Arya
Directed by	Sukumar
Produced by	Dil Raju
Written by	Sukumar
Starring	Allu Arjun, Anu Mehta Siva Balaji Subbaraju
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	Ratnavelu
Editing by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Release date(s)	7 May 2004
Running time	165 min.
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Arya (Telugu: ఆర్య) is a Telugu (Dubbed into Malayalam as the same title ) film which released on 7 May 2004 and was directed by Sukumar. This film has Allu Arjun in the main lead. Though Arjun's first film was a hit, he wasn't quite recognized by Tollywood. But this film made him a popular star.This movie was remade into Oriya as Pagala Premi.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Crew 4 Music 5 Box-office performance 6 Arya 2 - A sequel 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Plot

Geetanjali a.k.a Geeta (Anuradha Mehta) goes to kanyakumari on a trip. She finds a poem in a diary left on a beach and signs in it. Her anklet falls into the sea and a guy jumps into the water in front of her eyes but no one sees him returning. But she doesn't see his face. She dreams about that incident frequently with the idea that the guy who jumped has died but her friends ask her to forget it. Ajay (Siva Balaji) is a spoiled brat, and is the son of local MP Avataram (Rajan P Dev). He likes Geetanjali and proposes to her. When she refuses, he threatens to jump from the top of college building. Being a meek girl, Geeta accepts the proposal with the thought that some guy has already died for her and she doesn't want someone to get hurt because of her and starts dating him. Arya (Allu Arjun) is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys his life with friends and kids. On his first day to the college,he sees Geeta who just proposes to Ajay who is at the top of the college building , threatening her. Charmed by her beauty, Arya falls in love with her and soon he proposes to her. She actually rejects his proposal saying that she is already committed to Ajay. One day Ajay's father, Mr.Avataram arranges a party in his house and it so turns out that Ajay introduces Geeta to his father and persuades him to fix their marriage. Ajay's father, who initially pretended to accept his son's marriage with Geeta, suddenly turns tables upside down by introducing another girl (Miss Lalasa by name) and announces that his son is going to marry Lalasa and not Geeta. He threatens his son not to marry anyone except Lalasa. Being embarrassed by the situation and helpless, Ajay sits down and starts to get frustrated. Arya, who loves Geeta so much that he never hesitated to help her, decides to go bring Ajay to Geeta and helps them elope. On their way, they are followed by Avataram's henchmen. The three youngsters find a train and get into it

When they get down from the train in the night, they are shocked to see the leader of Avataram's henchmen who forces Geeta to come with him, denying his boss' order too. On the other hand Ajay remains helpless, while Arya bravely fights all the men and finally defeats them,rescuing Ajay and Geeta. They walk on to the nearby town, Arya's hometown. Being Already late and tired, the three go to bed. The next morning they wake up and realize that Ajay is missing. Arya tries to convince Geeta that Ajay left to win over his father. This leaves private time for Arya and Geeta and they grow close to each other. Geetha starts liking Arya but when she tries to reveal it to him, Ajay and his father return. Avataram agrees to get Ajay married to Geeta. On the day of wedding, Geeta realizes that Arya was the guy who dived into the sea for her anklet and realizes that he came into her life much before Ajay. She leaves the wedding hall and reaches Arya. She expresses her love towards him and they live together happily ever after.

[edit] Cast

• Allu Arjun ... Arya
• Anuradha Mehta ... Geetha
• Siva Balaji ... Ajay
• Subbaraju ... Subbu
• Rajan P. Dev ... MP Avataram

[edit] Crew

• Director: Sukumar
• Screenplay: Sukumar
• Story: Sukumar
• Dialogue: Sukumar
• Producer: Dil Raju
• Music: Devi Sri Prasad
• Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
• Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Nixon, Shankar, Ashok Raj, & Harish Pai
• Lyrics: Viswa, Veturi, Chandrabose, & Sirivennela

[edit] Music

The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad:

• You Rock My World - Shaan

• Nuvvunte - Sagar

• O My Brotheru Chepputha Vinaro - Ravi Varma

• Thakadhimithom - Tippu

• Feel My Love - Kay Kay

• Aa Ante Amalapuram , Aaaa Ante Aahapuram - Malathi & Ranjith

[edit] Box-office performance

• The film had a 50-day run in 89 centres.The film had a 100-day run in 56 centres. it collected a share 0f 16 crores.

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• The film's dubbed version in Malayalam did a business of nearly Rs. 30-35 lakhs from Kerala.^[1]

[edit] Arya 2 - A sequel

• A sequel of Arya is released on 26 November 2009. In this Allu Arjun plays the role of an obsessive friend and lover. Role of Geeta is now being played by Kajal Agarwal. Navdeep plays the role of Ajay.Shraddha Das plays the role of Shanti. Sukumar ( Arya fame) directs this sequel titled Arya 2. Aditya Babu produces the film under Aditya Arts banner with Bhogavalli Prasad presenting it.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Arya at the Internet Movie Database