Muta Mestri

1993 Indian film

17 January 1993 (1993-01-17) (India)

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Muta Mestri or Mutamestri^[1] (transl. Labour Leader or transl. Community Leader) is a 1993 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by A. Kodandarami Reddy. The film stars Chiranjeevi, Meena, Roja and Sharat Saxena in prominent roles. The music was composed by Raj–Koti.

Released on 17 January 1993, the film was successful at the box office.^[2] Chiranjeevi won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu for the film. It was dubbed and released in Tamil as Manbhumigu Maistri.^[3]

Plot

Bose (Chiranjeevi) is a very patriotic man who fights for the rights of the local market workers against Aatma (Sharat Saxena), the nearby underworld don. Seeing his dedication for helping the working poor, the Chief Minister (Gummadi) asks him to enter politics. As a politician, he takes charge of a special branch of commandos and destroys Aatma's illegal operations. In retaliation, Aatma has Bose's sister falsely implicated in a prostitution case, after which she commits suicide on the court steps. Bose resigns from his position and takes revenge on Aatma. Finally, he returns to his old life at the market.

Cast

Chiranjeevi as Subhash Chandra Bose aka Bose
Meena as Bujjamma
Roja as Kalpana
Mansoor Ali Khan as Inspector
Brahmanandam as Coolie
Sharat Saxena as Athma Ram
Gummadi as Chief Minister
Kota Srinivasa Rao
J. V. Somayajulu
Allu Ramalingaiah
Srihari
Yuvarani
Narsing Yadav
Silk Smitha special appearance in "Ee Petaku"
Raghava Lawrence as a dancer in "Ee Petaku"

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Raj–Koti. Veturi wrote five songs while Bhuvana Chandra wrote one. Music was released by Lahari Music.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ee Petaku Nene Mestri"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	6:36
2.	"Anjanee Puthruda"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra	5:11
3.	"Chikchik Cham"	Bhuvana Chandra	Mano, Chithra	5:26
4.	"Entha Ghatu Premayo"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra	5:11
5.	"Jorugunnadi"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chithra	4:59
6.	"Vana Gadiyaramlo"	Veturi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	10:25
Total length:				37:48

In popular culture

Chiranjeevi dressing up as Batman and dancing became a popular internet meme.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Awards

Chiranjeevi won the following Awards for his performance;
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu^[7]
Cinema Express Award for Best Telugu Actor^[8]

References

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^ "చిరంజీవి సినీకెరీర్‌లో హిట్లెన్ని..? ఫ్లాపులెన్ని..?". TV9 Telugu (in Telugu). 24 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "As Chiranjeevi turns 65, his achievements keep mounting". The Siasat Daily. 22 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Chiranjeevi as Batman meme goes viral: 'I think I downloaded the wrong Batman movie' joke memers". The Times of India. 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ "Viral! Chiranjeevi the Batman meme". 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ "I suppose I downloaded the wrong Batman movie funny memers when I downloaded Chiranjeevi as Batman". Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ "The Prized People". Filmfare. November 1994. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ "Kizhakku Cheemayile adjudged best film". The Indian Express. Express News Service. 13 March 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 10 May 2021.