Khadgam
| Khadgam | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Produced by | Sunkara Madhu Murali |
| Written by | sathyanand |
| Starring |
Ravi Teja Srikanth Prakash Raj Sonali Bendre Sangeetha Kim Sharma M S Narayana |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Cinematography | Bhupathi |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Release dates |
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Running time | 144 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Khadgam (English: Sword) is a 2002 Telugu language Patriotic movie produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under Karthikeya Movies banner. The film features Ravi Teja, Srikanth, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Sonali Bendre and Kim Sharma in the lead roles. Music has been composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The movie released on 29 November 2002 was a blockbuster.[1] Krishna Vamsi has directed the movie. Lyrics are penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti. The song "Nuvvu Nuvvu" picturised on Srikanth and Sonali Bendre was a major hit. Krishna Vamsi introduced Shafi, Subba Raju and Model Vasu as villains in this movie. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Marte Dam Tak, and in Tamil as Manik Baasha. In 2005 Krishna Vamsi remade the movie in Hindi titled Insan, with Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar and Tushar Kapoor.
Plot
Koti (Ravi Teja) is a wannabe film actor. He has only one goal in life. That is to become a film hero and to be called as 'Babu' by the industry people. Amjad (Prakash Raj) is an auto driver. An extremely religious Muslim, Amjad is also equally patriotic about India. His younger brother Azhar has been missing since one year.
The cops of Hyderabad arrest a dreadful ISI terrorist Masood. In a bid to get him released, the Pakistani authorities train Azhar (brother of Amjad) and send him across to Hyderabad to create riots and build communal tension. Azhar comes to Hyderabad and stays with his brother Amjad. Azhar's secret activities include devising and executing plans to release Masood.
Radha Krishna (Srikanth) is a sincere and efficient police officer. But he is very serious in nature and has enormous hatred towards Pakistan for the reasons best known to him. It is revealed in a flashback that Radha Krishna's ladylove Swathy (Sonali Bendre) was killed by ISI forces. The rest of the story includes how these three protagonists prevent the terrorist Masood from fleeing to Pakistan.
Cast
- Ravi Teja as Koti
- Srikanth as Radhakrishna
- Prakash Raj as Amjad
- Sonali Bendre as Swathi
- Kim Sharma as Pooja
- Sangeetha as Seetmahalakshmi
- M S Narayana
- Ahuti Prasad
- Shafi (actor) as Azhar
- Vasu
- Subba Raju
- Brahmaji Captain
Awards
The film won many awards listed below:
| Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Sunkara Madhu Murali[2] | Best Film on National Integration and Communal Harmony | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won |
| Krishna Vamsi | Nandi Award for Best Director | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| Prakash Raj | Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actor | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| P. Ranga Rao | Nanrector | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| Kishore | Nandi Award for Best Makeup Artist | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| Ravi Teja | Nandi Special Jury Award | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| Krishna Vamsi | Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| Sangeetha | Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won | |
| Shafi | Filmfare Award for Best Villain – Telugu | style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won |
Soundtrack
The soundtrack is composed by Devi Sri Prasad and Lyrics are written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti.
| Khadgam | |
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| Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad | |
| Released | 10 October 2002 |
| Genre | Film soundtrack |
| Label | Aditya Music |
| Producer | Sunkara Madhu Murali |
All music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.
| Tracklist | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length | |||||||
| 1. | "Meme Indians" | Honey | 7:04 | |||||||
| 2. | "Nuvvu Nuvvu" | Sumangali | 5:33 | |||||||
| 3. | "Aha Allari" | Chitra, Raquib | 4:15 | |||||||
| 4. | "Khadgam" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 4:50 | |||||||
| 5. | "Govinda Govinda" | Sri | 4:32 | |||||||
| 6. | "Musugu Veyyoddu" | Kalpana | 5:08 | |||||||
References
- ↑ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Khadgam - Krishna Vamsi - Ravi Teja, Srikanth, Prakash Raj, Sonali bendre, Kim Sharma, Sangeeta". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Telugu Cinema Etc". Idlebrain.com. 2003-09-08. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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