Yogi (2007 film)

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Yogi
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Directed by V. V. Vinayak
Written byRajendra Kumar (dialogues)
Story by Prem
Based on Jogi [1]
Produced byP. Ravindranath Reddy
Starring Prabhas
Nayantara
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Pradeep Rawat
Sharada
Ali
Cinematography Sameer Reddy
Edited byGautham Raju
Music bySongs:
Ramana Gogula
Score:
Gurukiran
Release date
  • 14 January 2007 (2007-01-14)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box officeest.₹25 crore [2]

Yogi is a 2007 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by V. V. Vinayak, starring Prabhas and Nayanthara. It also features Ali, Subbaraju, Pradeep Rawat, Sharada and Kota Srinivasa Rao in the supporting roles. Ramana Gogula composed the music for V. V. Vinayak's earlier hit Lakshmi , also composed music for this film. Songs were shot in Canada, Egypt, and Malaysia. This film is a remake of the 2005 Kannada blockbuster film Jogi by Prem. The film released on 12 January 2007 in 225 theatres and was Flop at the box office. [3]

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Plot

Eeswar Chandra Prasad is the son of Ram Murthy and Shantamma. Murthy wants his son to do some job. However, Shantamma pampers Eeswar very much, and hence he doesn't want to leave the village. Murthy dies, and in order to fulfil his last wish, Eeswar goes to the city to earn money on the advice of his friend Basha, who was a pickpocket. Eeswar could not meet Basha.

On the other hand, Kotayya runs big land mafia in Hyderabad and is a bitter rival of Narsing Pahilwan. Saidulu is Narsing's brother. Once, Saidulu hacks Kotayya and his assistant, when Eeswar accidentally saves him. Eeswar gets a job in a tea stall run by Chandranna. He earns good money, purchases two gold bangles for his mother, and plans to leave the city. At this juncture, Narsing humiliates Eeswar for saving Kotayya and stamps his mother's gold bangles. Irked over this, Eeswar kills Narsing and turns the biggest goon of the city. Meanwhile, Shantamma reaches Hyderabad as Eeswar killed Narsing. Kotayya wants Eeswar to join him, but to no avail. Chandranna encourages Eeswar, who is now Yogi, to stay back in the city to save the poor, who gets harassed by the goons. Yogi remains a terror for the goons. So, Kotayya and Saidulu join hands and hatch a plan to kill Yogi. While trying to carry it out, Yogi kills Saidulu. Nandini is also after Yogi for an interview to complete her practicals. Somehow, she falls in love with him. Though Yogi and Shantamma live in the same city, they could not meet each other. One day, Yogi meets Basha, who reveals he saw Shantamma.

Though Basha and Santamma go to the address, they could not find Eeswar because he is known as Yogi for the people. Shantamma waits for her son in front of a temple, as Basha tells her that Yogi is in the habit of visiting the temple every Monday. But Eeswar did not turn up on Monday, fearing attack by Saidulu's people. Shantamma dies in front of the temple, and Basha arranges the funeral for her. At this time, Yogi comes but fails to have a look at the covered face and helps the orphan body lifters with money for cremation. He puts flowers on his mother's body, though he is unaware that the body is his mother's until it is moved to the fire cabin. Basha finally arrives and explains the trauma, but it is too late. Yogi realizes the truth only after Nandini shows the belongings of his mother, who came to see him. The film ends with this emotional scene.

Cast

Production

The film's title was speculated to be Basava. [4]

Music

Yogi (Telugu Version)

The music of the film was launched on 15 December 2006. [5] The film has six songs composed by Ramana Gogula:

Yogi (Malayalam Version)

Reception

The film opened to mixed reviews. A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "When the director says, 'the feel never ends,' he was probably right. This is a ridiculously sentimental flick not worth wasting money at all". [6]

Box office

Yogi managed to gross 13.12 crore in its opening week. [7] But the film finally ended up as a commercial failure. [3] The film was later dubbed in Hindi and Malayalam under the same title and in Tamil as Murattu Thambi.

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