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Enakku 20 Unakku 18

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{{Infobox film
| name = Enakku 20 Unakku 18 Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu
| image = Enakku 20 Unakku 18.jpg
| caption = DVD of Tamil version
| director = [[Jyothi Krishna (director)|Jyothi Krishna]]
| producer = [[A. M. Rathnam]]
| writer = Jyothi Krishna
| starring = [[Tarun Kumar]] [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] [[Shriya Saran]]
| music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cinematography = R. Ganesh
| editing = Kola Bashkar
| distributor = Sri Surya Movies
| released = {{Film date|2003|12|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 158 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil Telugu
}}
'''''Enakku 20 Unakku 18''''' ({{trans|I am 20, you are 18}}) is a 2003 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Jyothi Krishna (director)|Jyothi Krishna]]. The film stars [[Tarun Kumar]], [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]], and [[Shriya Saran]]. The film was simultaneously shot in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as '''''Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu''''' ({{trans|I know your heart}}) with [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] and [[Tanikella Bharani]] replacing [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] and [[Manivannan]] respectively. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by [[A. R. Rahman]]. This film marks the Telugu debut of Trisha and the Tamil debut of Shriya Saran.

==Plot==
Sridhar ([[Tarun (actor)|Tarun]]) is a final year management degree student and gets selected for post grad studies in [[USA]]. He goes to Mumbai for an interview and in his return by train, finds Preeti ([[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]) and loses his heart to her. Sridhar comes to know that Preeti is about to join in an undergrad degree in 2nd year and Preeti learns that he is a final year degree student. Sridhar is an ardent cricket fan, so is Preeti, while Sridhar is also a good football player. Unfortunately, both leave without revealing any details. Preeti is moving to town, as her brother Kumar is an [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer who has been transferred from [[Bombay]] on special deputation. Preeti's family move to the house on the street adjacent to Sridhar's. Sridhar's elder brother-in-law was a Government civil engineer, who has been in prison on false corruption charges, for a collapsed bridge.

The principal of Sridar's college appoints a student-cum-coach called Reshma ([[Shriya Saran|Shriya]]),for the football team led by Sridhar. Sridhar tries his best to trace Preeti by visiting several women's colleges, while Preeti also watches for Sridhar at the men's college. Accidentally, Preeti helps Sridhar's mother, when she has a heart attack. In order to find Preeti at any cost, Sridhar goes to the LB Stadium, where a cricket match is in progress and gets injuries in a bomb blast in the stadium. Just before the blast, both Preeti and Sridhar find each other but could not meet due to the blast.

Later Preeti's parents convince her to agree for a marriage and tell her to forget about the boy she was searching. At the same time, Sridhar's mother also tells him to concentrate on studies and go abroad to complete his studies. At this juncture, Sridhar comes to know that Preeti was staying just behind his house, when her parents come to his house to inform that she is getting married. Sridhar's gang participates in an inter-college football match and wins the cup.Sridhar's mother suffers yet another heart attack and Preeti's father admits her in the hospital. Then they come to know that Sridhar's brother-in-law was behind bars for no fault of his.Preeti comes to know about Sridhar's brother-in-law and asks her brother to help. Kumar and his men raid the godowns of the contractor involved, and find waste quality materials in his stock. This saves Sridhar's brother-in-law and he is released. Meanwhile, Sridhar's mother passes away. Later Sridhar's brother-in-law gets posted to another city and he leaves with his wife and son. Sridhar feels lonely so, he decides to go abroad. He departs suddenly without informing his friends.

