Okkadu (2003)

A Kabbadi player rescues a young woman from an unwanted marriage and hides her in his home.

Director:

Gunasekhar

Writer:

Gunasekhar

Stars:

Mahesh Babu, Bhoomika Chawla, Prakash Raj

Top Rated Indian Movies #153 | 10 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Mahesh Babu	...	Ajay
Bhoomika Chawla	...	Swapna
Prakash Raj	...	Obul Reddy (as Prakashraj)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joy Badlani	...	Jagadish
Chandramohan	...	Dashardharami Reddy
Rajan P. Dev	...	Home Minister
Geetha	...	Vasundhara
Baby Niharika	...	Asha
Venkateswara Rao Paruchuri
Mukesh Rishi	...	DCP Vijay Varma
Telangana Sakuntala
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam	...	Passport Officer

Storyline

A kabaddi player (Mahesh) comes to Kurnool for match, there he rescues a girl from village goon Obul Reddy (Prakash raj) and takes her to his home and makes arrangements for her higher studies in a foreign country. But she refuses to leave him. Is romance on the cards?

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Plot Keywords:

manhunt | underwater scene | rescue | passport | police officer | 

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Genres:

Action | Romance | Sport

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Obul Reddy played by Prakash Raj is based on a real life character also featured in Vikramarkudu and Rakta Charitra. He was known for committing many atrocities including kidnapping and raping a married woman.

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Connections

References West Side Story (1961)

User Reviews

Hero-Heroism-Hero-Heroism

I never liked films by Gunashekhar. Because I am very much biased with his stupid direction in his earlier films. This film flavored with stunts and little bit of romantce. Of course music by Manisharma is good. But still this music director tries to mimic the tunes of some good ones like our new coming music directors.

There was a rumour that the producer M.S.Raju feared about the film release. But surprisingly it was a huge hit for Mahesh babu and every one in the tinsel world recognized that gunashekhar is also a talented director. The huge set-up of charminar and the last fight scene are a bit of non-sense in the film. In his earlier film "Choodalani vundi" also there was a huge set-up to get a feel of Kolkata colony. I donno why these fellows spend money for these merry things.

Prakash raj did very good role in this film. But how one can think he was a good opposite character for Mahesh babu too. The last half-an-hour of the film is a headache.

Details

Country:

India

Language:

Telugu

Release Date:

15 January 2003 (India)

Also Known As:

The One

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sumanth Art Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

171 min

Color:

Color