Ramoji Rao walked out due to unknown reasons and Majesh Babu, along with Gunasekhar, met M. He met Ramoji Rao who expressed his wish to produce the film and permitted Gunasekhar to erect a Charminar set at Ramoji Film City. After reading an interview of Pullela Gopichand who pursued a career in badminton against his father's wishes and faced many hardships, Gunasekhar made the protagonist a person who aspires to be a kabaddi player against his father's wishes. Īfter the release of Mrugaraju (2001), Gunasekhar resumed work on the film's script. Finding Mahesh Babu apt for the protagonist he envisioned, Gunasekhar narrated the script to him and gained his consent. Years later, Ashwini Dutt met Gunasekhar during the re-recording sessions of Choodalani Vundi (1998) where the latter saw the portfolio images of Mahesh Babu whose debut film Rajakumarudu was officially launched that day. After watching West Side Story (1961), he took inspiration from the war between two gangs and wrote a script choosing Charminar and Old city area of Hyderabad as the film's backdrop.
Gunasekhar chose Charminar ( pictured), a monument and mosque located in Hyderabad as the film's backdrop.ĭuring his days as an assistant director in Madras (now Chennai), Gunasekhar dreamt of directing a film with the backdrop of Charminar, a monument and mosque located in Hyderabad. Siva Reddy decides not to react as it would harm his position as a minister and Ajay, whose team won the match, celebrates the victory with Swapna and his family. Swapna's father stabs Obul while his mother dies in a bomb blast. After coming to know about his whereabouts, Siva reaches the stadium along with Swapna and his mother where Ajay and Obul are fighting with each other. Meanwhile, Obul's brother Siva Reddy, who happens to be the Home minister of the state, is waiting at the venue of Obul's marriage with Swapna. Obul and his henchmen are kidnapped by Ajay, who, along with his friends, attend the finals of the national-level Kabaddi tournament. Here, Vijay expresses that he's not worried about Ajay rather, he's worried for Obul. After Swapna taunts him by saying that Ajay will definitely come for her, Obul goes to the jail and asks Ajay to come with him. She shows up and hugs him while proposing to him.Īt the airport, Vijay arrests Ajay while Obul's men take Swapna away. After Swapna passed airport security, Ajay realises he loves Swapna. They bring her parents to see her one last time before she leaves. The duo, along with Ajay's friends, reaches the airport to go to the United States. The next day, the police, led by Ajay's father Vijay, surround the Charminar where Swapna is hidden by Ajay. Swapna and Ajay run away again and eventually she falls in love with him. Soon, his parents find out she is hiding in their house. Ajay helps Swapna escape and takes her to his house in the Old City, hiding her in his room with the help of his sister, Asha. Obul refuses to cleanse the mud until Swapna is found and brought back. In the process of saving Swapna, Ajay humiliates Obul by pushing him into a mud pond. Ajay learns that Swapna is trying to leave for the US for pursuing her studies after Obul killed her brothers, when they refuse to marry their sister to Obul. There, he saves Swapna Reddy from Obul Reddy, a dangerous faction leader, who is in love with Swapna and wants to marry her against her wishes. The film was later remade into Tamil as Ghilli (2004), Kannada as Ajay (2006), Bengali as Jor (2008), Hindi as Tevar (2015), Odia as Mate Aanidela Lakhe Phaguna (2008), and in Sinhala as Kabaddi (2021).Ījay Varma is a Hyderabad-based Kabbadi player, the son of Vijay Varma who is the DCP of Hyderabad, visits Kurnool to take part in a state-level tournament. It has garnered eight Nandi Awards and four Filmfare Awards South, including Best Film – Telugu, and led Mahesh Babu to instant stardom. It earned a distributor's share of ₹25–30 crore. Released on 15 January 2003, Okkadu was successful at the box office and became as the one of the highest-grossing Telugu films ever. The film follows journey of a Kabaddi player, Ajay who rescues Swapna from Obul Reddy, when the latter tries to forcefully marry her. Raju while music was composed by Mani Sharma and editing was by A.
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