Ragada (transl. Friction) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Veeru Potla and produced by D. Siva Prasad Reddy. It stars Nagarjuna, Anushka Shetty, Priyamani and Dev Gill in lead roles, with the music composed by S. Thaman.[1][2] In the film, Satya leaves his village and arrives in Andhra Pradesh to earn money and willingly participates in a fight between two rivals that brings him to their attention.
| Ragada | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Veeru Potla |
| Written by | Veeru Potla |
| Produced by | D. Siva Prasad Reddy |
| Starring | Nagarjuna Akkineni Anushka Shetty Priyamani Dev Gill |
| Cinematography | Sarvesh Murari |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | S. Thaman |
Production company | Kamakshi Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 136 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Ragada was released theatrically on 24 December 2010. In 2011, it was dubbed and released into Tamil as Vambu.[3] The same year, it was dubbed in Hindi under the same name.
Plot
editDevudu attempts to kill an innocent man, who is against Peddanna, but is killed by one of Peddanna's followers Jairam. Peddanna is the famed gangster in Andhra Pradesh, and has three major followers who murder people for him. These followers are Jairam, Bhagavan and Nanda.
Meanwhile, Satya Reddy is a money-minded man who gets involved in a fight between GK and Peddanna. Satya helps GK, who makes him as his partner, where GK's love interest Sirisha falls in love with Satya. Satya sees Ashtalakshmi being chased by goons where he saves her. Ashtalakshmi and her Brahmin family starts living with Satya for a few days. Satya makes up a plan for GK to fight Peddanna. In one fight, Jairam captures Sirisha, and Satya saves her by killing Jairam. Ashtalakshmi also loves Satya. Sirisha meets a tattooed friend in the pub which Satya notices. In a restaurant during lunch with Sirisha and Ashtalakshmi, Satya is attacked by Bhagavan's henchmen. Satya goes to Bhagavan's house and kills him and his father, which enrages Peddanna.
Past: Satya was an orphan who is taken care by a doctor. The people of the city Kadapa worship her like a goddess. Devendra, a political campaigner and Peddanna's brother, kidnap the doctor's daughter to make sure that she tells everyone to vote for him, but to no avail. Satya arrives and thrashes up Devendra's men, where he learns that he has to acquire ₹72 crore (US$8.6 million) to keep the doctor's hospital running as Devendra's father had donated the land to the hospital. Peddanna kills the doctor with the help of his goons as Satya has thrashed his brother. In order to get the money and exact vengeance against the goons who killed the doctor, Satya had joined GK.
Present: At this time, Satya is back in his house and is dealing with Ashtalakshmi's parents, who are weeping uncontrollably. He finds out that Peddanna's men long ago kidnapped Ashtalakshmi's elder brother. Satya goes to the headquarters where her brother is held and frees him. Satya later finds out that Ashtalakshmi had robbed ₹180 crore (US$22 million) from Peddanna with the help of her brother, where she and her brother leave to Bangkok. Satya and Sirisha arrive at Bangkok, where it is revealed that Ashtalakshmi doesn't have money. Sirisha and Ashtalakshmi are friends and Ashtalakshmi is the same tattooed girl from the pub.
Satya reveals that he knew about their plan from the beginning and that he was the one who stolen the money. Satya is here to kill Nanda as he knew that Ashtalakshmi's brother will follow Nanda to get his money's share. Satya kills Nanda and returns to India. GK listening to one of his henchmen's words, escapes to Dubai so Satya won't kill him.
Peddanna kidnaps Satya's younger sister and tries to bury her, but Satya arrives with Peddhanna's brother. Satya then kills Peddhanna's men and his enforcer. He finally exacts his vengeance for his mother by killing off Peddhanna, and saving the hospital. Devendra, Peddhanna's brother runs away presumably being spared.
Cast
edit- Nagarjuna Akkineni as Satya Reddy
- Anushka Shetty as Sirisha
- Priyamani as Priya / Ashta Lakshmi
- Dev Gill as G. K.
