Koduku

Telugu film
  • 25 June 2004 (2004-06-25)
CountryIndiaLanguageTelugu

Koduku (transl. Son) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by M. S. Narayana. The film stars his son, Vikram (in his film debut), Aditi Agarwal and Mounika.

Plot

Vikram's father, Parandhamayya, is banished from a village from ten years after losing a wrestling match. How Vikram seeks revenge forms the rest of the story.

Cast

  • Vikram as Vikram
  • Aditi Agarwal
  • Mounika
  • Suman as Parandhamayya
  • Ponnambalam as Yalamanda
  • Rajan P. Dev as Basava Punnayya
  • Prakash Raj as a NRI
  • Ahuti Prasad
  • Tanikella Bharani
  • Venu Madhav
  • L. B. Sriram
  • Brahmanandam
  • M. S. Narayana
  • Sunil
  • Sudha
  • Raghu Babu
  • Aarthi Agarwal (special appearance)

Production

The film is produced by Tadi Tata Rao, who produced Joruga Husharuga (2002).[1]

Music

The music for the film was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.[2]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Parimalame"Aangoth BheemsSnehavanth, Shankar Mahadevan5:16
2."Studentante Rockettu"M. S. NarayanaTippu5:01
3."Milamila Merise"Guru CharanKumar Sanu, Sadhana Sargam4:13
4."Sindhuram"Sri SriS. P. Balasubrahmanyam3:58
5."Navvu Navvu"ChandraboseUdit Narayan, Snehavanth5:14
6."Kosindhi Koyakura"Goreti VenkannaUsha, Shankar Mahadevan, Kousalya5:27
Total length:29:09

Reception

A critic from Sify opined that "Comedian M.S.Narayana has launched his son Vikram in this film that has nothing new, supported by an inane story and screenplay".[3] Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film one out of five and wrote that "By launching his own son as hero, MS Narayana did more harm to Vikram than any help".[4] A critic from Indiaglitz stated that "The entire cast comes out as if they are auditioning for a stage drama in the 60s and 70s --- loud, predictable and overplaying".[5]

Box office

The film was a box office failure.[6] M. S. Narayana cited that the reason for the film's failure was that the audience expected him to make a comedy film.[7] After the film's failure, M. S. Narayana went on to direct a comedy film Bhajantrilu (2007) also starring his son Vikram.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Muhurat – Koduku". Idlebrain.com. 16 November 2003. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Koduku 2004 Telugu Movie Songs, Koduku Music Director Lyrics Videos Singers & Lyricists". MovieGQ. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Koduku". Sify. 1 July 2004. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  4. ^ Jeevi (25 June 2004). "Movie review – Koduku". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Kodukku Review". Indiaglitz. 29 June 2004. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Idlebrain.com's verdict on Telugu cinema 2004". Idlebrain.com. 30 December 2004. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Muhurat – Bhajantrilu". Idlebrain.com. 2 July 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  8. ^ "VVK and Bhajantrilu on 1st November". Idlebrain.com. 28 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

External links

  • Koduku at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata