Sye (2004 film)

Sye
Film poster
Directed byS. S. Rajamouli
Screenplay byS. S. Rajamouli
Dialogues by
  • M. Rathnam
Story byV. Vijayendra Prasad
Produced byA. Bharati
StarringNithiin
Genelia D'Souza
Shashank
Pradeep Rawat
CinematographyK. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Sri Bharathi Enterprises
Release date
  • 23 September 2004 (2004-09-23)
Running time
163 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹5 crore[2]
Box office₹11 crore (Distributors' Share) [3][4]

Sye (transl. Challenge) (/ˈsaɪ/) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language sports action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad. The film is produced by A. Bharati under Sri Bharathi Enterprises. The film features Nithin, Genelia D'Souza, Shashank and Pradeep Rawat. The story has a rugby backdrop. In the film, two rival groups in a college—Science led by Prudhvi and Arts led by Shashank—fight for superiority through the game of rugby, until a local gangster Bhikshu Yadav takes over their college.

This was Rajamouli's third film post the successes of Student No: 1 and Simhadri. Music composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography by K. K. Senthil Kumar and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. The film earned ₹11 crore in distributor share’s (US$2.4 million) against a production budget of ₹5 crore (US$1.5 million) and was commercially successful.[a][3] The film won four Nandi Awards.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Movie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Student No. 1 To RRR, A Look At The Box Office Collections Of SS Rajamouli Films". News18 India. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Postmortem - Chatrapati by SS Rajamouli". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "భళి భళి భళిరా భళి రాజమౌళి". Sakshi (in Telugu). 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. ^ "1 USD to INR from 1947 till now, Historical Exchange Rates Explained". BookMyForex.com. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.


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