Mahatma (film)

Mahatma
Directed by Krishna Vamsi
Produced by C R Manohar
Starring Srikanth,
Bhavana
Music by Vijay Antony
Cinematography Sharat
Edited by Gautham Raju
Release date
  • 9 October 2009 (2009-10-09)
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget ₹12 crores

Mahatma (Telugu: మహాత్మా) is a 2009 Telugu film written and directed by noted director Krishna Vamsi. This film stars Srikanth in the lead role. The film was to release on 2 October which is Gandhi Jayanti holiday but due to censoring issues, the film's release was postponed a week for 9 October 2009. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Puthiya Thalapathy. It is dubbed in Hindi as Ek Aur Mahanayak.

Plot

Dasu (Srikanth) is a rowdy in a basti in Hyderabad. He makes a living out of "settlement of petty issues". A young lawyer Krishnaveni (Bhavana) gets him bail in a petty case and their acquaintance soon develop into romance after a series of events. On the other hand, a politician cum business woman (Jyothy) plans to set up SEZ in that basti that move is protested by dwellers headed by a genuine leader (Sekhar). Meanwhile, a local politician cum rowdy leader Dada (Jayaprakash Reddy) also protests against businesswoman and seeks Rs 200 Crores from if she wants to set up SEZ there. Dasu initially believes Dada as good politician and works for him. When Dada tries to take advantage of Dasu, he realizes his fault and plans to contest against him on a newly floated Mahatma party. How Krishnavani and local theatre artiste bring change in Dasu and make him realize the importance of Mahatma Gandhi's ideology is a core point of the movie.

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