Three years later, Sridhar and Preeti meet at same train, while preeti is coming with her new born nephew, Sridhar is going home with his friend Reema. Reema reveals to Preeti that she is trying to get Sridhar to marry her. Sridhar gets down to fetch water, and misses the train. But he finds preeti waiting and they reveal their love to one another, and become a couple.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Tarun Kumar]] as Sridhar
*[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] as Preeti
*[[Shriya Saran]] as Reshma
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] (Tamil) / [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] (Telugu) as Kapali / Kapil
*[[Manivannan]] (Tamil) / [[Tanikella Bharani]] (Telugu) as Preeti's father
*[[Riyaz Khan]] as Preeti's brother
*[[Archana Puran Singh]] as Preethi's mother
*[[Devadarshini]] as Girija, Sridhar's sister
*[[Kalairani]] as Gayathri, Sridhar's mother
*[[Suvarna Mathew]] as Preeti's sister-in-law
*Babloo as Babloo
*[[Siva Reddy]] (Telugu) / Sasi (Tamil) as Chimpu
*Sweety as Sweety
*Shehnaz as vivek friend
*Saathappan Nandakumar as College principal
*Cell Murugan as Traffic police (Tamil)
*[[Surya (Telugu actor)|Surya]] as Police inspector
*Minnal Deepa as College student (uncredited role)
*[[Bharathi (Tamil actress)|Bharathi]] as College student (uncredited role)
*Preethi Varma as College student (uncredited role)
*[[Saranya Nag]] as College student (uncredited role)
*Lollu Sabha Soundarya as College student (uncredited role)
*[[Reemma Sen]] as Priyanka (guest appearance)
*[[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Anand, Sridhar's brother-in-law (guest appearance)
*[[Janaki Sabesh]] as Train Passenger (guest appearance)
*[[R. Sundarrajan (director)|R. Sundarrajan]] and [[Vaiyapuri]] (Tamil) / [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] and Omkar (Telugu) as Train Passengers (guest appearances)
*[[Mano (singer)|Mano]] as Himself (cameo appearance)
{{colend}}

==Production==

[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] had signed the film before any of her other films had released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/06/03/stories/2002060301030200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110025622/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/06/03/stories/2002060301030200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-10 |title=An offer she couldn't refuse |date=2002-06-03 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2012-08-04}}</ref> For one song, 260 shots were taken and picturised at 90 locations in Chennai and Hyderabad.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040102081316/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/en20.asp</ref>

==Release==
''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "certain scenes have appreciable depth while some are downright superficial and predictable" and that the film was "absorbing in parts, spontaneous in spurts, natural at times and clichéd now and then".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/12/12/stories/2003121201450301.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031230195832/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/12/12/stories/2003121201450301.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-12-30 |title=Enakku 20 Unakku 18 |date=2003-12-12 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2012-08-04}}</ref> Karthiga Rukmanykanthan of the Sri Lankan newspaper ''[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]'' labelled it as "strictly for youth" and a "perfect choice".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/21/artscop16.html |title=Film for young filmgoers | work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]] |date=2004-01-21 |access-date=2012-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021020508/http://www.dailynews.lk/2004/01/21/artscop16.html |archive-date=21 October 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Enakku 20 Unakku 18 / Nee Manasu Naaku Telusu
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = [[2003 in music|17 October 2003]]
| recorded = [[Panchathan Record Inn]]
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Five Star Audio [[Ayngaran International|Ayngaran Music]] [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[A.R. Rahman]]
| prev_title = [[Warriors of Heaven and Earth]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Kangalal Kaidhu Sei]]
| next_year = 2003
}}
The soundtrack was composed by [[A. R. Rahman]]. Lyrics were written by [[Pa. Vijay]] for the Tamil version. The same set of vocalists were used for the both versions, except for two songs. [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] and [[P. Unnikrishnan|Unnikrishnan]] were replaced by [[S. P. B. Charan]] and [[Venkat Prabhu]] in the Tamil version of the song "Snehitude Unte", titled ''Oru Nanban Irundhal''. [[Sriram Parthasarathy]] was replaced by [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]] in the Tamil version of the song "Masthura", titled ''Asathura''.

;Tamil Soundtrack
The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by [[A. R. Rahman]].
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Artist(s) !! Length
|-
| "Askava"
| Surjo Bhattacharya, [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| 5:23
|-
| "Sandhippoma"
| [[Unni Menon]], [[Annupamaa]], [[Chinmayee]]
| 5:32
|-
| "Kama Kama"
| [[Annupamaa]], Aparna, [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Blaaze]], George Peter
| 4:37
|-
| "Oru Nanban Irundhal"
| [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Venkat Prabhu]], [[Chinmayee]]
| 4:19
|-
| "Yedho Yedho"
| [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Gopika Poornima]]
| 5:43
|-
| "Asathura"
| [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], [[Chitra Iyer|Chitra Sivaraman]], [[Mathangi Jagdish|Mathangi]], George Peter
| 5:04
|}

;Telugu Soundtrack
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Artist(s) !! Length
|-
| "Andani Andam Askava"
| Surjo Bhattacharya, [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| 5:23
|-
| "Kalusukundama"
| [[Chinmayi]], [[Unni Menon]]
| 5:32
|-
| "Kama Kama"
| [[Anupama (singer)|Anupama]], Aparna, [[Kunal Ganjawala]], [[Blaaze]], George Peter
| 4:37
|-
| "Snehitude Unte"
| [[Chinmayi]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[P. Unnikrishnan|Unnikrishnan]]
| 4:19
|-
| "Edho Edho Naalo"
| [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Gopika Poornima]]
| 5:43
|-
| "Masthura Masthura"
| [[Sriram Parthasarathy]], [[Chitra Iyer|Chitra Sivaraman]], [[Mathangi Jagdish|Mathangi]], George Peter
| 5:04
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0375736|title=Enakku 20 Unakku 18}}

