Josh (2009 Telugu film)

Josh
Josh
Soundtrack album by Sandeep Chowtha
Released	18 July 2009
Recorded	2009
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Dil Raju
Sandeep Chowtha chronology

Josh
Josh
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vasu Varma
Produced by	Dil Raju
Starring	Akkineni Naga Chaitanya; Karthika; J. D. Chakravarthy; Prakash Raj; Sunil
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Music by	Sandeep Chowta
Production; company	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release date	5 September 2009;
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Josh (transl. zeal) is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language coming-of-age political action drama film directed by Vasu Varma in his debut, and produced Dil Raju. The film marks the debut of Akkineni Naga Chaitanya and major Telugu debutant Karthika (daughter of actress Radha Nair) in the lead roles, whilst prominent actor J. D. Chakravarthy played an antagonist role. The film's music is scored by Sandeep Chowta.^[1]

The plot explores student politics, and the vested interests of politicians in such activities. Released on 5 September 2009, to highly positive reviews for its direction, screenplay, Chaitanya & Prakash Raj's performance, soundtrack & social message. But the film was not commercially successful.^[2]

Plot

Satya is a student. He discontinues his graduation studies in Vizag and comes to Hyderabad in search of a job. He stays with his uncle in Hyderabad. He runs into a fight with MGM college students who are influenced by political mafia leader Durga Rao. Satya tries to change the students but fails. Then he gets accidentally hit by the students and gets admitted into the hospital. When questioned by his uncle about his rude behavior with students Satya narrates his flashback.

In the flashback we see a carefree Satya with a gang of his classmates. Although he was a topper until schooling, college environment makes him a stubborn guy. His principal keeps on advising him to change but Satya would just feel it as a lecture. He also makes his principal's sincere son, Bujji join his gang. One day they go on for a bike race and Bujji accompanies Satya on Satya's bike. The bike's chain gets loose and the bike slips leaving Satya injured and causing Bujji's death. This makes Satya to realise.

And now after getting discharged from the hospital, Satya joins the college to cleanse the system. On the other hand, there is Vidhya, an elementary school teacher who aspires to go to college but could not as her brother feels that college students are rowdies and she would not be safe in college. She meets Satya and love blossoms between them. Main crux of the movie is how Satya changes the students and brings them out of the bad influence of Durga Rao.

Cast

Akkineni Naga Chaitanya as Satya
Karthika as Vidhya
J. D. Chakravarthy as J. Durga Rao
Prakash Raj as Principal
Brahmanandam as Durga Rao's personal assistant
Sunil as Bujji
Anand as Satya's father
Sithara as Satya's mother
Surya
Hema
Janaki
Harsha Vardhan as Vidhya's brother
Devadas Kanakala
Kautilya as Guna
Kamesh
Mounica as Vidhya's sister-in-law
Shreya Dhanwanthary as Bhavna
Rakesh Varre as Radha
Sandeep Madhav as a student (Radha batch)
Siddhu Jonnalagadda as a student
Vishwa
Pila Gangadhar
Priyanka
Sai Kundana
Asalatha
Kotesh Manava
Satyanarayana Varma

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sandeep Chowtha. The soundtrack, released on 18 July 2009 at Shilparama Vedika.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Diridiri Diridi"	Seetharama Sastry	Sandeep Chowtha, Kunal Ganjawala	4:49
2.	"Neetho Vunte"	Seetharama Sastry	Karthik	5:26
3.	"Jigijikka" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Chandrabose	1:13
4.	"Aawara Hawa"	Seetharama Sastry	Sowmya Raoh	4:24
5.	"Bad Bad Boy"	Seetharama Sastry	Ranjith	4:40
6.	"Annayochinado" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Dil Raju	0:52
7.	"Evvariki"	Seetharama Sastry	Rahul Vaidya, Ujjaini Mukherjee	4:58
8.	"Me Me Meka" (Bit Song)	Chandrabose	Chandrabose	0:57
9.	"College Bulloda"	Chandrabose	Rahul Sipligunj	3:47

Release

Initially scheduled to release on 3 September 2009, the film was delayed due to the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.^{[citation needed]} It was eventually released two days later on 5 September 2009.^[3]

Reception

Josh received to positive reviews for its direction, screenplay, Chaitanya & Prakash Raj's performance, soundtrack & social message, but criticised its runtime.Rediff.com critic Radhika Rajmani wrote, "Josh as such, does not have anything new about it. The theme has been touched upon before. The attraction now is Naga Chaitanya who has the movie on his shoulders," while rating the film 3 stars of 5.^[4] Idlebrain.com rated 2.75/5 and stated, "The narration and screenplay given by Vasu Varma diluted the main point."^[3]