''Geethanjali'' () is a National Award-winning 1989 Telugu film directed by Mani Ratnam. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Upon release, the film met with both commercial success and critical acclaim. Later it was dubbed in Malayalam and Tamil languages. The title of the Tamil version of the film is ''Idhayathai Thirudathey''.The film also has been dubbed in Hindi also.

The film was remade in Hindi as ''Yaad Rakhegi Duniya'' starring Aditya Pancholi, Rukhsar and Vikram Gokhale.

Plot

There he meets a girl, Geethanjali (Girija Shettar), who enjoys playing pranks on people around her. In one incident, Geethanjali asks a guy to meet her in a cemetery at midnight to elope together but when he comes to meet her, she along with her sisters and friends plans out an elaborate prank by dressing up as Ghosts to scare him away. When she tries to pull the same prank on Prakash, who is already ready for this, it backfires as he pulls a bigger prank on her by dressing himself as a vampire and along with aerial wire stunts, scares her.

After being unsuccessful in scaring Prakash away, Geethanjali forms another plan in which she complains to her grandmother by saying that Prakash had asked her (Geethanjali) to elope with him. Furious at this knowledge, Geethanjali's grandmother confronts Prakash about it. Though Prakash tries his best to explain the truth, Geethanjali's grandmother chides him and began to humiliate him in the presence of the public. Prakash becomes angry and retaliates by driving Geethanjali to a hill side area and leaving her there. Later that night, Geethanjali's sister comes to Prakash and tells him that Geethanjali has still not returned home and they are getting worried about her. Prakash goes out to look for her and upon finding her shivering in cold, brings her back to her family. Geethanjali's grandmother scolds Prakash for pulling such a prank on Geethanjali as such things could have worsen her health condition. Curious at this, Prakash inquires about her health. To his dismay, he finds out that she too has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. This intrigues him as she is always happy and energetic. Geethanjali tells him that she's not worried about her impending death as everyone who lives in this world will be gone someday. She also tells him that she's not bothered about what happens in the future and she only lives for today. This teaches Prakash to take his own impending death in his stride and live life to the fullest.

Prakash began to fall in love with Geethanjali and pursues her. Thinking that this is also a part of his pranks, Geethanjali keeps putting him off initially. But one thing leads to another and soon, she too reciprocates his love. One day, Prakash's mother comes to visit him and finds out about her son's love. Not knowing that Prakash has been keeping his illness a secret from Geethanjali, his mother blurts out the truth to Geethanjali. She becomes heart-broken knowing that Prakash's condition is worse than her own. She confronts Prakash and tells him to leave her. Prakash reminds Geethanjali of her own dialogue in which she says that everyone dies one day and so will she. He tells her that his death is no exception. But a devastated Geethajali admits that his own life is more important to her than her own and she would not be able to see his death. She begs him to leave her and tells him that she doesn't want to see him again. That night, Geethanjali's health condition becomes worse and she was admitted in the hospital. After getting the news, Prakash rushes to the hospital to meet her but Geethanjali's father, who happens to be a doctor, requests him to leave as the same is the wish of Geethanjali herself. Prakash becomes sad and decides to leave the town. At the same time, Geethanjali underwent an operation for her heart. Hours after her operation, Geethanjali slowly opens her eyes. Her whole family rejoices at her recovery. Geethanjali looks at her father and tells him that she wants to meet Prakash. The family finds out that he was planning to leave the town and rushed Geethanjali to the train station. The movie ends as Geethanjali and Prakash embrace each other in the train station.

Awards

7 Nandi awards for Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Story writer, Best Art Direction, Best Comedian, and Best Choreography.

