Drona (2009 film)
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | J. Karun Kumar |
| Written by | J. Karun Kumar |
| Produced by | D.S. Rao |
| Starring | Nithiin Priyamani |
| Cinematography | S. K. A. Bhupathi |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
| Music by | Anup Rubens |
| Distributed by | Sai Krishna Productions |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Drona is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by J.Karun Kumar and produced by D. S. Rao. The film stars Nithiin and Priyamani while Kelly Dorjee, Mukesh Rishi, Seetha, Sunil, and Raghu Babu play supporting roles. The music composed by Anup Rubens.[1] The film was later dubbed into Hindi & Malayalam as Sarfira - The Power Man & Drona.
Plot
[edit]Drona (Nithiin) is the only son of Mukesh Rishi and Meenakshi. Drona’s father is an honest and dedicated Police officer. Drona likes his mother so much and love her as much as his own life. When he was a child Drona steals his father’s revolver to scare his friends. On knowing this his father scolds him, consequently Drona leaves his home and gets lost. After 20 years, he comes back to his parents with the name Chandu. A neighboring girl Indu likes Drona/Chandu a lot. On a fateful day, she finds out that Chandu is none other than the long lost boy, Drona. It's revealed that Drona and his friend were kidnapped along with other boys. They were forced to become thieves. Drona had no other choice to kill a group of police officers in self-defense, while trying to escape with the jewelry because the bad guys have to take poison out of Drona's body and the other guys might get killed by the bad guys. The officers had to shoot Drona. Drona made a bad choice to kill 2 innocent people flying a police helicopter. Drona shouldn't have killed the people, who were flying the helicopter. Drona becomes an approver to send the robbers and their kingpin to jail.
Cast
[edit]- Nithiin as Drona
- Priyamani as Indu
- Mukesh Rishi as Drona's father and Police Officer
- Kelly Dorjee as Sarkar (International Terrorist)
- Seetha as Meenakshi
- Sunil as Indu's uncle
- Raghu Babu as Kuku
- Sivaprasad
- Babu Antony
- Venu Madhav
- Sudhakar as Doctor
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Indu's father
- Uttej
- Sravan
- Karate Kalyani
- Kaushal Manda as Pub announcer
- Rakhi Sawant as Sheila Kirwar (item number "Sayyare Sayya")
Production
[edit]The muhurat shot took place on 10 March 2008.[2]
Soundtrack
[edit]The music was composed by Anup Rubens and released by Aditya Music. The audio launch was held on 9 January 2009 at Club Jayabheri in Hyderabad.[3]
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| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:07 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Anup Rubens | |||
| Anup Rubens chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Vaddantana" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Pranavi Acharya, Rehan Khan | 4:25 |
| 2. | "Vade Vade" | Ananta Sriram | Shreya Ghoshal | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Sayyare Sayya" | Sahithi | Kalpana | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Em Maya Chesavo" | Ananta Sriram | Ranjith, Harshika | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Em Maya Chesavo" (Remix) | Ananta Sriram | Ranjith, Harshika | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Vennela Vaana" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Udit Narayan, Sowmya | 4:11 |
| 7. | "Drona" (Sentiment Bit) | Instrumental | Revathi | 2:17 |
| 8. | "Drona" (Theme Music) | Chaitanya Prasad | Muralidhar, Siddharth, Raghuram | 2:02 |
| Total length: | 30:07 | |||
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Idlebrain |   [4] |
| Rediff.com | [5] |
| 123telugu.com | [6] |
The film opened to mostly negative reviews.
A critic from Rediff.com rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "Director Karuna Kumar's potboiler seems rather disastrous. Watch it only if you are a fan of Nitin, or if you want to see Priya Mani's bare-dare act".[5] Idlebrain.com's Jeevi in his review gave the film the same rating and stated that "the main drawbacks of the film are incompetent direction and bad villain characterization. When the villain’s character is not etched properly, the heroism does not get elevated. It may find some favor in B and C centers. On a whole, Drona is a badly shot film".[4] A critic from 123telugu gave the film the same rating and wrote that "Stay away from this movie. It is torturously lengthy and boringly predictable".[6]
Awards
[edit]- Sai Krishna won the Nandi Award for Best Child Actor
References
[edit]- ^ "Nithin's 'Drona' comes on Diwali - Telugu Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 20 October 2008. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ "Muhurat - Nitin's new film with Sai Krishna productions". Idlebrain.com. 10 March 2008.
- ^ "Drona music launch". idlebrain.com. 9 January 2009.
- ^ a b "Drona review - Telugu cinema Review - Nitin & Priyamani". www.idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Review: Drona is pedestrian". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Nitin survives. Drona sinks". 123telugu.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.