Eeswar

Eeswar is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee, starring debutant Prabhas^[1] and Sridevi Vijaykumar. Siva Krishna and Revathi played supporting roles. It marked the debut of Prabhas, nephew of popular Telugu actor Krishnam Raju.^[2]

Eeswar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jayanth C. Paranjee
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Jayanth C. Paranjee
Story by	Deena Raj
Produced by	Kolla Ashok Kumar
Starring	Prabhas Sridevi Vijaykumar
Cinematography	Jawahar Reddy
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	R. P. Patnaik
Production company	Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Art Creations
Release date	11 November 2002 (2002-11-11)
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹2 Crore (Distributor Share)

Cast

• Prabhas as Eeswar
• Sridevi Vijaykumar as Indu
• Dheeraj Krishna Nori as Desi Dheeraj
• Revathi as Eeswar's stepmother
• Ravikanth
• Hanumanthu
• N. Hari Krishna
• Siva Krishna as Eeshwar's father
• Kolla Ashok Kumar as Indu's father
• Abhinaya Krishna as Eeswar's friend
• Brahmanandam as Priest
• Allari Subhashini
• Pavala Syamala
• C Kalyan as Police Officer^[3]
• Krishna as GK^[3]
• Rambabu^[3]

Production

The film marked the debut of Prabhas and lead debut of Sridevi Vijayakumar, who previously worked as a child actress.^[4] This is the fastest film that Jayanth C. Paranjee made and the production was completed in 45 days. Hanumanthu, N. Hari Krishna, and Rambabu were cast in the film after Paranjee met them at a cultural festival.^[3]

Soundtrack

Eeswar
Soundtrack album by R. P. Patnaik
Released	2002 (2002)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	27:58
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	R. P. Patnaik

The music was composed by R. P. Patnaik.^[5] All songs were written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Music was released by Aditya Music company. In an audio review, Sreya Sunil of Idlebrain.com, wrote "While most of the tunes can be termed as above average, some songs stand out mainly because of Sirivennela's lyrics that convey a lot of emotions in simple words".^[4]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ameerpet"	R. P. Patnaik	4:30
2.	"Olammo Olammo"	R. P. Patnaik, Usha	3:47
3.	"Gundelo Valava"	Rajesh, Usha	4:57
4.	"Dhindhirana"	Rajesh, Usha	4:30
5.	"Innallu"	Rajesh, Usha	4:14
6.	"Kotaloni Rani"	Usha, Rajesh, Nihal, Lenina, Kousalya	4:21
7.	"Thillana (Theme Music)"	R. P. Patnaik	1:39
Total length:			27:58

Reception

A critic from Idlebrain.com said that "Over all, it's an average flick and worth watching for all curious people to see how Prabhas fared".^[6] A critic from Sify opined that "On the whole Takkari Donga director Jayant C Paranji’s new film Eeswar is lacklustre".^[7] Gudipoodi Srihari of The Hindu wrote, "A little more care in streamlining the climax part of the story would have made the drama look sensible and different. The film has been unnecessarily stretched too far and beyond the three-hour limit too".^[2]