Mahatma (film)

Mahatma
Directed by	Krishna Vamsi
Produced by	C.R Manohar
Starring	Srikanth, Bhavana, Ram Jagan, Jaya Prakash Reddy, Uttej.
Music by	Vijay Antony
Cinematography	Sharat
Editing by	Gautham Raju
Release date(s)	9 October 2009 (2009-10-09)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	12 crores

Mahatma (Telugu: మహాత్మా) is a 2009 Telugu film written and directed by noted director Krishna Vamsi. This film stars Srikanth in the lead role. The film was to release on 2 October which is Gandhi Jayanti holiday but due to censoring issues, the film's release was postponed a week for 9 October 2009.

Plot

Dasu (Srikanth) is a rowdy in a basti in Hyderabad. He makes a living out of "settlement of petty issues". A young lawyer Krishnaveni (Bhavana) gets him bail in a petty case and their acquaintance soon develop into romance after a series of events. On other hand, a politician cum business woman (Jyothy) plans to set up SEZ in that basti that move is protested by dwellers headed by a genuine leader (Sekhar). Meanwhile, a local politician cum rowdy leader Dada (Jayaprakash Reddy) also protests against businesswoman and seeks Rs 200 Crores from if she wants to set up SEZ there. Dasu initially believes Dada as good politician and works for him. When Dada tries to take advantage of Dasu, he realizes his fault and plans to contest against him on a newly floated Mahatma party. How Krishnavani and local theatre artiste bring change in Dasu and make him realize the importance of Mahatma Gandhi's ideology is core point of the movie.

Cast

• Srikanth...Das
• Bhavana...Krishnaveni
• Jaya Prakash Reddy...Dada
• Uttej...
• Ram Jagan...
• Jyothy...
• Paruchuri Gopala Krishna...
• Charmme...Special Appearance
• Duvvasi Mohan...
• Brahmanandam...

Songs

• "Dailamo Dailamo" by Balaji, Sangeetha and Megha
• "Em Jaruguthond" by Karthik and Sangeetha
• "Indiramma" by SP. Balasubrahmaniam
• "Jajjanakka" by Vijay Antony
• "Neelapoori" by Kasara Shyam
• "Thala Ethi" by SP. Balasubrahmaniam
• "Kurra Kurra" by Surchith, Vijay Antony and Vinay

See also

• List of artistic depictions of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

References

External links

• Mahatma at the Internet Movie Database