Crew

Music: Ilaiyaraaja

Playback: S.P. Balu, S. Janaki, K. S. Chitra

Lyrics: Veturi Sundararamamurthy

Choreography: Sundaram

Art: Thota Tharani

Editing: B. Lenin, V.T. Vijayan

Camera: P. C. Sriram

Producers: C. Praveen Kumar Reddy, P.R. Prasad

Story, Screenplay, and Direction: Maniratnam

Soundtrack

''Telugu version:''

1.Jallantha 2.Aamani paadavey 3.Om namaha 4.Jagada jagada 5.O papa laali 6.Nandi konda 7.O priya priya

''Tamil version(Idhayathai thirudaathey):''

1.Aathaadi ammaadi 2.Kaaviyam paadava 3.Om namaha 4.Vidiya vidiya 5.O papa laali 6.Kaattukkulle 7.O priya priya

Trivia

Initially, the producer wanted to remake Maniratnam's Agni Natchattiram in Telugu with Venkatesh and Nagarjuna, but it did not work out, and he dubbed it as Gharshana. At that time, Nagarjuna was ready to do a film with Maniratnam. This film was loosely inspired from Young Die First. Geethanjali was the name of a Delhi-based 11-year old girl who was suffering from cancer and wrote her emotions in a diary that got printed at that time. Mani was moved emotionally when he read those diary pages, and wanted to name his film, and the heroine, after the little girl.

In the song O priyaa priyaa! where Nagarjuna is chained and Girija appeared in a princess costume were shown on the posters,some people thought it to be a period film! Before the release, director K. Raghavendra Rao saw the film and commented that the film might become a super hit or a super flop but nothing in between. If you ask Nagarjuna about his top ten movies in his career, he will definitely mention this film in his list. This movie gave him a lot of push to work with new directors rather than going with same old directors.

References

Category:1989 films Category:Telugu-language films Category:Indian films Category:Films directed by Mani Ratnam Category:Romantic drama films

Nagarjuna (; born Akkineni Nagarjuna Rao) is an Indian film actor and producer who works primarily in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood). He has also worked in a few Bollywood and Kollywood films. He has won two National Film Awards, six Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.

He owns the Production company, Annapurna Studios and Annapurna International School of Film and Media based in Hyderabad. He is the brand ambassador for ''Kalyan Jewellers'' group in India.

Early life and Family

He completed M.S. in Automobile Engineering from Eastern Michigan University. He is the spouse of actress Amala Akkineni, the father of actors Naga Chaitanya Akkineni and Akhil Akkineni.

Acting career

In 1989, he was starred in the Maniratnam directed Romantic-drama, ''Geethanjali'' which became a major box-office success and was critically acclaimed. The film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment in 1990.

In the same year, Nagarjuna acted in ''Siva'', an action blockbuster directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film earned him his first Filmfare Best Actor Award. In 1990, he subsequently made his Bollywood debut with the Hindi remake of the same film titled ''Shiva''.

He followed it up with action films like ''Killer'', ''Chaithanya'' and ''Nirnayam'' working with directors such as Fazil and Priyadarshan. Other films which were released in the subsequent years include ''President Gari Pellam'', ''Varasudu'', ''Gharana Bullodu'' and ''Allari Alludu''. In 1994 he starred in a Hindi-Telugu bilingual ''Criminal (1994)'' directed by Mahesh Bhatt. The same year he ventured into comedy for the first time with ''Hello Brother''. It was later remade into Hindi as ''Judwaa'' and dubbed into Tamil.

In 1996, Nagarjuna starred and produced ''Ninne Pelladatha'', which was directed by Krishna Vamsi. The movie fetched a National Award for him by winning the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu. The next year, Nagarjuna acted in ''Annamayya'' where he portrayed the role of Annamacharya, a 15th-century Telugu singer and poet, won him his third Filmfare Best Actor Award and his first Nandi Award for Best Actor. His subsequent releases were ''Nuvvu Vastavani'', ''Ninne Premistha'' and ''Azad''. He starred in the romantic comedies such as ''Santhosham'', ''Manmadhudu'', and ''Shivamani'' as well. He produced ''Satyam'' in 2003, that starred his nephew Sumanth.

In 2004, Nagarjuna had two releases—''Nenunnanu'' and ''Mass''. The latter was produced by Nagarjuna and directed by choreographer Lawrence Raghavendra. In 2005, Nagarjuna acted in and produced ''Super''. In 2006, he starred in ''Sri Ramadasu'', his second period film based on the 18th-century Telugu composer of the same name. Nagarjuna received the Nandi Award for Best actor for the film. In December 2007, he appeared in ''Don'' and a year later, he appeared in ''King'' alongside Trisha Krishnan and Srihari.

