Aahaa..! (1998 film)
Aahaa..! (transl. Wow..!) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romance film produced by Nagarjuna and directed by Suresh Krishna. The film stars Jagapathi Babu and Sanghavi, with music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.[1] The film won a South Filmfare Award and it is a remake of Suresh Krishna's own Tamil film Aahaa..!.
| Aahaa..! | |
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| Directed by | Suresh Krishna |
| Produced by | Nagarjuna |
| Written by | Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues ) |
| Screenplay by | Suresh Krishna |
| Story by | Suresh Krishna |
| Based on | Aahaa..! |
| Starring | Jagapathi Babu Sanghavi |
| Music by | Vandemataram Srinivas |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | Shankar |
Production company | Great India Entertainments |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Sriram (Jagapati Babu) is the son of "Pepsi" Parasuram (Vijayakumar), who always enjoys his life and his father feels that he is a useless fellow. Raghuram (Raghuvaran), his elder brother is their father's favorite son. Raghuram is married to Rajeswari (Jayasudha) and has a son Ajay. Shriram falls in love with Janaki (Sanghavi), the daughter of a cook Rama Rao (Chandra Mohan). Parasuram opposes the match because of the difference in their status. Meanwhile, Raghu's college sweetheart, Gita (Bhanupriya) is dying and she wants to spend her last days with him. She contacts him after five years and they begin meeting secretly. Sriram finds out about this and tries to keep the family secrets. Later at the moment of Gita dying Sriram takes her to hospital. Parasuram who saw this felt she is Shrirams lover and felt ashamed. When Parasuram went to a sweet market he come to know it is the sweet marketer's daughter who loved Shriram. But as that girl is different from whom he saw he felt his son is womanizer. To hide his brother secret he take the blame for everyone's shortcomings, becomes the family scapegoat and his father's favorite whipping boy. The rest of the film examines whether or not Raghu is finally vindicated in the eyes of his family.
Cast
- Jagapati Babu as Sriram
- Sanghavi as Janaki
- Jayasudha as Rajeswari
- Bhanupriya as Geeta
- Vijayakumar as Parasuram
- Raghuvaran as Raghuram
- Chandra Mohan as Rama Rao
- Raghunatha Reddy as Viswanadham
- Ram Gopalan as Sitaram
- Sameer
- Rajiv Kanakala as Prashanth
- Gautam Raju as Govind
- Chitti Babu as Krishna
- Tirupathi Prakash as Ganapati
- Annapoorna as Parvati
- Varsha as Gayatri
- Radhabai as Parasuram's mother
- Madhavisri
- Uma Sharma
- Master Mahendra as Ajay
- Nagarjuna as narrator
Soundtrack
| Aahaa...! | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:49 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Vandemataram Srinivas | |||
| Vandemataram Srinivas chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. Lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. All songs are chartbusters. Music released on Aditya Music Company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Priyuraali Address" | Vandemataram Srinivas | 6:18 |
| 2. | "Aahvanamandi Andam" | Ramani Maharshi, Harini | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Manasaina" | Srinivas | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Suvvi Suvvi" | Unnikrishnan, Malesia Vasudevan, Sujatha | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Antyakshari" | Various | 5:32 |
| Total length: | 25:49 | ||
Production
The cast features Vijayakumar and Raghuvaran reprising their roles from the original. Bhanupriya however, played Jayasudha's role in the original, while in the remake she played Sukanya's role.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu (1998) – Vandemataram Srinivas – "Priyuraali Address"
References
- "Aaha ( 1998 )". chithr.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2014.