Released · Telugu film · 2001
Student No.1
స్టూడెంట్ నంబర్ 1
Student No.1 release date: 27 September 2001 (theatres). Directed by S. S. Rajamouli; starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Gajala and Rajiv Kanakala.
- Film release
- 27 September 2001 · All 2001 films
- Director
- S. S. Rajamouli
- Music
- M. M. Keeravani
- Production
- Swapna Cinema
- Producer
- K. Raghavendra Rao
- Writing credits
- K. Raghavendra Rao
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
No streaming platform is on file for this film.
Film release: 27 September 2001 · all 2001 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 25 September 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
Student No: 1 is a 2001 Telugu coming-of-age drama that marked the feature debut of director S. S. Rajamouli. Produced and written by K. Raghavendra Rao under Swapna Cinema, from a story by Pruthvi Teja, it stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Gajala and Rajiv Kanakala, with music by M. M. Keeravani. Released on 27 September 2001 to strong reviews, it was a commercial success, earning a distributors’ share of ₹12 crore according to Idlebrain.com.
What the story is about
Aditya, a quiet and somewhat mysterious young man, enrols at a law college in Vizag that is notorious for its unruly students, led by Satya. He sets about making them mend their ways, but flashbacks through the first half hint that he is carrying a troubled past of his own, one bound up with his father’s insistence that he study law rather than the engineering he wanted, and with the reason he is at this college at all.
Cast
- N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Aditya
- Gajala as Anjali (voice dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
- Rajiv Kanakala as Sathya
- Malladi Raghava as Aditya’s father and Sudha as his mother
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Samba Sivam, “Leakage” Sambayya
- Brahmanandam as Dr. Brahmanandam, Ali as Engineer Ali and M. S. Narayana as a law lecturer
- Tanikella Bharani as the jailor, Ajay as Satya’s batchmate and L. B. Sriram as the hostel cook
Music
M. M. Keeravani’s soundtrack was released by Aditya Music. Part of “Kuchipudi Kaina” is based on “Kurukku Siruthavaley” from the Tamil film Mudhalvan. Keeravani won the Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer for “Ekkado Putti”.
Release and box office
The film was released with 40 prints. Idlebrain.com counted it among the blockbusters of 2001, and Idlebrain’s later analysis puts its budget at ₹1.8 crore and says the rights were sold for ₹2.75 crore, against a distributors’ share of ₹12 crore. It ran 50 days in 73 centres and 100 days in 42.
Legacy
Student No: 1 was remade in Tamil as Student Number 1 (2003), and the title of the 2012 Hindi film Student of the Year was inspired by it.
Where to watch Student No: 1
We do not have a confirmed streaming platform for Student No: 1 on file. The OTT details on this page will be updated when a platform’s own listing confirms it.
Sources: the Wikipedia article on Student No: 1 and the Idlebrain.com reports it cites, linked above; Wikidata; our own cast and crew records.
Cast of Student No.1 (2001)
- N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Aditya
- Gajala as Anjali
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Sambaiah
- Brahmanandam as Dr. Bramhanandam
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Tanikella Bharani as Jailor
- Ajay as Satya's Batchmate
- Ali as Engineer Ali
- L. B. Sriram as Hostel Chef
- Sudha as Aditya's Mother
- Gundu Sudarshan
- M. S. Narayana as Law School Lecturer
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi
- Raghunatha Reddy
- Ananth Babu
- Chatrapathi Sekhar as Goon
Also in the cast (TMDB): Rajeev Kanakala as Satya, Malladi Raghava as Raghavan, Aditya's Father, Sameer Hasan as Police Officer.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q7627724 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.