Kathanayakudu (2008 film)
Kathanayakudu English Hero is a 2008 Telugu drama film produced by Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar on Vyjayanthi Movies banner, directed by P. Vasu, which was simultaneously made in Tamil as Kuselan. Both remake the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol Starring Rajinikanth, Jagapati Babu Meena, Nayantara in the lead roles and music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The film recorded as Average at box office.
An emotional tale, the story is about two childhood friends Balakrishna Jagapathi Babu and Ashok Kumar Rajinikanth. Balu does not stop at anything to make his friend feel happy. As time passes by, they take different paths and Balu becomes a barber in a small village called Siricilla. He gets married to Devi Meena and has three children and leads a happy life. However, his finances are dry and he is often led to the door of Dharmaraju Dharmavarapu, the financier. On the other hand, Balu has tough competition from the more smart and clever Kantha Rao Sunil who has a saloon right opposite to his shop. Balu is a man with selfrespect and honesty. His life continues to roll until one day there is news that a film shooting is going to happen in a place near their village and the hero of the film is Superstar Ashok Kumar Rajinikanth. The news spreads like wildfire and Balu know this but hesitates to show himself as a friend of Ashok Kumar. On the other hand, folks around get to know the friendship of Balu and Ashok Kumar and in this process those who have been ridiculing him start doing favors for him only with the intention of meeting Ashok Kumar or at least watching him from outside. But hesitant Balu is unable to do what they want and soon people start shunning him, even his own children start showing anger towards him.The soundtrack of Kathanayakudu was released onJune 2008. The soundtrack consists of five songs. The song Cinema Cinema commemorates the 75th anniversary of Telugu cinema. Archival footage of famous superstar actors N. T. Rama Rao popularly NTR, Akkineni Nageswara Rao ANR, M. G. Ramachandran MGR, and Rajkumar are shown with each chorus of this song. The verse alternates between clips shot of an actual movie crew filming on location, intercut with reallife superstar actor Rajinikanth who plays a fictional superstar actor in this film spoofing blockbuster movies such as Zorro, Lawrence of Arabia, House of Flying Daggers, and the James Bond series.
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