In the year 2010, he had releases such as ''Kedi'' and ''Ragada''. His latest film ''Gaganam'' was released on 11 February 2011. Its Tamil version was titled ''Payanam''. In 2011 Nagarjuna signed three movies in a row. They are Rajanna, ''Damarukam'' and ''Shirdi Sai''

Television production

Charity

In 2010, he starred in an HIV/AIDS animated software tutorial created by TeachAIDS, a nonprofit founded at Stanford University.

Awards

;Nandi Awards 1997 - Nandi Award for Best Actor for ''Annamayya''

;Filmfare Awards South 1989 - Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) for ''Shiva''

;Other Awards

;Bharathamuni Awards

;Vamsee Berkeley Awards

;AP Cinegoers Awards

Filmography

As actor

As producer

References

External links

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Sobhan Babu () (January 14, 1937 – March 20, 2008) was an Indian film actor in Telugu cinema. Born as Uppu Sobhana Chalapathi Rao to a middle-class family, Sobhan went on to become a romantic icon and was one of the top Tollywood heroes for two decades. He made his film debut with ''Daivabalam'' directed by Vasanthkumar Reddy, but his first film to hit the screens was ''Bhakta Sabari''.

Background

Babu completed his initial schooling in Kuntamukkula Mylavaram. He pursued his Intermediate in Vijayawada and finished his degree at Andhra-Christian College in Guntur. Later, he studied law in Chennai, but ultimately discontinued it.

He married Santha Kumari on 15 May 1958; they had a son, Karuna Seshu and three daughters: Mrudula, Prashanti and Nivedita.

Career

''Veerabhimanyu'' (1965) was his first movie as a "solo hero". This movie turned out to be a big hit. After this, however, he still played small roles in many films in order to earn money for his family. After the huge success of ''Manushulu Maarali'', he acted in films until 1997. His film ''Manushulu Maarali'' ran for 25 weeks, which was a record at that time. His first colour film was ''Kannavari Kalalu''. He performed a dual role for the first time in ''Potti Pleader''.

The highlight of Shoban Babu's career was the three consecutive Filmfare awards he won between 1974-1976 (1974 for ''Khaidi Babayi'', 1975 for ''Jeevana Jyothi'', and 1976 for ''Soggadu''). This was a record for the Telugu film industry. Babu was only the second actor (after Dilip Kumar) to receive three consecutive Filmfare trophies. He was honored with several Nandi Awards by the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was given the honourific "Natabooshana", which became his last name in movie credits.

His rise in the acting industry was also a boon to producers with Babu's successive hits including ''Veerabhimanyu'', ''Manushulu Marali'', ''Kalyana Mandapam'', and ''Tahsildhargaari Ammaayi'', which earned Babu a large fan base.

Sobhanbabu had paired up with Saradha for several films and they were a hit pair. It was a unique combination. Sobhan Babu known for his glamour and Sarada for her outstanding, performance-oriented roles.

Sobhan Babu is known for his glamour. A single strand of hair (may be a couple) curled down on his forehead was his trademark style. It was so popular that every Telugu moviegoer would instantly recognize it as his style.

Though several senior artists had lost their earnings either by producing films or in some other way, Sobhanbabu had a planned career. He invested all his earnings in real estate. After his retirement he led a peaceful life with a complete happy family with sons, daughters, sons-in-law and daughters-in-law and grandchildren like a real life hero.

Sobhan Babu died on March 20, 2008 due to a heart attack at the age of 71.

Writer and film journalist Akella Raghavendra wrote a book on Sobhan Babu, titled ''Sobhan Babu Jeevita Charitra-Parugu Aapadam O Kala''.

Popularity

He did not allow his children into cinema field and even he didn't like his children to come to film studios and shootings.

Awards

Rashtrapati Award

Nandi Awards

Filmfare Awards South

Other Awards

Filmography

References

External links

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