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Murari (film)

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{{short description|2001 Telugu film by Krishna Vamsi}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Murari
| image = Murari poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| starring = [[Mahesh Babu]] [[Sonali Bendre]] [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] [[Sukumari]] [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] [[Gollapudi Maruthi Rao]]
| director = [[Krishna Vamsi]]
| producer = N Devi Prasad Ramalingeswara Rao
| cinematography = [[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|Ram Prasad]]
| writer = [[Sobhan]] (dialogues) Krishna Vamsi (story & screenplay)
| editing = Krishna Vamsi
| studio = Ram Prasad Arts
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| runtime = 186 minutes
| released = {{Film date|2001|02|17|df=y}}
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Murari''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Supernatural film|supernatural]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film written and directed by [[Krishna Vamsi]]. The film features [[Mahesh Babu]] in the title role along with [[Sonali Bendre]], [[Lakshmi]], [[Sukumari]], [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]], and [[Gollapudi Maruthi Rao]]. The film marks Bendre's Telugu debut. [[Mani Sharma]] composed the music, while [[Ram Prasad (cinematographer)|Ram Prasad]] handled the cinematography. [[Peter Hein]] debuted as choreographer of action sequences with this film. The film marked the last on-screen appearance of veteran Telugu actor [[Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry]].

The film revolves around the happy-go-lucky Murari whose [[Zamindar]] ancestors have been victims of Goddess [[Durga]]'s [[generational curse]] since the mid 19th century. Every 48 years, the royal family's heirs lose their life in their early 30s due to this curse. No matter how many religious rituals are being performed since ages, the family loses their heirs. In this generation, Murari is the one to be succumbed by the curse. The film deals with Murari's redemption to overcome the curse through his spiritual will, and through his grandmother's self sacrifice. The film released on 17 February 2001 to positive reviews and was commercially successful at the [[box office]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=9 Telugu movies that define superstar Mahesh Babu's career|url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/top-mahesh-babu-telegu-movies|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Vogue India|language=en-IN}}</ref>This film has been dubbed into hindi as ''Rowdy Cheetah''.

==Synopsis==
Due to a curse on a family, a family member gets killed every forty-eight years. At the beginning of another such cycle, when a young man's life is at stake, his grandmother makes a huge sacrifice to revoke the curse.

==Plot==
Set up in the 19th century, during [[Amavasya]], the [[dark moon]] lunar phase, a greedy, and lavish alcoholic [[zamindar]] ([[Prakash Raj]]) insults principal deity [[Durga]] and attempts to steal the [[Panchaloha]] idol from the Royal Family's Temple in a state of inebriation so that he can repay his huge debt to the [[British people|British]] officers. Subsequently, he, along with the British officers, are killed by the enraged Goddess Durga. The Goddess infuses a mythical curse on the family's heirs, and every 48 years on the day of Diwali, one male heir from the Royal Family is succumbed to death.

The present year, 2001, denotes the end of another 48 years, and Murari ([[Mahesh Babu]]), the grandson of Sabari ([[Sukumari]]), whose husband died 48 years back because of the curse, is expected to be the next heir to be succumbed to the curse. Murari lives with his father Sattipandu ([[Kaikala Satyanarayana]]); sister-in-law Gopi; brothers Sreenayya ([[Prasad Babu]]), Baachi ([[Sivaji Raja]]), and Soori ([[Chinna (actor)|Chinna]]); and their respective wives and kids; along with Sabari. Murari is named after Sabari's husband and thus is called with utmost respect by all family members (except Gopi, who calls him either by his name or as Kanayya (Kanhaiya)). Gopi treats Murari like her son and even decides to go for an abortion clandestinely so that she would not neglect him once she has her own offspring. Thus, since his childhood, Murari considers Gopi as his mother since his real mother died giving birth to him.

