Indra (2002 film)
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| Directed by | B. Gopal |
| Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt |
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| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Cinematography | V. S. R. Swamy |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
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Release date
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24 July 2002 |
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Running time
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173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹ 30 crore |
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| Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma | ||||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 31:52 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
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Indra is a Telugu language action film directed by B. Gopal. It stars Chiranjeevi, Arti Agarwal and Sonali Bendre. Jyothika was offered the either of the female lead but couldn't accept due to her busy schedules in Tamil and her kannada debut opposite to Upendra. The film was released on 24 July 2002, opened to highly positive reviews from critics as well as from audience.This film gave Chiranjeevi a super hit after few flops and average grossers. This film recorded as top grossing south Indian film at the time of its release. Later it was dubbed into Hindi and Tamil as Indra- The Tiger and Indran respectively and it was remade in Bengali as Dada and Bangladeshi Bengali as Sultan by Manna. It was Chiranjeevi's comeback movie.
Indra opens in a village in Andhra Pradesh showing the rivalry between two families. A police officer (Narra Venkateswara Rao) wishing to end this hostility comes up with the proposal of marriage between the two families which ultimately is used by Veera Siva Reddy as a trap to finish off his rival. After the funeral, no one is willing to stake claim for the leadership of the clan when the young Indrasena Reddy comes in and tells his grandmother that he will.
The story then moves to 2002 in Varanasi. Shankar Narayana is a taxi driver who has his own boat, makes an honest living, and is held in high regard by the members of his adopted family. During a singing competition held in his niece's college, her friend Pallavi (Sonali Bendre) sees him and falls in love. Pretending to be an orphan, she starts staying with Shankar Narayana and his family. Pallavi's father Chenna Kesava Reddy (Prakash Raj) is the governor of AP. Upon finding his daughter missing, he carries out a search and discovers that she is staying with a taxi driver and his family. He sends out an attack on his family. Enraged he goes to his house to discover that she is staying with Shankar Narayana. He folds his hands and greets him and it is hinted that he knows something about Shankar Narayana's past. The story carries on to Shankar Narayana's niece's wedding. Giri (Sivaji), who stays with Shankar Narayana and his family as a student says that he loved Shankar Narayana's niece. After the marriage, in the area only, Snehalata Reddy (Aarthi Agarwal) comes with her brother Veera Shankar Redddy (Mukesh Rishi), Siva Reddy's eldest son. Snehalata tells Giri to get up, and reveals that Giri is actually Veera Manohar Reddy, Veera Shankar Reddy's son and Snehalata's nephew. She also reveals that Shankar Narayana is really Indrasena Reddy. After the marriage is over, Valmiki (Tanikella Bharani), Indrasena's loyal friend, tells the past of Shankar Narayana.
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