"Anaganaga O Dheerudu" (English: "Once Upon a Warrior") is a 2011 Telugu fantasy-adventure film directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, who was making his mainstream debut. Siddharth, Shruti Haasan, in her Telugu debut, and Harshita star in the film, which was co-produced by Walt Disney Pictures and veteran director K Raghavendra Rao on a budget of 27 crore. Lakshmi Manchu makes her Telugu debut in a negative role. Salim-Sulaiman composed the music for the film, which includes an ensemble soundtrack featuring Salim-Sulaiman, M M Keeravani, Koti, and Mickey J Meyer, as well as cinematography and editing by Soundar Rajan and Sravan Katikaneni, respectively.
''Anaganaga O Dheerudu'' follows Moksha, a nine-year-old girl with special healing abilities, and Yodha, her fearsome warrior bodyguard, as they fly to a distant village to save its children, all while being pursued by the wicked witch Irendri.