Arjun (2004 film)

Arjun
Directed byGunasekhar
Written byStory & Screenplay:
Gunasekhar
Dialogues:
Paruchuri Brothers
Produced byG. Ramesh Babu
StarringMahesh Babu
Shriya Saran
Keerthi Reddy
Raja
Prakash Raj
Saritha
CinematographySekhar V. Joseph
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byMani Sharma
Release date
  • 18 August 2004 (2004-08-18)
Running time
174 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹20 crore[1]

Arjun is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action drama film co-written and directed by Gunasekhar and produced by G. Ramesh Babu. The film starred Mahesh Babu as the titular character along with Shriya Saran, Keerthi Reddy, Raja, Prakash Raj, and Saritha. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film released on 18 August 2004 and was an average grosser at the box office.[2][1]

The film featured a massive replica of the Madurai Meenakshi Temple, designed by Thota Tharani, and took six months to build at Padmalaya Studios.[3] Arjun was Keerthi Reddy's final acting performance prior to her retirement from the film industry.[4] The film won three Nandi Awards. It was later dubbed into Hindi as Maidan-E-Jung and in Tamil as Varenda Maduraikku.

  1. ^ a b "When Tollywood tunes didn't mesmerise box-office". Business Standard. India. 1 January 2005. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2022. This was followed by a slew of duds that included the Rs 12-crore Nani, the Rs 20-crore Arjun ....
  2. ^ "చిరంజీవికి పేరు లేని సినిమా ఏదో తెలుసా..?". Namasthe Telangana (in Telugu). 25 November 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2024. ఉదాహరణకు అర్జున్ సినిమా తీసుకోండి. మహేశ్‌ బాబు హీరోగా నటించిన ఈ సినిమాను గుణశేఖర్ తెరకెక్కించాడు. 2005లో విడుదలైన ఈ సినిమాకు యావరేజ్ కలెక్షన్స్ వచ్చాయి.
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  4. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.