Released on 29 November 2002, the film was Blockbuster. The film won five Nandi Awards and three Filmfare Awards. The film is remade in Hindi as Insan (2005).
The films starts at a Pakistan Terrorist Camp, where various terrorists in large number rigorously are getting trained by the Pakistan Army to shoot and detonate bombs though cell phones. In that camp Azar Khan a guy who came from Hyderabad, India who completes his training gets a mission. He has to bring back a big notorious terrorist Masood whom they call the great soldier of Islam. They can't afford to lose him but he gets arrested by Indian police in Hyderabad. They order Azar to go back there and meet their men who will make all of the arrangements and get Masood released at any cost. They say it's a sacred mission and he accepts.
The film now shifts to Hyderabad, where Koti an aspiring actor who wants to become a hero in film industry but never gets a chance gets kicked out of various film studios. His friend Murthy who wants to become a director but also never gets a chance struggles with him. Temporarily Koti works as junior artist and Murthy works as assistant director, and they face financial crisis. They aren't able to pay the rent of the house they are living for six months. The house owner M.S. Khaja who owns a big general (kirana) store in old city threatens them that if they don't pay rent by the evening he will get them arrested by filing a false theft on them and says that you will not have to worry about rent in jail.
The soundtrack of the movie was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti. The concept behind the song "Govinda Govinda" is based on Adnan Sami's "Lift Karade".[4]
The film was dubbed into Hindi as Marte Dam Tak, into Tamil as Manik Baasha and into Bhojpuri as Bemisaal Hai Hum.[5][6]
Reception
Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "Though this film is made to represent the patriotic action film genre, Krishna Vamsi tried injecting all other five-genre elements. In that process, the patriotic aspect of the film did not get elevated".[7] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Krishna Vamsi certainly deserves three cheers - not just for making an offbeat movie but also for studiously avoiding patriotic jing bang to convey his message".[8]
