Appu (2002 film)

Appu
Film poster
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Screenplay by	Puri Jagannadh
Dialogues by	M. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar
Story by	Puri Jagannath
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Rakshita Avinash Hemashree
Cinematography	K. Datthu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Poornima Enterprises
Distributed by	Sri Vajreshwari combines
Release date	26 April 2002 (2002-04-26)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Appu is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language romantic action film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar under Poornima Enterprises. The film stars debutants Puneeth Rajkumar and Rakshita, alongside Avinash Yelandur, Srinivasa Murthy and Sumithra.^[1] The music was composed by Gurukiran, while cinematography and editing were composed by K. Datthu and S. Manohar.

Appu was released on 26 April 2002 and completed a 200-day run in theatres.^[2] Due to this film, Puneeth Rajkumar came to be known as "Appu" among the masses. The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Idiot, in Tamil in 2003 as Dum, in Bengali in 2006 as Hero and in Bangladeshi Bengali in 2008 as Priya Amar Priya - making it the second Kannada film to be remade in Bengali in both India and Bangladesh after Anuraga Aralithu.^[3] It was the third Kannada movie to be remade in four languages after School Master and Anuraga Aralithu.^[4][5][6]

Plot

Appu, a carefree guy, is the son of Venkata Swamy, a head constable. Venkata Swamy wants Appu to clear the IPS exams and become an Inspector. One night, Appu, after playing carrom with his friends, is thrashed by a rival gang, but he is rescued by a girl Suchitra alias "Suchi", who pays his hospital bills and donates her blood. She is gone from the hospital by the time Appu regains consciousness. Appu learns about Suchi from his friends and falls in love with her. Suchi later turns out to be the daughter of Rajashekhar, the city commissioner. Appu meets Suchi in the college and proposes to her.

When Suchi does not accept his proposal, Appu teases her which leads Suchi to complain about him to Rajshekhar, who takes Appu to the police station and severely thrash him before being rescued by Venkata Swamy and SI Sudarshan. Appu becomes more adamant to win over Suchi and proposes to Suchi, who later accepts his feelings. Rajshekhar discovers their relationship and hires goons to thrash Appu. Suchi discovers this and runs to help him, but meets with an accident.

Appu and Suchi get admitted to the same hospital, where they unite. Rajshekhar arranges her wedding with another person, to which she openly opposes and attempts suicide. Appu arrives and rescues her, but Rajshekhar still wants to get Suchi married to a man of his own choice, where he also engages goons to kill Appu. Appu finally escapes all the troubles and meets the DGP to help him to marry Suchi. The DGP finally suspends Rajshekhar and arranges Appu's wedding in the police station. In the aftermath, Appu finally clears the IPS exams with flying colors.

Cast

• Puneeth Rajkumar as Appu
• Rakshita as Suchithra "Suchi"
• Avinash as Rajashekhar, Bangalore City Commissioner, Suchithra's father
• Srinivasa Murthy as Head Constable Venkata Swamy Gowda, Appu's father
• Sumithra as Appu's mother
• Ashok as SI Sudarshan
• Satyajith as SI Veeranna
• Bullet Prakash as Police constable
• Prithviraj
• Nithin Gopi
• Honnavalli Srikanth
• Appu Venkatesh
• Yogi
• Escorts Srinivas
• Hulivana Gangadharayya
• Shankar Rao
• Rajeev Rathod
• Badri Narayan
• Tumkur Mohan as Yadav
• Fayaz Khan
• V. K. Mohan
• NGEF Ramamurthy
• Theertha Prasad
• Channa
• Kamala shree
• Vinayak Joshi as Gunda
• Keerthi
• Honnavalli Krishna as Constable
• Hemashree^[7]

Production

After the success of Yuvaraja (2001), Puri Jagannadh was approached by the Rajkumar family to introduce their third son Puneeth Rajkumar to make his onscreen debut as the lead actor. Puri gladly accepted the opportunity.^[8][9] Rakshitha, daughter of cameraman B.C. Gowrishankar made her acting debut with this film, and she went on to play the same character in its Telugu and Tamil remakes.^[10]

Soundtrack

Appu
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	25 January 2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	27:20
Language	Kannada
Label	Akash Audio
Producer	Gurukiran
Gurukiran chronology
Raa (2001) Appu (2002) Chandu (2002)

Gurukiran composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics written by Upendra, Sriranga and Hamsalekha. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Taliban Alla Alla"	Upendra	Puneeth Rajkumar
2.	"Baare Baare Kalyana"	Sriranga	Udit Narayan, Chithra
3.	"Panavidu Panavidu"	Hamsalekha	Rajkumar
4.	"Ellinda Aarambhavo"	Sriranga	Udit Narayan, Chithra
5.	"Jolly Go Jolly Go"	Hamsalekha	Shankar Mahadevan
6.	"Aa Devara Haadidu"	K. Kalyan	Rajkumar

Reception

A critic from Chtiraloka wrote that "This is a film for all. Buy a ticket and have two and half hours of good summer vacation in Bangalore theatres".^[11]

References

1. "Puneet Rajakumar beats the heat". rediff.com. 20 April 2002. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
2. "Appu at 100 days". viggy.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
3. "From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages". The Times of India. 15 April 2020.
4. Megha Shenoy (29 November 2009). "Inspiration for Remakes". Deccan Herald.
5. "From 'Anuraga Aralithu' to 'U Turn': Kannada movies that were remade in foreign languages". The Times of India. 10 June 2020.
6. "ಅತೀ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಭಾಷೆಗೆ 'ರಿಮೇಕ್‌' ಆದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ!".
7. "Hemashri | Appu | Surendra Babu | Kannada Seriel Actress | ಹೇಮಾಶ್ರೀ ಅಸಹಜ ಸಾವು: ಕೊಲೆಯೋ, ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆಯೋ?". m.kannada.webdunia.com. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
8. "The return of the son". rediff.com. 27 February 2002.
9. "In a dual role". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 October 2002. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
10. "Rakshita Prem had acted in all versions of Appu". The Times of India. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
11. "Appu Movie Review". chitraloka.com. 26 April 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

External links

• Appu at IMDb