Once Upon a Warrior

Anaganaga O Dheerudu
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Directed by	Prakash Kovelamudi
Produced by	Prasad Devineni Prakash Kovelamudi
Written by	Choudekar Haricharan Madnoor
Starring	Siddharth Shruti Haasan Lakshmi Manchu Harshitha
Music by	Salim-Sulaiman M. M. Keeravani Koti Mickey J Meyer Ananth
Cinematography	Soundar Rajan
Edited by	Sravan Katikaneni
Production company	Disney World Cinema A Bellyful of Dreams Entertainment Arka Media Works
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	14 January 2011 (2011-01-14) (India)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹27 crore (US$4.0 million)
Box office	₹38.5 crore (US$5.7 million)

Anaganaga O Dheerudu (English: Once Upon a Warrior) is a 2011 Indian Telugu fantasy-adventure film directed by debutant Prakash Kovelamudi in his first mainstream film. Co-produced by Disney World Cinema with veteran director K. Raghavendra Rao at a budget of ₹ 270 million, it stars Siddharth, Shruti Haasan, in her Telugu debut, and Harshitha as protagonists with Lakshmi Manchu making her debut in a negative role. It features a musical score by Salim-Sulaiman, an ensemble soundtrack by Salim-Sulaiman, M. M. Keeravani, Koti and Mickey J Meyer, while cinematography and editing are handled by Soundar Rajan and Sravan Katikaneni, respectively. Prasad Devineni of Arka Media Works is the line producer.

Anaganaga O Dheerudu focuses on the journey of Moksha, a nine-year-old girl with special healing powers, and Yodha, her fierce warrior bodyguard, as they travel to a faraway village to save its children, under the constant menace of the evil witch Irendri.

The film is loosely based on the 1992 Malayalam film Yoddha.

Irendri (Lakshmi Manchu) is a sorceress, who terrorises people of Anga Rajyam. A guru arrests her, doesn't allow her to play with the lives of people, and destroys her. Before she was destroyed, Irendri takes her soul away and traps it in a locket. Though she dies, her soul lives in the locket. Her great-great-granddaughter is Priya (Shruthi Haasan) and she lives as a gypsy.

She, too, possesses magical powers, as she was born into a sorceress' family. Yodha (Siddharth) is a travelling swordsman who always romances women whenever there is opportunity. He is smitten by Priya’s beauty and falls in love with her. Sudigundam (Ravibabu) is a local goon and he attacks the gypsies' village. Yodha prevents him and defeats him in a fight. However, Sudigundam makes a stealth attack, ties the hands of Yodha, and sets afire the entire village.