In another village, a beautiful city-bred agricultural student Vasundhara ([[Sonali Bendre]]) lives along with her big combined family and is the cynosure of all eyes and affection in the family. Sattipandu and Vasundhara's father Chanti ([[Gollapudi Maruthi Rao]]) are blood-related, and Gopi is actually Chanti's adopted daughter. These two families are separated because of a feud at Gopi's marriage because of Chanti's evil son Rambabu ([[Raghu Babu]]). Every year, Gopi is allowed to go there without any escort from her husband, and when a tussle happens regarding this, Sreenayya apologizes and tries to patch up with her. At that point, Murari comes to know about Gopi's sacrifice for him when he secretly listens their conversation. For the first time, Gopi gets an escort in the form of Murari after this incident. There after few incidents, Murari falls in love with Vasundhara but leaves the house because of a land dispute with Rambabu with Gopi staying back there for a few more days. Vasundhara tries to convey her love, but she has no chance and returns to Hyderabad.

Back at Murari's hometown, the temple priest Seshayya comes to know that Murari is going to be the victim of Devi's curse, but he does not disclose the same to Sabari, who goes for a pilgrimage. Meanwhile with assurance from his father, Murari goes to Hyderabad and unites with Vasundhara. They go back to Murari's house where Vasundhara lies that she came for agricultural research. Slowly, the couple gets the nod from all the members of both of families. Meanwhile Sabari, who returns from the pilgrimage, upon being informed by Seshayya that Murari would be subjected to death by Devi this year, refuses for the marriage. Rambabu announces the marriage of Vasundhara with her cousin Bullabbayi ([[Ravi Babu]]) that day, and when informed by Chanti, Murari tries to quit the temple to save her but is stopped by Sabari. Then she reveals the dark secret that is about Durga's curse to her family when they all are at the temple offering prayers for rdemption. Murari promises Sabari that he would come alive along with Vasundhara to complete [[Abhisheka]].

Murari goes to Vasundhara's place and saves her from Bullabbayi, but once they are about to leave, Murari is fatally stabbed by Bullabbayi unintentionally, and Vasundhara thus collapses on seeing Murari bleeding. In extreme pain, Murari realizes this as Goddess Durga's ploy, and with all his strength, manages to come back to the temple along with Vasundhara. He manages to convince everyone that he is safe and sound as he covered his wounds with soil and a cloth, but Soori notices blood stains. Before he could say anything, Murari tells him to call an ambulance immediately and takes part in the rituals despite extreme pain and internal bleeding. By the time the rituals of Abhisheka, [[Yajna]], and [[Arti (Hinduism)|Arti]] end, Murari's blood spills over the holy idol, invoking the soul spirit. As a result, Murari loses his consciousness and is in critical condition. Seeing this, Sabari drowns herself in the holy river as a sacrifice to the Goddess, and saves Murari's life. Murari revives and marries Vasundhara.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Mahesh Babu]] as Murari
* [[Sonali Bendre]] as Vasundhara
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Gopakka
* [[Sukumari]] as Sabari
* [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]] as Sattipandu
* [[Gollapudi Maruthi Rao]] as Chanti
* [[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapurna]] as Chanti's wife
* [[Sudha (Telugu actress)|Sudha]] as Ammulu
* [[Prasad Babu]] as Sreenayya (Sreenu)
* [[Sivaji Raja]] as Soori
* Anitha Chowdary as Soori's wife
* [[Chinna (actor)|Chinna]] as Baachi
* [[Hema (actress)|Hema]] as Baachi's wife
* [[Raghu Babu]] as Rambabu
* [[Ravi Babu]] as Bullabbayi
* [[Lakshmipati]] as Vaali
* [[Dhulipala]] as Monk
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Jamindar (guest appearance)
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Jamindar Clerk (guest appearance)
* [[Nagendra Babu|Naga Babu]] (guest appearance)
* [[Achyuth]] as Sabari's husband (guest appearance)
{{colend}}

==Production==

===Development===
When [[Krishna Vamsi]] visited a temple in a village, he came to know about a very famous person there whose three sons died under suspicious circumstances at regular intervals 4 years back. When he spoke to the local people, they said that the big man killed a worker from lower cadre by hiring some goons and the wife of that killed person came to this person's house and cursed that all his three sons would be dying with in six months. After listening to them, he was intrigued by all these incidents. As a part of his research, he visited temples and observed the architectures, sculptors and also read books like Yogi's Autobiography etc. He said "I met highly qualified people like [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]] to enhance my knowledge in various things. I also studied the visions of our ancestors, who during their time have designed things like missiles, television, aircrafts{{sic}} etc" in an interview. He added "We always have an answer for any questions that start with 'what', 'how' and 'when'. But we do not have any reason or answer for questions starting with 'why'. I had this kind of backdrop in my mind and wanted to make a film. When a film in the combination of [[Mahesh Babu]] and Krishna Vamsi was announced, I though I should make all those mystic questions get a representation in this film." He wanted to incorporate Telugu culture and tradition with a festive mood and thus used a joint-family backdrop.<ref name="Making of Murari">{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_krishnavamsi1.html|title=Interview with Krishna Vamsi Part – II by Jeevi|publisher=[[Idlebrain.com]]|date=13 February 2003|accessdate=18 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018113418/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/interview_krishnavamsi1.html|archivedate=18 October 2014}}</ref>

