Ranam (2006 film)

Ranam ( War) is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film produced by Pokuri Babu Rao by on Eetharam Films banner and directed by Amma Rajasekhar. It stars Gopichand and Kamna Jethmalani and features music composed by Mani Sharma. The film is the debut of Amma Rajasekhar as a director. The film was remade in Kannada as Bhadra.

It was dubbed in Hindi as Surya Jalta Nahi Jalata Hai, in Tamil as Stalin, and in Oriya as Fighter.

Plot
Chinna moves to the city for higher studies, where he has an altercation with Bhagawati's gangsters. He finds himself in trouble when he falls in love with Maheswari, Bhagawati's sister.

Cast

 * Gopichand as Chinna
 * Kamna Jethmalani as Maheswari / Mahi
 * Biju Menon as Bhagawati
 * Chandra Mohan as Chinna's father
 * Ali as Gokul
 * Rama Prabha as Mahi's grandmother
 * Venu Madhav as Venu
 * Suman Setty as Student
 * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Principal
 * Pruthvi Raj as Inspector
 * Jeeva as Inspector
 * G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Masthan
 * Vajja Venkata Giridhar as Student
 * Amith as Student
 * Venu Yeldandi as Bhagawati's henchmen
 * Chitti as Chinna's brother
 * Tarzan as Gowri
 * Vijaya Singh as Chinna's mother
 * Jahnavi as Mahi's friend

Soundtrack
Music composed by Mani Sharma. The music was released by Aditya Music company. All tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by SV Ranjit.

Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "On a whole, there are no boring moments in Ranam and you may watch it". Kishore of IANS wrote that "On the whole Ranam is an entertaining movie, worth watching once".

Box office
The film had a 100-day run in 24 centres.