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Erra Sainyam
Official poster
Directed by	R. Narayana Murthy
Written by	P. L. Narayana (dialogues)
Story by	R. Narayana Murthy
Produced by	D. V. Raju
Starring	R. Narayana Murthy Narra Venkateswara Rao
Cinematography	R. Narayana Murthy
Edited by	Mohan-Rama Rao
Music by	Vandemataram Srinivas
Production company	Sneha Chitra Pictures
Release date	22 July 1994 (1994-07-22)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Erra Sainyam (transl. Red army) is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by R. Narayana Murthy and starring himself and Narra Venkateswara Rao. The film was screened in the mainstream section of the 26th International Film Festival of India. The film was a "runaway hit".

Cast

• R. Narayana Murthy as Singanna
• Narra Venkateswara Rao
• Sanjeevi
• Puranam Surya
• Spandana
• Guda Anjaiah as a judge
• Mukku Raju
• Telangana Shakuntala
• Udaya Bhanu as Singanna's sister

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Yadagiri, Guda Anjaiah, Mande Satyam, Bhanuri Satyanarayana, Sadasivam; all music is composed by Vandemataram Srinivas

Release and reception

The film was a box office success in Andhra Pradesh and prompted Narayana Murthy to star in Orey Rikshaw (1995). The film inspired many directors to make films in a similar naxalite-based films.

Goodipoodi Srihari of Sitara Weekly praised Murthy for directing in a political film with a serious subject, and Narayana for his dialogue. Srihari felt that the use of folk songs was the film's strength.

Remake

The film was remade in Hindi as Yeh Dhartee Hamaree Hai (transl. The land is ours) (2007) by Narayana Murthy, who reprised his role.

References

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• 1994 films
• Telugu films remade in other languages