Influenced by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]'s 1971 film ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]'', Krishna Vamsi wanted to kill Mahesh Babu's character in this film as he felt that except ''Anand'', no other film introduced a hero who would be dying very soon. During the story discussions, when he said the same to his team, none accepted. He aimed to go in reverse trend and form the film's screenplay as story writers used to create a problem and then introduced the hero to solve it in Telugu cinema. After meeting Mahesh Babu, Krishna Vamsi decided to use the story of [[Krishna]] for the family part. He clarified that it was not a true adaptation of Lord Krishna's life but he got inspired by the characterizations in Krishna's story. According to Krishna Vamsi, the death points Murari faces in the film are inspired from the attacks of ''[[rakshasa]]'' on [[Krishna]] and the fatal attack in the climax was inspired from Lord Krishna's death in the hands of a ''[[Yadava]]'' hunter.<ref name="Making of Murari"/> Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy temple at Ammapally near Shamshabad was selected for filming key scenes related to the curse part of the story and the temple gained prominence after the film's release. A strong belief in the film industry emerged that a film with scenes shot at the temple will do well at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ancient-temple-abuzz-with-film-shoots/article1555396.ece|title=Ancient temple abuzz with film shoots|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 March 2011|accessdate=18 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018121223/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ancient-temple-abuzz-with-film-shoots/article1555396.ece|archivedate=18 October 2014}}</ref>

===Casting===
[[Mahesh Babu]] confessed that this film was a crucial one in his career and quoted the role of Murari as his favorite role in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Murari-was-a-crucial-film-Mahesh-Babu/articleshow/17626453.cms|title=Murari was a crucial film: Mahesh Babu|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 December 2012|accessdate=18 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018114440/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Murari-was-a-crucial-film-Mahesh-Babu/articleshow/17626453.cms|archivedate=18 October 2014}}</ref> [[Sonali Bendre]] made her debut in Telugu with this film and it was her first collaboration with Krishna Vamsi. [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]], [[Kaikala Satyanarayana]], [[Prasad Babu]], [[Gollapudi Maruthi Rao]], Deekshitulu and [[Raghu Babu]] were a part of the film's principal cast. [[Ravi Babu]] played a negative role in the film.<ref name="Making of Murari"/> Actress [[Sukumari]] was selected to play the character of Sabari, Mahesh Babu's grandmother in the film which was one of her widely remembered role in Telugu cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Actress-Sukumari-passes-away/articleshow/19223827.cms|title=Actress Sukumari passes away|work=The Times of India|date=26 March 2013|accessdate=18 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018120234/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Actress-Sukumari-passes-away/articleshow/19223827.cms|archivedate=18 October 2014}}</ref> Veteran film actor and religious guru [[Dhulipala Seetarama Sastry]] made a cameo appearance which was his last film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Veteran-actor-Dhulipala-is-dead/articleshow/1907576.cms|title=Veteran actor Dhulipala is dead|work=The Times of India|date=14 April 2007|accessdate=18 October 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018120433/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Veteran-actor-Dhulipala-is-dead/articleshow/1907576.cms|archivedate=18 October 2014}}</ref>

