Ek Niranjan

<p>Chotu works as a and engages in capturing gangsters for money from the cops. Chotu is also searching for his parents as he was kidnapped by Chidambaram, a gangster and leader of a child-begging racket. While capturing a goon, Chotu comes across Sameera, a guitar teacher and the sister of a goon, Manoj, working for the gangster, Johnny Bhai. The cops ask Chotu to nab Sameera’s brother as he is wanted for various crimes. Chotu enters at Sameera’s house and forcefully arrests his brother after causing much havoc in the house. Chotu falls in love with Sameera, who later reciprocates her love for Chotu. Veeraiah’s elder son Kailash works for Johnny Bhai, who will be arrested on charges of killing a minister Narendra Kumar, which was actually planned by Johnny Bhai. Johnny Bhai wants to kill Kailash, who is arrested, fearing that he will reveal his name to the cops. Kailash escapes from the police and Johnny Bhai goes in search of him. The asks Chotu to find Kailash in exchange for money. Sameera’s brother vacates his house and escapes to , fearing Johnny Bhai. Chotu also goes to Bangkok in search of Sameera and catches Kailash, who tells him that Narendra Kumar was killed by his own brother and that Kailash took the blame. Johnny Bhai kidnaps Sameera and her brother and threatens to kill them if Chotu does not hand over Kailash to him. Later, Chotu rescues Sameera from Johnny Bhai and finally reunites with his parents. The music is composed by Mani Sharma. The soundtrack contains six songs and featured throughout the film. The audio release was held on 25 September and was an elaborate event. Prabhas, Kangana Ranaut, Allu Arjun, Puri Jagannadh presented the music at the event. Jagganadh and Prabhas worked together for the film which was a commercial success in the , Puri decided to do the duo again for . Prabhas’s character is a strong, powerful, dynamic, rough and tough guy who is a bounty hunter. Kangana Ranaut, who is popular in films, is making her debut in the industry. Her character is said to be a guitar teacher. It was also said that she is acting in the film for a very big price of Rs. 10 million.Puri, initially, approached her for which has done, but she was unable to do the film due to the dates of . Sonu Sood will essay the in the film. The film is described to be a mass commercial entertainer mixed with action, emotions, drama, suspense, romance and comedy to appeal to the audiences. began shooting on 31 March 2009 in Lahari resorts and . Parts of the film were shot in Switzerland, Bangkok, and . The filming was completed in September 2009. The film received mixed reviews. gave a two-star rating commented “the film does not live up to the expectations. Technically, Puri ensures that the film is in place. He tries to earnestly build up a deft screenplay with a wafer-thin story (which is increasingly becoming his trademark). But the clichéd plot falls flat despite all the technical gimmicks (fights and all) and attempts to prop it up. However is effortless as Chotu, he acts well and the movie is watchable for him although he has developed a similar style in all his films. Kangana’s Telugu debut can’t be really raved about. She looks pretty but as far as performance goes, there’s nothing much to write about as the script doesn’t have anything for her to showcase her acting skills”. gave a three-star rating and said “Prabhas has come up with a good and lively performance in the film. He has improved a lot in his dialogue delivery. He also excelled in dance sequences. beauty makes her debut in Tollywood with this film and she is looking gorgeous. Sonu Sood comes up with another dazzling performance after magnum opus Arundathi. Director Puri Jagannadh just played routine stuff in this film. The presentation and narration are very weak, lacking all seriousness. The dialogues are to some extent good. The screenplay was not impressive and there a lot many illogical threads. local review sites Greatandhra gave two and a half rating and Idlebrain gave a three-star says “On a whole, is a not a bad film. The first half of the movie is entertaining and the second half should have been better”.</p>