Anaganaga O Dheerudu facts for kids

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Directed by	Prakash Kovelamudi
Produced by	Prakash Kovelamudi Shobu Yarlagadda Prasad Devineni
Written by	Choudekar Haricharan Madnoor
Starring	Siddharth Shruti Haasan Lakshmi Manchu Baby Harshitha
Music by	Salim–Sulaiman M. M. Keeravani Koti Mickey J Meyer Ananth
Cinematography	Soundarrajan
Editing by	Sravan Katikaneni
Studio	Disney World Cinema< A Bellyful of Dreams Entertainment Arka Media Works Walt Disney Pictures India
Distributed by	UTV Motion Pictures
Release date(s)	14 January 2011 (2011-01-14) (India)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹27 crore (US$4.6 million)
Money made	₹50 crore (US$8.5 million)

Anaganaga O Dheerudu (which means Once Upon a Warrior in English) is an exciting Indian Telugu-language fantasy adventure film from 2011. It was the first major film directed by Prakash Kovelamudi. This movie was made by Disney World Cinema and Arka Media Works. It stars Siddharth, Shruti Haasan, and Baby Harshitha as the main heroes. Lakshmi Manchu plays the evil villain. This film was the first Telugu movie for both Shruti Haasan and Lakshmi Manchu. The music was created by Salim–Sulaiman, M. M. Keeravani, Koti, and Mickey J Meyer. The movie's story is about a nine-year-old girl named Moksha who has special healing powers. She travels with her strong warrior bodyguard, Yodha, to a faraway village. Their mission is to save the children of that village from a dangerous witch named Irendri.

Story of the Film

Irendri (Lakshmi Manchu) is a powerful sorceress who causes trouble for people in Anga Rajyam. A wise guru captures her and stops her from harming others. Before she is defeated, Irendri hides her soul inside a special locket. So, even though her body is gone, her soul lives on in the locket.

Priya (Shruti Haasan) is Irendri's great-great-granddaughter and lives as a gypsy. She also has magical powers because she comes from a family of sorcerers. Yodha (Siddharth) is a brave swordsman who travels around. He meets Priya and quickly falls in love with her.

A local troublemaker named Sudigundam (Ravi Babu) attacks the gypsy village where Priya lives. Yodha fights him off and wins. But Sudigundam secretly attacks Yodha, ties him up, and sets the whole village on fire. During the fire, the locket around Priya's neck falls off. The fire touches it, and Irendri's soul comes out! A magical snake power tells Irendri that she can become super powerful if she gets a single drop of Priya's blood. So, Irendri takes Priya away and locks her up.

Meanwhile, Yodha becomes blind because Sudigundam hurt his eyes. But a wise swami (Subbaraya Sharma) saves Yodha. The swami asks Yodha to protect a special girl named Moksha (Baby Harshitha). Moksha has amazing divine powers. Irendri wants revenge, so she attacks a village called Agartha and makes all the children there lose their senses.

A man named Druki (Vallabhaneni Ramji) goes to another place, Pushpagiri, to bring Moksha. She is the only one who can save the children. Druki, Yodha, and Moksha begin their journey from Pushpagiri to Agartha. At this point, the snake power tells Irendri that if she gets Moksha's blood on the day of a lunar eclipse, she will become unbeatable.

Irendri sends her men to capture Moksha, but Yodha bravely defeats all of them. Irendri then sends Sudigundam, her main commander, to bring Moksha. Yodha follows them to find Moksha. He also discovers that Priya is still alive! Yodha saves both Moksha and Priya. Moksha uses her divine power to give Yodha his eyesight back. Yodha then decides to completely defeat Irendri because she is trying to hurt innocent people. In the end, he succeeds in stopping her evil plans.

Cast

• Siddharth as Yodha
• Shruti Haasan as Priya
• Lakshmi Manchu as Irendri
• Subbaraya Sharma as Lama
• Baby Harshitha as Moksha
• Ravi Babu as Sudigundam
• Brahmanandam as Jaffa
• Ali as Jilebi
• Vallabhaneni Ramji as Druki
• Tanikella Bharani as Kakshira
• Hari Teja as Chitra

Awards

The film Anaganaga O Dheerudu won several awards:

Nandi Awards

• 2011 - Nandi Award for Best Villain - Lakshmi Manchu (for playing the best villain)
• 2011 - Nandi Award for Best Special Effects - Phani Eggone (for the best special effects)

CineMAA Awards

• 2012 - CineMAA Award for Best Female Debut - Shruti Haasan (for being the best new actress)
• 2012 - CineMAA Award for Best Supporting Actress - Lakshmi Manchu (for being the best supporting actress)

Filmfare Awards South

• 2012 - Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South - Shruti Haasan (for being the best new actress in South Indian films)

Other awards

• Hyderabad Times Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Female) - Lakshmi Manchu.
• 2012 - SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu) - Shruti Haasan (for being the best new actress in Telugu films)

Soundtrack

The music for Anaganaga O Dheerudu was composed by several talented artists, including Salim–Sulaiman, Mickey J. Meyer, Koti, and M. M. Keeravani. The soundtrack was released in 2011 by Walt Disney Music.

See also

In Spanish: Anaganaga O Dheerudu para niños