Guru (2017 film)
| Guru | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sudha Kongara |
| Produced by | S. Shashikanth |
| Written by |
Harsha Vardhan (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by |
Sudha Kongara Sunanda Raghunathan |
| Story by | Sudha Kongara |
| Starring |
Venkatesh Ritika Singh |
| Music by | Santhosh Narayanan |
| Cinematography | K.A.Sakthivel |
| Edited by | Sathish Suriya |
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Release date |
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Running time | 179 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Guru (English: Mentor) is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language sports drama film, produced by S. Shashikanth on Y NOT Studios banner and directed by Sudha Kongara. Starring Venkatesh, Ritika Singh in the lead roles and music composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The film is remake of Prasad's 2016 Tami-language film Irudhi Suttru.[2]
Plot
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Aditya alias Aadi (Venkatesh) is a failed boxer who, despite being very talented, falls victim to the dirty politics in the boxing association. Many years later, he is a coach for the women's boxing teams but is extremely angry and frustrated with the partiality in selection. Due to his rift with the association head Dev Khatri (Zakir Hussain), he is falsely charged with sexual harassment and transferred to Vizag. Despite the very poor infrastructure, Aadi manages to find talent in a roadside vegetable seller Rameswari alias Ramudu (Ritika Singh), who he along with his assistant coach Punch Ponds (Nassar) notices while she is thrashing the judges during her sister's tournament.
Ignoring Rameswari's elder sister Lakshmi alias Lux (Mumtaz Sorcar) who has been boxing for 8 years, Aadi offers to train Rameswari for 4 hours daily. But the two don't get along due to Aadi's ruthless training methods and Rameswari's aggressive nature. As a result, Rameswari intentionally loses a local match. Aadi later asks Lakshmi and Rameswari's parents, to send them to stay in a hostel with him so their daughters can work hard on training. Rameswari misunderstands him, but later regrets when she finds out that Aadi has sold his bike to buy new training equipment for her. Rameswari then starts training with Aadi rather intensely with dedication and develops feelings for him. On the day of a qualifying match, she reveals her feelings to Aadi and he promptly rejects her. During the warm-up before the match, a now jealous Lakshmi injures Rameswari's hand causing Rameswari to lose.Aadi thinks that Rameswari lost intentionally again and throws her out of training camp.
Dev Khatri takes advantage of the situation by calling Rameswari to Delhi for a cultural exchange tournament and makes her fight with a heavyweight Russian boxer, who knocks out Rameswari in a few seconds. A demotivated Rameswari is then approached by Dev Khatri with an indecent proposal, to which she reacts by injuring him. Dev Khatri takes revenge by getting her arrested on false theft charges.
Aadi comes to the rescue and bails her out. He later takes Rameswari to Delhi to get her a wild-card entry into the World Boxing Championship. Rameswari works hard and goes on to win the semifinal. On the day of finals, Dev Khatri removes Rameswari's name from the list and asks Aadi to resign immediately if he wants to see Rameswari in the final, with the same Russian boxer who knocked her out in Delhi. Rameswari gets to fight in the final round but is dejected after learning about Aadi's resignation. She keeps losing points in the early rounds and gets badly injured before Aadi shows up at the stadium and indicates her to attack her opponent's arms to make her weak. Rameswari follows the game plan and knocks out the opponent with seconds to go in the final round. Dev Khatri quickly attempts to take the credit for training Rameswari but she punches him and runs towards Aadi and hug's him, showing emotional reunion of a coach and student.
Cast
- Venkatesh as Aditya / Aadi
- Ritika Singh as Rameswari / Ramulu
- Nazaar as Punch Ponds
- Tanikella Bharani
- Zakir Hussain as Dev Khatri
- Mumtaz Sorcar as Lakshmi / Lux
- Raghu Babu as Soomulu
- Anitha Chowdary as Rajyam
Soundtrack
| Guru | ||||
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| Film score by Santhosh Narayanan | ||||
| Released | 2017 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 21:56 | |||
| Label | Lahari Music | |||
| Producer | Santhosh Narayanan | |||
| Santhosh Narayanan chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Santhosh Narayanan. Music released on Lahari Music Company.[3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ne Zara" | Sri Mani | Siddharth Mahadevan | 4:15 |
| 2. | "Jingidi" | Bhaskarabhatla | Venkatesh | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Gundelothulalo" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Dhee | 3:10 |
| 4. | "Ey Pataakey" | Bhaskarabhatla | Ananthu | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Ukku Naram" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Siddharth Mahadevan | 4:20 |
| 6. | "O Sakkanoda" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Dhee | 4:10 |
| Total length: | 21:56 | |||
Production
Principal photography commenced in September 2016 in Hyderabad. Principle filmography took place in Vizag, Hyderabad, and Goa. The film has completed shooting in the first week of December 2016. Art director Jacki was roped into the project after the director was impressed seeing his vadachennai jail set. The film is being shot predominantly in Tamil Nadu[4]
References
- ↑ "Venky's 'Guru' is preponed for a March 31 release". The Times of India. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ↑ "Guru trailer: Venkatesh gets into shoes of R Madhavan in Saala Khadoos Telugu remake. But is he convincing enough?". 21 March 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ↑ Santhosh Narayanan (12 March 2017). "Guru (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". iTunes. Apple Inc. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ↑ "Saala Khadoos: Venkatesh to play Madhavan's role in Telugu version - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.