Okka Magaadu

Okka Magaadu (2008)

Veeravenkata Satyanarayana Swamy a.k.a. Satyam (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is a beloved person for several villagers, having touched and changed many a life. His grandmother is Baby (Simran Bagga) whose husband dedicated his life to gain independence, taken later as a prisoner of war and missing henceforth. Meanwhile, corrupt doctors, lawyers and journalists are allegedly killed, but their bodies are missing. The suspicions are on Swamy who is arrested, but an old man calling himself Okka Magadu (Nandamuri Balakrishna) claims to have committed those acts. The point is, OM looks like the older version of Swamy whose sworn enemy is Namboodriyar(Ashutosh Rana), a politician whose son elopes with a middle-class girl under Swamy's protection. The story line is very much similar to that of the film Bharateyudu (Indian (1996 film)) starred by the iconic actor Kamal Haasan.Movie was a blockbuster hit.

Date of release
2008-01-11
TMDB
3.6 / 10 (5)
Runtime
2h 25m
Director
Y. V. S. Chowdary

Casting

Interesting facts

Okka Magaadu: One and Only is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language vigilante action comedy film co-written, produced and directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary. The film stars Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anushka Shetty, Simran, Nisha Kothari and Ashutosh Rana. The film's music was composed by Mani Sharma. The film was overwhelmingly criticized for plagiarism with the 1996 Tamil film Indian. The film was a box-office bomb.

Production

The project was announced on 9 August 2006. Director Y. V. S. Chowdary got the title Okka Magaadu from a song composed by M. M. Keeravani for the film Seetayya (2003). After registering the title, Chowdary began developing a screenplay tailored for a "hero worshipping" film.

Filming began in December 2006, but only three songs were completed in the following four months. After a hiatus, shooting resumed in April 2007 and completed in December that year. The film was shot in various locations, including Australia, Malaysia, Rayalaseema, Rajahmundry, and Hyderabad.

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