Poola Rangadu (2012 film)

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Poola Rangadu
Poola Rangadu 2012.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary
Written byVeerabhadram Chowdary
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Prasad Murella
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Anup Rubens
Production
companies
  • R. R. Movie Makers
  • Max India Productions
Distributed by R. R. Movie Makers
Release date
  • 18 February 2012 (2012-02-18)
[1]
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Poola Rangadu is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by Veerabhadram Chowdary. The film stars Sunil and Isha Chawla. Atchi Reddy has produced the film under Max India.

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Plot

Ranga (Sunil) leads a happy and normal life with his family members. One day two men offer him to buy 30 acres of land in partnership with Ranga. Ranga, who is unaware of the risk, agrees to the offer. He sells his home which was being kept for his younger sister's marriage to buy the land. The land which he buys is between 300 acres on either side belonging to Konda Reddy (Dev Gill) and Lala Goud (Pradeep Rawat) both local criminals in that village who would kill whoever tried to buy the land. Ranga leaves his house and reaches the village to see his newly bought land. He doesn't yet know he got cheated by buying land which is under litigation. Soon after arriving the village, he meets his old friend Vasu (Ali), who warns Ranga to leave the place and forget about his land, revealing the danger about that place. Ranga then decides to sell his land and get the money for his sister's marriage. Lala Goud's daughter Anitha falls in love with Ranga. However, Ranga is unaware that Anitha loves him. There is flashback revealing Konda Reddy's sister eloping with Lala Goud who was a servant under Konda Reddy's father before him. Now angry, Konda Reddy wants to take revenge on Lala Goud by marrying his daughter with the intent of torturing her. The story continues and in the end Ranga battles against Konda Reddy and wins his love and the land. It’s a blockbuster movie..

Cast

Soundtrack

The audio of the film was released on 17 January 2012 and the launch was held at Hotel Katriya in Hyderabad on same day. [2] The soundtrack was composed by Anoop Rubens and it consists of six songs. Lyrics for two songs were written by Kandikonda and one song by Anantha Sriram and another by Ramajogayya Sastry and remaining by Vanamali, Chandrabose.

Poola Rangadu
Soundtrack album by
Released17 January 2012 (2012-01-17)
Recorded2012
Genre Film soundtrack
Length25:11
Label Aditya Music
Producer Anoop Rubens
Anoop Rubens chronology
Kodipunju
(2011)
Poola Rangadu
(2012)
Ishq
(2012)
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Poola Rangadu" Anantha Sriram Benny Dayal, Nakash, Bhargavi, Lipsika4:04
2."Nuvvu Naku Kavali" Ramajogayya Sastry Anoop Rubens, Ranjith, Kousalya4:05
3."Okkade Okkade" Kandikonda Raja Hassan, Noel, Lipsika4:29
4."Nuvve Nuvvele" Vanamali Karthik, Gayatri4:34
5."Chocklate" Chandrabose Udit Narayan, Meenal Jain 3:50
6."Okkade Okkade (Rubens Club Mix)" Kandikonda Raja Hassan, Lipsika4:09
Total length:25:11

Reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "No holds barred entertainment! That’s what “Poolarangadu” is all about. Sunil shows once again that given the right kind of script, he can carry a film on his muscular shoulders". [3] A critic from 123telugu wrote that "Poola Rangadu is a good, clean entertainer". [4]

Box office

After the film ran for 50 days on 7 April 2012 in notable centres it had collected box office takings of 500 million. Movie makers have released a press note in this regard. [5] The film has completed 100 days on 27 May 2012. [6]

Accolades

CeremonyCategoryNomineeResult
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Best FilmR. R. Venkat, Atchi ReddyNominated

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References

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