''Dirty Hari'' is a 2020 Indian

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romantic thriller film written and directed by

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. The film was produced by Guduru Siva Rama, Guduru Sateesh Babu and Guduru Sai Puneeth under their production banner, SPJ Creations. It casts

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and Simrat Kaur in lead roles. The film premiered through ATT Friday Movies App on 18 December 2020. This movie is loosely inspired from the 2005 movie ''

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''.

Premise

Hari is a young man who enters into an illicit affair with an aspiring actress named Jasmine just as Vasudha falls in love with him. Post his marriage with Vasudha, Hari continues his secretive relationship with Jasmine.

Cast

as Hari *

as Vasudha * Simrat Kaur as Jasmine * Surekha Vani * Ajay * Appaji Ambarisha Darba *

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Production

Development

''Dirty Hari'' marks M. S. Raju's directorial return after his 2012 film ''

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''. In an interview with

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, Raju was quoted: "... he bold sceneswill be shown in a poetic way. Filmmakers like

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Puttanna Kanagal Shubraveshti Ramaswamiah Seetharama Sharma (1 December 1933 – 5 June 1985), known popularly as S. R. Puttanna Kanagal, was an Indian filmmaker known for his work in Kannada cinema. He is often considered one of Kannada cinema's most influent ...

, etc., have made several classical bold films in an aesthetic way. I was inspired by them and wanted to try something different." He aimed the film for an audience aged 15-35. The director said the film uses "a blend of several emotions; however, to make it more engaging to the audience we are making sure that the re-recording will aptly complement the narrative and engage the audience".

Casting

In an interview with ''

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'', Simrat Kaur stated her character to be bold and confident. She compared to that of Deepika Padukone's role in 2012 Hindi film ''

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''. The auditioning team was not initially convinced with her looks. For her, on screen kissing, wearing lingerie, dialogues in a husky tone was difficult sans Telugu dialect. In an interview with ''

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'', the lead actor Shravan was skeptical to sign the "bold" film. When he first heard the script, he was wary of erotic thrillers need to be handled very carefully. He described his character role as "a chess player who works part-time as a coach in a reputed chess club." In the film he plays "an ambitious guy who will go to any lengths to achieve".

Filming

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was delayed the production house was looking for established female lead. Filming completed in Hyderabad by end of November 2019. There are scenes in the film that were shot for 23 hours at a stretch. Simrat Kaur completed her filming portions in 20 days.

Music

The soundtrack album and original score is composed Mark K. Robin. The background score was recorded in February 2020. The first single titled "Let's Make Love" written by Krishna Kanth and sung by

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was released on 24 July 2020.

Reception

Neeshita Nyayapati of ''

'' wrote that "''Dirty Hari'' is old wine in a new bottle for the most part, with some redeeming parts. Give it a try if erotic thrillers are your cup of tea."

References

External links

* {{M. S. Raju Indian romantic thriller films 2020 films 2020s Telugu-language films 2020s romantic thriller films 2020s erotic thriller films 2020 thriller films Films directed by M. S. Raju