Sarrainodu Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Genre | Action, Drama, Romantic |
Release date | 22 April 2016 (theatre) 28 May 2017 (YouTube) |
Running time | 2hr 39min |
Certificate | U/A |
Starring | Allu Arjun Aadhi Pinisetty Rakul Preet Singh Catherine Tresa Srikanth |
Directed by | Boyapati Srinu |
Written by | Boyapati Srinu M. Rathnam (dialogues) |
Produced by | Allu Aravind |
Cinematography by | Rishi Punjabi |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao |
Music by | S. Thaman |
Production Company | Geetha Arts |
Sarrainodu Movie Cast & Characters:
- Allu Arjun as Gana (Indian Army Major)
- Aadhi Pinisetty as Vairam Dhanush, Chief Minister Reddy’s son
- Rakul Preet Singh as Mahalakshmi / Janu
- Catherine Tresa as MLA Hansitha Reddy
- Srikanth as Sripathi, Gana’s uncle
- Brahmanandam as Linga Hariharan, Umapati’s neighbor
- Pradeep Rawat as Obul Reddy
- P. Sai Kumar as Jaya Prakash ‘J. P.’, Janu’s father
- Jayaprakash as Umapati ‘U. P.’, Gana’s father
- Suman as DGP Ranjit
- Kitty as Chief Minister Reddy, Dhanush’s father
- Vijayakumar as Pedhayya
- Vinaya Prasad as Lakshmi, Gana’s mother
- Aadarsh Balakrishna as Paddam Veerendra
- Devadarshini as Gayatri, Sripati’s wife
- Annapoorna as Arunamma, Gana’s grandmother
- Vidyullekha Raman as Tamizh Selvi, Gana’s Sister in Law
- Surekha Vani as Padma
- Rajeev Kanakala as Defense Lawyer Govindaraju
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as Bhoopathi
- Bharath Reddy as Mr. Bharath
- Sameer Hasan as Lawyer
- Mukul Dev as Saketh
- L. B. Sriram as Ramudu, the victim’s father
- Supreeth as Goon
- Prabhakar as Goon
- Shravan as Ranga, Dhanush’s henchman
- Prudhviraj as Obul Reddy’s henchman
- Anshuman Sahoo as Balangir Baba
- Bharath Raju as Aden Reddy, Obul Reddy’s henchman
- Priyadarshi as Prakash
- Satyaprakash as Goon
- Chalapathi Rao as Naidu
- Geetha Singh as Seetha
- G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Ramaswamy
- Rahul Verma
- Rajitha as Sirisha
- Anjali in a special appearance an item number “Blockbuster”
Storyline:
Vairam Dhanush is a ruthless, powerful man who destroys anybody who comes in his way. He is the son of a chief minister which makes him practically untouchable. Ghana is an ex-armyman who comes back home to fight against injustice. Ghana is sent to meet Mahalakshmi as a prospective match for marriage but runs into local MLA Divya and falls in love with her. What happens when Mahalakshmi comes into his life? Who will he choose between the two, and how will he save the people from the powerful Vairam Dhanush?
Sarrainodu Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
Budget | ₹50 crore |
Worldwide Collection | ₹127.6 crore (US$15 million) |
About Sarrainodu Movie:
Sarrainodu is a Telugu vigilante action film written and directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by Allu Aravind’s Geetha Arts. The film stars Allu Arjun, Aadhi Pinisetty, Rakul Preet Singh, Catherine Tresa and Srikanth in the lead roles, while Brahmanandam, Sai Kumar, Jayaprakash, Pradeep Rawat, Suman, and Adarsh Balakrishna in supporting roles.
Boyapati Srinu wrote the script with Allu Arjun in mind for the lead. He wanted to cast Samantha Ruth Prabhu who acted with Arjun in S/O Satyamurthy (2015), but it did not happen. Rakul Preet Singh leading role and Catherine Tresa supporting role. It is Singh’s first collaboration with Arjun and Tresa’s third collaboration with him after Iddarammayilatho (2013) and Rudhramadevi (2015).
Sarrainodu was released on 22 April 2016 and received mixed reviews from critics who praised Arjun and Aadhi’s performances, action sequences, cinematography and music, but criticized its screenwriting and characterizations. It was a Blockbuster at the box office and became the 2nd highest-grossing Telugu film of 2016 after Janatha Garage.
It was subsequently dubbed into Malayalam as Yodhavu and was released in Kerala a month after the original version. The core plot was reported to be loosely based on the 2004 film Walking Tall.
The film was later dubbed in Hindi and released on YouTube by Goldmines Telefilms on 28 May 2017. Currently, the Hindi dubbed version of the movie holds over 400+ million views on YouTube.