Sye (2004 film)
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| Directed by | S.S. Rajamouli |
| Produced by | A. Bharati |
| Written by | M. Ratnam (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | S. S. Rajamouli |
| Story by | K. V. Vijayendra Prasad |
| Starring |
Nithiin Genelia D'Souza Shashank Pradeep Rawat |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
| Cinematography | Senthil Kumar |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
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Production
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Sri Bharath Enterprises
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| Distributed by | Sri Bharath Enterprises |
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Release date
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23 September 2004 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$3.1 million in 2016)(citation needed) |
| Box office | ₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹30 crore or US$4.6 million in 2016)(share) |
Sye is a 2004 Telugu action sports drama film released on 23 September 2004 and was directed by S.S. Rajamouli. This is his third film after the successes of Student No.1 and Simhadri. The story has a rugby union backdrop. Nithiin and Genelia D'Souza play the lead roles. It was dubbed into Hindi as Aar Paar-The Judgement Day and in Malayalam as Challenge.
Prudhvi (Nithiin) and Shashank (Shashank) are the leaders of two warring student groups in a Hyderabad college. They are fond of rugby union game, and they sort things out between them by playing rugby to prove superiority.
One day, a local mafia leader Bhikshu Yadav (Pradeep Rawat) gets a court notice that he has purchased the land of college from its legal heirs. Prudhvi and Sashank's groups unite by forgetting their differences to win back the land for the college. After getting affected by assaults of students, Bhikshu Yadav throws a challenge to defeat his team in a game of rugby union to win back the land for their college. The rest of the story is how Prudhvi leads his team to the victory.
The speech by coach (Rajiv Kanakala) is taken off of the speech by Al Pacino in "Any Given Sunday"
The film has six songs composed by M. M. Keeravani:
The film had a successful 365-day run at one center. It collected ₹12 crore (US$1.9 million) (share) at box office.Sye was the highest budget movie in Rajamouli's career till 2004 as it was made with approximately ₹8 crore (US$1.2 million).
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