Ranam (Telugu: రణం, English: Battle) is a Telugu film which stars Gopichand and Kamna Jethmalani. Choreographer-turned-director Amma Rajasekhar directed this film. The film was a hit at the box office. This is Gopichand's third consecutive hit as a lead actor. The film was dubbed into Tamil as "Stalin" and remade into Oriya as "Mahanayak". Maheswari (Kamna Jethmalani) is sister of Bhagawati (Biju Menon), a mafia don in Hyderabad. Chinna (Gopichand), classmate of Maheshwari, inadvertently enters into a row with the gang members of Bhagawati, and falls in love with Maheswari. The rest of the story is all about how Chinna resorts to a mind game on Bhagavati to win his sister.
Direction
Choreographer-turned-director brings rhythmic fight sequences
Acting
Biju Menon's menacing mafia don presence elevates every scene
Director
Amma Rajasekhar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Gopichand's third consecutive hit, cementing his transition from villain roles to leading man status in Telugu cinema.
The Oriya remake 'Mahanayak' and Tamil dub 'Stalin' show how masala templates traveled across South Indian and regional industries in the 2000s.
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