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Eega
File:Eega Poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byS S Rajamouli
Written byS S Rajamouli
Janardhan Maharshi
Produced bySai Korrapati
StarringSudeep
Nani
Samantha
CinematographyK.K. Senthil Kumar
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
companies
Suresh Productions
Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram
Makuta Graphics
Distributed by14 Reels Entertainment[1]
Release date
  • July 6, 2012 (2012-07-06)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹30 crore (US$3.6 million)[2]
Box office₹125 crore (US$15 million)[3]

Eega (English: Fly) is a 2012 Telugu fictional film written and directed by S S Rajamouli. It stars Sudeep, Samantha and Nani in lead roles and was simultaneously made in Tamil as Naan Ee. The film was subsequently dubbed into Malayalam as Eecha and Hindi as Makkhi. [4][5] M. M. Keeravani composed the film's music while K. K. Senthil Kumar and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao helmed cinematography and editing respectively.

The state of the art Photo realistic animation and Visual effects[6] were supervised by Rahul Venugopal, Adel Adili and Pete Draper of Makuta effects.[7] Telugu version with dubbed Tamil and Malayalam versions were released on July 6, 2012 with over 1200 prints.[8] [9] The film with 2,234 VFX shots, ultimately, received positive reviews in all the versions, and was declared a blockbuster.[10]

The film was screened and received critical acclaim at L'Étrange Festival and Sundance Film Festival.[11][12] Eega was released in Hindi as "Makkhi" on October 12, 2012.[13]

Plot

Nani (Nani) is a young man who makes fireworks. He lives in a house opposite Bindu (Samantha), who is a micro artist and who also runs Project 511, an NGO. Nani is in in love with Bindu for two years and has been constantly showing his love for Bindu. Bindu too loves Nani back but plays hard to get and hides her love from him.

Sudeep (Sudeep) is a multi-millionaire industrialist who also happens to be a womaniser. He had even killed his wife for her money. One day, Bindu goes to Sudeep's office to see if he would like to donate money to her NGO. Sudeep is about to send her away, until he sees Bindu through the opening of his office door. He immediately lusts for her, and calls her into his office. Bindu, not knowing of Sudeep's true intentions, tells him all about her NGO, who donates ₹15 lakhs to it. Bindu thanks Sudeep, who asks her out to lunch.

At the restaurant, Bindu sees Nani and his friends installing fireworks across the street. Sudeep notices that Bindu keeps staring at Nani and becomes jealous. Later, when Sudeep and Bindu stop at a market, Nani also comes and walks with Bindu. Sudeep follows them the whole time. That night, Bindu works late and she needs an escort to go home, so she calls Nani who comes to her office and walks her home. At this point, Nani gives Bindu an idea to help finish a necklace she was working on and Bindu is finally ready to confess her love towards Nani. But just in front of Bindu's doorstep, and just after dropping her home, Sudeep kidnaps Nani and takes him to a graveyard, where he beats him mercilessly. He tells Nani that he loves Bindu. Nani tells Sudeep that if he goes anywhere near Bindu, he will kill him. At this, Sudeep strangles Nani to death, right after Bindu tells Nani she loves him through a text and a phone call. Upon hearing that Bindu loves him too, Nani dies. But then, he is reborn as a fly.

After getting used to his new life as a fly, and experimenting with his new abilities, Nani ends up in Sudeep's office. After he sees Sudeep, Nani remembers his past life and wants to take revenge on Sudeep for what he had done. He keeps following Sudeep around, irritating him to the core. Meanwhile, Bindu is grieving the death of Nani, and Sudeep is still trying to make Bindu love him.

One day, Sudeep calls Bindu to her office and asks her to come to Delhi with him to meet the Education Minister, who is planning to nationally recognise Bindu's NGO. Bindu agrees. Nani notices this and causes Sudeep to meet with an accident while he is driving to the airport. Sudeep, lying injured in his wrecked car, sees Nani write the words "I will kill you". From that point, Sudeep starts fearing Nani the fly, becomes paranoid about it and tries all means to ensure Nani does not enter his house.

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The Fly protagonist

Later, Nani arrives at Bindu's house, who is still thinking about him. Nani uses Bindu's tears on her desk to write out the words, "I am Nani". He then shows Bindu that it was Sudeep who killed him, and that he was reborn as a fly. Bindu realises Sudeep's true nature and teams up with Nani the fly, using her skills as a micro artist to make Sudeep's life a living hell. Bindu discreetly allows Nani to enter Sudeep's house, and Nani wreaks havoc on him, including burning all of his wealth. A terrified Sudeep then consults Tantra, a sorcerer, who tells him that Nani, whom he had killed, was reborn as a fly and is planning to kill him. Tantra performs a 'homa' in Sudeep's house to kill Nani. But Nani escapes and causes a short circuit, leaving Tantra dead and Sudeep unconscious.

Next morning, Sudeep regains consciousness and finds out that Bindu and Nani are working together to kill him by seeing a CCTV video in which Bindu allowed Nani in his house. Enraged, Sudeep brings Bindu to his house and starts abusing her. He also clips Nani's wings and stabs it with a needle. A dying Nani then sacrifices its life by jumping through a lighted matchstick, inflaming itself and entering a loaded cannon, which fires up and kills Sudeep.

Bindu, grieving the fly's death, makes a necklace using the only remainder of Nani the fly- its wing. While going to work, an eve-teaser abuses her, only for a fly to attack him. This fly is none other than Nani, reborn again as a fly, to protect his love Bindu forever.

