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{{short description|Indian drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Young India
| image = Young India (film).jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]
| writer = Dasari Narayana Rao
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = K. Ramakrishna Prasad
| starring = {{Plainlist|*[[Dasari Narayana Rao]]
*[[Abhinay Vaddi|Pradyumna]]
*[[Arvind Krishna (actor)|Arvind Krishna]]
*[[Soumya Bollapragada]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Ramana Raju
| editing = Gautham Raju
| music = [[M. M. Keeravani]]
| studio = Siri Media
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|5|15}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Young India''''' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] and starring himself, [[Abhinay Vaddi|Pradyumna]], [[Arvind Krishna (actor)|Arvind Krishna]] and [[Soumya Bollapragada]] with [[Brahmanandam]] in a supporting role. This film marks the film debut of Pradyumna and Arvind Krishna.

The film was released to negative reviews and was a box office failure. The film's music was considered as one of its saving graces.

==Plot==
The film follows a group of friends{{emdash}}Abhi, Venky, Razzaq and Rai{{emdash}}who have the intention of committing suicide due to their individual problems. When Abhi, a victim of the [[Satyam scandal|Mutyam scandal]] intends to commit suicide, he learns that three of his friends are also about to commit suicide and he saves them with the help of Keerthi. They come together along with a police officer Rangayya Naidu to fight off injustice in a movement called Young India.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Dasari Narayana Rao]] as [[Superintendent of police|SP]] Rangayya Naidu
*[[Abhinay Vaddi|Pradyumna]] as Abhi
*[[Arvind Krishna (actor)|Arvind Krishna]] as Razzaq
*[[Soumya Bollapragada]] as Keerthi
*[[Brahmanandam]]
*Gajula Udayshankar as Kalyan
*[[Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad]] as [[Chief Minister]]
*[[AVS (actor)|AVS]] as A. V. S. Maniyam
*[[Venu Yeldandi]] as Mr. Jaffa
*Rocket Raghava as reporter
}}

==Production==
This film marked [[Dasari Narayana Rao]]'s 149th film after a six year sabbatical. To find cast members for the film, he ran talent hunts through local newspapers.<ref name="I">{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/pressmeet-youngindia.html|title=Young India press meet|date=27 August 2009|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref> For the cast members, approximately 22,000 to 35,000 people applied to be in the film in Hyderabad and 640 were selected.<ref name="N">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2009/Oct/07/da-saris-young-india-94545.html|title=Dasari's Young India|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=15 May 2012|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=7 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207192023/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2009/Oct/07/da-saris-young-india-94545.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|While ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' reported that the number of applicants was 22,000. [[Abhinay Vaddi]] in an interview mentioned that the number of applicants was approximately 35,000.<ref name="N2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2009/Sep/01/young-india-82507.html|title=Young India|work=The New Indian Express|date=15 May 2012|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=7 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207182839/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2009/Sep/01/young-india-82507.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="R">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-slide-show-1-i-am-ecstatic-to-portray-ramanujan-on-screen/20131003.htm|title='I am ecstatic to portray Ramanujan on screen'|first=Shobha|last=Warrier|author-link=Shobha Warrier|date=3 October 2013|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908151602/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-slide-show-1-i-am-ecstatic-to-portray-ramanujan-on-screen/20131003.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>}} Kodi Ramakrishna, Ravi Raja Pinisetty, Suresh Krissna, Relangi Narasimha Rao, Suddala Ashok Teja and Ramakrishna Prasad were assigned the task of shortlisting the candidates.<ref name="N"/><ref name="N2"/> Thereafter, 29 people were shortlisted as lead actors and 60 people were shortlisted for supporting roles.<ref name="N"/> From there, Dasari Narayana Rao selected three people for each role and chose the right actor based on a screen test.<ref name="I"/> [[Abhinay Vaddi]]{{emdash}}who was credited as Pradyumna in the film{{emdash}}was in UK at the time and decided to apply for the film due to the respect that Dasari Narayana Rao had for his grandmother [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]]. Up and until the last audition, Abhinay Vaddi kept his lineage a secret.<ref name="R"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/gemini-ganesans-grandson-is-new-kid-on-the-block-1.1357480|title=Gemini Ganesan's grandson is new kid on the block|work=[[Gulf News]]|date=9 July 2014|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908151603/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/gemini-ganesans-grandson-is-new-kid-on-the-block-1.1357480|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film entered post-production as of April 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news290.html|title=Dasari's Parama Veera Chakra?|quote=Dasari’s 149th film Young India is ready for the release|work=Idlebrain.com|date=23 April 2010|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=7 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007092029/https://idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news290.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[M. M. Keeravani]] and features a remix of "Vandanam Abhivandanam" from ''[[Premabhishekam (1981 film)|Premabhishekam]]'' (1981), which was also directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.

==Release==
Dasari Narayana Rao, who reportedly owned some theatres during the film's release, only wanted his film ''Young India'' to be shown in theaters as opposed to other films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2010/May/21/heroes--a-streak-of-villainy-monday-news-158357.html|title=Heroes & a streak of villainy-Monday news|date=16 May 2012|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=8 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241208160353/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2010/May/21/heroes--a-streak-of-villainy-monday-news-158357.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/soumya-all-set-for-a-comeback/articleshow/8626175.cms|title=Soumya all set for a comeback|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=29 May 2011|access-date=14 December 2024|archive-date=11 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211200720/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/soumya-all-set-for-a-comeback/articleshow/8626175.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|6925156}}

{{Dasari Narayana Rao}}
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:2010 Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Dasari Narayana Rao]]
[[Category:Films scored by M. M. Keeravani]]

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