Koduku
Telugu film
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Koduku (transl. Son) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by M. S. Narayana in his directorial debut. The film stars his son, Vikram (in his film debut), Aditi Agarwal and Mounika.
Aditi Agarwal
Mounika
| Koduku | |
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| Directed by | M. S. Narayana |
| Written by | M. S. Narayana |
| Produced by | Thadi Tatharao |
| Starring | Vikram Aditi Agarwal Mounika |
| Cinematography | AN Raja |
| Edited by | K Ram Gopal Reddy |
| Music by | Vandemataram Srinivas |
Production company | Sri Maruthi Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Vikram's father, Parandhamayya, is banished from a village from ten years after losing a wrestling match. How Vikram seeks revenge forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Vikram as Vikram
- Aditi Agarwal
- Mounika
- Suman as Parandhamayya
- Ponnambalam as Yalamanda
- Rajan P. Dev as Basava Punnayya
- Prakash Raj as a NRI
- Ahuti Prasad
- Tanikella Bharani
- Venu Madhav
- L. B. Sriram
- Brahmanandam
- M. S. Narayana
- Sunil
- Sudha
- Raghu Babu
- Subbaraya Sarma
- Aarthi Agarwal (special appearance)
Production
The film is produced by Tadi Tata Rao, who produced Joruga Husharuga (2002). It was launched at Annapoorna Studios on 16 November 2003.[1]
Music
The music for the film was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.[2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Parimalame" | Aangoth Bheems | Snehavanth, Shankar Mahadevan | 5:16 |
| 2. | "Studentante Rockettu" | M. S. Narayana | Tippu | 5:01 |
| 3. | "Milamila Merise" | Guru Charan | Kumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Sindhuram" | Sri Sri | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Navvu Navvu" | Chandrabose | Udit Narayan, Snehavanth | 5:14 |
| 6. | "Kosindhi Koyakura" | Goreti Venkanna | Usha, Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya | 5:27 |
| Total length: | 29:09 | |||
Reception
A critic from Sify opined that "Comedian M.S.Narayana has launched his son Vikram in this film that has nothing new, supported by an inane story and screenplay".[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film one out of five and wrote that "By launching his own son as hero, MS Narayana did more harm to Vikram than any help".[4] Telugu Cinema wrote "M.S.Narayana who failed to become a writer this time tries to become a director and handled story, screenplay, dialogues and direction and he failed miserably in all the departments. He better stick to the routine comedy on the screen. The film is torture to watch".[5]
Box office
The film was a box office failure.[6] M. S. Narayana cited that the reason for the film's failure was that the audience expected him to make a comedy film.[7] After the film's failure, M. S. Narayana went on to direct a comedy film Bhajantrilu (2007) also starring his son Vikram.[8]