Operation Duryodhana (2005) was the code name of a sting operation, which captured on camera eleven members of Parliament of India accepting money to table questions on the floor of the Parliament.
Description[edit]
This was the first such sting operation in the history of Republic of India, and all the members were expelled from the Parliament.Ten of them belonged to 14th Lok Sabha while one was from Rajya Sabha.
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The operation was named after the Mahabharata character Duryodhana who is popularly viewed as evil and power-hungry.
The eleven members involved were:
- Narendra Kushwaha (BSP) - Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh: Rs 55,000
- Annasaheb M. K. Patil (BJP) - Erandol, Maharashtra: Rs 45,000
- Chhatrapal Singh Lodha (BJP) - Odisha (Rajya Sabha) : Rs 15,000
- Y. G. Mahajan (BJP) - Jalgaon, Maharashtra: Rs 35,000
- Manoj Kumar (Rashtriya Janata Dal) - Palamau, Jharkhand: Rs 110,000
- Suresh Chandel (BJP) - Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh: Rs 30,000
- Raja Ram Pal (BSP) - Bilhaur, Uttar Pradesh : Rs 35,000
- Lal Chandra Kol (BSP) - Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh: Rs 35,000
- Pradeep Gandhi (BJP) - Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh: Rs 55,000
- Chandra Pratap Singh (BJP) - Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh : Rs 35,000
- Ramsevak Singh (Congress) - Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: Rs 50,000
The party-wise breakup is:
- Bharatiya Janata Party: 7
- Bahujan Samaj Party: 2
- Indian National Congress: 1
- Rashtriya Janata Dal: 1
The party breakup is a result of the access the journalists had todifferent politicians (many of the BJP leads were connected to their originalcontacts).
Conversion rates: approx. Rs. 45 was one US Dollar towards the end of 2005.
Operation Duryodhana | |
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Directed by | Posani Krishna Murali |
Produced by | Posani Krishna Murali |
Written by | Posani Krishna Murali |
Starring | Srikanth |
Music by | M. M. Srilekha |
Cinematography | Raja |
Edited by | Gautham Raju |
Aman International Movies | |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | ₹ 1.5 crores |
Box office | ₹ 13.5 crores |
Operation Duryodhana is a 2007 Telugupoliticalaction film, loosely inspired by the 2005 sting operation of the same name. The movie was written and directed by Posani Krishna Murali starring Meka Srikanth in lead role. Srikanth earned a nomination for Filmfare Best Actor – Telugu for his portrayal in the movie. The film was remade in Tamil as Thee. It was also dubbed into Hindi as Operation Dhuryodhana.[1]
Plot[edit]
Mahesh (Srikanth) is a sincere and honest police officer. He loses his kids and his wife gets paralyzed as few politicians who don’t like his sincerity harm his family. Mahesh changes his appearance and name to join the gang of politicians to become one. The rest of the story is about how he makes people realize that there is some fault in the system.
Cast[edit]
- Srikanth as Mahesh/ Bagavanthudu
- Chalapathi Rao as Party President
- Kalyani as Mahesh's Wife
- Mumaith Khan as Party Secretary
- Motkupalli Narasimhulu in a guest role
- Gehana Vasisth in a dance number
- Aparna
Soundtrack[edit]
Reception[edit]
The film was well received by both critics and the audience. Dialogues and most particularly the satires about promises made by political leaders became very famous. Srikanth was well appreciated for his rough and angry young man look. The unrelated sequel to this movie Operation Duryodhana 2 is released in 2013 under the direction of Nandam Harischandra Rao with Jagapathi Babu in lead role.
References[edit]
- ^'Operation Dhuryodhana (Hindi) full movie'. YouTube.
External links[edit]
- Operation Duryodhana on IMDb