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directed by Trikoti Peta and starring Ranjith Somi and

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in the lead roles.

Cast

* Ranjith Somi as Rana *

as Shruthi aka Aadhya *Ranjith Velayudhan as Basavaraj Patil *

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as CI Viswanath, Shruthi's uncle *

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as Viswanath's wife *

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as Dr Alia Bhatt *

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as Sivakrishna Hegde, Shruthi's father *

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as Rana's friend *

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as Pydiraju *Surekha Vani as Shyamala, Pydiraju's wife *

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as Bhogam *Kalpalatha as Bhogam's wife *

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as Bhikshupati *

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as a goon *

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*Bhadram

Production

The film began production under the name ''JinthTha Tha'', but

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and

M. M. Keeravani Koduri Marakathamani Keeravani (born 4 July 1961; credited as M. M. Keeravani) is an Indian film composer, playback singer, and lyricist, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema along with other languages including Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Ma ...

advised the director to change the title because of its similarity to a song from ''

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'' (2006) will make the audience think that the film stars

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. Debutant Ranjith Somi, who previously starred in ''Nuvvu Nenu Okkatavudam'', was signed as the main actor. The film is produced by Ranjith Somi's brother, Bharath Somi. Malayalam actor Arjun plays a negative role in this film, which will mark his Telugu debut.

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released the film's teaser.

Soundtrack

Release

''Telangana Today'' wrote that "Even after being a sensible story, direction and screenplay fail to turn the movie into a gripping one".

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 8108214 Indian action films 2010s masala films Films scored by M. M. Keeravani 2018 action films 2018 films