Parugu

Parugu
Directed by	Bhaskar
Written by	Bhaskar
Produced by	Dil Raju
Starring	Allu Arjun Sheela Poonam Bajwa Prakash Raj
Cinematography	Vijay C Chakravarthy
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Geetha Arts Sri Venkateswara Creations KAD Entertainment USA (USA)
Release dates	May 1, 2008 August 8, 2008 (Kerala)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Parugu (Telugu:పరుగు, English: Run) is a 2008 Telugu film written and directed by Bhaskar (of Bommarillu fame). Allu Arjun, Sheela, and Prakash Raj play the lead roles. Dil Raju produces the film whilst Mani Sharma scored the film soundtrack and background score. The movie premiered in Prasads IMAX on April 30 at 10:15PM. The film was dubbed into Malayalam under the title Krishna. The film is remade in to Oriya as Sanju Aau Sanjana with Babusan, Parijat, and Mihir Das, and in Bengali as Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo with Dev, Srabanti Chatterjee, and Tapas Pal.

This film is based on the elopement drama of Arjun's cousin Srija (daughter of Chiranjeevi) with her then-boyfriend Sirish Bharadwaj. Though none of the mainstream media spoke about the co-incidence, the movie received a lot of buzz amongst the movie goers for the similarity to the real life episode of the Srija. Parugu released on May 1, 2008, to mixed reviews.

Development

The film's title has been in major headlines prior to the film's release. During the film's production, the film has been referred to as Premikudu, Romeo, Enta Ghaatu Premayo, Araku, and Varadhi, before being titled as Parugu.

Plot

Neelakanta (Prakash Raj) is a powerful man in the village Ramachandrapuram who doesn’t believe in love marriages. He has two daughters. His elder daughter Subbalakshmi (Poonam Bajwa) elopes with a guy called Erra Babu from a lower class on the night of her arranged marriage. Neelakanta's men kidnap all the friends of Babu. Krishna (Allu Arjun) – a happy go lucky guy from Hyderabad, Sreenu (Chitram Seenu) from Nellore are among them. Krishna likes a girl called Meena (Sheela) who happens to be the younger daughter of Neelakanta. The rest of the story is all about whether Krishna elopes with Meena or convinces Neelakanta to marry her.But Finally neelakanta allows krishna and meena to get married.

Reception

• The film collected a share of Rs.10.82 crores in its first 9 days of theatrical run and collected 21 crores in 3 weeks.
• There were mixed reviews for the film.
• The film ran 100 days in 54 centres.

Trivia

• This film was dubbed into Malayalam as Krishna and was a blockbuster in Kerala too.
• It was remade in Bengali as Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo, directed by Sujit Mondal and in Oriya as Sanju Aau Sanjana, directed by Ashok Pati.

Cast

• Allu Arjun .... Krishna
• Sheela .... Meena
• Poonam Bajwa .... Subbalakshmi
• Prakash Raj .... Neelakanta
• Chitram Seenu .... Sreenu
• Subbaraju .... Chinna Bhai
• Bhaskar
• Sunil
• Ali
• Prabhu

Awards

Nandi Awards - 2008

• Best Feature Film (Bronze) - Dil Raju
• Special Jury Award - Allu Arjun

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu - Allu Arjun

Nominations

• Filmfare Award for Best Film – Telugu - Dil Raju
• Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu - Bhaskar
• Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu - Saketh - "Nammavemo Ganee"

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Mani Sharma and lyrics for the songs are written by Anantha Sreeram, Sirivennela, and Chandrabose. On April 8, 2008, film actor and Arjun's uncle Chiranjeevi launched the soundtrack in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

Untitled

Tracklist

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Parugulu"	Ranjith	04:20
2.	"Nammavemo"	Saketh	04:49
3.	"Yelageyalaga"	Kailash Kher, Saindhavi	04:23
4.	"Chal Chal Chalo"	Ranjith	04:37
5.	"Hrudayam"	Hemachandra	03:49
6.	"Manakanna Podiche"	Rahul Nambiar	04:40

External links

• Parugu at IMDb
• Official Website
• Parugu at 16reels