Ranam (2006 film)

Ranam (transl. 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, Biju Menon and Kamna Jethmalani in the lead roles 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.

Ranam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Amma Rajashekhar
Written by	Marudhuri Raja (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Amma Rajashekhar
Story by	Amma Rajashekhar
Produced by	Pokuri Babu Rao
Starring	Gopichand Biju Menon Kamna Jethmalani
Cinematography	Ch. Ramana Raju
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	Eetharam Films
Release date	10 February 2006 (2006-02-10)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹10 crore distributors' share[1]

It was dubbed in Hindi as Surya Jalta Nahi Jalata Hai, in Tamil as Stalin, and in Oriya as Fighter. It was successful at the box office collecting a distributors' share of ₹10 crore.^[2]

Plot

Because of his antics tolerated by his father, 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
• Biju Menon as Bhagawati
• Kamna Jethmalani as Maheswari / Mahi, Bhagawati's sister
• 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

Ranam
Film score by Mani Sharma
Released	18 January 2006
Recorded	2005
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	27:26
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Pandu (2005) Ranam (2006) Style (2006)

Music composed by Mani Sharma. The music was released by Aditya Music company.^[3] All tracks recorded, mixed and mastered by SV Ranjit.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Cheli Jabili"	Kandikonda	Naveen, Suchitra	4:35
2.	"Varevva"	Suddala Ashok Teja	Mallikarjun, Mahalakshmi Iyer	4:35
3.	"Hey Chinna"	Bhasha Sri	Tippu, Anuradha Sriram	4:04
4.	"Bulligownu"	Bhasha Sri	Jassie Gift	5:36
5.	"Nallanimabbu"	Bhasha Sri	Vardhini	4:38
6.	"Gana Gana"	Chandrabose	KK, Sangeetha	3:37
Total length:				27:26

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "On a whole, there are no boring moments in Ranam and you may watch it".^[4] Kishore of IANS wrote that "On the whole Ranam is an entertaining movie, worth watching once".^[5]

Box office

The film had a 100-day run in 24 centres.^{[citation needed]}