Okkadu
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Okkadu is a 2003 Telugu film which was directed by Gunasekhar
Gunasekhar
Gunasekhar is a Telugu film director. He directed the films Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu, Arjun, Sainikudu. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award for Okkadu and also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for...

. It stars Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975 is an Indian film actor from Telugu Cinema. Born to Legendary Telugu actor Superstar Krishna, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in the movie Needa...

, Bhoomika Chawla, and Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

. Music was composed by Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...

 and editing was done by A. Sreekar Prasad
A. Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni Sreekar Prasad better known as Sreekar Prasad is an National Award winning Indian film editor.-Brief lifesketch:He was born to editor A. Sanjivi. Veteran L. V. Prasad was his maternal uncle. He was a graduate in Literature and started his film editing career in Telugu films...

. M.S. Raju produced this film. This movie was later remade into the Tamil
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 as Ghilli
Ghilli
Ghilli is a Tamil action comedy film directed by Dharani. The film stars Joseph Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Dhamu. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Vidyasagar...

 and became one of Vijay's most successful movies as well as one of the biggest hits of the year. This film was released on January 15, 2003.

Plot

Ajay Varma (Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu
Mahesh Babu born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975 is an Indian film actor from Telugu Cinema. Born to Legendary Telugu actor Superstar Krishna, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in the movie Needa...

), is a young Kabbadi player who goes to factionism hit Kurnool
Kurnool
Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...

 to take part in a life changing match, which decides his sports future. There, in a twist of fate, he saves Swapna Reddy (Bhoomika Chawla), from Obul Reddy (Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj
Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

), a dangerous faction leader, who is in love with Swapna and wants to marry her against her wishes. Ajay tries to comfort her because Obul Reddy killed both brothers of Swapna. Ajay brings Swapna to his house in Hyderabad and decides to send her abroad to save her from Obul Reddy. This is complicated by the fact that Swapna falls in love with Ajay and that Ajay's dad is the top Cop in charge of finding Swapna, as per the order of corrupt home minister (Rajan P. Dev
Rajan P. Dev
Rajan P Dev was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi . He had acted in over 140 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He was noted for his villain roles laced with a touch of humour...

) of the state. The home minister is into helping Obul Reddy. Ajay conceals swapna in Charminar
Charminar
Charminar built in 1591 AD, is a landmark monument located in Hyderabad, India. The two words Char Minar of Urdu language are combined to which it is known as Charminar . These are four ornate minarets attached and supported by four grand arches, it has become the global icon of Hyderabad and is...

, this forms an integral part of the story. Whether Ajay is able to achieve his Kabbadi target and whether, Swapna & Ajay unite is the crux of the story.

Cast

  • Mahesh Babu
    Mahesh Babu
    Mahesh Babu born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975 is an Indian film actor from Telugu Cinema. Born to Legendary Telugu actor Superstar Krishna, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in the movie Needa...

     ... Ajay Varma ("Varma" comes only in the credits at the end)
  • Bhoomika Chawla ... Swapna Reddy
  • Mukesh Rishi
    Mukesh Rishi
    Mukesh Rishi is an Indian film actor who works in Bollywood and Tollywood and Canada. Coming from a brahmin family in Jammu, Mukesh was the first person in his family to try his luck in the world of cinema...

     ... Assistant Commissioner of Police (Father of Ajay)
  • Prakash Raj
    Prakash Raj
    Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

     ... Obul Reddy
  • Geetha ... Mother of Ajay
  • Niharika ... Sister of ajay

Crew

  • Director: Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar is a Telugu film director. He directed the films Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu, Arjun, Sainikudu. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award for Okkadu and also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for...

  • Screenplay: Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar is a Telugu film director. He directed the films Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu, Arjun, Sainikudu. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award for Okkadu and also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for...

  • Story: Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar is a Telugu film director. He directed the films Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu, Arjun, Sainikudu. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award for Okkadu and also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for...

  • Dialogue: Paruchuri Brothers
    Paruchuri Brothers
    Paruchuri Brothers are a very famous dialogue-writing duo for Telugu Tollywood films. They are Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao and Paruchuri Gopala Krishna. They have written story and dialogues for over 333 films. They have made a huge contribution to Telugu Cinema...

  • Producer: M.S. Raju
  • Music: Mani Sharma
    Mani Sharma
    Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...

  • Cinematography: Sekhar V. Joseph
  • Choreography: Raju Sundaram
    Raju Sundaram
    Raju Sundaram is a Kollywood cine artiste who acts, directs, and choreographs for films. He is an eldest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and elder brother to Prabhu Deva and Nagendra Prasad.-Birth:...

     & Lawrence
  • Art Direction: Ashok
  • Editing: A. Sreekar Prasad
    A. Sreekar Prasad
    Akkineni Sreekar Prasad better known as Sreekar Prasad is an National Award winning Indian film editor.-Brief lifesketch:He was born to editor A. Sanjivi. Veteran L. V. Prasad was his maternal uncle. He was a graduate in Literature and started his film editing career in Telugu films...

  • Stunts : Vijayan
    Vijayan
    Vijayan is a popular name in South India, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and may refer to any of the following:*O. V. Vijayan, Malayalam novelist and cartoonist...


Music

The music for the film was composed by Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...

. The lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri is an Indian lyricist known for his works in Telugu Cinema.He is a multiple winner of Nandi Award for Best Lyricist and Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu...

.
  • "Hare rama"(sung by Shankar Mahadevan
    Shankar Mahadevan
    Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...