===Characters===
Regarding Mahesh's character in the film, Krishna Vamsi said "During that time, I met Mahesh Babu a couple of times. He has a 'mugdha manohara mohana roopam' meaning that Mahesh has very beautiful look which can mesmerize anyone. I was impressed to such an extent that I wanted to add 'Krishna tatvam' to that film, as 'mugdha manohara mohana roopam' is the first quality of Lord Krishna. Just like the way Krishna had herd of cows, hero in this film had an animal (elephant). I wanted to create the atmosphere of ''[[Brindavanam]]''. That's the reason why Mahesh is shown to be moving along with and surrounded by girls/women and kids". Sonali Bendre's characterization in the first half was based on [[Satyabhama]] and her characterization in the second half was based on [[Rukmini]]. Because of that, Krishna Vamsi incorporated a scene similar to ''Rukmini Kalyanam'' (Lord Krishna takes Rukhmini away from her place and marries her without the knowledge of her people) in the second half where Murari's character saves Vasundhara from her evil brother and takes away her from her village to marry her. Lakshmi character was based on [[Yasoda]] while Prasad Babu and Kaikala Satyanarayana's roles were partially inspired from [[Balarama]]'s character. According to Krishna Vamsi, the other ''Yadavas'' in the film were the brothers and family members of hero while Ravi Babu's character was a mix of characterizations of [[Sisupala]], [[Karna]] and [[Duryodhana]]. Two separated joint families like that of ''[[Pandavas]]'' and ''[[Kauravas]]'' were created though they are on good terms unlike the way portrayed in Lord Krishna's story.<ref name="Making of Murari"/> [[Prakash Raj]] played a cameo as the evil [[zamindar]] who was the first victim of the curse while Deekshitulu played the role of the temple's priest named Seshayya.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Murari
| type = Soundtrack
| longtype = To Murari
| artist = [[Mani Sharma]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2001, 2013
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 36:05
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| label = Supreme Audio (2001), [[Aditya Music]] (2013)
| producer = [[Mani Sharma]]
| prev_title = [[Devi Putrudu]]
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = [[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]]
| next_year = 2001
}}

The music and background score was composed by [[Mani Sharma]].<ref name="Murari Audio Songs – cinefolks.com">[http://cinefolks.com/telugu/AudioSongs/movie/Murari/ Murari Audio Songs – cinefolks.com]</ref> This album consisted of 7 tracks. The soundtrack featured singers [[S.P.Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chitra]], [[Jikki]], [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Udit Narayan]], [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Sunitha Upadrashta]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] and [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]. The lyrics were written by [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]], [[Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry]], [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] and Suddala Ashok Teja.

{{tracklist
| headline = Track Listing<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/murari/qA68NGCYY,8_ | website = [[JioSaavn]] | title = Murari | accessdate = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 36:02

| title1 = Alanati Ramachandrudu
| lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
| extra1 = [[Jikki]], [[Sunitha Upadrashta]], Sandhya
| length1 = 5:21

| title2 = Bhama Bhama
| lyrics2 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra2 = [[S.P.Balasubrahmanyam]] & [[Anuradha Sriram]]
| length2 = 4:30

| title3 = Cheppamma Cheppamma
| lyrics3 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra3 = [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length3 = 4:49

| title4 = Ekkada Ekkada
| lyrics4 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
| extra4 = [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]
| length4 = 6:12

| title5 = Andaanikey
| lyrics5 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra5 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length5 = 5:24

| title6 = Bangaru Kalla
| lyrics6 = [[Suddala Ashok Teja]]
| extra6 = [[Udit Narayan]]
| length6 = 5:01

| title7 = Dum Dum Dum
| lyrics7 = [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]]
| extra7 = Shankar Mahadevan
| length7 = 4:45
}}

==Reception==
The film received positive reviews. ''idlebrain.com'' gave a review stating "The credit for the success or failure of this film should go to Krishna Vamsi. This film is bound get a little bit of dissent from the viewers of C class areas. But, this film is classic masterpiece for the class audience and highly recommended for the Mahesh and Krishnavamsi fans. This film will be a good fare for the people if they watch this film with no expectations. Just watch this film to experience Krishna Vamsi paint the silver screen with his classic strokes" and rated the film 3.5/5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-murari.html|title=Movie review – Murari|publisher=idlebrain.com|date=17 February 2001|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref> ''fullhyd.com'' gave a review stating "Murari starts off on a good note with the desecration of the temple by Prakash Raj for money, and builds up an interesting story as to how three members of their family cursed by Devi Maa give up their lives. But the story soon loses its steam as we know for sure the sacrificial lamb. Murari is a typical Hum Aapke Hain Kaun kind of film with all the fun and laughter and the goodness among the people. It is good family movie with best cinematography and best performance by artists and rated the film 8/10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.fullhyderabad.com/murari/telugu/murari-movie-reviews-1694-2.html|title=Murari Movie Review|publisher=fullhyd.com|date=17 February 2001|accessdate=5 March 2014}}</ref>

==Awards==
;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>[http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2001.html Nandi Awards – Idle Brain]</ref>
* [[Nandi Award for Best Feature Film]] (Silver)
* Nandi Award for Best Character Actress – [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
* [[Nandi Special Jury Award]] – [[Mahesh Babu]]

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