Antham

Antham (transl. The End) is a 1992 Indian Telugu-language neo-noir crime film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film starred Akkineni Nagarjuna, Urmila Matondkar . The soundtrack and background score was composed by R.D. Burman, Mani Sharma and M.M. Keeravani. The film was bilingual and the Hindi-language version was titled Drohi (transl. Traitor), and was released on 25 October 1992.[1] Both versions and the soundtrack received positive reviews upon release.[2]

Antham
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	K. Prasad Boney Kapoor
Written by	Akash Khurana (Hindi dialogues)
Screenplay by	Ram Gopal Varma
Story by	Ram Gopal Varma
Starring	Akkineni Nagarjuna Urmila Matondkar
Music by	R.D. Burman Mani Sharma M.M. Keeravani
Cinematography	Teja Chota K. Naidu
Edited by	Shankar
Distributed by	Drishya Creations
Release date	11 September 1992
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu Hindi

Plot

Raghav (Nagarjuna) is an orphan and he gets timely help from underworld gangster (Danny Denzongpa) who hires him for contract killing after growing up. Raghav has a very calm life and there is no room for relationships for him. Just at that juncture, he meets Bhavana (Urmila Matondkar), an ornithologist student and falls in love with her innocence and charm. He hides his real identity from her and she starts loving him too. When things look hopeful for Raghav, Bhavana comes to know the real identity of him and starts moving away from him. Rest of the film is about what happens to the ill-fated contract killer, Raghav.

Cast

• Akkineni Nagarjuna as Raghav / Shekhar
• Urmila Matondkar as Bhavna
• Danny Denzongpa as JP Shetty
• Salim Ghouse as Inspector Krishna
• Akash Khurana as Mayor
• Rallapalli as Hotel Receptionist
• Gokkina Rama Rao
• Narra Venkateswara Rao
• Horse Babu
• Jaliil
• Silk Smitha as special appearance in the song "Entha Sepaina"
• Dubbing Janaki

Soundtrack

Antham / Drohi
Film score by R. D. Burman Mani Sharma
Released	1992
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	47:39
Label	Surya Audio
Producer	R. D. Burman Mani Sharma

The music was composed by R. D. Burman and the background score by Mani Sharma. The track Chalekki Undhanuko is composed by Mani Sharma and "Gundello Dhada Dhada" is composed by M. M. Keeravani. The lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry and the soundtrack was released by SURYA Audio company.[3]

Telugu Soundtrack

All tracks are written by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry.

No.	Title	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"O Maina"	R. D. Burman	K. S. Chithra	6:20
2.	"Nee Navvu"	R. D. Burman	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:49
3.	"Chalekki Undhanuko"	Mani Sharma	K. S. Chithra, Jojo	4:50
4.	"Entha Sepaina"	R. D. Burman]	K. S. Chithra	6:06
5.	"Gundello Dhada Dhada"	M. M. Keeravani	K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:59
6.	"Oohalevo Regey"	R. D. Burman	Mano, Kavita Krishnamurthy	6:41
Total length:				35:53

Hindi Soundtrack

No.	Title	Music	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Panchi Gayee Re"	R. D. Burman	Asha Bhosle	6:17
2.	"Asie Hammein Dekho"	R. D. Burman	Asha Bhosle, Mukul Agarwal	6:43
3.	"Jungle Dance"	Mani Sharma	K. S. Chithra, Jojo	4:56
4.	"Dhadkathi Mere Dil"	M. M. Keeravani	K. S. Chithra, Vinod Rathod	5:57
5.	"Asie Hammein Dekho"	R. D. Burman	Asha Bhosle	6:40
6.	"Taan Mein Agni"	R. D. Burman	Amit Kumar, Kavita Krishnamurthy	6:49
7.	"Tum Jo Mile"	R. D. Burman	Suresh Wadkar	5:49
8.	"Dooba Dooba"	R. D. Burman	Asha Bhosle, Jolly Mukherjee	6:28
Total length:				47:39

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257 – via Google Books.
3. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257 – via Google Books.

External links

• Antham at IMDb
• Drohi at IMDb