Orange is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy-drama film written and

directed by Bhaskar. The film stars Ram Charan, Genelia D'Souza, and Shazahn
Padamsee, while Prabhu and Prakash Raj play supporting roles. The film, whose music
was composed by Harris Jayaraj and was released on 26 November 2010. The film was a
box office failure upon release, but over time became a cult film.[1] It was dubbed
and released in Tamil as Ramcharan in 2011.[2]
Contents

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Awards and nominations
6 Reception
7 Box office
8 Dropped remake
9 References
10 External links

Plot

In Sydney, an angry Ram who just broke up with his girlfriend Janaki "Jaanu",
narrates the story of his love life to a police officer, Abhishek Verma as he
defaces a graffiti of his lover while Jaanu's father listens.

Ram is an youngster who does graffiti and does not believe in everlasting love. He
has gone through nine loves in his life and thinks that love between two people
eventually dies out. As a person with strong morals, he is honest and wants to love
life and live with an open mind, open thought and open action with his lover. Jaanu
studies in the same college as Ram. He falls in love with her at first sight and
goes onto wooing her. She eventually ends up falling for him but wants him to
promise to love her forever. Ram, of course, nonchalantly dismisses this and
explains how he cannot love her forever. This leads to a clash of their ideologies.
Ram shows Jaanu how true love cannot stay forever, while Jaanu shows him examples
of everlasting love, like her friends and her parents. However, he makes it clear
that love between two people is never the same as it first is.

Abhishek makes Ram tell him why he feels like this, and Ram explains another love
in his life: Roopa. He falls in love with her as she visits Hyderabad when he is on
a foreign exchange project. He follows her to Mumbai, and they both fall in love.
However, as time passes, the couple faces problems, and Ram feels himself lying
more and more just to make Rooba happy. Unable to take it anymore, he tells her
that he cannot continue loving her if he has to lie and sacrifice so much for her.
They break up, and through the experience, Ram becomes the man he is. Ram tries
wooing Jaanu once again but soon backs off knowing her desire for a commitment and
a life partner. In the end, the story again focuses on the present where Ram is
shown defacing Jaanu's face in his graffiti. Abhishek also realizes that Ram is
right in his own way. Ram reveals that Jaanu asked him to give up graffiti and get
into a job as a painting teacher. Initially, Ram is reluctant but then even he
realizes that he loves himself more than he loves his partner so he should start
loving his partner more and even learns that sacrifices are a very integral part of
a relationship. Hence he sacrifices graffiti and decides to propose to Jaanu again,
trying to be committed this time.
Cast

Ram Charan as Ram[3]

Genelia as Janaki "Jaanu"[4]
Shazahn A. Padamsee as Rooba[3]
Prabhu as Jaanu's father[5]
 Prakash Raj as Abhishek Verma[6]
Brahmanandam as Puppy[5]
Srinivas Avasarala as Pushkar[3]
Manjula as Ram's sister[3]
Sanjay Swaroop as Ram's brother-in-law[3]
Pavitra Lokesh as Jaanu's mother[6]
Vennela Kishore as Ram's friend[5]
Praneeth as Ram's friend[5]
Sanchita as Soni, Jaanu's friend[5]
Kalpika Ganesh as Jaanu's friend[5]
Sameer as Jaanu's uncle[5]
Phanikanth Rampalli as Mahesh
Siddharth as Santosh[7]
Indraneil Varma as Rajesh
Nyra Banerjee as Madhu, Ram's ex-girlfriend (guest appearance)[6]
Gayatri Rao as Maya, Ram's friend's girlfriend (guest appearance)[5]
Pooja as Meenakshi, Ram's childhood teacher (guest appearance)[6]
Nagendra Babu (uncredited) as Ram's neighbor[3]

Production

Ram Charan wanted to do a love story after Magadheera (2009) and contacted Bhaskar
since he liked Bommarillu (2006).[8][9] Genelia D'Souza was cast in the film, which
was to be produced by Ram Charan's uncle Nagendra Babu.[10][11] Kajal Aggarwal was
initially considered to play another heroine but she was later replaced by Shazahn
Padamsee, who made her Telugu debut with this film.[12][13][14][15] Genelia
D'Souza's character was similar to her bubbly Hasini role in Bommarillu (2006).[5]
Ram Charan and Genelia D'Souza plays Indian students studying in Australia.[16] The
film was shot in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia; Mumbai, India; and Malaysia.[17]
[6] The film is the largest Indian budget film that was mostly shot in Australia.
[18] Over two hundred and fifty people from Australia were a part of the cast and
crew.[19]
Soundtrack
Main article: Orange (2010 soundtrack)

Harris Jayaraj composed the soundtrack and background score, in his first
collaboration with Ram Charan and Bhaskar. The album consists of six tracks with
Vanamali, Ramajogayya Sastry, Surrender Krishna, Kedarnath Parimi penning the
lyrics. Karunya, Karthik, Naresh Iyer, Vijay Prakash, Benny Dayal, Shail Hada,
Chinmayi performed the vocals. The rights for the soundtrack album were purchased
by Aditya Music record label.[20] The audio was launched on 25 October 2010 at
Shilpakala Vedika in Hyderabad.[21] The audio went on to receive highly positive
reviews from critics and audience and was nominated at major award ceremonies for
Best Music Direction including Filmfare Awards South.[22]
Awards and nominations
Award Category Nominee Result
Filmfare Awards South Best Music Director Harris Jayaraj Nominated
Best Lyricist Vanamali for "Nenu Nuvvantu"
Best Playback Singer – Male Naresh Iyer for "Nenu Nuvvantu"
Mirchi Music Awards South Best Album of the Year Harris Jayaraj Won
Mirchi Music Awards South Mirchi Listeners' Choice Best Album
Big FM Awards Best Music Director
Big FM Awards Best Playback Singer Karunya for "Oola Oolala Ala"
Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com gave the film a rating of 3.25 out of 5 and opined that
"Orange is an honest film with a nice story idea despite inconsistencies and a few
dull moments".[5] Serish Nanisetti of The Hindu opined that "Orange is a luridly
vivid non-linear narrative with the smarts in all the right places" and noted that
"Ambiguity and love may not go together in Indian film industry, but Baskar manages
to tell the story and keep the attention of the audience".[23] Sify rated the film
2.75 out of 5 and noted that "Orange maybe the symbol of love but we hardly find
any love in the movie. Less love, more arguments – that's about it".[6] Radhika
Rajamani of Rediff.com gave the film a rating of 2+1⁄2 out of five stars and wrote
that "It becomes a bit monotonous to hear the lines on love over and over again.
The confusion over the 'love' issue slows down the proceedings".[3] Deepa Garimella
of Full Hyderabad said that "On the whole, the film tends to look confused and
shaky in its fundamentals, and Bhaskar could have chosen a more streamlined way of
telling his story, but for what it's worth, Orange seems a decent step out of the
clutter".[4]
Box office

The film was a box office failure despite the successful soundtrack,[24] and
Nagendra Babu had to go to his brothers Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan for financial
help.[25] Nagendra Babu and Bhaskar went into a period of depression and they both
took a break from production and direction, respectively.[26]
Dropped remake

In November 2009, before the film's release, Jeyam Raja, a close friend of Bhaskar
under whom he worked under as an assistant director,[27] expressed interest in
remaking the film in Tamil for his film with Vijay.[28]