Anjaneyulu

Anjaneyulu is a 2009 Telugu action comedy written and directed by Parasuram and produced by Bandla Ganesh under Parameswara Art Productions. Ravi Teja plays a television reporter, with Nayanthara as the heroine and Sonu Sood, Nassar and Brahmanandam in support. S. Thaman composed the music, K. Ravindra Babu shot it and Marthand K. Venkatesh edited it. It was released on 14 August 2009.

What the story is about

Anjaneyulu works for the news channel HMTV in Hyderabad and stays in close touch with his retired father Krishnamurthy and his mother. His channel goes through a shake-up when the boss hires a “creative consultant”, Prabhakar, and Anjaneyulu is sent out to interview all kinds of people. Along the way he meets Anjali, who works for Airtel, and the two fall for each other in dramatic fashion.

While investigating corrupt politicians, he finds evidence that leads him to join the gang of a gangster called Bada to dig deeper. Then a personal tragedy strikes: a bus carrying his parents is set on fire by hooligans. Anjaneyulu sets out to find who was behind it, without realising that his own life is now in danger.

Cast and crew

• Ravi Teja as Anjaneyulu
• Nayanthara as Anjali
• Sonu Sood as ‘Bada’ Bhai
• Nassar as Krishnamurthy, Anjaneyulu’s father
• Brahmanandam as Prabhakar, the creative head
• Suman as Anjali’s father
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Gurudev
• Jaya Prakash Reddy as Babulal
• Jeeva as Sudarshan Babu, the channel boss
• Brahmaji as Subbu, a journalist friend
• Prakash Raj in a special appearance as Jai Prakash

Writer and director: Parasuram. Producer: Bandla Ganesh. Music: S. Thaman. Cinematography: K. Ravindra Babu. Editing: Marthand K. Venkatesh.

Music

Thaman’s soundtrack was released by Aditya Music. One of its songs, “Rajulakey Raraju”, is based on “Uchimeedhu”, a song Thaman had composed for the Tamil film Sindhanai Sei.

Release and reviews

Rediff gave Anjaneyulu 2.5 out of 5, describing it as “filled with masala” and “fairly slickly made”, likely to go down well with the masses, and adding that “Ravi Teja steals the show”. Idlebrain rated it 3 out of 5. We have not found box-office figures from a named outlet. A Tamil dubbed version, Adhiradi Arjun, was released in Chennai on 29 July 2016.

Where to watch Anjaneyulu

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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Anjaneyulu and the reviews it cites; our own cast and crew records.