Japanese film '' Ikinai''.

Plot

The film begins at

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where a good Samaritan, Rajaji, introduces various strangers who have been gravely broken in life: an old couple, Raghuram & Lakshmi, neglected parents; Rama Krishna, a cancer patient; Chitila Chinna Rao a chit-fund company owner; Vinod, a love failure; Amala, tormented by a dowry issue; love birds Kiran & Sandhya whose elders disapproves their knit; and a boy Chandu, a failed student. Now, Rajaji is sitting on a bench at Tank Bund and acquaints with a film producer, Surya Prakash Reddy, who is attempting suicide as per bankruptcy. Rajaji carries him along with when he calls for all others with suicidal tendencies. Startlingly, he schemes a massive suicide on a bus trip to jump from the highest cliff of

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and asks them to arrive by tomorrow afterthought. Ramakrishna revolts & accuses Rajaji of a murderer who says he will come to secure them from him. That night, Rajaji accommodates Reddy due to his debtors' when he spins his past. Rajaji has doted his daughter Swapna with a shower of love since she lost her mother in childhood. Swapna made self-sacrifice in one-way love, which sheer collapses Rajaji, and that's why he is at peace with dying. Following this, he organizes a bus contacting a drunkard driver, Mallesh, who also feels like dying because of his shrew wife & family tasks. The sunrises, all of them reassemble and take off to ritual suicide, excluding Ramakrishna. Midway, Rajaji spots Ramakrishna as dead in an accident, which he hides from the remaining. Out of the blue, Ramakrishna scripts the total matter of massive suicide in his dairy, which bedlam's in media. Hence, the Govt appoints special officer ACP Sunil to bar the act. En route, Rajaji tactically schemes by providing insight to his mates about life's beauty, joy, happiness, sorrow, pain, and ups & downs. He also creates clashes between them to clarify, no matter how minor their troubles are. At a halt, they shatter knowing Ramakrishna's death in news, which unveils their secret, so the team moves forward, hiding from the Police. Besides, Sunil succeeds in his investigation and gets up to Rajaji's residence. Whereat, he sights his plan, tracks the place & time, and rushes shuttling a helicopter. Until then, Rajaji & team land at the destination when the remaining request him to withdraw the plan as they are unwilling. Here, Rajaji announces he has made this journey with Mallesh's aid to transform them and comprehend life's worth by spreading its eminence. On their happy return, all at once, the bus break fails and goes out of control. Rajaji triumphs in shielding all, but tragically, he falls from the cliff. Fortuitously, Sunil, approaching the hill, detects Rajaji hanging on a tree and guards him where his mates are under jollity. At last, Rajaji again sits on his bench, restarting his game. Finally, the movie ends with a proclamation: ''Hardship swings like a passing cloud, but you cannot retrieve life once lost.''

Cast

as Rajaji * Naresh as Surya Prakash Reddy *

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as ACP Sunil *

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as Swamiji *

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as Watchman Ali *

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as Hotel Owner *

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as Minister *

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as Chitila Chinna Rao *

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as Mallesh * Chinna as Rama Krishna *

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as Raghuram *

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as Vinod * Jai Dhanush as Kiran *

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as Koyadora * Ram Jagan as Constable * Kadambari Kiran as Constable *

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as Watchman *

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as Beggar *

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as Lakshmi * Meena as Amala * Medha as Swapna * Shilpa Chakravarthy as Anchor Sirisha * Roopa Kaur as Sandhya * Sruthi as Mallesh's wife * Master Suraj as Chandu

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. Music released on MADHURA Audio Company.

Awards

;

- 2007 (in

) * Best Feature Film - Gold - V. Easwar Reddy *Best Dailouge writer - Ramesh Cheppala. * Best Lyricist - Venegella Rambabu

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1200068 2007 films 2000s Telugu-language films Indian drama films Films about suicide Films scored by Koti (composer) Telugu films remade in other languages Indian road movies Films set in Hyderabad, India Films shot in Hyderabad, India Indian remakes of Japanese films Films about buses Indian black comedy films Indian comedy-drama films