Appu (2002 film)

Appu is a 2002 Indian Kannada romantic action comedy film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars debutants Puneeth Rajkumar and Rakshita in lead roles. The supporting cast features Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy and Sumithra. The film was produced by Puneeth's mother, Parvathamma Rajkumar under Poornima Enterprises, the production banner of the Rajkumar family. It marked the screen debut Puneeth and Rakshita in lead roles.[1][2]

Appu
Film poster
Directed byPuri Jagannadh
Produced byParvathamma Rajkumar
Written byM. S. Ramesh

R. Rajashekhar

[Dialogues]
Screenplay byPuri Jagannadh
Story byPuri Jagannath
Starring
Narrated byShivaraj Kumar
Music byGurukiran
CinematographyK. Datthu
Edited byS. Manohar
Production
company
Poornima Enterprises
Distributed bySri Vajreshwari combines
Release date
  • 26 April 2002 (2002-04-26)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada
Budget₹2 crore

Upon theatrical release on 26 April 2002, the film was a success and completed a 200-day run in theatres.[3]

The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Idiot, in Tamil in 2003 as Dum in 2003, in Bengali in 2006 as Hero and in Bangladeshi Bengali in 2008 as Priya Amar Priya.[4][5] This was the second Kannada movie to be remade in Bengali and Bangladeshi Bengali after the 1986 movie Anuraga Aralithu. It was also the third Kannada movie to be remade in four languages after School Master and Anuraga Aralithu. It was also the second Kannada movie to be remade in a foreign language as well as the second Kannada movie to be remade in two non-Hindi non-South Indian languages after Anuraga Aralithu.[6]

Plot

Appu is the son of police constable Venkata swamy. Appu is a guy with a carefree attitude who always hangs around with his friends. One night when after playing carrom with his friends, he is beaten by his rival gang at night and a girl named Suchitra alias Suchi helps Appu by donating him blood and pays the hospital fees. The next morning Appu wakes up to know about Suchi from his friends and falls in love with her.

It turns out that Suchi's father is Rajshekhar who is police commissioner and Appu proposes to Suchi, to which she thinks he's mad when a senior officer named Veerabadraswami Venkat Swamy scolds him harshly, Appu enraged, thrashed Veerabadraswami in the morning with a disguise and his friends when he was jogging at the park. In the college Appu thrashes the rival gang at the college. Suchi complains to her father about Appu. He brings Appu to the station and thrashes him. Appu becomes more determined to win his lady love. Appu jumps from the college terrace, but he climbs back, Suchi then accepts Appu's love.

Cast

Production

After the success of Yuvaraja (2001), Puri Jagannadh was approached by Rajkumar family to introduce their third son Puneeth Rajkumar to make his onscreen debut as lead actor. Puri gladly accepted the opportunity.[8][9] Rakshitha, daughter of cameraman B.C. Gowrishankar made her acting debut with this film and she went on to play the same character in its Telugu and Tamil remakes.[10]

Remakes
Year Film Language Cast Director
2002 Idiot Telugu Ravi Teja, Rakshita, Prakash Raj, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Sangeetha Puri Jagannadh
2003 Dum Tamil Silambarasan, Rakshita, Ashish Vidyarthi A. Venkatesh
2006 Hero Bengali Jeet, Tapas Paul, Koel Mallick, Kalyani Mondal, Laboni Sarkar, Kanchan Mullick Swapan Saha
2008 Priya Amar Priya Bangladeshi Bengali Shakib Khan, Shahara, Prabir Mitra, Misha Sawdagar Badibul Alam Khokon

Soundtrack
Appu
Soundtrack album by
Gurukiran
Released2002
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelAkash Audio
External audio
Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Gurukiran composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics written by Upendra, Sriranga and Hamsalekha. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Taliban Alla Alla"UpendraPuneeth Rajkumar 
2."Baare Baare Kalyana"SrirangaUdit Narayan, Chithra 
3."Panavidu Panavidu"HamsalekhaRajkumar 
4."Ellinda Aarambhavo"SrirangaUdit Narayan, Chithra 
5."Jolly Go Jolly Go"HamsalekhaShankar Mahadevan 
6."Aa Devara Haadidu"HamsalekhaRajkumar 

References
  1. "Puneet Rajakumar beats the heat". refidd.com. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. "Appu at 100 days". viggy.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-school-master-to-u-turn-a-look-at-kannada-films-remade-in-other-indian-languages/amp_articleshow/75161463.cms
  5. Megha Shenoy (29 November 2009). "Inspiration for Remakes". Deccan Herald.
  6. https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/these-are-the-top-five-kannada-movies-remakes-in-many-languages/amp_articleshow/74894620.cms
  7. "Hemashri | Appu | Surendra Babu | Kannada Seriel Actress | ಹೇಮಾಶ್ರೀ ಅಸಹಜ ಸಾವು: ಕೊಲೆಯೋ, ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆಯೋ?". m.kannada.webdunia.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. "The return of the son". rediff.com. 27 February 2002.
  9. "In a dual role". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  10. "Rakshita Prem had acted in all versions of Appu". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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