Sye () () is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language sports action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli from a story by V. Vijayendra Prasad. The story has a rugby union backdrop. Nithin and Genelia D'Souza star while Shashank and Pradeep Rawat play other crucial roles. In the film, two rival groups in a college—Science led by Prudhvi and Arts led by Shashank—fight for superiority through the game of rugby, until a local gangster Bhikshu Yadav takes over their college. This was Rajamouli's third film after the successes of Student No.1 and Simhadri. It has music composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography and editing by K. K. Senthil Kumar and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively. The film earned ₹11 crore distributors' share (US$2.4 million) against a production budget of ₹10.2 crore (US$2.2 million) and was commercially successful. The film won four Nandi Awards. It was loosely remade into Bengali as Jor Jar Muluk Tar (2010). Plot Prudhvi (Nithiin) and Shashank (Shashank) are the leaders of two warring student groups in a Hyderabad college. They are fond of rugby union game, and they sort things out between them by playing rugby to prove superiority. One day, a local mafia leader Bhikshu Yadav (Pradeep Rawat) gets a court notice that he has purchased the land of college from its legal heirs. Prudhvi and Sashank's groups unite by forgetting their differences to win back the land for the college. The students attack the political career of Bhikshu posting fake posters of him in the streets. They go to his liquor shops and play dead to make it appear that the shops sold false liquor which killed the students. After getting affected by assaults of students, Bhikshu Yadav throws a challenge to defeat his team in a game of rugby union to win back the land for their college. The rest of the story is how Prudhvi leads his team to the victory. Cast Nithiin as Prudhvi Genelia D'Souza as Indu Shashank as Shashank Pradeep Rawat as Bhikshu Yadav Nassar as Qadar (College Property owner) Ajay as Bhikshu Yadav's henchman Rajiv Kanakala as Rugby coach Rafi Tanikella Bharani as Prudhvi's father and college principal Venu Madhav as Nalla Balu Supreeth as Bhikshu Yadav's henchmen Madhunandan as College Student Sameer as ACP Aravind Sivannarayana Naripeddi Narsing Yadav SS Kanchi as Indu's father Surya as Ping Pong Alapati Lakshmi Preeti Nigam as Prudhvi's mother Sekhar as Bhikshu Yadav's