Sye (2004 film)

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Sye
File:Sey telugu film.jpg
Directed by S.S. Rajamouli
Produced by A. Bharati
Written by M. Ratnam (Dialogue)
Screenplay by S. S. Rajamouli
Story by K. V. Vijayendra Prasad
Starring Nitin Kumar Reddy
Genelia D'Souza
Shashank
Pradeep Rawat
Music by M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography Senthil Kumar
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production
company
Sri Bharath Enterprises
Distributed by Sri Bharath Enterprises
Release dates
23 September 2004
Country India
Language Telugu
Budget 8 crore (equivalent to 24 crore or US$3.6 million in 2020)(citation needed)[1]
Box office 12 crore (equivalent to 36 crore or US$5.4 million in 2020)(share)

Sye is a 2004 Telugu action sports drama film released on 23 September 2004 and was directed by S.S. Rajamouli. This is his third film after the successes of Student No.1 and Simhadri. The story has a rugby union backdrop. Nitin Kumar Reddy and Genelia D'Souza play the lead roles. It was dubbed into Hindi as Aar Paar-The Judgement Day and in Malayalam as Challenge.

Plot

Prudhvi (Nitin Kumar Reddy) and Shashank (Shashank) are the leaders of two warring student groups in a Hyderabad college. They are fond of rugby union game, and they sort things out between them by playing rugby to prove superiority.

One day, a local mafia leader Bhikshu Yadav (Pradeep Rawat) gets a court notice that he has purchased the land of college from its legal heirs. Prudhvi and Sashank's groups unite by forgetting their differences to win back the land for the college. After getting affected by assaults of students, Bhikshu Yadav throws a challenge to defeat his team in a game of rugby union to win back the land for their college. The rest of the story is how Prudhvi leads his team to the victory.[2]

Cast

Crew

Music

The film has six songs composed by M. M. Keeravani:

Box office

The film had a successful 365-day run at one center. It collected 12 crore (US$1.8 million) (share) at box office.[3] Sye was the highest budget movie in Rajamouli's career till 2004 as it was made with approximately 8 crore (US$1.2 million).[4]

In Popular Culture

In the lead up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, a video of the rugby scenes from Sye went viral.[5]

References

External links

[Category:Telugu-language films dubbed in Malayalam]]