Yagnam (2004 film)

Yagnam
Yagnam
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	6 June 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	26:41
Label	Maruthi Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
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Yagnam
Yagnam
	Movie poster
Directed by	AS Ravi Kumar Reddy
Written by	Marudhuri Raja (dialogues)
Screenplay by	AS Ravi Kumar Chowdary
Story by	Eetharam Films unit
Produced by	Pokuri Babu Rao
Starring	Gopichand; Moon Banerrjee
Cinematography	Ch. Ramana Raju
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production; company	Eetharam Films
Release date	2 July 2004;
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Yagnam (transl. Ritual Sacrifice) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film produced by Pokuri Babu Rao on the Eetharam Films banner, directed by AS Ravi Kumar Chowdary. It was released on 2 July 2004. It stars Gopichand and Moon Banerjee, with music composed by Mani Sharma.^[1]^[2] This film was remade in Oriya as Mo Mana Khali tori Pain, starring Sidhanta and Bijay Mohanty, and in Tamil as Mannin Maindhan, with Sibiraj and Sathyaraj. The film was also later dubbed into Hindi as Aaj Ka Raavanraaj in 2007. The film won two Nandi Awards.

Plot[edit | edit source]

Seenu (Gopichand) is a loyal servant and the right-hand-man of faction leader Reddeppa (Devaraj). He and Sailaja (Moon Banerrjee), Reddeppa's daughter, grew up together. Nayudamma (Vijaya Rangaraju) is an archrival of Reddeppa. Factional feuds between them have resulted in the loss of a number of lives among their groups. When Reddeppa realizes that his daughter and Seenu are in love, he swings into action, trying to kill Seenu. The rest of the story is about how Seenu secures Sailaja's hand in marriage and how he unites the forces of followers in both the warring groups to teach their masters (Reddeppa and Nayudamma) a lesson or two.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Gopichand as Seenu (Srinu) alias Srinivas
Moon Banerrjee as Sailaja / Sailu
Prakash Raj as Inspector Pratap Reddy
Devaraj as Redappa
Vijaya Rangaraju as Nayudamma
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Raghu Babu
Suman Setty
Jhansi
Jahnavi Munthaj

Production[edit | edit source]

The filming occurred in and around Araku Valley, Vishakhapatnam, Ichchapuram, Srikakulam, and Vizianagaram in the Coastal Andhra area, the capital city Hyderabad, and in the outskirts of Kadapa and Kurnool cities in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by Mani Sharma. The music was released on the Maruthi Music Company label.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chamak Chamakmani"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Sandeep, Mallikarjun	5:13
2.	"Emchesavo Na Manasu"	Suddala Ashok Teja	S. P. B. Charan, Shreya Ghoshal	5:37
3.	"Chinnanaati Chelikade"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shreya Ghoshal	5:39
4.	"Haayiga Amma Vollo"	Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry	Gopika Poornima, Vardhini	5:23
5.	"Thongi Thongi"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Hariharan, Swarnalatha	4:34
Total length:				26:41