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Pournami (transl. Full Moon) is a 2006 Telugu language action musical dance film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by M. S. Raju.[1] It stars Trisha in the titular role with Prabhas, Charmy, Sindhu Tolani, and Rahul Dev.[2][3] The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with editing by Krishna Reddy and cinematography by Venu. The film was released on 21 April 2006.

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Pournami
Directed by	Prabhu Deva
Written by	M. S. Raju Paruchuri Brothers
Based on	Behind the Sun (film)
Produced by	M. S. Raju
Starring	Prabhas Trisha Charmy Sindhu Tolani Rahul Dev
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	K. V. Krishna Reddy
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production company	Sumanth Art Productions
Release date	21 April 2006 (2006-04-21)
Running time	167 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

The film was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam under the same name and into Hindi as Tridev: Pyar Ki Jung (2008).[4][5] The film was partly inspired by the 2001 Brazilian film Behind the Sun starring Rodrigo Santoro which in itself was adapted from an Albanian novel by Ismail Kadare. Shooting locations included Virupaksha Temple, elephant stables, and Stepwell in Hampi.

Plot

The film starts in the 1950s, where a remote village in Andhra Pradesh has suffered from a drought for a very long time. A woman (Veda Sastry) from a traditional family comes forward to dance in the temple to ask Shiva to bless their village with rains. She dances continuously for seven days and nights before she dies of exhaustion. It rains, and the longstanding drought ends. Since then, there is a tradition in the village that a girl from that dancer's family should dance in Shiva's temple every 12 years, on that auspicious day.

In the present day, the villagers are expecting Pournami (Trisha), the elder daughter of the family, to dance on the occasion. Unfortunately, just before the festival, she goes missing. Everybody thinks that she eloped with someone. Then, everybody's attention turns to Pournami's younger sister Chandrakala (Charmy) to dance on the occasion, but their father (Chandra Mohan) disagrees. Later, it is revealed that Pournami has not eloped, but her father sent her away to protect her from their village Zamindar (Rahul Dev) who wants to make Pournami his concubine. He fears that the same fate might befall Chandrakala, and he does not agree to teach her dancing.

Meanwhile, Chandrakala's stepmother (Manju Bhargavi) rents their penthouse to Siva Kesava (Prabhas), a western-style dance instructor. After some fights, Chandrakala develops feelings for Kesava, but he does not reciprocate them. He reveals the flashback where he and Pournami married, and she dies in an attempt to save his life. She tells him her dying wish that her sister should dance in the temple to keep alive the tradition. He promises her that he would make it happen. After learning of her sister's fate, Chandrakala agrees to learn the dance with her father's blessings. Kesava promises them that he would protect her from the Zamindar, and he saves her when the Zamindar tries to abduct her. She tries hard and becomes a skilled dancer in a very short time. Finally, she performs ardently in the temple, and again, their village is blessed with rains. After some drama involving the Zamindar and Kesava's fiancée Mallika (Sindhu Tolani), Chandrakala and Kesava become one.

After a few years, Kesava and Chandrakala get married and have a daughter named Pournami. However, the daughter does not want to learn the dance. The film ends with Kesava narrating the tradition to the daughter in the temple.

Cast

Music

Pournami
Soundtrack album by Devi Sri Prasad
Released	20 April 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	39:27
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Aaru (2005) Pournami (2006) Bommarillu (2006)

The music and background score was composed by Devi Sri Prasad and lyrics were penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri.[6]

Awards

• Nandi Award for Best Art Director - Ashok (2006)[7]

References

External links

• Pournami at IMDb

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