Aaptudu
Aaptudu is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah starring Rajasekhar and Anjala Zhaveri. The film is a remake of Ghatak.
Cast
- Rajasekhar as Bose
- Anjala Zhaveri
- Mukesh Rishi as Gangi Reddy
- Chandra Mohan as Chandram
- Kaikala Satyanarayana as Sivaramakrishnayya
- Brahmanandam as Lakshma Reddy
- Sunil as Venkat
- Chalapathi Rao as a resident
- Krishna Bhagavan as a resident
- Rallapalli as a resident
- Kondavalasa
- Sana
- Omkar
- Abhinayashree
- Anant
- A. V. S.
- Narsing Yadav as Narsing
- Raghu Babu as Raghu
- Gautham Raju as Hospital receptionist
- Chitti Babu
- Suman
- Eeswari Rao
Production
This film marks the return of Anjala Zaveri to Telugu films following a brief hiatus. Rajasekhar produced the film. The film was shot in April of 2004. Mukesh Rishi was cast in a negative role. Suman and Eeswari Rao were cast in guest roles. A colony set was built at Ramanaidu Cine Village.Soundtrack
The songs were composed by Ramana Gogula. The Hindu gave a mixed review for the songs. "Toofanai" based on Babooji Jara Dheere Chalo from Dum. "Pedala Paina" is based on a song from Humraaz.- "Anadiga" - Sriram Parthasarathy, Nandhita
- "Palle Palleku" - Shankar Mahadevan
- "Pedala Paina" - Tippu, Nanditha
- "Manasulo" - Udit Narayan, Ganga
- "Thufanai" - Malathi
- "Aakhari Narasimham" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Release and reception
The film was released on 23 October 2004, coinciding with Vijayadashami.A critic from The Hindu opined that "VETERAN DIRECTOR, Muthyala Subbaiah, turns out a reasonably good formula story". Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of two-and-a-half out of five and said that "The plus point of the film is hero Raja Sekhar. Minus points is inept handling by Muthyala Subbayya for an action film". A critic from Full Hyderabad criticized the film as a whole.