    )
  • "Nuvvemmaya Chesavokaani" (Shreya Ghosal
    Shreya Ghosal
    Shreya Ghoshal is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, she has also performed in other Indian languages including Bengali, Assamese, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu....

    )
  • "Sahasam Swasaga" (Mallikharjun)
  • "Cheppave Chirugaali" (Sujatha
    Sujatha Mohan
    Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...

     and Udit Narayan
    Udit Narayan
    -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...

    )
  • "Hai re hai" (Karthik
    Karthik
    Karthik is a male given name that is most common name in the southern part of India. The name stands for the Hindu god "Muruga," son of Lord Shiva.The name may refer to:-Actors:...

     and K. S. Chitra)
  • "Atharintiki" (Hariharan
    Hariharan (singer)
    Hariharan , born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback singer in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bhojpuri and Telugu movies, an established ghazal singer, and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. His melody is strongly appreciated by the film fraternity...

    , Shreya Ghosal and the Priya sisters)

Release

The film released on 15 January 2003 in 165 screens. The audio was released on 19 December 2002.

Awards

The film won many awards:
Nandi Awards
Nandi Awards
The Nandi Awards is the most Prominent award ceremony for Telugu films, Telugu Theater & Television, presented annually in Andhra Pradesh, India. "Nandi" means "bull", the awards being named after the big granite bull at Lepakshi — a cultural and historical symbol of Andhra Pradesh.Nandi...

  • Best Feature Film (Silver) - M.S. Raju
  • Best Director
    Nandi Award for Best Director
    The Nandi Award for Best Director winners:...

     - Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar is a Telugu film director. He directed the films Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu, Arjun, Sainikudu. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award for Okkadu and also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for...

  • Best Music Director
    Nandi Award for Best Music Director
    The Nandi Award for Best Music Director winners:...

     - Mani Sharma
    Mani Sharma
    Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...

  • Best Cinematographer
    Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer
    The Nandi Award for Best Cinematograper winners:...

     - Sekhar V. Joseph
  • Best Editor
    Nandi Award for Best Editor
    The Nandi Award for Best Editor winners:...

     - A. Sreekar Prasad
    A. Sreekar Prasad
    Akkineni Sreekar Prasad better known as Sreekar Prasad is an National Award winning Indian film editor.-Brief lifesketch:He was born to editor A. Sanjivi. Veteran L. V. Prasad was his maternal uncle. He was a graduate in Literature and started his film editing career in Telugu films...

  • Best Art Director
    Nandi Award for Best Art Director
    This is a list of winners of the Nandi Award for Best Art Director....

     - Ashok
  • Best Choreographer
    Nandi Award for Best Choreographer
    The Nandi Award for Best Choreographer winners:...

     - Raju Sundaram
    Raju Sundaram
    Raju Sundaram is a Kollywood cine artiste who acts, directs, and choreographs for films. He is an eldest son of dance master Mugur Sundar, and elder brother to Prabhu Deva and Nagendra Prasad.-Birth:...

  • Best Fight Master
    Nandi Award for Best Fight Master
    The Nandi Award for Best Fight Master winners:...

     - Vijayan
    Vijayan
    Vijayan is a popular name in South India, especially in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and may refer to any of the following:*O. V. Vijayan, Malayalam novelist and cartoonist...



Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...

  • Best Film - M.S. Raju
  • Best Director
    Telugu Filmfare Best Director Award
    The Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1972. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.K. Viswanath most won 6 Awards for best director.- Nominations:...

     - Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar
    Gunasekhar is a Telugu film director. He directed the films Choodalani Vundi, Okkadu, Arjun, Sainikudu. In the South Indian Filmfare Awards, Gunasekhar won Filmfare Best Director Award for Okkadu and also he won several nandhi awards including national award for best children's film director for...

  • Best Actor
    Telugu Filmfare Best Actor Award
    The Telugu Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by India's Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The Award was first given in 1972 with Nandamuri Taraka Ramarao being the first recipient. Chiranjeevi has won the award seven...

     - Mahesh Babu
    Mahesh Babu
    Mahesh Babu born Mahesh Babu Ghattamaneni on 9 August 1975 is an Indian film actor from Telugu Cinema. Born to Legendary Telugu actor Superstar Krishna, Mahesh Babu faced the camera at the age of four as a child artist in the movie Needa...

  • Best Music Director
    Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award
    The Telugu Filmfare Best Music Director Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films.The award was first given in 1992. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.- See also :...

     - Mani Sharma
    Mani Sharma
    Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...



Santosham Film Awards
Santosham Film Awards
Santosham Film Awards is are one of the most popular awards given for Telugu films.-Background:The awards first began in 2003 by the annual Santosham film magazine which was started in 2002)...

  • Best Film
    Santosham Best Film Award
    The Santosham Best Film Award is given by the Santosham Film magazine as part of its annual Santosham Film Awards for Telugu films.The award was first given in 2003. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won.-Winners:...

     - M.S. Raju
  • Best Villain
    Santosham Best Villain Award
    The Santosham Best Director Award is given by the Santosham Film magazine as part of its annual Santosham Film Awards for Telugu films.The award was first given in 2003. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won....

     - Prakash Raj
    Prakash Raj
    Prakash Raj , better known by his stage name Prakash Raj, is a National Award winning actor, director and producer who has worked in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. Though he was born in a Tulu family he achieved fame through Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He got introduced to...

  • Best Art Direction
    Santosham Best Art Direction Award
    The Santosham Art Direction Award is given by the Santosham Film magazine as part of its annual Santosham Film Awards for Telugu films.The award was first given in 2003. Here is a list of the award winners and the films for which they won....

     - Ashok

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