Veede

Veede
File:Veede poster.jpg
Directed by	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Produced by	Singanamala Ramesh
Written by	Dharani
Screenplay by	Kona Venket (dialogue)
Story by	Dharani
Based on	Dhool (Tamil)
Starring	Ravi Teja Arti Agarwal Reema Sen Sayaji Shinde
Music by	Chakri
Edited by	Hari Sankar
Production company	Kanakaratna Movies
Distributed by	K S Ramarao films
Release date	31 October 2003 (2003-10-31)
Running time	180 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Veede (transl. Him) is a 2003 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. This film stars Ravi Teja, Arti Agarwal, Reema Sen, and Sayaji Shinde. The film is a remake of Tamil movie Dhool (2003), which was also remade in Sinhala as Ranja, in Punjabi as The Lion of Punjab, and Bengali as Ghatak. Sayaji Shinde, Telangana Shakuntala, and Pasupathy reprise their roles from the original. The film was also later dubbed in Hindi as Ek Aur Zaalim in 2009.

Plot

Yedukondalu (Ravi Teja) is an uneducated, head strong youth in Bobbarlanka village. He and his village heads decide to close down the nearby factory by appealing to politicians as its letting out a lot of pollutants into the river which is the main source of food, water and livelihood for them. He and another girl Mangatayaru (Aarti Agarwal) are sent to Hyderabad to appeal to MLA of their constituency - Byragi Naidu (Sayaji Shinde). They stay at a friend's place, (Ali's house) and try to get their work done by the minister. In the process many hurdles come across them. Yedukondalu roughs up a few of the MLA's goons and is always at loggerheads with his henchmen. After all this, Byragi Naidu begins to show his true colors and plans to butcher Edu Kondalu as he is forming as an obstruction to his underground activities, unknowingly. Then, the protagonist of the story decides to teach the MLA a lesson, get his job done of closing down the factory. Swapna (Reema Sen) is a journalist who stays in Yedukondalu's locality and has a heavy crush on him. She also helps him in pinning down the minister. The remaining plot is how intelligently Yedukondalu outclasses the minister and earns good name. Also in the plot, the hero makes use of Shakeela's films to defame the minister and she herself makes an appearance in the film.

Cast

• Ravi Teja as Yedukondalu
• Aarti Agarwal as Mangatayaru "Manga"
• Reema Sen as Swapna
• Sayaji Shinde as MLA Byragi Naidu
• Ali as Sunny
• Manoj K. Jayan as Venkateshwara Rao
• Nalini as Swarnakka
• Pasupathy as Swarnakka's younger brother and Byragi Nayudu's henchman
• Shakeela as Shakeela
• M S Narayana
• Venu Madhav
• Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Subramanyam, Byragi Naidu's PA
• Telangana Shakuntala as Mangatayaru's grandmother
• Archana
• Raja Ravindra
• Rajitha as Susheela, Byragi Naidu's wife

Production

The film's name was suggested by Puri Jagannadh. The film was shot in Mysore, Chikmagalur and Nekkad.

Soundtrack

Veede
Soundtrack album by Chakri
Released	2003
Recorded	2003
Genre	Feature film soundtrack

The music is composed by Chakri and released by Supreme. The song "Ammadi Yamma Yammare" was borrowed from the Tamil original. Lyrics by Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar, Sahiti, and Suddala Ashokteja.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Adugadugo Vasthunadu"	Telangana Shakuntala
2.	"Ammadi Yamma Yammare"	Ravi Verma
3.	"Andamaina Papa Peeru"	Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya
4.	"Chanaknanchal"	Udit Narayan, Sunitha
5.	"Edurantu Lene Leni"	Chakri
6.	"Kinnerasani Vannelarani"	Hariharan, Kousalya	05:01

Release

The Hindu opined that the film is "worth watching". Sify said that " Veede is a one-man show for Ravi Teja". Full Hyderabad gave the film a rating of seven-and-a-half out of ten. Idlebrain gave the film a rating of three-and-a-quarter out of five.

External links

• Veede on IMDb