Antham

Antham (transl. The End) is a 1992 Indian neo-noir crime film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi, it has Nagarjuna, Urmila Matondkar and Danny Denzongpa. The Telugu version was released on 11 September 1992, while the Hindi version, titled Drohi (transl. The Traitor), was released on 30 October 1992, coinciding with Diwali.

The film's soundtrack was composed by R. D. Burman, with one song each by Mani Sharma and M.M. Keeravani, while the background score was provided by Mani Sharma. The film was a box-office failure.

Plot

Raghav (Nagarjuna) is an orphan and receives assignments from an underworld gangster, J.P. Shetty (Danny Denzongpa), who hired him for contract killing, as a full-time job. Raghav leads a calm and secretive life and there is no room for relationships, in it. At a particular instance, he meets Bhavana (Urmila Matondkar), an ornithologist student, and falls in love with her innocence and charm. He hides his real identity from her and she, too, reciprocates his feelings. When things start looking hopeful for a normal life, for Raghav, Bhavana discovers his real identity and distances herself from him. The rest of the film is about what happens to the ill-fated Raghav.

Cast

Nagarjuna as Raghav / Shekhar
Urmila Matondkar as Bhavana
Danny Denzongpa as J.P. Shetty
Salim Ghouse as Inspector Krishna
Akash Khurana as Mayor
Rallapalli as Hotel Receptionist
Gokkina Rama Rao
Narra Venkateswara Rao
Horse Babu
Jaliil
Dubbing Janaki
Silk Smitha as special appearance in the song "Entha Sepaina"

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by R. D. Burman and the background score by Mani Sharma. The track Chalekki Undhanuko is composed by Mani Sharma and "Gundello Dhada Dhada" is composed by M. M. Keeravani.

The lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry (Telugu) and Javed Akhtar (Hindi) and the soundtrack was released by Surya Audio company.