Arya (2004 film)

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Arya
Aarya Telugu Movie.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sukumar
Written bySukumar
Produced by Dil Raju
Starring
Cinematography R. Rathnavelu
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Distributed bySri Venkateswara Creations
Release date
  • 7 May 2004 (2004-05-07)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹4 crore
Box officeest.₹30(equivalent to ₹106.28 in 2023)crore [1]

Arya is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film written and directed by Sukumar in his directoral debut. Produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations banner, the film stars Allu Arjun, Anu Mehta, and Siva Balaji. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and cinematography was by R. Rathnavelu. The plot revolves around Arya, an outgoing and free-spirited boy falling in love with Geetha, an introverted girl who is on the shield of another person Ajay.

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Arya was released on 7 May 2004, the film received positive response and was commercially successful, grossing ₹30 crore worldwide. [1] It has developed a cult following [2] over the years. A dubbed version in Malayalam was released in 2006. The film was partially remade in Bengali (Bangladesh) as Badha (2005), in Tamil as Kutty (2010). [1] A spiritual sequel titled Arya 2 was released in 2009.

Arya is considered one of the best films of Allu Arjun and provided a major breakthrough in his career as an actor and brought recognition for Sukumar as a director in Telugu cinema. [3] [4]

Plot

Geetanjali a.k.a. Geetha, a college student, goes to Kanyakumari on a trip. She finds a poem in a diary left on a beach and signs in it, saying that she wishes the poet will succeed in his love. Later on, her anklet falls into the ocean, and a guy jumps into the water in front of her eyes, but no one sees him resurfacing. However, Geetha did not see who jumped in the ocean. She dreams about the incident frequently thinking that the guy who jumped has died, but her friends ask her to forget it.

Back to the present in Vishakhapatnam, here comes Ajay, a spoiled college student and the son of the local MP Avataram. He likes to flirt with beautiful girls and wants them to be his girlfriends. One day he sees Geetha and proposes to her. When she refuses, he threatens to jump from the top of the college building. Being afraid of being held responsible for a death, Geetha accepts the proposal with the thought that as some guy has already died for her, and she doesn't want someone to get hurt because of her and starts dating him. Arya is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys his life with friends and kids. On his first day to the college, he sees Geetha, who was just confessing her love to Ajay, who was at the top of the college building, threatening her. Charmed by her beauty, Arya falls in love with her and proposes to her. One day Avataram arranges a party in his house, and it so turns out that Ajay introduces Geetha to his father and persuades him to fix their marriage. Ajay's father, who initially pretended to accept his son's marriage with Geetha, turns tables upside down by introducing another girl Lalasa and announces that his son is going to marry Lalasa. He threatens his son not to marry anyone except Lalasa. Being embarrassed by the situation and helpless, Ajay sits down and starts to get frustrated. Arya, who loves Geetha so much that he never hesitated to help her, decides to bring Ajay to Geetha and helps them elope. On their way, they are followed by Avataram's henchmen. They eventually find a train and get into it.

When they get down of the train in the night, they are shocked to see the leader of Avataram's henchmen, who forces Geetha to come with him, defying his boss' order. On the other hand, Ajay remains helpless, while Arya fights all the men and finally defeats them, rescuing Ajay and Geetha. They walk on to the nearby town, which happens to be Arya's hometown. Being tired, the three go to bed.

The next morning they wake up and realize that Ajay is missing. Arya tries to convince Geetha that Ajay left to win over his father. This leaves private time for Arya and Geetha, and they grow close to each other. Geetha starts liking Arya and begins to understand him. When she tries to confess it to him, Ajay and his father return. Avataram agrees to get Ajay married to Geetha.

On the day of the wedding, Geetha finds out that Arya was the guy who dove into the sea for her anklet and realizes that he came into her life much before Ajay. She realizes that while Ajay blackmailed her into loving him; Arya just wanted to see her happy. Geetha also realizes that Arya truly loves her, while Ajay was just acting on his impulse of wanting what he couldn't have. She leaves the wedding hall in tears and confesses her love to Arya, and they both reconcile with each other, and this time he successfully throws the stone into the Plastic Coke Cup, indicating he truly succeeded in his love.

