Veede
| Veede | |
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| Directed by | Ravi Raja Pinisetty |
| Written by | Dharani |
| Screenplay by | Kona Venkat (dialogue) |
| Story by | Dharani |
| Based on | Dhool (Tamil) |
| Produced by | Singanamala Ramesh Babu |
| Starring | Ravi Teja Arti Agarwal Reema Sen Sayaji Shinde |
| Cinematography | R. Ramesh Babu |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Chakri |
Production company | Kanakaratna Movies |
| Distributed by | K S Ramarao films |
Release date |
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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). Sayaji Shinde, Reema Sen, Manoj K. Jayan, and Pasupathy reprise their roles from the original Dhool while Telangana Shakuntala plays a different role in the film.
Plot
[edit]Yedukondalu "Yedu" (Ravi Teja) is an uneducated, but head strong youth in Bobbarlanka village. He and his village heads decide to close down the nearby factory, as it is letting out a lot of pollutants into the river which is the main source of food, water and livelihood for them, by appealing to their constituency MLA Byragi Naidu (Sayaji Shinde). Yedukondalu sets out to Hyderabad along with his grandmother Mangatayaru (Telangana Shakuntala) and his childhood friend Manga (Aarti Agarwal). They temporarily stay at a house belonging to Sannasi Naidu aka Sunny (Ali)'s house, Yedu's friend who is running a business at Hyderabad and try to get their work done by the MLA.
In the process, Yedukondalu locks horns with Swarnakka (Nalini) and her younger brothers, who happen to be the MLA's goons and are responsible for his illegal dealings, after he breaks one of Swarnakka's brothers' (Pasupathy) hand when he tries to misbehave with Manga at a riot. After all this, Byragi Naidu begins to show his true colors and attempts to butcher Yedu along with Swarnakka as he is forming as an obstruction to his underground activities. However, Yedu survives the attempt and along with Manga and his grandmother, shifts to a house belonging to Swapna (Reema Sen), a journalist who stays in Yedukondalu's locality and has a heavy crush on him. Yedu decides to bring down the MLA and also close down the factory.
Using Swapna, he gets Byragi Naidu's signature at his memopad and forges a letter praising an adult film and requesting it to be published in a daily newspaper. The newspaper editor believes it and publishes it the next day, triggering agitation among political parties and people start demanding his resignation, causing him to lose a ticket for the post of Deputy CM. He sends Swarnakka and her gang to finish Yedu and his people, and in the process end up injuring Manga. After meeting Manga, he meets Venkateswara Rao (Manoj K Jayan), a Circle Inspector who assisted Yedu in arresting Swarnakka's brothers by making Yedu as an eyewitness but was deemed mentally insane by Byragi Naidu. To exact revenge, Yedu assists Venkateswara Rao to escape from the hospital, who kills Swarnakka's brothers and frames Byragi Naidu. Meamwhile, Yedu learns from Swapna's friend's father, an ex-officer working at the state pollution control board that there are five chemical factories like the one in his village, and that Byragi Naidu owns a stake in those factories.
Later, to get his village's issue to the limelight, Yedu blackmails the MLA's assistant and mixes his village's polluted water at the water glasses served at the ruling party's meeting. Byragi Naidu and the other party members drink it and end up in the hospital. Yedu discloses to the media about his village's problem and admits that he mixed the contaminated water in the meeting's drinks. He reveals that he came to the city to highlight his village's problems to the MLA, but decided to show his dark side to the public after he refuses t help him, and vows to expose the person. Byragi Naidu and Swarnakka decide to frame Yedu by killing the CM. Yedu defeats Swarnakka's henchmen and Swarnakka dies after her car hits a transformer while attempting to run over Yedu. He learns about Byragi Naidu's plan from his assistant.
The MLA attempts to kill the CM but is thwarted when Yedu lets out a hoax bomb alert. Yedu is arrested. When Byragi Naidu once again tries his luck to kill the CM, Yedu uses his skills and gets Byragi Naidu killed by police officers who were aiming for Yedu. The CM exposes Byragi Naidu, and takes action by closing the chemical factories, and praises Yedu for his actions, while Venkateswara Rao and the ex-officer get their jobs reinstated. Yedu and his fellow villagers celebrate their victory.
Cast
[edit]- Ravi Teja as Yedukondalu
- Aarti Agarwal as Mangatayaru "Manga"
- Reema Sen as Swapna
- Sayaji Shinde as MLA Byragi Naidu
- Ali as Sannasi Naidu aka Sunny
- Manoj K. Jayan as Venkateshwara Rao
- Nalini as Swarnakka
- Pasupathy as Swarnakka's younger brother and Byragi Nayudu's henchman
- Shakeela as herself
- M S Narayana as Bhadram, Yedukondalu's friend
- Venu Madhav as Venu, Yedukondalu's friend
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Subramanyam, Byragi Naidu's Friend PA
- Telangana Shakuntala as Shakuntala, Yedukondalu and Mangatayaru's, grandmother
- Sumitra as Lakshmi, Swapna's friend mother
- Tanikella Bharani as Bharani, Swapna's friend father
- Archana
- Raja Ravindra
- Rajitha as Susheela, Byragi Naidu's wife
- Baby Sri Divya
Production
[edit]The film's name was suggested by Puri Jagannadh. The film was shot in Mysore, Chikmagalur and Nekkad.[1]
Soundtrack
[edit]| Veede | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| 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.[2] Lyrics by Bhaskarabhatla Ravikumar, Sahiti, and Suddala Ashokteja.[3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Adugadugo Vasthunadu" | Suddhala Ashok Teja | Telangana Shakuntala | |
| 2. | "Ammadi Yamma Yammare" | Sahithi | Ravi Verma | |
| 3. | "Andamaina Papa Peeru" | Bhaskarbatla | Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya | |
| 4. | "Chanaknanchal" | Sahithi | Udit Narayan, Sunitha | |
| 5. | "Edurantu Lene Leni" | Bhaskarbatla | Chakri | |
| 6. | "Kinnerasani Vannelarani" | Sahithi | Hariharan, Kousalya | 05:01 |
Release
[edit]The Hindu opined that the film is "worth watching".[2] Sify said that " Veede is a one-man show for Ravi Teja".[4] Full Hyderabad gave the film a rating of seven-and-a-half out of ten.[5] Idlebrain gave the film a rating of three-and-a-quarter out of five.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Breaking foreign fixation - HYDB - The Hindu". The Hindu. 28 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Watchable remake - HYDB". The Hindu. 3 November 2003. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. 20 October 2003. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Veede". Sify. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Veede Review". Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ "Telugu cinema - Veede - Ravi Teja, Arti Agarwal, Reema Sen - Raviraja Pinisetty". Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2021.