Gowri (2004 film)

Gowri (గౌరి) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by B. V. Ramana. It stars Sumanth and Charmme Kaur in the lead roles, and was produced by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. It is a remake of the 2003 Tamil Blockbuster film Thirumalai, starring Vijay and Jyothika. It received positive reviews and was a hit at the box office. The film was later dubbed into Hindi under the title The Gunda.

Plot
Gowri is an orphan and a motorcycle mechanic living in Dhoolpet, Hyderabad. Shweta is the daughter of a media moghul Chandra Shekhar. Gowri and Shweta fall in love with each other to the disapproval of Chandra Shekhar, who seeks the help of a mafia leader Sarkar to separate them. Gowri eventually overcomes Sarkar and convinces Chandra Shekhar to accept him.

Cast

 * Sumanth as Gowri Shankar
 * Charmy Kaur as Shweta
 * Atul Kulkarni as Sarkar
 * Vizag Prasad as Chandra Shekhar
 * Jyoti as Chitra
 * Pavala Shyamala as Chitra's paternal aunt
 * Naresh as Raghu
 * Kousalya as Nagalakshmi, Raghu's wife
 * Sharwanand as Krishna, Gowri Shankar's friend
 * Narra Venkateswara Rao as former Home Minister
 * Ahuti Prasad
 * Tanikella Bharani
 * Chalapathi Rao as current Home Minister
 * Venu Madhav as Interviewee
 * Srinivasa Reddy as Gowri Shankar's friend
 * Banerjee
 * Chitram Seenu as Gowri Shankar's friend
 * Peter Hein as Stunt artist
 * Raghu Babu as Sarkar's henchman

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Koti and released by Aditya Music. All lyrics were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.