Sye (2004 film)
| Sye | |
|---|---|
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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 |
Production company |
Sri Bharath Enterprises |
| Distributed by | Sri Bharath Enterprises |
Release dates | 23 September 2004 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹8 crore (equivalent to ₹20 crore or US$2.9 million in 2016)(citation needed)[1] |
| Box office | ₹12 crore (equivalent to ₹30 crore or US$4.4 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.
Plot
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.[2]
Cast
- Nithiin as Prudhvi
- Genelia D'Souza as Indu
- Shashank as Shashank
- Pradeep Rawat as Bhikshu Yadav
- Nassar as College Property owner
- Ajay as Bikshu Yadav's goon
- Rajiv Kanakala as Rafi
- Tanikella Bharani as prudhvi's father
- Venu Madhav as Nalla Balu
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi
- Supreeth as Bhikshu yadav's henchmen
Crew
- Director: S.S. Rajamouli
- Screenplay: S.S. Rajamouli
- Story: K. V. Vijayendra Prasad
- Dialogue: M. Ratnam
- Producer: A. Bharati
- Music: M. M. Keeravani
- Cinematography: Senthil Kumar
- Editor: Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
- Art Director: Anand Sai
- Costume Designer: Rama Rajamouli
- Stunts: Peter Hein
Music
The film has six songs composed by M. M. Keeravani:
- "Appudappudu" - Lucky Ali & Sumangali
- "Chantaina Bujjaina" - Kalyani Malik, Smitha, & Vasundara Das
- "Ganga A/C" - Kalyani Malik, Smitha, & Vasundara Das
- "Gutlovundi" - Tippu & Malathi
- "Nalla Nallani Kalla" - M. M. Keeravani & K. S. Chithra
- "Pantham Pantham" - Devi Sri Prasad, M. M. Keeravani, Tippu, Chandrabose, Kalyani Malik, & Smitha
Box office
The film had a successful 365-day run at one center. It collected ₹12 crore (US$1.8 million) (share) at box office.[3] Sye was the highest budget movie in Rajamouli's career till 2004 as it was made with approximately ₹8 crore (US$1.2 million).[4]
In Popular Culture
In the lead up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, a video of the rugby scenes from Sye went viral.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_T9JgUmuPc&feature=related
- ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html
- ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/postmortem/chatrapati.html
- ↑ Sion Morgan (2015-08-27). "Bollywood rugby blockbuster gives hilariously skewed version of world-famous sport". Mirror (UK). Retrieved 2016-03-25.
External links
- Sye at the Internet Movie Database
[Category:Telugu-language films dubbed in Malayalam]]