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Anaganaga O Dheerudu (Once Upon a Warrior ) My Rating - 8/10 My Verdcit - Worth watching, especially the special effects that are awesome. Disney's first collaboration with South Indian Cinema and perhaps the best fantasy film made in India. Anaganaga O Dheerudu features the story of a sorcerer Irendri (Lakshmi Manchu) who lives on the blood of a gypsy girl (Priya), the last in her tribe. One drop of such blood energises her and she is in a quest to become supreme. There is a parallel plot. A little girl Moksha (Harshitha) is accosted by a blind warrior Yodha (Siddharth) to save Agartala, the kingdom and it's children which is under Irendri's spell. The onus is on the warrior to save both Moksha and Priya who have been imprisoned. The first fifteen or twenty minutes have the story moving briskly, but thereafter it is a series of episodes of either Moksha being lifted or Priya by the sorceress's men. In between you are treated to a story of how Yodha falls in love wit

Anaganaga O Dheerudu (Once Upon a Warrior) Walt Disney's Biggest Fantasy adventure film in Indian Cinema Excerpts from the official site - http://anaganagaodheerudu.com/ When the teardrop shaped island of Sangarashtra falls under the rule of the evil queen witch queen Irendri, the only hope for the people lies in the healing powers of Moksha, a nine year old girl. Only the blind swordsman Yodha can keep Moksha safe from Irendri and her army. What is the mysterious connection between Irendri and Yodha's former lover, the gypsy girl Priya ? 'Once Upon A Warrior' is a story of courage , friendship , self-belief and heroism - a fantasy epic on a scale that is unprecedented in Indian cinema. 'Once Upon A Warrior' brings together, for the first time, Walt Disney Pictures and K.Raghavendra Rao, two names synonymous with the magic of cinema. This is the first time that a Hollywood studio is collaborating with a production house from South India. Walt D