Once Upon a Warrior | |
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Original title | Anaganaga O Dheerudu |
Directed by | Prakash Kovelamudi |
Written by | Prakash Kovelamudi |
Produced by | Prakash Kovelamudi Prasad Devineni |
Starring | Siddharth Shruti Haasan Lakshmi Manchu Baby Harshitha |
Cinematography | Soundarrajan |
Edited by | Shravan Katikaneni |
Music by | Songs: Salim–Sulaiman Mickey J. Meyer Koti M. M. Keeravani Background Score: Salim–Sulaiman |
Production companies | Walt Disney Pictures A Bellyful of Dreams Entertainment |
Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures[1] |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
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]