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Annayya
Annayya
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	2000
Recorded	1999–2000
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	24:38
Label	Sabdaalaya Audio
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology

Annayya
Annayya
	Film poster
Directed by	Muthyala Subbaiah
Screenplay by	Muthyala Subbaiah; Bhoopathi Raja; Satyanand (dialogues)
Story by	Bhoopathi Raja
Produced by	K. Venkateswara Rao
Starring	Chiranjeevi; Soundarya; Venkat; Ravi Teja; Chandni; Sishwa; Priya; Kota Srinivasa Rao;
Cinematography	Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production; company	Sri Sai Ram Arts
Distributed by	Geetha Arts
Release date	7 January 2000;
Running time	157 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Annayya (transl. Elder brother) is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah who wrote the film with Bhupati Raja and Satyanand. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Soundarya, Venkat, Ravi Teja, Chandni, Sishwa, Priya and Kota Srinivasa Rao. It has music composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. The film is released on 7 January 2000.^[1]

The film won three state Nandi Awards. It was later dubbed into Tamil as Moothavan.

Plot

Rajaram, owner of a fleet of lorrie, meets Devi, a garment factory owner. After that acquaintance, she once seeks his help in dealing with two street ruffians, who were teasing her sisters, Latha and Geetha, and is shocked when the culprits turn out to be his brothers, Ravi and Gopi. Rajaram takes the incident lightly as the pranks of youngsters and is very lenient with them. With more such incidents, the two fall in love, with the brothers and sisters not far behind.

On his brothers' request, Rajaram approaches Devi for her sisters' hands in marriage to his brothers. But she curtly refuses her consent on grounds that the two are wayward drunkards. Rajaram reacts sharply to it and vows to get his brothers married to her sisters.

Since then on he is more exacting with his brothers and brings about a transformation in them. Devi agrees to their marriage. But the incorrigible brothers come in an inebriated condition for their engagement and Rajaram faces the brunt of Devi's ire. She insults him and leaves with her sisters. An outraged Rajaram kicks his brothers out of home.

The two brothers being state rank holders in engineering find favor with a businessman, Rangarao, who employs them. Rajaram, who is genuinely fond of his brothers, sells away his property and gives money secretly to Rangarao, paving the way for a partnership deal between Rangarao and his brothers. Piqued at being kicked out of home, his brothers, unaware of his hand in securing the partnership for them, nurse a grudge against their brother and insult Rajaram in Devi's presence. She, being in the know, slaps them and opens their eyes by informing them of his sacrifice. This brings about a total change in them and the repentant duo go to Rangarao to restore the property to their brother.

Rangarao has other plans and tries to have them killed with gundas. The brothers escape death and land in a hospital with injuries. A furious Rajaram goes to Rangarao, who reveals his real identity. Rangarao is the brother of Chinna Rao, a criminal who was caught in the police dragnet with Rajaram's help and later died. This is Rangarao's vendetta. In the ensuing melee, Rangarao is killed. Rajaram and his brothers reunite.

The film ends with all the three brothers getting married; Rajaram with Devi, Ravi with Latha, and Gopi with Geetha.

Cast

Chiranjeevi as Rajaram (Aathmaram in hallucination)
- Dilip Kumar Salvadi as young Rajaram
Soundarya as Gajjala Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Devi
Venkat as Gopi, Rajaram’s youngest brother
Ravi Teja as Ravi, Rajaram’s younger brother
Chandni as Latha, Devi’s younger sister
Sishwa as Geeta, Devi’s youngest sister
Priya as Priya, Devi’s friend
Kota Srinivasa Rao as Babai, Rajaram’s uncle
Sarath Babu as Rangarao
Bhupinder Singh as Chinna Rao, Rangarao’s brother
Uttej as Raju, Rajaram’s assistant
M. S. Narayana as police officer
Hema as Devi’s mother
Surya as Devi’s father
Raja Ravindra as Ravi and Gopi’s friend
Gangadhar Panday as Personal secretary
Simran in an item song

Production

Vineeth was originally selected to portray as one of Chiranjeevi's younger brothers.^[2] Chakravarthy was also part of this project however he left the film and they were replaced by Ravi Teja and Venkat. Two songs were shot in Switzerland.^[3]

Soundtrack

Mani Sharma composed the songs, while Veturi, Bhuvanachandra, Jonnavittula and Vennelakanti penned the lyrics. The track "Hima Seemallo", sung by Hariharan and Harini won the Nandi Award for Best Playback Singer, Male for Hariharan.

Telugu tracklist

Annayya (Telugu Version)

Song Title	Singers	Lyricist
"Sayyare Sayya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sukhwinder Singh (Chorus-Uncredited)	Vennelakanti
"Hima Seemallo"	Hariharan, Harini	Veturi
"Gusagusale"	Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan	Veturi
"Vana Vallappa"	Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan	Veturi
"Baava Chandamaamalu"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chitra, S. P. B. Charan, Teja	Jonnavittula
"Aata Kaavala"	Sukhwinder Singh, Radhika, Devi Sri Prasad	Bhuvanachandra

Tamil Tracklist

Moothavan (Tamil Version)^[4]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)
1.	"Auto Venuma"	Kadhal Mathi	Mano, Anuradha Sriram
2.	"Ayyare"	Muthulingham	Mano
3.	"Imayam"	Muthulingham	P. Unnikrishnan, Harini
4.	"Kadhal"	Kadhal Mathi	P. Unnikrishnan, Harini
5.	"Kusu Kusunnu"	Muthulingham	M. M. Srilekha, Ravi Sankar
6.	"Maama"	Muthulingham	Mano, M. M. Srilekha, Ravi Sankar

Reception

Deccan Herald wrote "Though packed with good intentions and a top flight performance by Chiranjeevi and Soundarya, the film buckles under a cliched plot and a narrative which lacks coherence. Nevertheless, Annayya, in which the brother sentiment is beaten to pulp, is quite good for family viewing".^[5] Idlebrain wrote "Muthyala Subbaiah's mark of sentiment is missing. He seems to have got carried away by projecting the charisma of Chiranjeevi and there by concentrating less on sensible narration of story. There is no heavy sentiment in this film".^[6] Andhra Today wrote "Muthyala Subbaiah, who gave Chiranjeevi a hit movie with "Hitler" by exploiting sisterly sentiment, has done it again, this time with brotherly sentiment. Already equipped with all the trappings necessary to impress the masses, the movie has a light entertaining comedy track, catering to all tastes and is sure to be a hit with the audience".^[7]

Box office

The film had collected a distributors' share of Rs.11 crores.^[8] It completed 50 days in 92 centres^[9] and 100 days in 60 centres.^[10]

Awards

Nandi awards 2000

Best Male Playback Singer - Hariharan for "Hima Seemallo" - won^[11]
Best Choreographer - Raghava Lawrence for "Aata Kaavala" - won^[11]
Best Fight Master - Kanal Kannan - won^[11]

References

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^ "www.weekendcreations.com". www.weekendcreations.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)" [A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)] (PDF) (in Telugu). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 13 March 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2021.