Josh (2009 Telugu film)

Josh
Josh
Soundtrack album by Sandeep Chowtha
Released	18 July 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Dil Raju
Sandeep Chowtha chronology

Josh
Josh
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vasu Varma
Produced by	Dil Raju
Starring	Akkineni Naga Chaitanya; Karthika; J. D. Chakravarthy; Prakash Raj; Sunil
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Production; company	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release date	5 September 2009;
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Josh (transl. zeal) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age political action film directed by debutant Vasu Varma and produced by Dil Raju. The film marks the debut of Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and Karthika Nair, with J. D. Chakravarthy playing the antagonist role. The music was composed by Sandeep Chowta.^[1] The plot explores around the nexus between politicians and student leaders.

Josh was released on 5 September 2009 and received mixed reviews for its direction, script, acting, technical aspects and social message, but the film underperformed at the box office.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Satya, a college student, discontinues his graduation in Vizag and arrives at Hyderabad in search of a job. He gets into a fight with MGM college students, who are influenced by political youth leader Durga Rao. Satya tries to change the students, but to no avail. Satya gets accidentally hit by the students and is admitted into the hospital.

When questioned by his uncle about his rude behavior with students, Satya reveals that he was a topper in school until the college environment made him as a stubborn guy. Satya's principal kept on advising him to change, but Satya ignored the advice. Satya befriended the principal's son Bujji, who later joined Satya's gang of friends. One day, Satya and his gang leave for a bike race and Bujji accompanied Satya on his bike.

However, Satya and Bujji suffered from an accident, which left Satya injured and Bujji's dead. This incident made Satya to change himself. After this revelation, Satya joins the college, after getting discharged from the hospital, to bring a change in behaviour of students. Satya finally brings a change in the students, where he also defeats Durga Rao. The students leave their violent behaviour and begin to live and study peacefully.

Cast[edit]

Akkineni Naga Chaitanya as Satya
Karthika as Vidhya
J. D. Chakravarthy as J. Durga Rao
Prakash Raj as Principal, Bujji's father
Brahmanandam as Durga Rao's personal assistant
Sunil as Bujji
Anand as Satya's father
Sithara as Satya's mother
Surya
Hema
Harsha Vardhan as Vidhya's brother
Devadas Kanakala
Kautilya as Guna
Mounica as Vidhya's sister-in-law
Shreya Dhanwanthary as Bhavna
Rakesh as Radha
Siddharth as a student
Sandeep as a student

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by Sandeep Chowtha. The soundtrack, released on 18 July 2009 at Shilparama Vedika.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Diridiri Diridi"	Seetharama Sastry	Sandeep Chowtha, Kunal Ganjawala	4:49
2.	"Neetho Vunte"	Seetharama Sastry	Karthik	5:26
3.	"Jigijikka" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Chandrabose	1:13
4.	"Aawara Hawa"	Seetharama Sastry	Sowmya Raoh	4:24
5.	"Bad Bad Boy"	Seetharama Sastry	Ranjith	4:40
6.	"Annayochinado" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Dil Raju	0:52
7.	"Evvariki"	Seetharama Sastry	Rahul Vaidya, Ujjaini Mukherjee	4:58
8.	"Me Me Meka" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Chandrabose	0:57
9.	"College Bulloda"	Chandrabose	Rahul Sipligunj	3:47

Release[edit]

Initially scheduled to release on 3 September 2009, Josh was delayed due to the death of AP Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. The fil. was eventually released on 5 September 2009.^[3]

Reception[edit]

Idlebrain gave 2.75/5 stars and wrote, "On a whole Josh movie lacks the much needed Josh. We have to wait and see how people receive it. The narration and screenplay given by Vasu Varma diluted the main point".^[3] Radhika Rajmani of Rediff gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Josh as such, does not have anything new about it. The theme has been touched upon before. The attraction now is Naga Chaitanya who has the movie on his shoulders."^[4]