Indra (2002 film)
Indra is a 2002 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by B. Gopal and produced by C. Aswani Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. The film stars Chiranjeevi, and Aarthi Agarwal, while Sivaji, Sonali Bendre, Mukesh Rishi and Prakash Raj play supporting roles with music composed by Mani Sharma. The film won three state Nandi Awards and two Filmfare Awards South with Chiranjeevi winning both the Nandi Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu.
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| Directed by | B. Gopal |
| Written by | Siva Akula (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Paruchuri brothers |
| Story by | Chinni Krishna |
| Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | V. S. R. Swamy |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Vyjayanthi Movies |
| Distributed by | Eros International |
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Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹10 crores |
| Box office | est. ₹55 crores |
Released on 24 July 2002, the film was an Industry Hit. It collected a gross of over ₹55 crore on a budget of ₹10 crore and ended up becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film in history at the time as well as the all-time highest-grossing South-Indian film, surpassing Padayappa. This film was dubbed and released into Tamil as Indhiran and in Hindi as Indra: The Tiger. It was later dubbed into Bhojpuri as Indra Ek Sher. Indra was remade in Indian Bengali as Dada (2005) and in Bangladeshi Bengali as Goriber Dada (2006).