Sivamani (film)

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Sivamani
Sivamani film poster.jpg
Directed by Puri Jagannadh
Written by Kona Venkat (dialogues)
Screenplay byPuri Jagannadh
Story byPuri Jagannadh
Produced byPuri Jagannadh
Starring Nagarjuna Akkineni
Asin Thottumkal
Rakshitha
Prakash Raj
Cinematography Shyam K. Naidu
Edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by Chakri
Production
company
Distributed by DVV Entertainments
Release date
  • 23 October 2003 (2003-10-23)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Sivamani is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film co-written, directed and produced by Puri Jagannadh on Vaishno Academy banner. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Rakshitha, Asin and Prakash Raj. It has music composed by Chakri. A part of the story has been taken from the movie Message in a Bottle released in 1999 which in turn was inspired by Message in a Bottle - the Nicholas Sparks novel.

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Plot

Pallavi, a newspaper editor, finds a mysterious typed love letter in a bottle in the seashore. She is fascinated by it and shows it to her colleagues. They print it in their newspaper and get numerous responses. Pallavi, due to her personal curiosity, tries to reach Sivamani, but he ignores her. Rajnikanth helps Pallavi get close to Sivamani, and his past is revealed. Sivamani is an honest cop in Visakhapatnam (Vizag). He falls in love with Vasanta, who aspires to become a singer. Dattu is a mafia don, whom Sivamani troubles a lot.

Vasanta is distantly related to Dattu, and both of them are from Kerala. In the course of events, Sivamani's mother becomes paralyzed. Sivamani and Vasanta take her to Kerala to get Ayurveda treatments. Dattu is also in Kerala, and his mission is to get his revenge by taking Vasanta away from Sivamani. Vasanta becomes mute after Dattu punctures her voice box. The rest of the story is about how Sivamani gets Vasanta back with Pallavi's help.

Cast

Soundtrack

Sivamani
Film score by
Chakri
Released12 September 2003
Genre Soundtrack
Length26:35
Label Sohan Music
Producer Chakri
Chakri chronology
Donga Ramudu & Party
(2003)		Sivamani
(2003)		Oka Raju Oka Rani
(2003)

Music was composed by Chakri. [1] Music was released on SOHAN Audio Company. [2]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yenaatiki"Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar Raghu Kunche, Kousalya 5:13
2."Goldrangu" Kandikonda Ravi Varma, Revathi4:55
3."Yelo Yelo"Vishwa Smita 4:39
4."Rama Rama"KandikondaKousalya1:27
5."Mona Mona" Chakri Hariharan, Kousalya5:39
6."Sun Sun"Kandikonda Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya4:42
Total length:26:35

Reception

Sify gave the film a verdict of 'let down' and opined that "The much hyped Sivamani-9848022338 is a kichidi that neither pleases the classes nor the masses". [3] Jeevi of Idlebrain wrote that "You can watch this film for Nagarjuna and the cool flashback episode of the first half". [4] Mithun Verma of Full Hyderabad wrote that "But overall, Puri has paid too much attention to untimely gimmicks and tried to cram in everything possible into Shivamani". [5]

The dialogue of the character Sivamani "Na peru Shivamani, nakkonchem mental" (transl. My name is Shivamani, I am a bit mental) became popular during the early 2000s. [6]

Awards

A legal suit was filed by an individual who owns the phone number alleging that the makers of the film did not attain his permission to use the phone number in the film. He alleged that he received calls from people in the hopes of speaking to Nagarjuna, and that it had caused him "immense agony". [8]

Legacy

In April 2020, during the lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, a short video from the film was shared by Nagarjuna, in which the dialogues of Sivamani were mimicked and replaced, with a warning to the goons of not wearing masks and asks them to wear masks and maintain social distance. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. 12 October 2003.
  2. ↑ "Shivamani Songs Download: Shivamani MP3 Telugu Songs Online Free on". Gaana. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Sivamani 9848022338". Sify. 28 October 2003. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Telugu cinema - Shivamani 98480 22338 - Nagarjuna, Asin, Rakshita - Puri Jagannadh". Idlebrain. 23 October 2003.
  5. ↑ Verma, Mithun. "Shivamani Review". Full Hyderabad.
  6. 1 2 "Nagarjuna shares a glimpse of Shivamani in the time of coronavirus pandemic". The Times of India . 25 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964 - 2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964 - 2008)](PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh . Retrieved 31 December 2020.(in Telugu)
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