Once Upon a Warrior

Once Upon a Warrior
Theatrical release poster
Original titleAnaganaga O Dheerudu
Directed byPrakash Kovelamudi
Written byPrakash Kovelamudi
Produced byPrakash Kovelamudi
Prasad Devineni
StarringSiddharth
Shruti Haasan
Lakshmi Manchu
Baby Harshitha
CinematographySoundarrajan
Edited byShravan Katikaneni
Music bySongs:
Salim–Sulaiman
Mickey J. Meyer
Koti
M. M. Keeravani
Background Score:
Salim–Sulaiman
Production
companies
Walt Disney Pictures
A Bellyful of Dreams Entertainment
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures[1]
Release date
  • 14 January 2011 (2011-01-14) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹26 crore[2]

Once Upon A Warrior (Telugu: Anaganaga O Dheerudu) is a 2011 Indian Telugu-language fantasy adventure film written and directed by Prakash Kovelamudi in his first mainstream film. It is produced by Walt Disney Pictures with veteran director K. Raghavendra Rao's A Bellyful of Dreams Entertainment at a budget of ₹ 26 crore and stars Siddharth, Shruti Haasan, Baby Harshitha, and Lakshmi Manchu. Once Upon a Warrior focuses on the journey of Moksha , a nine-year-old girl with special healing powers, and Yodha , her fierce warrior bodyguard, as they travel to a faraway village to save its children, under the constant menace of the evil witch Irendri . Shruti Hassan and Lakshmi Manchu made their Telugu debut through this film.

It features a musical score by Salim–Sulaiman, an ensemble soundtrack by Salim–Sulaiman, M. M. Keeravani, Koti, and Mickey J Meyer,[3] while cinematography and editing are handled by Soundar Rajan and Sravan Katikaneni, respectively.[4]

  1. ^ "Disney India, UTV Join up for Film Production". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Sea change". The Hindu. 7 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Shruti Haasan, Siddharth in Walt Disney film! - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 13 December 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  4. ^ Moviebuzz (2009). "Siddharth-Shruti film starts rolling!". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2009.