''Eureka'' is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language

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directed by Karteek Anand and starring Karteek Anand and Dimple Hayathi. The film follows the events at a college festival that go wrong after people split up into two factions.

Cast

*Karteek Anand as Yuva *Munna as Revanth * Dimple Hayathi as Shobitha *

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as Jahnavi * Syed Sohel *Samiksha as Event Organizer Nav *

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as Adi Narayana *

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as College Chairman *

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as Principal Kanakaraju *

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as Kareem *

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as Lambu *Abhay Bethiganti as Karan *Mahesh Vitta as Satti *Rocket Raghava as Chairman P.A

Production

Filming started in 2018 and completed in 2019. 90% of the film was shot in DRK Engineering College. The film is of the thriller genre and marks the directorial debut of the Karteek Anand. Newcomer N. B. Vishwakanth handled the cinematography. Goodachari fame Garry BH and newcomer P. Anil Kumar edited the film. Naresh Kumaran scored the music.

Release and reception

The film was released on 13 March 2020, but was removed from theatres two days later due to the

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. Pathi of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and stated that "Director Karteek Anand, who also played a lead role, must be appreciated for trying a new genre and building a light-hearted thriller that works for the most part". A critic from ''123 Telugu'' opined that "On the whole, Eureka is a murder mystery that has a few passable moments in the second half".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt11847966 Indian thriller films 2020 films 2020 thriller films 2020 directorial debut films 2020s Telugu-language films