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Appu is a 2002 Indian Kannada-language romantic action comedy film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars Puneeth Rajkumar and Rakshita. The supporting cast features Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy and Sumithra. The film was produced by Puneeth's mother, Parvathamma under Poornima Enterprises, the production banner of the Rajkumar family. It marked the screen debut Puneeth and Rakshita in lead roles.[1][2]

Appu
Film poster
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Written by	M. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar [Dialogues]
Screenplay by	Puri Jagannath
Story by	Puri Jagannath
Produced by	Parvathamma Rajkumar
Starring	Puneeth Rajkumar Rakshita Avinash Hemashree
Narrated by	Shivaraj Kumar
Cinematography	K. Datthu
Edited by	S. Manohar
Music by	Gurukiran
Production company	Poornima Enterprises
Distributed by	Sri Vajreshwari combines
Release date	26 April 2002 (2002-04-26)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Up on theatrical release on 26 April 2002, the film was a success and completed a 200-day run in theatres.[3] The lead actor Puneeth Rajkumar came to be known as "Appu" hereafter among the masses, colloquially.

The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Idiot (Directed by Puri Jagannadh), in Tamil in 2003 as Dum, in Bengali in 2006 as Hero and in Bangladeshi Bengali in 2008 as Priya Amar Priya.[4][5]

This was the second Kannada movie to be remade in Bengali and Bangladeshi Bengali after the 1986 movie Anuraga Aralithu. It was also the third Kannada movie to be remade in four languages after School Master and Anuraga Aralithu. It was also the second Kannada movie to be remade in a foreign language [6] as well as the second Kannada movie to be remade in two non-Hindi non-South Indian languages after Anuraga Aralithu.[7]

Plot

Appu is a carefree guy, who spends time hanging with his friends, and is also the son of a head constable named Venkata Swamy. One night, Appu is thrashed by a rival gang at night, but was rescued by a girl named Suchitra. She pays his hospital bills and donates her blood. She is gone from the hospital by the time Appu regains consciousness. When Appu's friends inform him about the girl who rescued him, he starts to fall for her for her kindheartedness, though he did not see her. Suchi later turns out to be the daughter of the city commissioner Rajshekhar.

Appu meets Suchi in the college and expresses his love. When she does not agree, he teases her which leads to Suchi to complain about Appu to Rajshekhar, who takes Appu to the police station and severely beats him before being rescued by Venkatswamy and his superior SI Sudarshan. Even though Appu is beaten by Rajshekhar, he becomes more adamant to win over Suchi, and proposes to Suchi again in the college, where she asks him to jump from the building. When Appu is ready to do so, Suchi agrees to his love. However, Rajshekhar is not happy about their relationship and hires some goons to amputate Appu.

Suchi discovers this and runs to help him, but is met with an accident. Both of them get admitted to the same hospital where they unite there also. Rajshekhar arranges her marriage with another person, to which she openly opposes and tries to commit suicide. Appu arrives and rescues her, but Rajshekhar still wants to get her married to a man of his own choice, where he also engages goons to kill Appu. Appu finally escapes all the troubles and meets the DGP to help him to marry his love. The DGP finally suspends Rajshekhar and arranges Appu's marriage in the police station. Finally, Appu appears for civil services and is selected for IPS.

Cast

Production

After the success of Yuvaraja (2001), Puri Jagannadh was approached by the Rajkumar family to introduce their third son Puneeth Rajkumar to make his onscreen debut as the lead actor. Puri gladly accepted the opportunity.[9][10] Rakshitha, daughter of cameraman B.C. Gowrishankar made her acting debut with this film, and she went on to play the same character in its Telugu and Tamil remakes.[11]

Soundtrack

Appu
Soundtrack album by Gurukiran
Released	2002
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Akash Audio
External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube

Gurukiran composed the film's background score and music for its soundtrack, with the lyrics written by Upendra, Sriranga and Hamsalekha. The soundtrack album consists of six tracks.

References

External links

• Appu at IMDb

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