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Parugu (2008)

Parugu poster
Original title
పరుగు
Directed by
Bhaskar
Genre
action film, romance film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 46m
Rated
U
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A father searches for his daughter who ran away to get married. He enlists a young man to help, and that man falls in love with the father's other daughter. The story deals with love and family sacrifice.

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What happens

Parugu (transl. The Run) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language romantic action drama film written and directed by Bhaskar and was produced by Dil Raju on Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film stars Allu Arjun, Sheela Kaur and Prakash Raj. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while cinematography was handled by Vijay K. Chakravarthy. The plot follows Neelakanta who faces heartbreak when his daughter Subbalakshmi elopes. As he searches for her with the help of Krishna, a love story blossoms between Krishna and Neelakanta's other daughter, Meenakshi. The film explores the complexities of love, family, and sacrifice. Parugu was officially launched on 15 March 2007 at Hyderabad, and the principal photography began in June 2007. The film was shot in Hyderabad, Kerala, Kodaikanal and Rajahmundry while a song was shot in Jordan. The principal photography came to an end in April 2008. The film released worldwide on 1 May 2008 to positive reviews and became commercially successful, earning a distributor share of ₹20 crore. The film won two Nandi Awards and won a Filmfare Award South among three nominations and it is now considered a cult classic. The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Krishna in the same year, achieving commercial success. It was later remade in Odia as Sanju Aau Sanjana (2010), in Bengali as Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo (2010), in Nepali as Dabab (2013) and in Hindi as Heropanti (2014). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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