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{{Infobox film
| name = Erra Sainyam
| image = Erra Sainyam poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Official poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[R. Narayana Murthy]]
| writer = [[P. L. Narayana]] (dialogues)
| screenplay =
| story = R. Narayana Murthy
| based_on = 
| producer = D. V. Raju
| starring = R. Narayana Murthy<br />[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = R. Narayana Murthy
| editing = Mohan-Rama Rao
| music = [[Vandemataram Srinivas]]
| studio = Sneha Chitra Pictures
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1994|7|22}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Erra Sainyam''''' ({{Translation|Red army}})<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Cardboard monuments: City, language and 'nation' in contemporary Telugu cinema|author=S. V. Srinivas|journal=Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography |date=13 March 2008|volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=87–100 |doi=10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00321.x |doi-access=free|bibcode=2008SJTG...29...87S }}</ref> is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by [[R. Narayana Murthy]] and starring himself and [[Narra Venkateswara Rao]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pranam-khareedu-acharya-communism-telugu-cinema-and-red-hero-132063|title='Pranam Khareedu' to 'Acharya': Communism in Telugu cinema and the red hero|work=The News Minute|date=1 September 2020|first=Jahnavi|last=Reddy|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206212235/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pranam-khareedu-acharya-communism-telugu-cinema-and-red-hero-132063|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was screened in the mainstream section of the [[26th International Film Festival of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/peoples-star-nayaranamurthys-annadatha-sukhibhava-to-re-release-next-month/articleshow/64699583.cms|title=People's Star Nayaranamurthy's 'Annadatha Sukhibhava' to re-release next month|last=Jayakrishnan|work=The Times of India|access-date=2023-02-06|archive-date=2023-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206213451/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/peoples-star-nayaranamurthys-annadatha-sukhibhava-to-re-release-next-month/articleshow/64699583.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pN1kAAAAMAAJ&q=erra+sainyam|title=26th International Film Festival of India '95, Bombay|page=171|date=1995}}</ref> The film was a "runaway hit".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.webpage.com/hindu/950701/03/3026a.html|title=Disappointing year for Telugu cinema|page=26|work=[[The Hindu]]|last=Narasimham|first=M. L.|date=20 June 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961222223335/http://www.webpage.com/hindu/950701/03/3026a.html|archive-date=22 December 1996}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[R. Narayana Murthy]] as Singanna
*[[Narra Venkateswara Rao]]
*Sanjeevi
*Puranam Surya
*Spandana
*[[Guda Anjaiah]] as a judge<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaik59igIMwC&dq=erra+sainyam&pg=PA150|title=A History of Telugu Dalit Literature|page=150|author=Thummapudi Bharathi|date=2008|publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=9788178356884 |access-date=2023-02-06|archive-date=2023-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207025619/https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_History_of_Telugu_Dalit_Literature/eaik59igIMwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=erra+sainyam&pg=PA150&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mukku Raju]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.sakshi.com/news/movies/senior-actor-choreographer-mukku-raju-is-no-more-153625|title=నృత్యదర్శకుడు ముక్కురాజు కన్నుమూత|work=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]|language=te|access-date=2023-02-06|archive-date=2023-02-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206213135/https://m.sakshi.com/news/movies/senior-actor-choreographer-mukku-raju-is-no-more-153625|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Telangana Shakuntala]]
*[[Udaya Bhanu (actress)|Udaya Bhanu]] as Singanna's sister<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/udayabhanu.html|title=Interview with Udaya Bhanu|date=14 May 2008|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=9 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209060151/https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/udayabhanu.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| headline =
| all_lyrics = Yadagiri, [[Guda Anjaiah]], Mande Satyam, Bhanuri Satyanarayana, Sadasivam
| all_music = [[Vandemataram Srinivas]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6VeD4C3q0Q5WRvV7Vzwgul|title=Erra Sainyam|work=Spotify|access-date=2023-02-07|archive-date=2023-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207030149/https://open.spotify.com/album/6VeD4C3q0Q5WRvV7Vzwgul|url-status=live}}</ref>
| title1 = Palleletla
| extra1 = Vandemataram Srinivas
| length1 = 4:52
| title2 = Banzare Banzo
| extra2 = Vandemataram Srinivas
| length2 = 5:11
| title3 = Evunnadakko
| extra3 = Vandemataram Srinivas
| length3 = 5:07
| title4 = Bandenaka
| extra4 = Shankar
| length4 = 5:29
| title5 = Palakonda
| extra5 = Vandemataram Srinivas
| length5 = 6:03
| title6 = Ooru Manadira
| extra6 = [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]]
| length6 = 7:02
|total_length = 39:38
}}

== Release and reception ==
The film was a box office success in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and prompted Narayana Murthy to star in ''[[Orey Rikshaw]]'' (1995).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/cinema/in-search-of-new-narratives/article5189558.ece|title=In search of new narratives|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|first=Venkatesh|last=Chakravarthy|date=2 October 2013|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206212447/https://frontline.thehindu.com/arts-and-culture/cinema/in-search-of-new-narratives/article5189558.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The film inspired many directors to make films in a similar [[naxalite]]-based films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/rnarayanamurthy.html|title=Interview with R Narayana Murthy|date=7 August 2007|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019001400/https://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/rnarayanamurthy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dgqAQAAIAAJ&q=erra+sainyam|title=Megastar: Chiranjeevi and Telugu Cinema After N.T. Rama Rao|author=S. V. Srinivas|date=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-569308-9 |access-date=2023-02-06|archive-date=2023-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207025634/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Megastar/2dgqAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=erra+sainyam&dq=erra+sainyam&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}</ref>

Goodipoodi Srihari of ''[[Eenadu|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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srihari |first=Goodipoodi |date=7 August 1994 |title=సినీ రివ్యూ - ఎర్ర సైన్యం |language=te |trans-title=Cine Review - Erra Sainyam |work=[[Eenadu|Sitara Weekly]] |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/QBO/0,0,3011,1860}}</ref>

== Remake ==
The film was remade in Hindi as ''Yeh Dhartee Hamaree Hai'' ({{Translation|The land is ours}}) (2007) by Narayana Murthy, who reprised his role, but the film was not released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tabu-compared-to-smitha/articleshow/2283371.cms|title=Tabu compared to Smitha|date=16 August 2007|work=The Times of India|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=26 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926011835/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/tabu-compared-to-smitha/articleshow/2283371.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/pressmeet-yehdhartihamari.html|title=Press Meet - Yeh Dharti Hamari|date=12 August 2007|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=31 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531074205/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/pressmeet-yehdhartihamari.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Telugu-language action drama films]]
[[Category:1994 action drama films]]
[[Category:1994 Indian films]]

Erra Sainyam - Revision history

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