- Pradeep Rawat as Peddanna
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Gangaiah
- Brahmanandam as Veera Brahmam alias Brahmam Darling
- Tanikella Bharani as Devudu
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Narayana
- Sushant Singh as Nanda
- Supreeth as Bhagawan
- Raghu Babu as Hotel Server
- Raghu Karumanchi as Brahmam Darling's henchman
- Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Nirmalamma
- Satya Prakash as Devendra, Peddanna's brother
- Narsing Yadav as Truck Driver
- Bharath Reddy as Kanth, Peddanna's sidekick who betrays Pedanna
- Besant Ravi as Peddanna's enforcer
- Master Bharath as Narayana
- Sravan as Jayaram
- Giridhar as Govardhan
- Banerjee
- Jenny
- Prudhvi Raj as gold shop owner
- Amith
- Ranam Venu
- Sasidhar
- Sana
- Srilalitha as Sathya's sister (Nirmalamma's daughter)
- Rajani
- Charmy Kaur in a special appearance in the song "Meesamunna Manmadhuda"
- Anita Hassanandani Reddy as Banker (cameo)
Soundtrack
edit| Ragada | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 29 November 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:21 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | S. Thaman | |||
| S. Thaman chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman and released by Aditya Music. The audio was launched on 29 November 2010 at the Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad.[4]
All tracks are written by Ramajogayya Sastry
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Meesamunna Manmadhuda" | Shankar Mahadevan, Rita Thyagarajan, Hima Bindhu | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Shirisha Shirisha" | Hariharan, Sri Vardhini, Baba Sehgal | 4:07 |
| 3. | "Okkadante Okkade" | Ramya NSK, Suchitra | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Bholo Ashta Lakshmi" | Geetha Madhuri, Karthik | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Ragada Ragada" | Baba Sehgal, Rita Thyagarajan, K.S. Chithra | 4:44 |
| 6. | "Empillo Apple O" | Karthik, Anuradha Sriram | 3:53 |
| Total length: | 25:21 | ||
Reception
editRagada received generally mixed reviews from critics.
Andhra Box Office gave the film 3.25 stars out of 5 and called it a treat for Nagarjuna's fans, while praising the action sequences, comedy, songs, punch dialogues and the direction but criticizing Nagarjuna's dance and the predictable storyline.[5]123Telugu similarly gave the film 3.25 stars out of 5 and praised Nagarjuna's performance, Brahmanandam's comedy, the technical aspects and the presence of multiple villains while criticizing the second half and the climax.[6] Idlebrain.com gave it 3 stars out of 5, similarly praising Nagarjuna's performance and Anushka's acting without the makeup along with the twists in the second half, the action sequences and the technical aspects, while criticizing the lack of story in the first half and the presence of multiple villains.[7] Greatandhra also gave it 3 stars out of 5 and praised Nagarjuna's performance, glamour quotient, the opening fight sequence and presentation of songs, but criticized the second half, the placement of songs, jerks in the editing and lack of depth in the characterization of villains.[8]
On the other hand, Rediff.com gave it 2.5 stars out of 5 and praised Nagarjuna's performance and called the film worth the money while also labelling it formulaic.[9] Fullhyd gave it 1.5 stars out of 5, praising Brahmanandam's comedy while criticizing the violence and placement of songs.[10]
Box office
editRagada collected ₹8.48 crores in the opening week.[11] In the second week, the collections amounted to ₹11.54 crores.[12] The total collections in the fourth week amounted to ₹15.27 crores and the total collections including the overseas gross were equal to ₹17.15 crores.[13][14]
References
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- ^ "'Ragada' audio launched amidst fanfare - Telugu Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ^ "ABO Mini Review: Ragada". AndhraBoxOffice.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada Movie Review". 123Telugu.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada film review". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada Review: Mass Masala Formula". Greatandhra.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada is paisa vasool". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada Review". Fullhyd.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada 1st Week Collections". AndhraBoxOffice.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Exclusive Ragada 2 Weeks Collections". AndhraBoxOffice.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Exclusive Ragada 4 Weeks Collections". AndhraBoxOffice.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Ragada Total Collections". AndhraBoxOffice.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2019.