Ashok (film)

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Ashok
Ashok film poster.jpg
Directed by Surender Reddy
Written byStory:
Vakkantham Vamsi
Screenplay:
Surender Reddy
Dialogues:
Marudhuri Raja
Produced byValluripalli Ramesh
Starring Jr. NTR
Sameera Reddy
Prakash Raj
Sonu Sood
Cinematography K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
Maharshi Cinema
Distributed byMaharshi Cinema
Release date
  • July 13, 2006 (2006-07-13)(India)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Ashok is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action film [1] produced by Maharishi Cinema, directed and written by Surender Reddy, starring Jr. NTR, Sameera Reddy, Prakash Raj, and Sonu Sood in the lead roles. [2] [3] It is a movie about redemption in which the title character must make amends to his father after being blamed for his grandmother's death while meeting a girl who understands him and his burdens; at the same time, he must also battle against a mafia-like organisation that hates him.

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The movie was released in Andhra Pradesh on 13 July 2006. It was an average grosser at the box office. It became a cult film over the years. It was remade into Bengali Bangladesh as Babar Kosom (2007) with Manna and Nipun Akter.

Plot

Ashok is a mechanic who is thrown out of his house because of his rash actions that have led to his grandmother's death. His father still harbors anger against him, despite Ashok's good behavior that has a positive outcome. Ashok happens to meet an insecure yet talented dancer named Anjali and falls in love with her. Anjali witnesses a crime involving KK, the leader of one of the largest crime syndicates in Andhra Pradesh. KK then tries to ensnare Anjali within his evil plans, while Ashok wages a one-man war against KK's gang.

Ashok's friend Rajiv attempts to rescue Anjali, but KK has him killed. Ashok then avenges Rajiv's death by killing KK's brother, Panda. This enrages KK, and his gang captures Ashok's sister, demanding that Ashok hands himself over to them in return for her safety. Ashok's father drags him to KK's manor and orders him to save his sister. Ashok and KK then get into a dramatic fight at Ashok's sister's wedding. Just when it appears that Ashok will emerge the winner, KK's mother tries to shoot Ashok but accidentally kills her own son. She drops the gun and falls down dead, apparently dying of shock. The film ends with Ashok's sister getting married and Ashok receiving his father's forgiveness.

Cast

Music

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and released by Aditya Music.

Ashok
Soundtrack album by
Released8 July 2006 [4]
Recorded2006
Genre Soundtrack
Length29:45
Label Aditya Music
Producer Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Pokiri
(2006)
Ashok
(2006)
Stalin
(2006)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Gola Gola" Chandrabose Ravi Varma, Sujatha Mohan 5:10
2."Nuvvasalu Nachale" Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Jassie Gift, K. S. Chitra 5:19
3."Yekantanga Unna"Chandrabose Karunya 4:21
4."Oka Chinni Navve Navvi"Chandrabose KK 5:11
5."Jabiliki Vennelalistha"Chandrabose Hariharan, Sri Vardhini4:42
6."Mumtaju Mahalu"Chandrabose Devan Ekambaram, Tanvi Shah 5:02
Total length:29:45

Hindi version The Fighhterman Ghayal

No

1. Duniya mein jeena hai toh

2. Dola Dola dil yeh Dola

3. tere bina

Release

The film was shot in Super 35 format. It was released with 228 prints. [5]

The film was later dubbed and released in Tamil, Hindi, Hindustani, and Bhojpuri as Ashok and The Fighterman Ghayal (2008) respectively. The Kannada Dubbed version was telecasted on Zee Kannada.

Reception

The film collected 25 crore in its opening weekend. [6]

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