Adhurs (transl. Marvelous) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by V. V. Vinayak who co-wrote the film with Kona Venkat. Produced by Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan, the film stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in a dual role alongside Nayanthara and Sheela. Mahesh Manjrekar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Brahmanandam, Sayaji Shinde, Nassar and Tanikella Bharani play supporting roles with the music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu and editing by Gowtham Raju. Made on a budget of ₹26 crore, the film collected a distributor share of ₹28–30 crore.[1][2]
| Adhurs | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Screenplay by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Story by | Kona Venkat |
| Produced by | Vallabhaneni Vamsi Mohan |
| Starring | N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Nayanthara Sheela |
| Cinematography | Chota K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
Production company | Vaishnavi Arts |
| Distributed by | Reliance Big Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹26 crore[1] |
| Box office | est. ₹30 Crore distributor share[1][2] |
Adhurs is scheduled for a theatrical re-release on 18 November 2023.[3]
Plot
editNarasimha and Chari are two identical twins who get separated at birth. They replace one child (Chari) with another dead child unbeknownst to the mother of the twins by a nurse and an old woman who happens to be the grandmother of the dead child. The cause for her doing this is that their family can't bear to lose a child for the third time in a row, and the mother of the twins is a lone woman who doesn't have anyone at her side, is financially weak, and doesn't have means to raise the twins at her own. The idea is that the move will benefit both of families.
Both of the twins get raised well, with love and affection, in both families. Narasimha grows up and works as an undercover agent to a police officer, whose daughter is his girlfriend, to become a police officer himself. He gathers information about criminal activities in the city, follows miscreants, and kills them.
Chari becomes a priest because the family he was brought up with are Brahmins. He works as an assistant to another priest, Bhattacharya aka Bhattu, without taking a penny for 4 years, in order to repay the debt his family has taken from him to build their house.
One day Bhattacharya tells Chari that despite being too old to get married, he loves a traditional girl named Chandrakala aka Chandu, and financially takes care of her and her mother since her father died. He believes she will marry him in the future if he "invests" a lot of money in her. However, Chandrakala and her mother have not even thought about it and continue taking advantage of the situation because they have nowhere else to go.
Bhattu asks for Chari's help with his love and he agrees. To impress her, he takes her to a pub along with Chari. At the same time, Narasimha comes to the pub with his girlfriend Nandu.
While is Chandu dancing with Bhattu, a gang misbehaves with her. Unable to face them to save Chandu, Bhattu leaves the pub with her without telling Chari about the incident, but the gang follows them and asks him to leave her to them.
Narasimha, who saw what happened inside the pub, is angered and beats them all up while Bhattu and Chandu watch in shock. Chandu, who thinks that it is Chari who saved her, falls for him.
Meanwhile, Dhanraj and Baba are in search of the family of a top army scientist who is Narasimha and Chari's father. As they find him, they force him to invent a _target-killing device by kidnapping Narasimha, who is cheated by Nayak for loving his daughter.
Things take a turn when Narasimha escapes from there and two men go to Chari's house on his engagement day and make a deal that if Chari acts as Narasimha, they will give him Rs 30 lakh. What happens next forms the rest of the story.
Cast
edit- N. T. Rama Rao Jr. in a dual role as
- Narasimha
- Chari
- Nayanthara as Chandrakala aka Chandhu
- Sheela as Nandhu
- Mahesh Manjrekar as Don Baba
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Dhanraj
- Brahmanandam as Bhattacharya "Bhattu"
- Nassar as retired Major-turned-scientist, Narasimha and Chari's father
- Vinaya Prasad as Narasimha and Chari's mother
- Tanikella Bharani as Chari's adoptive father
- Rajyalakshmi as Chari's adoptive mother
- Sayaji Shinde as Ram Nayak, Nandhu's father
- Rama Prabha as Chandrakala's mother
- Sudha as Indira, Naik's wife
- Mukul Dev as Rasool, a big gang leader
- Supreeth Reddy as Pandu
- M. S. Narayana as Bhasha Bhai
- Raghu Babu as Calcutta Meetha, Baba's right hand
- Prudhviraj as Police Inspector
- Vatsala Rajagopal as Chari's adoptive grandmother
- Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao as Roaring Star Roshan Babu
- Ananth Babu as Peri Sastry
- Fish Venkat as Venkat
- Raja Ravindra as Pandu's brother
- Raghu Karumanchi as Pandu's gang member
Reception
editRediff gave four stars and said, "Brahmanandam is hilarious. Performance-wise, NTR takes the cake. He is simply marvellous as Chari, the Brahmin spouting loud dialogues while his Narasimha is tough yet more sober. NTR presents the contrasts well. All in all, Adhurs is NTR's show all the way!"[4] Sify gave a verdict as "Mass entertainer" and noted, "NTR brings total justice to his dual role as Chari and Narasimha. His characterisation as a Brahmin youth is simply superb and hilarious, but at the same time raking up a controversy with a group of the Brahmins community approaching the State governor Mr. Narasimhan to ban the film. On the other hand, NTR's role as Narasimha as the rugged guy would work well with the mass audience. Nayanthara and Sheela provide the glam quotient while Brahmanandam is hilarious as Bhattu, receiving a big footage which runs into nearly 40 minutes in the film."[5] The Hindu gave a mixed review stating, Ashish Vidyarthi "NTR in two roles is pretty easy with the diction. His dances are amazing and accord the 'mass kick' in the title song that comes before the climax. The humour component is adequately handled by Brahmanandam who hogs the limelight as a Hindu priest."[6]
Music
edit| Adhurs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 5 December 2009 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 31:31 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
| Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack was composed by Devi Sri Prasad while Aditya Music bagged the audio rights for this film.
Track list
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shiva Shambo" | Chandrabose | Devi Sri Prasad | 4:40 |
| 2. | "Chandrakala" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Hariharan, Rita | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Pilla Navalla Kadu" | Chandrabose | Mika Singh, Suchitra | 4:47 |
| 4. | "Neethone" | Kula Shekar | Kunal Ganjawala, Shreya Ghoshal | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Chary" | Ramajogayya Sastry | N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Rita | 4:48 |
| 6. | "Assalaam Valekum" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Baba Sehgal, Priya Hemesh | 5:07 |
| 7. | "Shiva Shambo (The DSP Mix)" | Chandra Bose | Devi Sri Prasad | 4:03 |
| Total length: | 31:31 | |||
References
edit- ^ a b c Namita Nivas (18 July 2010). "An Average Fare". Indian Express.
- ^ a b "Top Ten Telugu Films of the year". Sify. Archived from the original on 2 November 2011.
- ^ India, The Hans (15 November 2023). "This Week's New Theatrical Movies and OTT Series Releases From Mangalavaaram to Ghost". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- ^ "Adurs is NTR's show all the way". Rediff. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Movie Review-Adhurs". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014.
- ^ "'Adhurs' is just about fine". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.