Josh (2009 film)

Josh is a 2009 Telugu film that marked the debut of Naga Chaitanya and Karthika in the lead roles, whilst, prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy plays a pivotal role. Directed by Vasu Varma, and produced by noted producer, Dil Raju. An initial date ofSeptember for release, was delayed due to the death of Andhra Pradeshs Chief Minister, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It was eventually released two days later. The film was a critical and commercial success due to the heavy publicity prior release of the film. Naga Chaitanya was praised as an actor in Tollywood. The films storyline was very similar to Naga Chaitanyas father, Nagarjunas 1989 Ram Gopal Varma film, Siva where a student tries to eliminate the mafia involved in the students, and the antagonist in that film too is played by Chakravarthy.

In the flashback we see a carefree Satya with a gang of his classmates. Although he was a topper until schooling, college environment makes him to be a stubborn guy. His principal Prakash Raj keeps on advising him to change but Satya would just feel it as a lecture. He also makes his principals sincere son, Bujji join his gang. One day they go on for a bike race and Bujji accompanies Satya on Satyas bike. The bikes chain gets loose and the bike slips leaving injured Satya and dead Bujji. This makes Satya to realise.And now after getting discharged from the hospital, Satya joins the college to cleanse the system. On the other hand there is Vidhya Karthika Nair who aspires to go to college but could not as her brother feels that college students are rowdies and she would not be safe in college. So she teaches in an elementary school. She meets Satya and love blossoms between them. Main crux of the movie is how Satya changes the students and brings them out of the bad influence of Durga Rao. ........

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