Magadheera (lit. 'The Heroic Man')[3] is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and produced by Allu Aravind's Geetha Arts, on a story by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The... film stars Ram Charan, Srihari, Kajal Aggarwal and Dev Gill. It is themed on reincarnation and eternal love.
Made on a budget of ₹35–44 crore (US$7–10 million),[b][c] Magadheera was the most expensive Telugu film at the time.[a] The film's production began on 2 March 2008 while principal photography commenced on 19 March 2008. The soundtrack was composed by M. M. Keeravani while the cinematography was done by K. K. Senthil Kumar. The action sequences were choreographed by Peter Hein and the duo of Ram–Lakshman. It was the first Telugu film to list a "visual effects producer" in its credits.
Magadheera was released on 31 July 2009 to critical acclaim and commercial success. It collected a distributors' share of ₹73.6 crore and gross collections of ₹150 crore at the end of its theatrical run. It became the highest-grossing Telugu film in history at the time.[1][2] Its 1000-day theatrical run surpassed Chandramukhi (2005) as the longest-running South Indian film.[9] The film won the National Award for Best Choreography and Best Special Effects at the 57th National Film Awards as well as winning six Filmfare Awards, and nine state Nandi Awards. The film's success catapulted the lead actors to stardom.
The film was dubbed into Tamil as Maaveeran and into Malayalam as Dheera: The Warrior and was released on 27 May 2011.[10] Both the dubbed versions were successful and earned a good fan base for Ram Charan in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.[2] The Japanese-dubbed version of the film released in August 2018 and became one of the highest-grossing Indian films ever at the Japanese box office.[6][2] In 2014, it was remade in Bengali as Yoddha: The Warrior.
Directed by S. S. Rajamouli
Screenplay by S. S. Rajamouli
Story by V. Vijayendra Prasad
Dialogue by
M. Rathnam
Produced by
Allu Aravind
B. V. S. N. Prasad
Starring
Ram Charan
Srihari
Kajal Aggarwal
Dev Gill
Cinematography K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Geetha Arts
Distributed by Geetha Arts
Release date
31 July 2009
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