Aahaa..! (1998 film)
Aahaa..! (transl. Wow..!) is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language romance film written and directed by Suresh Krissna, and produced by Nagarjuna Akkineni. A remake of Krissna's own Tamil film Aahaa..!, the film stars Jagapathi Babu, Sanghavi, Jayasudha, Raghuvaran, and Bhanupriya with music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.[1][2] The film won a South Filmfare Award.
| Aahaa..! | |
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| Directed by | Suresh Krishna |
| Written by | Suresh Krishna Posani Krishna Murali (dialogues) |
| Based on | Aahaa..! (Tamil) |
| Produced by | Nagarjuna Akkineni |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | Shankar |
| Music by | Vandemataram Srinivas |
Production company | Great India Entertainments |
Release date |
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Running time | 145 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
Sriram is the son of "Pepsi" Parasuram, who always enjoys his life and his father feels that he is a useless fellow. Raghuram, his elder brother is their father's favorite son. Raghuram is married to Rajeswari and has a son Ajay. Shriram falls in love with Janaki, the daughter of a cook Rama Rao. Parasuram opposes the match because of the difference in their status. Meanwhile, Raghu's college sweetheart, Gita is dying and she wants to spend her last days with him. She contacts him after five years and they begin meeting secretly. Sriram finds out about this and tries to keep the family secrets. Later at the moment of Gita dying Sriram takes her to the hospital. Parasuram who saw this felt she is Shriram's lover and felt ashamed. When Parasuram went to a sweet market he come to know it is the sweet marketer's daughter who loved Shriram. But as that girl is different from whom he saw he felt his son is a womanizer. To hide his brother's secret he takes the blame for everyone's shortcomings and becomes the family scapegoat and his father's favorite whipping boy. The rest of the film examines whether or not Raghu is finally vindicated in the eyes of his family.
Cast
- Jagapati Babu as Sriram
- Sanghavi as Janaki
- Sukanya as Geetha
- Raghuvaran as Raghuram
- Bhanupriya as Rajeswari
- Vijayakumar as Parasuram
- Chandra Mohan as Rama Rao
- Raghunatha Reddy as Viswanadham
- Ram Gopalan as Sitaram
- Sameer
- Rajiv Kanakala as Prashanth
- Gautam Raju as Govind
- Chitti Babu as Krishna
- Tirupathi Prakash as Ganapati
- Annapoorna as Parvati
- Varsha as Gayatri
- Radhabai as Parasuram's mother
- Madhavisri
- Uma Sharma
- Master Mahendra as Ajay
- Nagarjuna as narrator
Soundtrack
| Aahaa...! | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:49 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Vandemataram Srinivas | |||
| Vandemataram Srinivas chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Vandemataram Srinivas. Lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. Music released on Aditya Music Company.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Priyuraali Address" | Vandemataram Srinivas | 6:18 |
| 2. | "Aahvanamandi Andam" | Ramani Maharshi, Harini | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Manasaina" | Srinivas | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Suvvi Suvvi" | Unnikrishnan, Malesia Vasudevan, Sujatha | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Antyakshari" | Various | 5:32 |
| Total length: | 25:49 | ||
Production
The cast features Vijayakumar and Raghuvaran reprising their roles from the original. Bhanupriya however, played Jayasudha's role in the original, while in the remake she played Sukanya's role.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu (1998) – Vandemataram Srinivas – "Priyuraali Address"
References
- "Aaha ( 1998 )". chithr.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
- Aahaa..! (1998), retrieved 18 April 2022