Adhipathi

Adhipathi
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Directed by	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Written by	Paruchuri Brothers (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Ravi Raja Pinisetty
Story by	Ranjith
Based on	Narasimham (Malayalam)
Produced by	Mohan Babu
Starring	Mohan Babu Nagarjuna Soundarya Preeti Jhangiani
Cinematography	V. Jayaram
Edited by	Gautham Raju
Music by	Koti
Production company	Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures
Release date	19 September 2001 (2001-09-19)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Adhipathi (transl. Ruler) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty and produced by Mohan Babu under his Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures banner. It stars Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna, Preeti Jhangiani and Soundarya, with music composed by Koti. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Narasimham (2000).

Cast

Music

Music for the film was composed by Koti. Audio soundtrack was released on TIPS Audio Company. Telugucinema wrote "The compositions in this movie cast a doubt on Koti's creativity! No tune gives a fresh feeling when heard. The "theme music" included makes one wonder how that can be called so! Koti could have done a lot better job than this. The songs are mostly based on beat, and are typically mass-oriented - the choice of lyricists proves that too!".

Reception

Idlebrain wrote "The first half of the film is very ordinary and second half of it is OK. Touted as a multi-starrer, Adhipati fails to impress the viewers. The producer seems to have made this film keeping the success of Narasimha Naidu in mind. They have selected the same set of artists (Mukesh Rushi, Jaya Prakash Reddy as villains and Preethi as heroine) and dialogue writer and tried to emulate the formula of Narasimha Naidu. What this film lacks is powerful screenplay and pulsating direction". Telugucinema wrote "Basically this is the story with many unexpected twists and turns. It is of course different from today's flow of teenage love stories. It's a theme packed with action, loaded with sentiment thus giving a lot of scope for so-called action. But the problem arises when the director can not think beyond the formula, that they think has ruled and will rule the films. The routine trivial love track, the ill-mannered humor, and mannerism-oriented performance make the film shallow and unbearable despite the gripping thread in the story. And there is no clue why the film is titled as Adhipathi".

References

External links

• Adhipathi at IMDb