Happy

2006 2h 32m TE

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6.5

MID

★6.5TMDB · 44

RomanceComedy

Synopsis

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A politician refrains his daughter from finishing college as it would affect his politics. He decides to get her married to a police officer of the same caste, but things don't go as planned.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Allu Arjun
Bunny
Genelia D'Souza
Madhumati
Manoj Bajpayee
DCP Aravind Bhasker IPS
Brahmanandam
Appala Naidu
Kishore
ACP Ratna Naidu IPS
Deepak Shirke
MLA Suryanarayana
Rama Prabha
Madhumati's Grandmother
G. V. Sudhakar Naidu
G. K.

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: A. Karunakaran
Writers: A. Karunakaran, Radha Mohan
Languages: Telugu
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 152 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $2.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by A. Karunakaran, shot by R. D. Rajasekhar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anthony shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Allu Arjun and Genelia D'Souza and Manoj Bajpayee carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0491775 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

A. Karunakaran directs. R. D. Rajasekhar behind the camera. Yuvan Shankar Raja scores. Anthony cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Telugu.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 152 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $2.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 20 years ago.
4Directed by A. Karunakaran, shot by R. D. Rajasekhar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yuvan Shankar Raja. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Anthony shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Allu Arjun and Genelia D'Souza and Manoj Bajpayee carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0491775 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.