Ek Niranjan

Jagganadh and Prabhas worked together for the film Bujjigadu which was an average score in the box-office, Puri decided to do the duo again for Ek Niranjan. Prabhas’s character is a strong, powerful, dynamic, rough and tough guy who is a bounty hunter. [2] Kangana Ranaut, who is popular in Bollywood films, is making her debut in the Tollywood industry. Her character is said to be a guitar teacher. It was also said that she is acting in the film for a very big price of Rs. 10 million.Puri, initially, approached her for Pokiri which Ileana D'Cruz has done, but she was unable to do the film due to the dates of Gangster. Sonu Sood will essay the villain in the film. The film is described to be a mass commercial entertainer mixed with action, emotions, drama, suspense, romance and comedy to appeal to the audiences. [3]

(from left) Kangana Ranaut, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Puri Jagannadh, and Adityaram during the film's audio release

Ek Niranjan began shooting on 31 March in Lahari resorts and on Road No. 25, Jubilee Hills, a part of Hyderabad which was recreated for the film. Art director Chinna and his team brought a natural look to their creations – a clock tower, a four road junction, by lanes, a Hanuman temple, and dhobi ghat including house sets for the lead pair.[4] Around June, they left for Switzerland for the canning of two songs on Prabhas and Kangana Ranaut. After shooting in Switzerland till 30 June the film began to film the final phase of shooting in July in Bangkok and Pattaya where the climax was shot at. The film completed in September. The audio of the film was released on 25 September at Shilpakala Vedika and the music has already gotten good reviews and has been very successful so far with people loving "Evaru Lerani" and title track "Ek Niranjan". The music is done by Mani Sharma who also did the music for Billa.[5][6]

The film received mixed reviews. Rediff gave a two-star rating commented "the film does not live up to the expectations. Technically, Puri ensures that the film is in place. He tries to earnestly build up a deft screenplay with a wafer-thin story (which is increasingly becoming his trademark). But the clichéd plot falls flat despite all the technical gimmicks (fights and all) and attempts to prop it up. However Prabhas is effortless as Chotu, he acts well and the movie is watchable for him although he has developed a similar style in all his films. Kangana's Telugu debut can't be really raved about. She looks pretty but as far as performance goes, there's nothing much to write about as the script doesn't have anything for her to showcase her acting skills".[7] Sify gave a three-star rating and said "Prabhas has come up with a good and lively performance in the film. He has improved a lot in his dialogue delivery. He also excelled in dance sequences. Bollywood beauty Kangana Ranaut makes her debut in Tollywood with this film and she is looking gorgeous. Sonu Sood comes up with another dazzling performance after magnum opus Arundathi. Director Puri Jagannadh just played routine stuff in this film. The presentation and narration are very weak, lacking all seriousness. The dialogues are to some extent good. The screenplay was not impressive and there a lot many illogical threads.[8] local review sites Greatandhra gave two and a half rating and Idlebrain gave a three-star says "On a whole, Ek Niranjan is a not a bad film. The first half of the movie is entertaining and the second half should have been better".[9]

All lyrics are written by Anwar Sagar.