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| Directed by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Written by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Produced by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Starring | Aravind Kumar, Chaitanya, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, Ashish Vidyarthi Ali, Brahmanandam |
| Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Distributed by | Vaishno Academy |
Release date | 28 April 2006 |
Running time | 162 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget |  12crores |
Pokiri (Telugu: పోకిరి, Template:Lang-en) is a hit 2006 Telugu movie directed, written, and produced by Puri Jagannadh. Mahesh Babu plays the lead role, and Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj, Sayaji Shinde, and Ashish Vidyarthi play supporting roles. Mani Sharma was the music director, Shyam K. Naidu handled cinematography , and was edited by Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film was released on 28 April 2006. This Telugu film was remade in Tamil in 2007 as Pokkiri, in Hindi as Wanted in 2009 and in Kannada as Porki in 2010.
Plot
The city of Hyderabad is rife with the nefarious activities of land mafia. There are two rival gangs; one under Ali Bhai(Prakash Raj) who resides in Dubai and controls the operation through his siblings Ajju and Mona, and another operated by local goon Narayan. Both threaten builders and land owners into giving them protection money or property, through force, extortion or murder. Sayed (Sayaji Shinde) arrives as the new Commissioner of Hyderabad and starts cracking down on crime.
Pandu(Mahesh Babu), a thug, is abducted by Mallesh, a member of Ali's gang and his henchmen. Pandu has taken a contract from Narayan to beat up Mahesh, which he does. Ajju invites Pandu to join Ali Bhai's gang. Pandu declines stating that he does not work for any gang, but is ready to do anything given enough money. Pandu falls in love with Shruthi when he visits his cousin's (Ajay) aerobics class, but she mistakes him for a thug. Shruthi, a college student, lives with her widowed mother and younger brother. Bramhi (Brahmanandam) lives above Shruthi's house, and frequently tries to convince Shruthi to marry him. Sub inspector Pashupathy (Ashish Vidyarthi), is a corrupt officer in the colony where Pandu and Shruthi live who often works with the land mafia. He is also on the payroll of Ali Bhai. He falls for Shruthi and decides to make her his mistress.
Pandu's first assignment with Ali's gang is to kill a member of Narayan's band. However, police show up at the spot where Pandu and the other gangsters are waiting. Pandu engages the cops long enough for the others to finish the task and flee. He also helps Shruthi escape from Pashupathy. She is impressed by his kindness and they develop unspoken romantic feelings for each other. When Shruthi tries to expresses her feelings they are attacked by members of Narayan's gang, whom Pandu finishes off. Shruthi is shocked to learn that Pandu is a gangster with no qualms about killing people.
Pashupathy arranges for some thugs to pretend to rape Shruthi, so that no decent family will want to take her as their daughter-in-law; with no other option Shruthi and her mother will accept his demands. Pandu learns of this and assaults Pashupathy incognito, warning him that if he is found responsible for this incident then things will turn ugly for him.
Ali Khan comes to Hyderabad and kills Narayan. He also meets Pandu to discuss the killing of a minister by blowing up a balloon. Pandu disagrees with Ali Bhai's method as it would involve killing innocents. In the middle of their argument police raid the club and arrest Ali Bhai. His gang members retaliate by creating a lewd video of the police commissioner's daughter and releasing it to media. They also kidnap her, forcing the police to release Ali Bhai. Ali Bhai drugs the commissioner's daughter, causing her to reveal that her father placed a mole in Ali Bhai's gang. They find that Pandu's uncle was a police inspector and the inspector's son, Krishna, is now a part of Pandu's gang. Ali Bhai kills Krishna in front of Pandu. However, it is revealed that the person who died was actually Ajay. The actual son of the retired inspector is Pandu. His father explains that Krishna has been masquerading as a corrupt mafia to penetrate the underworld gangs and wipe them out from the inside.
Krishna/Pandu avenges his father's death by finishing off all members of Ali Bhai's gang including Ali Bhai and Pasupathy.
