Indra (2002 film)

Indra
Theatrical release poster
Directed byB. Gopal
Written byParuchuri brothers
Story byChinni Krishna
Produced byC. Aswani Dutt
Starring
CinematographyV. S. R. Swamy
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • July 24, 2002 (2002-07-24) (India)
Running time
173 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹10 crore[1]
Box officeest. ₹55 crore[2][3]

Indra is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by B. Gopal and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Aarthi Agarwal, and Sonali Bendre while Mukesh Rishi, Sivaji, and Prakash Raj play supporting roles with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film won three state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South with Chiranjeevi winning both the Nandi Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.

Released on 24 July 2002, the film collected a gross of over ₹55 crore on a budget of ₹10 crore and ended up becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film in history at the time[4][2] as well as the all-time highest-grossing South-Indian film, surpassing Padayappa (1999). Indra was dubbed into Hindi as Indra: The Tiger.[2][5] It was remade in Indian Bengali as Dada (2005) and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Goriber Dada (2006).

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  2. ^ a b c Jain, Saudamini (5 March 2015). "Why Indra The Tiger is a permanent fixture on Indian television". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ Krishna (24 July 2020). "18 Years for Megastar Indra Movie : మెగాస్టార్ 'ఇంద్ర' కి 18 ఏళ్ళు!". HMTV (in Telugu). Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "మెగాస్టార్ 'ఇంద్ర' కి నేటితో 18 ఏళ్లు.!" [Megastar's Indra completes 18 years today!]. Namasthe Telangana (in Telugu). 24 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ S., Vidya; Lidhoo, Prerna (22 July 2022). "How Movies From the South Conquered Bollywood". Business Today. Retrieved 27 August 2022. Says Applause Entertainment CEO Sameer Nair: "We used to play Indra: The Tiger (Hindi dub of Telugu film Indra) and our ratings were sorted for two weeks."