Hanuman Junction (film)

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Hanuman Junction
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DVD cover
Directed by M. Raja
Written byThotapalli Madhu (dialogues)
Screenplay byM. Raja
Marudhuri Raja
Story by Rafi Mecartin
Based on Thenkasipattanam (Malayalam)(2000) by Rafi Mecartin
Produced byM. V. Lakshmi
Editor Mohan (presents)
Starring Arjun
Jagapathi Babu
Venu
Laya
Sneha
Vijayalakshmi
Cinematography C. Ramprasad
Edited byM. Babji
Editor Mohan (supervision)
Music by Suresh Peters
Production
company
M. L. Movie Arts
Release date
  • 21 December 2001 (2001-12-21)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Hanuman Junction is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by M. Raja in his directorial debut. It stars an ensemble cast of Arjun, Jagapathi Babu, Venu, Laya, Sneha, and Vijayalakshmi. Produced by M. V. Lakshmi under the M. L. Movie Arts banner of Editor Mohan, the film is a remake of the Malayalam film Thenkasipattanam (2000). [1]

Contents

The music is composed by Suresh Peters with cinematography by C. Ramprasad. The film released on 21 December 2001 and was a successful venture. [2] The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Singakottai.

Plot

Krishna and Dasu are best friends and the notorious goons of Hanuman Junction, who hold KD & Co company. They always have enmity with a vicious opponent, Devudayya. Meenakshi, Devudayya's daughter, has loved Krishna since childhood, but he does not reciprocate because he knows that Dasu will not accept it. Meanwhile, Sathru, a young man appointed as a manager in KD & Co, constantly receives their batter because of his stupidity. Later, it reveals that Dasu has a sister Devi, an educated girl whom Krishna too endears as his own. Sathru is in love with Devi, which she jilted. Thus, he joined in their company to win the hearts of Devi and her brothers. As KD & Co keeps hostage a music troupe for which Sangeeta, the main singer, when the elders expel her from the house, KD shelters her.

Now, Devi affirms to Sathru that her brothers should be conjugal first. Therefore, he decides to find brides for Krishna and Dasu. With a revue, he unites Krishna with Meenakshi and tries to patch up Sangeeta with Dasu. Here, surprisingly, she loves Krishna. Due to Sathru's obfuscation, Krishna accepts the proposal, mistaking Sangeeta for Dasu's finance. Soon, Krishna reveals his love affair to Dasu when he understands Meenakshi as his spouse and starts liking her. Afterward, they bring Meenakshi home, confront Devudayya, and wedding preparations in progress. Sathru realizes the mishap and tries to rectify, which leads to chaos. Exploiting it, Devudayya creates a rift between KD. During that plight, Dasu aims to knit Meenakshi when Krishna obstructs his way forcibly. Eventually, it results in warfare between soulmates. At last, Krishna gets ready to relinquish his love for his friendship. However, Dasu changes his mind, bands Krishna and Meenakshi together, and decides to marry Sangeetha. Finally, the movie ends with the wedding of the three couples.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 11 June 2001. [3]

Soundtrack

Hanuman Junction
Film score by
Suresh Peters
Released2001
Genre Soundtrack
Length23:56
Label Aditya Music
Producer Suresh Peters

Music composed by Suresh Peters who composed the for original Malayalam version, thus retaining all the tunes from the original. Music released on Aditya Music Company. [4]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Konaseemallo O Koila" Veturi Srinivas, K. S. Chithra 5:08
2."Oka Chinni Ledikuna" Chandrabose Sujatha Mohan and Chores4:22
3."Golmaal Golmaal"VeturiK. S. Chithra, Mano, M. G. Sreekumar, Sujatha Mohan4:52
4."O Prema Prema"Chandra BoseSuresh Peters5:18
5."Kushi Kushiga"Veturi Shankar Mahadevan, Swarnalatha 4:16
Total length:23:56

Reception

Sify rated the film 3/5 and called the film a "clean comedy." On performances, the reviewer wrote, "Venu as Sathru proves that he is excellent in comedy. Arjun as Krishna is perfect, but Jagapathi as Dasu could have been better." [5] Idlebrain.com rated the film 3.25 and stated: "The story and relationships in this film are quite complex. But the whole credit should go to the debutant director Raja to narrate a story in such a way that all the viewers understand the complex and randomly changing relationships clearly." [6] Andhra Today wrote "Entertainment is the core of this movie and the director has done full justice to it, even the story and the script add their impressive contribution to appeal to the audience". [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Telugu Cinema – Preview – Hanuman Junction – Editor Mohan – Jagapati Babu, Venu, Arjun, Laya, Sneha". Idlebrain.com. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Telugu Cinema – Research – Analysis – Telugu cinema in first half of 2002 – Aadi, Hanuman Junction, Santosham, Jayam, Lahiri". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Mohan Raja on Facebook". Facebook . Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.[ user-generated source ]
  4. ↑ Hanuman Junction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Suresh Peters , retrieved 14 January 2021
  5. ↑ "Hanuman Junction". Sify . Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Telugu Cinema – Review – Hanuman Junction – Jagapathi Babu, Arjun, Venu, Laya, Sneha & Vijaya Lakshmi – Raja – Editor Mohan". Idlebrain.com. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "HANUMAN JUNCTION". Andhra Today. Archived from the original on 5 April 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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