Production
Ayesha was approached to play the role of Shruti but declined the role, although later she portrayed the same role in the Hindi remake of Pokiri, titled Wanted. The role of Shruti went to Ileana D'Cruz.[1][2]
Cast
- mahesh Babu ... Pandu / Krishna Manohar
- ileana d'cruz ... Shruthi
- prakash raj ... Ali Bhai
- gokul anand ... Inspector Suryanarayana
- Ashish Vidyarthi ... Sub Inspector Pasupathi
- Brahmanandam ... Brahmi - Software Engineer, Shruthi's neighbour
- Subbaraju ... Nayar
- Ali ... Beggar Association Leader
- Ajay ... Ajay
- Jyothirana ... Mona
- Master Bharath ... Shruthi's little brother
Music
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The film has six songs composed by Mani Sharma. The music was launched on 30 March 2006 and was released in stores on 6 April 2006.
- 1 - Jagadame - Kunal Ganjawala
- 2 - Deva devuda - Naveen (similar to Ricky Marin's - Jaleo Song)
- 4 - Gala Gala - Nihal
- 6 - Chododhantunna - Karthik & Mahalakshmi Iyer
Reception
The film opened amongst a lot of hype to extremely positive reviews, and was Mahesh Babu's ticket to superstardom.
Release
The film was released in 397 screens, including 354 in Andhra Pradesh, 20 in Karnataka, 3 in Orissa, 3 in Tamil Nadu, 1 in Mumbai and 16 overseas. [citation needed] The film was leter released in 30 theatres in Orissa.[3]
Pokiri debuted in Chennai with a 98.5% opening[4]
Box office
In its first week of release, Pokiri collected a share of 14 crores.[5] The film grossed 1.61 crores in 189 days from Sudershan35mm, which is the highest single theatre gross in Andhra Pradesh[6]
In Bangalore collected a distributors' share of Rs.46 lakhs in 1 week, [citation needed] and Rs.4.08 crores in 75 days[citation needed]; in Chennai its distributors' shares were Rs.12 lakhs in its first week from Tamil Nadu.[citation needed]with a total of Rs.43 lakhs from Chennai.[7] In Orissa, the film had a direct 100 days run in 2 centres and also a shift run in 4 theatres.[8] In the US,the film grossed $350,000 by June 2006.[9] and in total a distributors' share of over Rs.2.5 crores from [10]
Overall Pokiri grossed a total of Indian Rupee symbol.svg 46.5 crores from box-office excluding home DVD sales and international receipts. It was later remade in Hindi, Tamil and Kannada.
Awards
- Mahesh Babu - Filmfare Award; Best Actor For The Year 2006
- Puri Jagannadh - Filmfare Award; Best Director For The Year 2006
- Nandi Awards - Film providing wholesome entertainment for the year 2006 or popular feature film
400 crores collected in first day
Remakes
The film has been remade a number of times. First a year later, Pokiri was remade into Pokkiri starring Joseph Vijay and Asin Thottumkal and directed by Prabhudeva. Two years later, Pokiri was remade into Hindi, also directed by Prabhudeva, as Wanted starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia and was produced by Boney Kapoor. Wanted turned out to be a huge success becoming not only one of the biggest hits of 2009, but also one of the biggest hits of all time. All of the remakes have featured Prakash Raj as the villain Ali Bhai (Telugu, Tamil) and Ghani Bhai (Hindi). Pokiri has also been remade in Kannada; this time named Porkhi and starring Darshan, Pranitha, Devaraj, Ashish Vidyarthi while being directed by M. D. Sridhar and produced by Bachche Gowda.
See also
- Tamil:Pokkiri;Director Prabhu Deva;Cast Joseph Vijay, Asin Thottumkal, Vadivelu
- HindiWanted;Director Prabhu Deva; Cast Salman Khan, Ayesha Takia
Footnotes
- ^ "totaltollywood.com". Ayesha Takia not in Pokiri. Retrieved 4 November 2006.
- ^ "andhracafe.com". Ayesha to let go Pokiri. Retrieved 29 December 2006.
- ^ Pokiri 100 days in 200 centres,144 direct
- ^ Chennai Box Office April 28-May 01 2006
- ^ "totaltollywood.com". Tollywood Box Office Report. Retrieved 8 December 2006.
- ^ Top 6 Grossers in Hyderabad.
- ^ Prince is back!
- ^ Pokiri 100 days in 200+ centers, 144 direct
- ^ "sify.com". Pokiri power. Retrieved 8 December 2006.
- ^ Half Yearly report!