Cast

Production

Sukumar began working on the script of his directorial debut Arya (2004) in Vishakhapatnam before joining the sets of Vinayak's Dil. Its producer Dil Raju assured that he would produce the film if Dil becomes a commercial success. [5] Sukumar chose to narrate the story of a boy who confess his love to a girl right in the beginning, opposed to films like Darr (1993), Kabhie Haan Kabhie Naa (1994), and Kaadhal Kondein (2003) where the protagonist's love/obsession for the female lead is revealed towards the end, as he found that idea an "obsolete" one. [6] Raju was impressed with Sukumar's script and Allu Arjun was selected as its protagonist after considering Ravi Teja, Nithin, and Prabhas. Anuradha Mehta and Siva Balaji were chosen for the other two lead roles. [7] R. Rathnavelu and Devi Sri Prasad were chosen as the film's director of photography and music director respectively; they both collaborated with Sukumar in many of his future projects. The film was launched on 20 November 2003 with Chiranjeevi clapping the first shot and Pawan Kalyan switching on the camera. [8]

Soundtrack

Arya
Soundtrack album to Aryaby
Devi Sri Prasad
Released16 April 2004 (2004-04-16)
Recorded2004
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length30:42
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Venky
(2004)		Arya
(2004)		 Shankar Dada MBBS
(2004)

The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The success and popularity of the song "Aa Ante Amalapuram" song eventually led to its adaptation in the 2012 Hindi film Maximum . [9]

Telugu Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."You Rock My World"Viswa Shaan, Premji Amaren 5:00
2."Edo Priya Ragam Vintunna" Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry Sagar, Sumangali5:08
3."O My Brotheru"Sirivennela Seetharama SastryRavi Verma5:04
4."Thakadimithom"Surendra Krishna Tippu 5:31
5."Feel My Love" Chandrabose KK, Clinton Cerejo 4:55
6."Aa Ante Amalapuram" Veturi Malathy, Ranjith 5:04
Total length:30:42

Malayalam (Dub)

Music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad and lyrics were penned by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan and Rajeev Alunkal

Malayalam Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Etho Priya Ragam" Madhu Balakrishnan 5:09
2."Thakadhimithom" Jassie Gift 4:59
3."Aa Kande Alakapuram"Reshmi, Devi Sri Prasad4:59
4."You Rock My Love" Afsal, Devi Sri Prasad4:39
5."Etho Priya Ragam"Shivani5:09
6."Oh My Brothere"Alex4:49
7."Aarya Proud of Youth"Anwar Sadath, Sayanora Philip 3:37
8."Feel My Love" Vidhu Prathap 4:57

Reception

Critical reception

Arya received highly positive reviews from critics. idlebrain.com gave a review stating, "You feel like you are watching a Mani Rathnam film. There is a soul in the film and you end up having a thin layer of tears in your eyes while leaving the theater. This film announces the arrival of Sukumar – director – a class apart. 'Aarya' is a must watch film for all Telugu film lovers. Don't miss it" and rated the film 4/5, calling the film "A class apart". [10] IndiaGlitz gave a review stating "To start with, the hype machine was at work incessantly before the release of the movie. And after watching the film you also feel that there is a movie that is every inch worth its pre-release hype. Not only Aarya is expected to lead the pack in the long summer of seemingly never-ending releases but also give the hero of the film, Allu Arjun, a new identity. Aarya is an unabashed package showcasing Allu Arjun and his dancing and fighting abilities. The thing it looks like it will work at the box-office", further calling the film "A cocktail of fun and more fun". [11] fullhyderabad.com gave a review stating "Aarya is not at all what you expect it to be. It is a special package that consists of fun, entertainment, laughs, frolic, merriment, high times, bashes and more. It has them all. Romance, eternal love, mush, flowers, embraces, sacrifices, sunsets. It has them ALL. Action, fights, stunts, feats, tricks, battles, blood, bullies, henchmen, chases. Did we mention that this has it all? Emotions, sentiments, passion, craze and feelings. See one. See all," and rated the film 7/10. [12]

Box office

Arya made on a budget of ₹4 crore, grossed about ₹30 crore. [1]

The film's dubbed version in Malayalam collected between ₹1.5–2 crore in Kerala. Owing to the film's success, Allu Arjun received major acclaim across the region and the Malayali people and earned him fanbase there. [13]

Release

In 2011, it was dubbed in Hindi as Arya Ki Prem Pratigya. [14] It was also remade in 2007 as Pagala Premi in Odia [15] and as Adaraye Namayen in 2008 in Sinhala.

Awards

52nd Filmfare Awards
2004 CineMAA Awards
2004 Nandi Awards
2004 Santosham Film Awards
2004 Gemini TV Awards

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