Josh (2009 Telugu film)

Josh
Josh
Soundtrack album by Sandeep Chowtha
Released	18 July 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Dil Raju
Sandeep Chowtha chronology

Josh
Josh
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vasu Varma
Produced by	Dil Raju
Starring	Naga Chaitanya; Karthika; J. D. Chakravarthy; Prakash Raj; Sunil
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Marthand K Venkatesh
Music by	Sandeep Chowtha
Production; company	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release date	5 September 2009;
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Josh (transl. Energy) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language coming of age action film directed by Vasu Varma, and produced Dil Raju. The film marks the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. The film's music is scored by Sandeep Chowta.^[1]

The plot explores student politics, and the vested interests of politicians in such activities. Released on 5 September 2009, the film was not commercially successful.^[2]

Plot[]

Satya (Naga Chaitanya) is a student. He discontinues his graduation studies in Vizag and comes to Hyderabad in search of a job. He stays with his uncle (Sunil) in Hyderabad. He runs into a fight with MGM college students who are influenced by political mafia leader Durga Rao (J. D. Chakravarthy). Satya tries to change the students but fails. Then he gets accidentally hit by the students and gets admitted into the hospital. When questioned by his uncle (Sunil Varma) about his rude behavior with students Satya narrates his flashback.

In the flashback we see a carefree Satya with a gang of his classmates. Although he was a topper until schooling, college environment makes him a stubborn guy. His principal (Prakash Raj) keeps on advising him to change but Satya would just feel it as a lecture. He also makes his principal's sincere son, Bujji join his gang. One day they go on for a bike race and Bujji accompanies Satya on Satya's bike. The bike's chain gets loose and the bike slips leaving Satya injured and causing Bujji's death. This makes Satya to realise.

And now after getting discharged from the hospital, Satya joins the college to cleanse the system. On the other hand, there is Vidhya, an elementary school teacher (Karthika Nair) who aspires to go to college but could not as her brother feels that college students are rowdies and she would not be safe in college. She meets Satya and love blossoms between them. Main crux of the movie is how Satya changes the students and brings them out of the bad influence of Durga Rao.

Cast[]

Naga Chaitanya as Satya
Karthika Nair as Vidhya
J. D. Chakravarthy as Durga Rao
Prakash Raj as Principal
Sunil as Bujji
Brahmanandam as Durga Rao's personal assistant
Rakesh Varre as Radha
Subbu as Seenu
Kautilya as Guna
Aditya as Prakash
Anand as Satya's father
Sithara as Satya's mother
Harsha Vardhan as Vidhya's brother
Mounica as Vidhya's sister-in-law
Devadas Kanakala
Shreya Dhanwanthary as Bhavna
Siddu

Soundtrack[]

The music was composed by Sandeep Chowtha. The soundtrack, released on 18 July 2009 at Shilparama Vedika.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Diridiri Diridi"	Seetharama Sastry	Sandeep Chowtha, Kunal Ganjawala	4:49
2.	"Neetho Vunte"	Seetharama Sastry	Karthik	5:26
3.	"Jigijikka" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Chandrabose	1:13
4.	"Aawara Hawa"	Seetharama Sastry	Sowmya Raoh	4:24
5.	"Bad Bad Boy"	Seetharama Sastry	Ranjith, Benny Dayal	4:40
6.	"Annayochinado" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Dil Raju	0:52
7.	"Evvariki"	Seetharama Sastry	Rahul Vaidya, Ujjaini Mukherjee	4:58
8.	"Me Me Meka" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Chandrabose	0:57
9.	"College Bulloda"	Chandrabose	Rahul Sipligunj	3:47

Release[]

Initially scheduled to release on 3 September 2009, the film was delayed due to the death of Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It was eventually released two days later.^{[citation needed]}

Reception[]

Rediff.com critic Radhika Rajmani wrote, "Josh as such, does not have anything new about it. The theme has been touched upon before. The attraction now is Naga Chaitanya who has the movie on his shoulders," while rating the film 3 stars of 5.^[3] Idlebrain.com rated 2.75/5 and stated, "The narration and screenplay given by Vasu Varma diluted the main point."^[4]