Khadgam

Khadgam (transl.Sword) is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Krishna Vamsi and produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under Karthikeya Movies. It features Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Sonali Bendre, Sangeetha Krish and Kim Sharma in the prominent roles with music composed by Devi Sri Prasad.

Khadgam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKrishna Vamsi
Written byKrishna Vamsi
Sathyanand
Uttej (dialogues)
Produced bySunkara Madhu Murali
StarringSrikanth
Ravi Teja
Prakash Raj
Sonali Bendre
Sangeetha
Kim Sharma
CinematographyS. K. A. Bhupathi
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Release date
  • 29 November 2002 (2002-11-29)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Released on 29 November 2002, the film was successful. The film won five Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The film is remade in Hindi as Insan (2005).

Plot

The films starts at Pakistan Terrorist Camp, where various terrorists at large number rigorously gets trained by Pakistan Army to shoot and detonate bombs though cell phone. In that camp Azar Khan a guy who came from Hyderabad, India who completes his training gets a mission to bring back a big notorious terrorist Masood whom they call the great soldier of islam sent by allah whom they can't afford to lose, gets arrested by Indian police in Hyderabad, they order him to go back there and meet their men who will make all of the arrangements and get Masood released at any cost. They say it's a sacred mission that allah gave to you and he accepts.

The film now shifts to Hyderabad, where Koti an aspiring actor who wants to become a hero in film industry but never gets a chance gets kicked out of various film studios, his friend Murthy who wants to become a director but also never gets a chance struggles together and temporarily Koti works as junior artist and Murthy works as assistant director, face Financial crisis and weren't able to pay the rent of the house they are living for six months, so the house owner M.S. Khaja who owns a big general (kirana) store in old city threatens them that if they don't pay rent by evening he will get them arrested by filing a false theft on them and says that you will not have to worry about rent in jail.


Cast

Awards

Year Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
2002 Nandi Awards Best Director Krishna Vamsi Won [1][2]
Best Film on National Integration Sunkara Madhu Murali Won
Best Art Director P. Ranga Rao Won
Best Makeup Artist Kishore Won
Special Jury Award Ravi Teja Won
Filmfare Awards South Best Director - Telugu Krishna Vamsi Won [3]
Best Supporting Actress - Telugu Sangeetha Won
Best Villain - Telugu Shafi Won

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti. The concept behind the song "Govinda Govinda" is based on Adnan Sami's "Lift Karade".[4]

Khadgam
Soundtrack album by
Released10 October 2002 (2002-10-10)
Recorded2002
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length31:28
LabelAditya Music
ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Sontham
(2002)
Khadgam
(2002)
Thotti Gang
(2002)
Tracklist
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Meme Indians"Honey7:04
2."Nuvvu Nuvvu"Sumangali5:33
3."Aha Allari"Chitra, Raquib4:15
4."Khadgam"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam4:50
5."Govinda Govinda"Sri, Devi Sri Prasad4:32
6."Musugu Veyyoddu"Kalpana5:08

Release

The film was dubbed into Hindi as Marte Dam Tak, into Tamil as Manik Baasha and into Bhojpuri as Bemisaal Hai Hum.

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Though this film is made to represent the patriotic action film genre, Krishna Vamsi tried injecting all other five-genre elements. In that process, the patriotic aspect of the film did not get elevated".[5] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Krishna Vamsi certainly deserves three cheers - not just for making an offbeat movie but also for studiously avoiding patriotic jing bang to convey his message".[6]

References

  1. "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 21 August 2020.(in Telugu)
  2. "Telugu Cinema Etc". Idlebrain.com. 8 September 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  3. "Manikchand Filmfare Awards: Sizzling at 50". BSNL. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  4. "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. 2 December 2002. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  5. Jeevi. "Telugu Cinema - Review - Khadgam - Krishna Vamsi - Srikanth , Ravi Teja , Prakash Raj, Sonali Bendre, Kim Sharma, Sangeeta". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. Kalanidhi, Manju Latha. "Khadgam Review". Full Hyderabad.
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