Appu (2002 film)


Appu is a 2002 Indian Kannada romantic action comedy film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars debutants Puneeth Rajkumar and Rakshita in lead roles. The supporting cast features Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy and Sumithra. The film was produced by Puneeth's mother, Parvathamma Rajkumar under Poornima Enterprises, the production banner of the Rajkumar family. It marked the screen debut Puneeth and Rakshita in lead roles.
Upon theatrical release on 26 April 2002, the film was a success and completed a 200-day run in theatres.
The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as Idiot, in Tamil in 2003 as Dum, in Bengali in 2006 as Hero and in Bangladesh in 2008 as Priya Amar Priya.

Plot

Appu is the son of police constable Venkata swamy. Appu is a guy with a carefree attitude who always hangs around with his friends. One night when after playing carrom with his friends, he is beaten by his rival gang at night and a girl named Suchitra alias Suchi helps Appu by donating him blood and pays the hospital fees. The next morning Appu wakes up to know about Suchi from his friends and falls in love with her.
It turns out that Suchi's father is Rajshekhar who is police commissioner and Appu proposes to Suchi, to which she thinks he's mad when a senior officer named Veerabadraswami Venkat Swamy scolds him harshly, Appu enraged, thrashed Veerabadraswami in the morning with a disguise and his friends when he was jogging at the park. In the college Appu thrashes the rival gang at the college. Suchi complains to her father about Appu. He brings Appu to the station and thrashes him. Appu becomes more determined to win his lady love. Appu jumps from the college terrace, but he climbs back, Suchi then accepts Appu's love.

Cast

After the success of Yuvaraja, Puri Jagannadh was approached by Rajkumar family to introduce their third son Puneeth Rajkumar to make his onscreen debut as lead actor. Puri gladly accepted the opportunity. 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.

Soundtrack

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.