Jawaan

This article is about the 2017 Telugu film. For the 2023 Hindi film, see Jawan (film).

Jawaan (transl. Soldier) is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by B. V. S. Ravi and produced by Krishna Kommalapati, under Arunachal Creations. It stars Sai Dharam Tej and Mehreen Pirzada while Prasanna and Subbaraju play the antagonists. The music was composed by S. Thaman. Jawaan was released worldwide on 1 December 2017.^[2]

Jawaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	B. V. S. Ravi
Written by	B. V. S. Ravi Kalyan Varma Dandu Sai Krishna Vamsi Balapanuri
Produced by	Krishna Kommalapati
Starring	Sai Dharam Tej Mehreen Pirzada Prasanna Subbaraju
Cinematography	K. V. Guhan
Edited by	M. S. Rajashekhar Reddy (S. R. Shekhar)
Music by	S. Thaman
Production company	Arunachal Creations
Release date	1 December 2017 (2017-12-01)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹17.4 crore[1]

Plot

Yellapragada Jai is a proud Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh volunteer who wants to serve India by working for DRDO. After giving an interview to DRDO, his selection is put on hold for an indefinite period as a better candidate is selected. This is also the time when Jai's childhood friend, Keshava, who is a dreaded international criminal based in Hong Kong, plans to get hold of the new missile system which has been developed by DRDO, in Hyderabad. He is on the payroll of foreign enemies working to destroy India. How Jai, with the help of his friends and police, defeats the heinous plans of Keshava by killing him and his henchmen in the climax even at the cost of danger to his family forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Sai Dharam Tej as Yellapragada Jai
• Prasanna as Keshava
• Subbaraju as Iqbal
• Jayaprakash as Yellapragada Ramachandra Rao, Jai's father
• Mehreen Pirzada as Bhargavi, Jai's love interest
• Easwari Rao as Yellapragada Lakshmi, Jai's mother
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Prakash Rao, Jai's uncle
• Surya as Raghavaram, Keshava's father
• Nagendra Babu as Commissioner
• Appaji Ambarisha Darbha as Senior Scientist
• Anish Kuruvilla as a DRDO scientist
• Satyam Rajesh as Rajesh, Jai's friend
• Raj Madiraju as Bhargavi's father
• Madhunandan as Jai's friend
• Karunya Chowdary as Jai's sister
• Sashidhar as Jai's brother
• Revathi as Jai's sister-in-law

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman.

Jawaan
Soundtrack album by S.Thaman
Released	19 November 2017
Recorded	2017
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	20:35
Label	Mango Music
Producer	S. Thaman
S.Thaman chronology
Raju Gari Gadhi 2 (2017) Jawaan (2017) Golmaal Again (2017)

Traack-List

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Intiki Okkadu Kavale"	Krishna Kanth	Aditya, Raghuram, Saketh, Sri Krishna	04:13
2.	"Aunanaa Kaadanaa"	Krishna Kanth	Shreya Ghoshal, Thaman S	04:30
3.	"Bangaru"	Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar	Deepu, Rashi Khanna	04:17
4.	"Bugganchuna"	Sri Mani	Sri Krishna, Lipsika	04:02
5.	"Bomma Adirindhi"	Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar	Saketh, Mohana Bhogaraju	03:35
Total length:				20:37

Production

The movie was launched on 30 January 2017 with a formal pooja ceremony. The ceremony was flanked by many from Tollywood. Jr NTR sounded the clapboard, while Koratala Siva switched on the camera and V. V. Vinayak directed the first shot.^[3] The Pre-look of the movie was released on 8 June 2017.^[4] The prerelease event was conducted on 19 November 2017 in Hyderabad at Peoples Plaza, where audio of the movie was released. Director Koratala Siva and V. V. Vinayak attended as the chief guest.^[5]