Arya (2004 film)

Arya
File:Aarya Telugu Movie.jpg
Directed by	Sukumar
Produced by	Dil Raju
Written by	Sukumar
Starring	Allu Arjun Anu Mehta Siva Balaji
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Cinematography	R. Rathnavelu
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Production company	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release date	7 May 2004 (2004-05-07)
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹4 crore
Box office	est. ₹30 crore

Arya is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film which was released on 7 May 2004. The film was directed by debutant Sukumar and produced by Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations banner. The film features Allu Arjun, Anu Mehta, and Siva Balaji in lead roles with music composed by Devi Sri Prasad and cinematography handled by R. Rathnavelu. The plot revolves around Aarya, an outgoing and free-spirited boy falling in love with Geetha, an introverted girl who is on the shield of another person Ajay. This movie was also dubbed and released in Malayalam with the same name.

Released on 7 May 2004, the film received positive response and was commercially successful, grossing ₹30 crore worldwide.

It was remade into Bengali (Bangladesh) as Badha with Shakib Khan and Purnima, in Odia as Pagala Premi with Sabyasachi Mishra and Arpita Pal, in Sinhala (Sri Lanka) as Adaraye Namayen with Roshan Ranawana and Kishani Alanki and in Tamil as Kutty with Dhanush and Shriya Saran. A spiritual sequel titled Arya 2 was released in 2009.

Plot

Geetanjali a.k.a. Geetha (Anuradha Mehta), a college student, goes to Kanyakumari on a trip. She finds a poem in a diary left on a beach and signs in it, saying that she wishes the poet will succeed in his love. Later on, her anklet falls into the ocean, and a guy jumps into the water in front of her eyes, but no one sees him resurfacing. However, Geetha did not see who jumped in the ocean. She dreams about the incident frequently with the idea that the guy who jumped has died, but her friends ask her to forget it.

Back to the present in Vishakhapatnam, here comes Ajay (Siva Balaji), a spoiled college student and the son of the local MP Avataram (Rajan P. Dev). He likes to flirt with beautiful girls and wants them to be his girlfriends. One day he sees Geetha and proposes to her. When she refuses, he threatens to jump from the top of the college building. Being afraid of being held responsible for a death, Geetha accepts the proposal with the thought that as some guy has already died for her, and she doesn't want someone to get hurt because of her and starts dating him. Aarya (Allu Arjun) is a happy-go-lucky guy who enjoys his life with friends and kids. On his first day to the college, he sees Geetha, who was just confessing her love to Ajay, who was at the top of the college building, threatening her. Charmed by her beauty, Aarya falls in love with her and proposes to her. One day Avataram arranges a party in his house, and it so turns out that Ajay introduces Geetha to his father and persuades him to fix their marriage. Ajay's father, who initially pretended to accept his son's marriage with Geetha, turns tables upside down by introducing another girl Lalasa and announces that his son is going to marry Lalasa. He threatens his son not to marry anyone except Lalasa. Being embarrassed by the situation and helpless, Ajay sits down and starts to get frustrated. Aarya, who loves Geetha so much that he never hesitated to help her, decides to bring Ajay to Geetha and helps them elope. On their way, they are followed by Avataram's henchmen. They eventually find a train and get into it.

When they get down of the train in the night, they are shocked to see the leader of Avataram's henchmen, who forces Geetha to come with him, defying his boss' order. On the other hand, Ajay remains helpless, while Aarya fights all the men and finally defeats them, rescuing Ajay and Geetha. They walk on to the nearby town, which happens to be Aarya's hometown. Being tired, the three go to bed.

The next morning they wake up and realize that Ajay is missing. Aarya tries to convince Geetha that Ajay left to win over his father. This leaves private time for Aarya and Geetha, and they grow close to each other. Geetha starts liking Aarya and begins to understand him. When she tries to confess it to him, Ajay and his father return. Avataram agrees to get Ajay married to Geetha.

On the day of the wedding, Geetha finds out that Aarya was the guy who dove into the sea for her anklet and realizes that he came into her life much before Ajay. She realizes that while Ajay blackmailed her into loving him; Aarya just wanted to see her happy. Geetha also realizes that Aarya truly loves her, while Ajay was just acting on his impulse of wanting what he couldn't have. She leaves the wedding hall in tears and confesses her love to Aarya, and they both reconcile with each other, and this time he successfully throws the stone into the Plastic Coke Cup, indicating he truly succeeded in his love.

Cast

• Allu Arjun as Arya
• Anuradha Mehta as Geethanjali aka Geetha
• Siva Balaji as Ajay
• Rajan P. Dev as MP Avataram, Ajay's father
• Subbaraju as Subbu
• Sunil as "Punch" Falaknama, Train Ticket Examiner
• Venu Madhav as Ajay's friend
• Sudha as Geetha's mother
• Vidya as Shanti
• J. V. Ramana Murthi as Priest
• Shravya as one of Arya's young friends
• Babloo as Aarya's friend
• Sandra Jai Chandran as Geetha's friend
• Devi Charan
• Jogi Naidu
• Krishnam Raju
• Prudhviraj as Reddy (cameo)
• Abhinayasri in item number "Aa Ante Amalapuram"

Production

Sukumar made his directorial debuted through the film

Sukumar began working on the script of his directorial debut Aarya (2004) in Vishakhapatnam before joining the sets of Vinayak's Dil. Its producer Dil Raju assured that he would produce the film if Dil becomes a commercial success. Sukumar chose to narrate the story of a boy who confess his love to a girl right in the beginning, opposed to films like Darr (1993), Kabhie Haan Kabhie Naa (1994), and Kaadhal Kondein (2003) where the protagonist's love/obsession for the female lead is revealed towards the end, as he found that idea an "obsolete" one. Raju was impressed with Sukumar's script and Allu Arjun was selected as its protagonist after considering Ravi Teja, Nithin, and Prabhas. Anuradha Mehta and Siva Balaji were chosen for the other two lead roles. R. Rathnavelu and Devi Sri Prasad were chosen as the film's director of photography and music director respectively; they both collaborated with Sukumar in many of his future projects.

