Ontari (transl. Loner) is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language psychological action drama film produced by Pokuri Babu Rao on Ee Taram Films banner, directed by B.V. Ramana. Starring Gopichand, Bhavana and music composed by Mani Sharma. The film was released theatrically on 14 February 2008.Its a loose adaptation of 2004 British film Dead Man's Shoes.

Ontari
Movie Poster
Directed byB.V. Ramana
Written byMarudhuri Raja
Bhasha Sri (dialogues)
Screenplay byB.V. Ramana
Story byEe Taram Films Unit
Produced byPokuri Babu Rao
StarringGopichand
Bhavana
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ajay
Sayaji Shinde
Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao
CinematographySarvesh Murari
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Ee Taram Films[1]
Release date
  • 14 February 2008 (2008-02-14)
Running time
142 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Ontari received mixed reviews from critics,[2] with praise for the performance of Gopichand, humour, and editing, but criticized weak screenplay, and Ramana's direction. The film was remade twice in Bangladesh as Boss Number One (2011) and Premik Number One (2013) with Shakib Khan.

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Vamsi (Gopichand) is the son of an affluent handloom house owner named Muddu Krishna Rao (Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao). He happens to fall in love with a girl named Bujji (Bhavana), who is an orphan and stays in a hostel. With his parents' consent, Vamsi tries to get engaged with Bujji, but a group of gangsters kidnaps her. Bujji attempts to be molested by Lal Mahankali's (Ashish Vidyarthi) younger brother Panda (Ajay), who gets roughed up by Vamsi.

Mahankali had vowed to take revenge on the day of Vamsi's marriage with Bujji, so he kidnaps and rapes her in front of Vamsi. All this mishap happened because of MLA Raghava's (Rajiv Kanakala) support who is a close friend of Vamsi. Mahankali promises him a minister berth and stabs Vamsi.

Vamsi arrives in Hyderabad and tries to trace the gangsters. Because of Raghava's betrayal, Vamsi kills him. Later, the ACP (Sayaji Shinde) interviewed Vamsi's parents and family members because Vamsi was in a state of hallucination and he did not know until he told him. The ACP investigates the case, though, in the end, he catches Vamsi but releases him and gives him support for killing the gangsters. Vamsi then kills Mahankali and rips Panda's arm off. In the end, Krishna Rao tells Vamsi that Bujji died the day of the engagement because she attempted suicide from a rock building.

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Music

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Ontari
Film score by
Released3 February 2008
Recorded2008
GenreSoundtrack
Length25:27
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Pourudu
(2008)
Ontari
(2008)
Kantri
(2008)

Music was composed by Mani Sharma and was released through Aditya Music.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Arerey Yemaindhi"Ramajogayya SastryHemachandra, Malavika4:54
2."Chepalani Vundi"Ramajogayya SastrySP Charan, Kalpana4:51
3."Warre Warre"BashasriNaveen4:51
4."Nee Jimmada"Bhaskarabhatla Ravi KumarRahul Nambiar, Anitha Karthikeyan4:44
5."O Maare O Maare"Ramajogayya SastryRanjith, Anuradha Sriram4:42
6."Lakshmi Ksheera Samudra"SlokamUsha1:19
Total length:25:27

Remakes

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The film was remade twice in Dhallywood as Boss Number One (2011) and Premik Number One (2013) with Shakib Khan.

References

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  1. ^ "Review". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ^ G P Aditya Vardhan (15 February 2008). "Ontari is paisa vasool". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ^ kavirayani, suresh (9 July 2016). "An actress by chance: Madhavi talks about her struggle". Deccan Chronicle.
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