Seshu
Movie poster
Directed byJeevitha Rajasekhar
Story byBala
Based onSethu (Tamil) by Bala
Produced byBaby Sivani
Starring
CinematographyHari Anumolu
Edited byGowtam Raju
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Ilaiyaraaja
Production
company
Siva Sivani Movies
Release date
  • 28 February 2002 (2002-02-28)
Running time
144 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Seshu is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film starring Rajasekhar in the title role along with Kaveri, directed by Rajasekar's wife Jeevitha Rajasekhar in her directorial debut.[1] It is a remake of the 1999 hit Tamil film Sethu, directed by Bala.[2] The film was released on 28 February 2002. It marks the Telugu debut of popular Tamil film music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, son of the music composer Ilaiyaraaja. The film was a failure at the box-office.[3]

Plot

Seshu aka Chiya (Rajasekhar) is a rough and macho college rowdy and also The Students Union Chairman of the college, who uses violence as the only way to deal with people. He lives with his brother, a Magistrate (Nassar), and his sister-in-law, who is the only person who seems to understand him properly.

The movie opens with Seshu winning the elections to the office bearers of the college's Students Union followed by celebrations and in-campus fight between the rival candidates.

Seshu has a staple diet of yes-sir friends surrounding him. He comes across a timid girl, Abhitukuchalamba aka Abithu (Kaveri), who is the daughter of a poor temple priest, and starts to woo her. When she initially rejects him, he kidnaps her and forces her to fall in love with him.

When the girl falls in love with him, Seshu is attacked by brothel goons who take revenge on him for interfering with their business. Seshu suffers from brain damage as a result and ends up in a swamiji ashram. With no memory of his past and having developed an unusual behaviour, he starts to recollect memories. At one point, he is completely back to his normal self and tries to convince the Swamiji and the wardens that he's back to normal and can be released. However, the Swamiji ignores him and the wardens beat him up. A desperate Seshu then tries to escape the ashram by climbing over the gates. Unfortunately, he fails and ends up with serious injuries.

Whilst sleeping with his injury, Abithu makes a surprise visit. However Seshu is asleep and she leaves with this woeful memory of him. As she is about to leave the institution, he wakes up and realises that she had come to see him. As he calls out, she leaves unable to hear him.

Persistent to meet her he makes another attempt to leave the institution and this time he is successful. When he arrives at her house he is presented with Abhita unfortunately dead. He then realises that she had committed suicide.

Distraught after what he saw, Seshu just walks out and his previous friends and family try to help him remember who he is. Despite being aware of what's happening around him, Seshu pretends to be unconscious. At that point, he is met with the mental institution wardens who came chasing after him. The film ends with Seshu leaving with them as he has nothing to live for after his true love's death.

Cast

Soundtrack

Seshu
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja & Ilaiyaraaja
Released8 February 2002
Recorded2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length26:59
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Nandha
(2001)		 Seshu
(2002)		 Malli Malli Chudali
(2002)

The music, including film score and soundtrack, was composed by noted Tamil film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, who debuted in Telugu with this film. Incidentally, his father Ilaiyaraaja had composed music for the original version. The soundtrack features 8 tracks, out of which four songs were retained from the original soundtrack.[4] The soundtrack doesn't feature any female vocals. The lyrics were penned by Chandrabose and Sri Harsha.

Track list
No.TitleMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Edidari Batasari"IlaiyaraajaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam05:07
2."Aakasam Kindundi"Yuvan Shankar RajaTippu, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Srinivas05:13
3."Sayantram Cheruvyindo"Yuvan Shankar RajaShankar Mahadevan04:06
4."Mana Seshu Anna"IlaiyaraajaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam02:27
5."Cheeya Cheeya"Yuvan Shankar RajaDevan Ekambaram05:12
6."Goodu Vidichina"IlaiyaraajaS. P. Balasubrahmanyam03:01
7."Merisi Merisi"IlaiyaraajaP. Unnikrishnan00:47
8."Theme Music"IlaiyaraajaInstrumental05:13
Total length:34:03

References

  1. ↑ Panicker, Arpan. "Seshu Review". fullhyderabad.com. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ↑ Tulika (29 April 2002). "Another one bites the dust". Rediff. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Sunil, Sreya; Jeevi. "Research - Telugu cinema in the first half of 2002". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. If they thought that remaking successful movies from ever reliable languages without bothering whether they suited our nativity or if they were being well made without tampering the originals, then they better learn lessons from the poor performances of Seshu and Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu.
  4. ↑ "Movie Preview - Seshu". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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