Soundtrack

Aarya
Soundtrack album to Aarya by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	16 April 2004 (2004-04-16)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	30:42
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Venky (2004) Aarya (2004) Shankar Dada MBBS (2004)

The audio was released at a function arranged in song set erected at Nanakrama Guda on the evening of 16 April 2004. Actress Swati Reddy (then an anchor at the time) and music director Devi Sri Prasad anchored this event. Aditya Music produced the audio of this film. K Raghavendra Rao released the audio and gave the first cassette to Pawan Kalyan and Prabhas. The song "Aa Ante Amalapuram" became famous in Andhra Pradesh and certain parts of Maharashtra like Kolhapur, which created Allu Arjun's identity there. The Soundtrack was an Unusual Hit. The success and popularity of the song "Aa Ante Amalapuram" song eventually led to its adaptation in the 2012 Hindi film Maximum.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"You Rock My World"	Sonu, Premji Amaren	5:00
2.	"Nuvvunte"	Sonu, Sumangali	5:08
3.	"O My Brotheru"	Ravi Verma	5:04
4.	"Thakadimithom"	Tippu	5:31
5.	"Feel My Love"	KK, Clinton Cerejo
6.	"Aa Ante Amalapuram"	Malathy, Ranjith	5:04
Total length:			30:42

Reception

Critical reception

Aarya received highly positive reviews from critics. idlebrain.com gave a review stating, "You feel like you are watching a Mani Rathnam film. There is a soul in the film and you end up having a thin layer of tears in your eyes while leaving the theater. This film announces the arrival of Sukumar – director – a class apart. 'Aarya' is a must watch film for all Telugu film lovers. Don't miss it" and rated the film 4/5, calling the film "A class apart". IndiaGlitz gave a review stating "To start with, the hype machine was at work incessantly before the release of the movie. And after watching the film you also feel that there is a movie that is every inch worth its pre-release hype. Not only Aarya is expected to lead the pack in the long summer of seemingly never-ending releases but also give the hero of the film, Allu Arjun, a new identity. Aarya is an unabashed package showcasing Allu Arjun and his dancing and fighting abilities. The thing it looks like it will work at the box-office", further calling the film "A cocktail of fun and more fun". fullhyderabad.com gave a review stating "Aarya is not at all what you expect it to be. It is a special package that consists of fun, entertainment, laughs, frolic, merriment, high times, bashes and more. It has them all. Romance, eternal love, mush, flowers, embraces, sacrifices, sunsets. It has them ALL. Action, fights, stunts, feats, tricks, battles, blood, bullies, henchmen, chases. Did we mention that this has it all? Emotions, sentiments, passion, craze and feelings. See one. See all," and rated the film 7/10.

Box office

Aarya made on a budget of ₹4 crore, grossed about ₹30 crore with a distributor share of in its full run delivering a distributors Share of ₹18 crore. The film ran a 50-day run in 89 centres and a 100-day run in 56 centres.

The film's dubbed version in Malayalam collected between ₹30–35 lakh in Kerala.

Awards

52nd Filmfare Awards

• Best Director – Sukumar

2004 CineMAA Awards

• Best Director (Jury) – Sukumar
• Best Screenplay - Sukumar
• Best Editor - Marthand K Venkatesh
• Sensational Producer - Dil Raju

2004 Nandi Awards

• Best Screenplay Writer – Sukumar
• Special Jury – Allu Arjun
• Best Fight Master - Ram-Lakshman
• Best Male Playback Singer - Sagar

2004 Santosham Film Awards

• Santosham Best Young Performers Award – Allu Arjun
• Best first film Director - Sukumar
• Best new Female Singer - Malathi
• Best Costumer - Kumar
• Best item Dancer - Abhinayasri

2004 Gemini TV Awards

• Best Director – Sukumar
• Best Actor – Allu Arjun

Remakes

Aarya (Telugu) (2004)	Badha (Bengali) (2005)	Pagala Premi (Odia) (2007)	Adaraye Namayen (Sinhala) (2008)	Kutty (Tamil) (2010)	Pyaar Mein Pagal (Urdu) (TBA)
Allu Arjun	Shakib Khan	Sabyasachi Mishra	Roshan Ranawana	Dhanush	Sikander Zaman Khan
Anuradha Mehta	Purnima	Arpita Pal	Kishani Alanki	Shriya Saran	Iqra Aziz
Siva Balaji	Riaz	Sukanta	Shaan Gunthalika	Sameer Dattani	Emi Khan
Rajan P. Dev	Dipjol	Pradyumna Lenka		Radha Ravi	Asif Raja Mir

External links

• Aarya on IMDb

Bibliography

• Chinnarayana, Pulagam (18 October 2015). సినిమా వెనుక స్టోరీ: ఫీల్ మై లవ్ [Behind the scenes: Feel my love] (in తెలుగు). Sakshi Funday. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.