Arjuna Phalguna
Arjuna Phalguna | |
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Directed by | Teja Marni |
Written by | Teja Marni Sudheer Varma. P (dialogues) |
Produced by | Niranjan Reddy Anvesh Reddy |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jagadeesh Cheekati |
Edited by | Viplav Nyshadam |
Music by | Priyadarshan Balasubramanian |
Production company | Matinee Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Arjuna Phalguna is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language crime comedy[2] film written and directed by Teja Marni. It stars Sree Vishnu and Amritha Aiyer . The film released theatrically on 31 December 2021.
Plot[]
In a small village in East Godavari, a pose of five friends, Arjun, Ram Babu, Thadodu, Oscar and Shravani are very close knit and shares everything.
The main lead Arjun (Sree Vishnu) is a Jr NTR fan. He prefers to stay in his home village and work for less money than going to big cities and earning. He stays with his parents and helps his father run his Dairy business.
One day bank tries to seize Thadodu's house and on request of elder in the village (Naresh) bank gives some more time. However Arjun was forced to give away his favourite cow as the guarantee to Naresh.
Arjun later decides to start his own business with his friends and applies for the loan but the bank manager asks for Bribe of fifty thousand.
Arjun and his friends get the offer to earn the required money to free the house as well as the money required for the bribe by transferring Marijuana. Though reluctant at first they agree to the terms because of their dire needs.
The transfer does not go well and a strict police officer Subba Raju "Subbu" (Subbaraju) chases them.
How they escape Subbu's clutches and how the gang manages to save Thadodu's house forms the rest of the story.
The film ends on an happy note with friends discussing about upcoming film RRR (movie).
Cast[]
- Sree Vishnu as Arjuna
- Amritha Aiyer as Shravani
- Naresh as Village Sarpanch
- Sivaji Raja as Arjuna's Father
- Subbaraju as Police Officer
- Devi Prasad
- Rangasthalam Mahesh as Thadodu
- Dayanand Reddy
- Gaurav Pareek
- Chaitanya Garikipati
- Rajkumar Kasireddy
Soundtrack[]
The soundtrack album features eight songs.[3]
All tracks are written by Chaitanya Prasad.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Godari Valle Sandhamama" | Amala Chebolu, Aravind Murali | |
2. | "Kaapadeva Raapadeva" (Additional vocals: Aravind Murali) | Mohana Bhogaraju | |
3. | "Oka Theeyani Maatatho" | Shashwat Singh, Shreya Iyer | |
4. | "Fast Fast Vadiley" | Asal Kolaar, Priyadarshan Balasubramanian | |
5. | "Raave Raave" | DeepaK Blue, Amala Chebolu | |
6. | "Hara Hara Mahadev" | Shivam | |
7. | "Beat of Arjuna" (Instrumental) | ||
8. | "Villan’s Chaos" (Instrumental) | ||
Total length: | 19:30 |
Release[]
Theatrical[]
The film was released on 31 December 2021 coinciding with the New Year's Eve.[4]
Home media[]
The film began streaming on Aha from 26 January 2021.[5]
Reception[]
Y. Sunitha Chowdhary of The Hindu appreciated Vishnu's performance but opined the film was let down by a weak story. "With no chemistry between the lead pair, hardly any emotional heft, a comedy that falls flat and cinematography that doesn’t impress, the film is not engaging," Chowdhary added.[2] Sakshi critic Anji Shetty who rated the film 2/5 stars also felt the same. Shetty criticized the film's poor direction and routine storyline.[6]Siddartha Toleti of Mirchi9 rated the film 1.75 stars of 5 and criticised the Direction, Screenplay, Weak Story, Overdramatic and Logic less scenes Sequences but praised Some Emotional Moments. "Clueless Direction" Toleti added. [7]
A reviewer from Eenadu compared the film with warrior Arjuna who was trapped in Padmavyuha owing to its weak screenplay and lackluster climax.[8] 123telugu.com concluded its review by stating "On the whole, Arjuna Phalguna is a silly and over-the-top crime drama that fails to entertain. The slow pace and logic less narration make this film a boring watch. Except for Sree Vishnu’s sincere performance, this film has nothing much to offer."[9]
References[]
- ^ "Arjuna Phalguna Movie Review: Fails to work at multiple levels". Pinkvilla. 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (31 December 2021). "'Arjuna Phalguna': Let down by a weak story". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X.
- ^ "Arjuna Phalguna Jukebox". YouTube. 30 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Sree Vishnu and Amritha Aiyer Arjuna Phalguna release date out". Tollywood.net.
- ^ "Arjuna Phalguna OTT Release Date Confirmed". Sakshi.com.
- ^ Shetty, Anji (31 December 2021). "'అర్జున ఫల్గుణ' మూవీ రివ్యూ". Sakshi (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Arjuna Phalguna Review – Clueless Direction". mirchi9.com. 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Arjuna Phalguna Review:రివ్యూ: అర్జున ఫల్గుణ". Eenadu (in Telugu). 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Arjuna Phalguna Telugu Movie Review". 123telugu.com. 31 December 2021. Archived from the original on 31 December 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 films
- Telugu-language films
- 2020s Telugu-language films
- Films set in Konaseema
- Films shot in Andhra Pradesh
- Films set in Andhra Pradesh
- Films set in Visakhapatnam
- Films shot in Visakhapatnam
- Indian crime comedy films
- 2020s crime comedy films