Anukokunda Oka Roju

Anukokunda Oka Roju (transl. Unexpectedly, one day) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language neo-noir mystery-thriller film written and directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti and produced by Gangaraju Gunnam and Venkat Dega. The film stars Jagapathi Babu, Charmy and Shashank with the music composed by M. M. Keeravani.

The film received critical acclaim, winning two Nandi Awards (including Second Best Feature Film), a Filmfare Award South, and a Santosham Film Award. It was remade as Sunday (2008) in Hindi language.

Plot

The film starts with some people following a little boy coming from school. It is revealed to be ex-inspector Suresh Reddy (Jagapathi Babu) with his colleagues busting a drug smuggler, but he later takes a bribe from him. On the other hand, Sahasra (Charmi) is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in playback singing.

One night, she attends a rave at the behest of her friend. The next day, life seems as usual for Sahasra. However, she is oblivious to a tiny detail: the next day is the day after. She is also completely unaware of what happened during that one missing day.

She realizes that something is amiss only when, a few days later, she is chased by unidentified men who try to assassinate her. Meanwhile, she meets Rajesh (Shashank), a cab driver who tells her she should give him the money back, and Suresh himself when she gets attacked by an unknown person. He reveals that he knew her and her family as they sent him a marriage proposal but later rejected him when she got a photo of her in his car. She hears something strange from her audio recorder, which she believes she never said. She also gets weird dreams and gets attacked;

1. at the theatre when she was going to see Shankar Dada M.B.B.S. with children in her flat
2. near a clinic
3. near a shop
4. and in Rajesh's house by his brother (Vasu Inturi) himself.

They also find a strange symbol. Suresh helps Sahasra in every way he can. At last, the mystery of the symbol is revealed in a flashback to 1997, when Suresh was an inspector. He meets Surya Swami (Pavan Malhotra), who practices black magic. Suresh beats him on the spot. The night when Sahasra is drunk, she unknowingly reaches Surya Swami's ashram and disturbs the practices.

That day is when the devotees of Surya Swami are about to die according to black magic. A man with whom intoxicated Sahasra travelled in another car after Rajesh's trip is killed while saving her.

At last, she is kidnapped by Surya Swami's men and is about to be killed. Ultimately, she is saved by Machavarapu Abbulu (Narsing Yadav), a theatre actor, the witness of Sahasra traveling in Rajesh's car.

At the end of the movie, it is revealed that in the early hours of the missing day, an older man at Sahasra's apartment found her dizzy in the street when he went to a medical shop as he had a headache the previous night. And took her to the house. Thus, the puzzle of the missing one-day mystery is solved.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M.M. Keeravani. The soundtrack was released on ADITYA Music Company.

Awards

The film has won the following awards:

Nandi Awards - 2005

• Second Best Feature Film - Silver - Gangaraju Gunnam
• Best Screenplay Writer - Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Filmfare Awards

• Best Female Playback Singer - Telugu - Smita

Santosham Film Awards

• Best Actress - Charmy

Release

The film was released with 24 prints in Andhra Pradesh and two prints in the U.S.A. Producer Gangaraju mentioned in an interview that the film was made on a budget of ₹2.9 crore and that they incurred a loss of ₹90 lakh on the film.

References

External links

• Anukokunda Oka Roju at IMDb