Cast

Production

The film was launched in 2010, with Rajamouli deciding to shoot the film simultaneously in Telugu (as Eega) and Tamil (Naan Ee) and it was originally conceptualised as a "small experimental film", right after Rajamouli had completed the Telugu film Magadheera and Maryada Ramanna.[14] Nani and Samantha were selected for the lead roles, while Kannada actor Sudeep was chosen to portray a negative role.[15] Reports suggesting that Kajal Aggarwal would perform an item number were denied by Rajamouli.[16] James Floyd was originally announced as the cameraman but he was replaced by Rajamouli's norm cameraman K. K. Senthil Kumar.[17]

The unit used a Scorpio Crane for the first time in the history of Telugu cinema. The climax portion was shot at Ramanaidu studios.[18] Completion of first schedule led producer to arrange a party.[19] A huge set was erected at the Saradhi Studios.[20]

Release

The film was initially planned to be released in May 2012 but due to extensive CGI and VFX work, it got delayed.[21] Release of the film was again postponed from June 22, 2012 because the unit was said to be striving 24/7 for the quality of CG.[22] The film was censored on June 26, 2012 and received an U/A rating by the Central Board of Film Certification for few smoking scenes which is considered integral to story.[23][24] Telugu version with dubbed Tamil and Malayalam versions were released on July 6, 2012 with over 1200 prints.[8] [9] The film was reported to be dubbed and released in Hindi also.[25] Distribution rights were sold for ₹ 34 crores.[26] Eega was released in Hindi as "Makkhi" on October 12, 2012.[13]

Critical reception

The film opened to highly positive reviews, Jeevi from idlebrain.com gave it 4 out of 5 and wrote: "Rajamouli has taken Telugu cinema to national level with his concept of Eega. In my opinion, Eega is the best film in Rajamouli’s career".[27] Radhika Rajamani of Rediff rated it 4 out of 5 stating that Eega was "brilliant cinema".[28] Cine Coffee gave 3.75/5 rating and quoted: "Good first half and gripping second half, songs picturized very well and screenplay is good".[29][30] Satish of gomolo.com lauded Rajamouli for attempting the bizarre theme, and concluded "A must watch movie for movie buffs,kids and people who love different movies".[31] Moviebuzz of Sify called the film "excellent".[32] Behindwoods rated it 3.5/5, noting that it was "high on entertainment quotient".[33] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 3.5/5 stating that Naan Ee was a "brilliant spoof of everything Kollywood stands for. A truly enjoyable fest".[34] Vivek Ramz of in.com rated it 3.5/5 and claimed that the film was "full-on entertainment guaranteed" and that Rajamouli had "succeeded in converting his dream into a near perfect commercial flick".[35] MovieCrow's aggregate rating for Naan Ee is 76% and called the movie a "must watch for its brilliant execution by the well experienced Rajamouli and the scintillating Visual Effects".[36] J Hurtado from Twitch Film described the film as the "best, most insane, most inventive film of the year".[37] Theater Balcony, gave 3 / 5 for the Malayalam version titled Eecha and praised the director Rajamouli for his theme [38] Shivom Oza gave 3.5 / 5 for the Telugu version titled Eega and praised the director Rajamouli for his vision.[39] Breaking-Views.tk reviewed Eecha, the Malayalam version as 'rip roaring fun' and rated it 3.75/5 [40] Indiaglitz said "Forget logics, enjoy grandeur and get immersed in fantasy. And Naan Ee will make you fly in joy".[41] M. Suganth of The Times of India gave the film 4 out of 5,stars calling it a "bravura piece of commercial filmmaking that is an unqualified triumph in every aspect."[42] The film has also been acclaimed by many leading Kollywood actors, including Superstar Rajinikanth, who praised Rajamouli for his fantastic work,[43] while also commending Sudeep's performance as a villain, saying that he had thought he was the best villain until he saw Sudeep in Naan Ee.[44]

Box office

The film has collected ₹17 Crores in its first day worldwide.[45] Overall, the film has grossed about ₹115 crores worldwide as of July 27, 2012.[46] The film has completed 50 days on August 24, 2012.[47] The film has grossed more than ₹125 crores as of September 13, 2012.[3] The film has completed 100 days on October 13, 2012.[48]

Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. M. Keeravani, usual associate of Rajamouli. The audio was released on March 30, 2012 at Brahama Kumari's Academy in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. It was released through Vel Records, owned by M. M. Keeravani. Lyrics for the two songs were penned by Ramajogayya Sastry and remaining songs were written by M.M.Keeravani, Anantha Sreeram, Chaitanya Prasad.

Milliblog wrote: "Eega’s soundtrack sees Keeravani what he’s known for – pushing the bar to interesting new levels; some of it doesn’t entirely work, but welcome effort".[49] Musicperk wrote: "Eega is an album that is here to stay. A perfect combination of all the ingredients needed to keep an album alive in the memory of young listeners in particular".[50]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Sound of Vel" Instrumental00:29
2."Nene - Nani Ne"M. M. KeeravaniDeepu, Sahiti04:13
3."EeGa EeGa EeGa"Ramajogayya SastryDeepu, Rahul Sipligunj, Sravana Bhargavi, Chaitra04:47
4."Konchem Konchem"Anantha SreeramVijay Prakash04:06
5."Lava Lava"Chaitanya PrasadAnuj Gurwara, Shivani03:54
6."EeGa EeGa EeGa (Remix)"Ramajogayya SastryDeepu, Rahul Sipligunj, Sravana Bhargavi, Chaitra04:20
Total length:21:09

Sequel

After the unusual and overwhelming success of Eega, the makers of the movie and team Rajamouli are reportedly considering the idea of making a sequel. Apparently, the idea came up during a recent meeting and a feasibility study is being conducted about the same. While the idea is still a very early stage, both D.Suresh Babu and Sai Korrapati are said to be extremely pleased with the idea of a sequel.[51]

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