Eeswar
Eeswar is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, starring Prabhas[1] and Sridevi Vijaykumar. Siva Krishna and Revathi played supporting roles. It marked the debut of Prabhas, nephew of popular Telugu actor Krishnam Raju. However, it didn't prove him well enough as a popular hero until the release of his blockbuster Varsham. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Humla: The War (2009) and into Bengali as Bhalobashar Jeet.
| Eeswar | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jayanth C. Paranjee |
| Written by | Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Jayanth C. Paranjee |
| Story by | Deena Raj |
| Produced by | Kolla Ashok Kumar |
| Starring | Prabhas Sridevi Vijaykumar Brahmanandam Sivakrishna Revathi |
| Cinematography | Jawahar Reddy |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | R. P. Patnaik |
Release date | 11 November 2002 |
Running time | 164 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Eeswar (Prabhas) is a motherless child and brat living in Dhoolpet, a slum area in Old City. Eeswar's father (Siva Krishna) manufactures Gudumba (Arrack) with the help of neighborhood people. Eeswar falls in love at first sight when he sees a college-going beauty Indu (Sridevi Vijaykumar). In the meantime, Eeswar's father marries Sujatha (Revathi), who has been waiting for him for the past 20 years so that she can be a good mother to Eeswar. Eeswar hates his stepmother thinking that his father married her to enjoy worldly pleasures. Meanwhile, Indu's father turns out to be a local MLA (Kolla Ashok Kumar) who hates poor. The local MLA sends goons to finish Eeswar off. What follows next forms the second half of the film.
Cast
- Prabhas as Eeswar
- Sridevi Vijaykumar as Indu, Eeswar's love interest
- Dheeraj Krishna Nori as Desi Dheeraj
- Revathi as Eeswar's stepmother
- Ravikanth
- Hanumanthu
- N. Hari Krishna
- Siva Krishna as Eeshwar's father
- Kolla Ashok Kumar as Indu's father
- Abhinaya Krishna as Eeswar's friend
- Brahmanandam as Priest
- Allari Subhashini
- Pavala Syamala
Soundtrack
| Eeswar | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 2002 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 27:58 |
| Language | Telugu |
| Label | Aditya Music |
| Producer | R. P. Patnaik |
Music was composed by R. P. Patnaik. All songs were penned by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Music was released by Aditya Music company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ameerpet" | R. P. Patnaik | 4:30 |
| 2. | "Olammo Olammo" | R. P. Patnaik, Usha | 3:47 |
| 3. | "Gundelo Valava" | Rajesh, Usha | 4:57 |
| 4. | "Dhindhirana" | Rajesh, Usha | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Innallu" | Rajesh, Usha | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Kotaloni Rani" | Usha, Rajesh, Nihal, Lenina, Kousalya | 4:21 |
| 7. | "Thillana (Theme Music)" | R. P. Patnaik | 1:39 |
| Total length: | 27:58 | ||
Reception
A critic from Idlebrain.com said that "Over all, it's an average flick and worth watching for all curious people to see how Prabhas fared".[2] A critic from Sify opined that "On the whole Takkari Donga director Jayant C Paranji’s new film Eeswar is lacklustre".[3][4]
References
- "Launch on new hero Prabhas". idlebrain.com. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- "Movie review - Eeswar". Idlebrain.com.
- "Eeswar is boring!". Sify – via Rediff.com.
- Manju Latha Kalanidhi. "Eshwar Review". Full Hyderabad.