''Ranam'' ( ''War'') is a 2006 Indian

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produced by Pokuri Babu Rao by on Eetharam Films banner and directed by Amma Rajasekhar. It stars Gopichand,

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Kamna Jethmalani Kamna Jethmalani is an Indian actress who primarily appears in Telugu films. She made her debut in 2005 with '' Premikulu'' and gained recognition with her first commercial success, ''Ranam'' (2006). She went on to play lead roles in several ...

in the lead roles and features music composed by

Mani Sharma Yanamandra Venkata Subrahmanyam (Telugu: యనమండ్ర వెంకట సుబ్రహ్మణ్యం; born 11 July 1964), professionally known as Mani Sharma, is an Indian composer and music producer known for his work primaril ...

. The film is the debut of Amma Rajasekhar as a director. The film was remade in

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''. It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Surya Jalta Nahi Jalata Hai'', in Tamil as ''Stalin'', and in Oriya as ''Fighter''. It was successful at the box office collecting a distributors' share of ₹10 crore.

Plot

Because of his antics tolerated by his father, Chinna moves to the city for higher studies, where he has an altercation with Bhagawati's gangsters. He finds himself in trouble when he falls in love with Maheswari, Bhagawati's sister.

Cast

* Gopichand as Chinna *

as Bhagawati *

as Maheswari / Mahi, Bhagawati's sister * Chandra Mohan as Chinna's father *

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as Gokul *

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as Mahi's grandmother * Venu Madhav as Venu *

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as Student *

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as Principal * Pruthvi Raj as Inspector * Jeeva as Inspector *

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as Masthan * Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Student *Amith as Student *

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as Bhagawati's henchmen *Chitti as Chinna's brother *Tarzan as Gowri *Vijaya Singh as Chinna's mother *Jahnavi as Mahi's friend

Soundtrack

Music composed by

. The music was released by

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company. All tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by SV Ranjit.

Reception

Jeevi of ''

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'' wrote that "On a whole, there are no boring moments in ''Ranam'' and you may watch it". Kishore of ''

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'' wrote that "On the whole ''Ranam'' is an entertaining movie, worth watching once".

Box office

The film had a 100-day run in 24 centres.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0864977, title=Ranam 2006 films Indian action comedy films Telugu films remade in other languages Films scored by Mani Sharma 2000s Telugu-language films 2006 action films