Jagadam

Jagadam (జగడం) is a 2007 Tollywood film in the direction of Sukumar (Arya fame). This film has Ram, Isha Sahani, Pradeep Rawat, and Prakash Raj in important roles. The film was produced by Aditya Babu. The film released on March 16, 2007.

Plot

Sreenu (Ram) enjoys fights right from his childhood. He wants to be like Manikyam (Pradeep Rawat), who was a goonda, as everyone, including his teacher, is afraid of him. When all the boys wanted to become doctors, engineers, lawyers and other professionals, Sreenu wants to become a goonda. Though he behaves like a ruffian, he comes to know that one should have the support of a politician or a big dada. With the help of Laddu (A.S. Ravikumar Chowdary) an associate of Manikyam, Sreenu meets the latter and joins his gang. At this juncture, Sreenu falls in love with Subbalakshmi (Isha Sahani). As she pleads with Sreenu to help his friend's father, Sreenu agrees to settle a land deal. But the land was under illegal occupation of Manikyam's gang member.

As he promised to settle the deal, Sreenu opposes Manikyam. This makes Sreenu a hero, and he also starts doing settlements on his own. Once, Sreenu agrees to help an industrialist, whose quarry was occupied by Yadav (Satya Prakash), with the support of Manikyam. As things go out of control, Sreenu decides to kill Yadav.

However, he could not kill him but his younger brother, who also likes fighting scenes, takes the gun and kills Yadav. Sreenu appeals to the police commissioner (Prakash Raj) to mediate with Manikyam, but his men kill Sreenu's brother. This irks Sreenu who severely thrashes Manikyam, but spares him. When Manikyam attacks him, he kills him in self-defence. The film ends on a happy note, with Sreenu leaving all the dadagiri and leads a normal life.

Cast

Ram ... Sreenu
Isha Sahni ... Subbalakshmi
Pradeep Rawat ... Manikyam
Prakash Raj ... Police Officer (Guest role)
A.S. Ravikumar Chowdary ... Laddu
Satya Prakash ... Yadav

Crew

Director: Sukumar
Story: Sukumar
Screenplay: Sukumar
Dialogue: Sukumar
Producer: Aditya Babu
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Editor: A. Sreekar Prasad
Cinematography: Ratnavelu

Music

The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Music got a good response from public.

Violence is a Fashion - Devi Sri Prasad

5 Feet 8 Inches - Tippu & Priya

36-24-36 - Mamta Mohandas

Everybody Rock Your Body - Ranjith

Mu Mu Mudhante Chedha - Raquib Alam

36-24-36 (Remix) - Mamta Mohandas

Trivia

This film was earlier considered to be titled Godava.
Director Sukumar's last film was Arya, which released in 2004.
The opening line of the song violence is a fashion was changed to Jagadam is a fashion when the movie was screened in theatres.
The opening credits are displayed with the crew's signatures, as well as their printed names.
The concept of the movie was taken from a Brazilian movie "City of God".