Yagnam (2004 film)

Yagnam
Yagnam
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	6 June 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	26:41
Label	Maruthi Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology

Yagnam
Yagnam
	Movie poster
Directed by	A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary
Written by	Marudhuri Raja (dialogues)
Screenplay by	A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary
Story by	Eetharam Films unit
Produced by	Pokuri Babu Rao
Starring	Gopichand; Moon Banerjee
Cinematography	Ch. Ramana Raju
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production; company	Eetharam Films
Release date	2 July 2004;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Yagnam (transl. Ritual / Sacrifice) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Pokuri Babu Rao on the Eetharam Films banner, directed by A.S. Ravi Kumar Chowdary. It was released on 2 July 2004. It stars Gopichand and Moon Banerjee (credited as Sameera Banerjee), with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was remade in Tamil as Mannin Maindhan (2005) and in Odia as Mo Mana Khali Tori Pain (2005). The film won two Nandi Awards and was a blockbuster hit.

In 2007, the film was later dubbed and released in Hindi as Aaj Ka Raavan Raaj.

Plot

Seenu is a loyal servant and the right-hand man of faction leader Reddeppa. He and Sailaja, Reddeppa's daughter, grew up together. Nayudamma is an archrival of Reddeppa. Factional feuds between them have resulted in the loss of several lives among their groups. When Reddeppa realizes that his daughter and Seenu are in love, he swings into action, trying to kill Seenu. The rest of the story is about how Seenu secures Sailaja's hand in marriage and unites the forces of followers in both the warring groups to teach their masters (Reddeppa and Nayudamma) a lesson or two.

Cast

Gopichand as Srinivas aka Seenu (Srinu)
- Master Vivek as Young Srinivas aka Seenu
Moon Banerjee as Sailaja aka Sailu
- Baby Nikshipta Rao as Young Sailaja aka Sailu
Prakash Raj as Inspector Pratap Reddy
Devaraj as Redappa
Vijaya Rangaraju as Nayudamma (credited as Raj Kumar)
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Raghu Babu as Suri, Seenu's rival
Suman Setty as Dilli, Seenu's friend
Jhansi as Suri's wife
Jahnavi as Fathima
Baby Trisha as Suri's daughter

Production

The filming occurred in and around Araku Valley, Vishakhapatnam, Ichchapuram, Srikakulam, and Vizianagaram in the Coastal Andhra area, the capital city Hyderabad, and in the outskirts of Kadapa and Kurnool cities in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mani Sharma. The music was released on the Maruthi Music Company label.^[1] The song "Chinnanaati Chelikade" is based on "Kanavu Kanalam" from Jai (2004).

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chamak Chamakmani"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Sandeep, Mallikarjun	5:13
2.	"Emchesavo Na Manasu"	Suddala Ashok Teja	S. P. B. Charan, Shreya Ghoshal	5:37
3.	"Chinnanaati Chelikade"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shreya Ghoshal	5:39
4.	"Haayiga Amma Vollo"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	Gopika Poornima, Vardhini	5:23
5.	"Thongi Thongi"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Hariharan, Swarnalatha	4:34
Total length:				26:41

Reception

B. Anuradha of IANS wrote that "Debutant director Ravikumar Choudury fuses a good love story into this anger-driven film with a message."^[2] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "This film is definitely worth a watch for the brilliant performance of Gopichand and its first half."^[3] A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole Yagnam is a decent entertainer which will be lapped up by the mass audience".^[4]