Desamuduru
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	D.V.V. Danayya
Written by	Puri Jagannadh Mahesh Bhatt
Starring	Allu Arjun Hansika Motwani Pradeep Rawat Ali
Music by	Chakri
Cinematography	Shyam K. Naidu
Editing by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Distributed by	Universal Media
Release date(s)	12 January 2007
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	10 crores[citation needed]

Desamuduru (Telugu: దేశముదురు) is an Telugu film, dubbed into Malayalam as Hero: The Real Hero and Hindi as Ek Jwalamukhi, which has Allu Arjun in the lead role and Hansika Motwani playing the female lead. The film was directed by Puri Jagannadh, who directed Industry-hit Pokiri. D.V.V.Danaiah produced this movie under Universal Media banner. Chakri composed the music. Cinematography was handled by Shyam K. Naidu. Editing work was be done by Marthand K. Venkatesh. Stunts are by Vijayan. The movie released on 12 January 2007 in 400 theatres.^[1]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Crew 4 Music 5 Release 6 Box office 7 Trivia 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Plot

Bala Govind (Allu Arjun) is a program director in MAA TV. His fights for justice gets him into troubles regularly.During one of these incidents, he saves a person (Raja Ravindra) from goons and while severely trashing Murugan (Subbaraju) son of a notorious arrack smuggler Tambi Durai (Pradeep Rawat). Fearing retribution from Tambi Durai, the MAA TV crew sends Bala to Kulu Manali to shoot a travel episode, where Bala meets Vaishali (Hansika Motwani), who is a sanyasin. It is love at first sight for Bala.Vaishali though apprehensive of Bala initially,falls for him.The head sanyasin of the ashram Ramaprabha (Ramaprabha) unites the couple. By the time Bala was to return to Hyderabad with Vaishali in order to marry her,some goons kidnap her. Bala returns to Hyderabad and finds that she is with Tambi Durai. The person who was saved by Bala in the beginning reveals that Vaishali is the daughter of Narayana Patwari. In order to grab his property, Tambi Durai kills him and his wife and perform the marriage of Vaishali with Murugan before their dead bodies. However, Vaishali escapes and reaches Kulu Manali. So, Bala decides to save Vaishali from their clutches and succeeds in his attempt finally.

[edit] Cast

• Allu Arjun ... Bala Govind
• Hansika Motwani ... Vaishali
• Ali ... Himalayan Baba
• Pradeep Rawat ... Tambi Durai
• Jeeva ... Ponnuswamy
• Subbaraju ... Murugan
• Raghu Babu
• Chandramohan
• Ajay
• Kovai Sarala ... Sannyasi Elder
• Rambha ... Item number in song Athanthodde Ithanthodde ^[2]

[edit] Crew

• Director: Puri Jagannadh
• Story: Puri Jagannadh
• Dialogue: Puri Jagannadh
• Producer: D.V.V. Danayya
• Music: Chakri
• Cinematography: Shyam K. Naidu
• Editor: Marthand K. Venkatesh
• Stunts: Vijayan

[edit] Music

Desamuduru
Studio album by [(music director)
Released	25 December 2006 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Chakri
[(music director) chronology
Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006) Desamuduru (2007) Dhee (2007)

The film has six songs composed by Chakri. Music of the film was launched on 25 December 2006. The song Ninne Ninne was the most popular song in the soundtrack among music lovers.^[3]

• Ninne Ninne - Chakri & Kousalya
• Gili Gili Ga - Devan & Andrea
• Satte Ye Godava Ledhu - Ranjith
• Gola Petti Nadiro - Raghu Kunche & Kousalya
• Manusuley - Chakri & Kousalya
• Athanthode Ithandode - Ravi Varma & Suchitra

[edit] Release

• The film released in 500 screens,including 424 in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Karnataka,8 in Orissa,2 in Chennai,3 in Mumbai and 31 in Overseas.^[4]

[edit] Box office

Despite receiving mixed talk from public, Desamuduru grossed 12.58 crores^[5] and a share of Rs.9.5 crores.^[6] worldwide in the first seven days since its release. The openings stand out as the highest in Arjun's career.

Desamuduru has grossed 19.75 crores in 2 weeks from its release. The film grossed 29 crores^[7] in four weeks and became a blockbuster.

• The film had completed 50-days in 243 centres.^[8]
• It completed 100 days in 129 centres. And 175 days in 9 centres^[9]

[edit] Trivia

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (August 2009)

This movie was dubbed into Malayalam as Hero and was a blockbuster in Kerala too.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Desamuduru at the Internet Movie Database