Subash Chandra Bose (film)

Subash Chandra Bose is a 2005 Telugu-language historical action drama film directed by veteran director, K. Raghavendra Rao, in his 101st directorial. It was produced by Swapna Dutt, under Vyjayanthi Movies. It starred Venkatesh, Shriya Saran, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj. The music was composed by Mani Sharma. It was a disaster at the box office.

Plot
The story takes place during the pre-Independence era, just before the British left India. Ashok, who is working on a TV channel with his girlfriend Anita, covers the meeting of a politician Venkat Ratnam. By seeing Venkat Ratnam there, Ashok gets images from the bygone era, including a tattooed image of the national flag on his hand. In a flashback, it is revealed that in the year 1946, a man named Amarchandra / Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram fights against local British officer George. Subash Chandra Bose worships the real freedom fighter Subash Chandra Bose. When the state governor Jackson comes to Chintapalli along with his daughter Diana for a brief vacation, Bose welcomes him by blowing up the water tank in his palace. Enraged, Jackson asks his army to kill Bose. With the help of a local native Bandodu, the British army wipes out the entire village population, including Bose's lover Swarajyam. In an act of betrayal by Bandodu, the army kills Bose too. Ashok realizes that he is the reincarnation of Bose and Venkat Ratnam is Bandodu. He sets out to expose him along with his allies. In the climax, Bose kills Venkat Ratnam.

Cast

 * Venkatesh as Amarchandra / Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram / Ashok (dual role)
 * Genelia D'Souza as Anita
 * Shriya Saran as Swarajyam
 * Prakash Raj as Venkat Ratnam / Bandodu
 * Tanikella Bharani as Bapiveedu
 * Gulshan Grover as British Army Officer George
 * Raza Murad as Ranjit Singh
 * Tom Alter as Governor Jackson
 * Brahmanandam as Balram
 * Sunil as Chandram(Ashok)'s friend
 * Ali as Kareem
 * L. B. Sriram as RTO Officer
 * Sudha as Ashok's mother
 * Subbaraju as Rajaratnam, Venkat Ratnam's son
 * Naramalli Sivaprasad as Washerman
 * Maalin Maria Mobargh as Diana
 * Malladi Raghava as Anitha's father
 * Vinaya Prasad as Bose's Mother in previous birth
 * Kota Srinivasa Rao as Tahsildar
 * Raghu Babu as Assistant to Tahsildar
 * Venu Madhav as Chandram's Friend in previous birth
 * Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
 * Krishna Bhagavan as S/O Venkatarathnam alias bandodu
 * Subbaraya Sharma
 * Chitti Babu
 * Gowtham Raju
 * Hari Kishan
 * Manik
 * Kalpana
 * Swathi
 * Apoorva
 * Shobha Rani
 * Baby Kavya Kalyanram

Soundtrack
Music was composed by Mani Sharma. Music was released on ADITYA Music Company.

Critical reception
The movie generally received mixed reviews from critics. Venkatesh performance as describe by reviewer, "Venkatesh is impressive as Ashok. The character of Subash Chandra Bose did not suit Venkatesh"; "Venkatesh did well in both roles of Chandram and Ashok. However, the characterizations of these two characters are not good enough to exploit the histrionics of Venkatesh. He has shown variation in the get-up of both the characters"; "Venkatesh sleep-walks in his dual role as Ashok and Chandram". Among the heroines reviewers describe Shriya's performance as "Shriya, who plays Venkatesh’s lover in the past, looks glamorous, but is there just for the usual song ‘n’ dance routine"; "Shriya is sexy and her movements are very sensuous."; " Shriya is cute in the role of innocent patriotic village belle. Her costumes are very simple as they represent the culture of 1940s. She is sensuous and at the same time voluptuous in the song of 'Neredi Pandu'.". While Genelia receive mostly negative review from the critics. This is mainly due to Genelia's character was short and weak compare to Shriya and she also fails to perform well. Technically the film receive mostly negative review because the lack of perfection in the story and the poor handling in the direction.

Box-office
The movie eventually becomes a flop film at the box office.

Remake
This film was remade in Bengali as Abar Asbo Firey in 2006.

Awards

 * Nandi Awards
 * Best Editor - Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
 * Best Costume Designer - Basha
 * Best Makeup - R. V. Raghava