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produced by D.Sivaprasad Reddy under the Kamakshi Movies banner and directed by Kiran Kumar. The film stars

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and

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, with

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in the role of the antagonist. The music score is by

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, who previously wrote music for Nagarjuna's films '' Ninne Pelladutha'' (1996), '' Chandralekha'' (1998) and ''

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'' (2005). The film was released on 12 February 2010.It was also released in Tamil as ''Singa Vettai''.

Plot

Ramesh, nickname Rummy (Nagarjuna) loves his childhood friend Janaki, who asks him to become rich and powerful before marrying her. With this motive, Rummy starts gambling and becomes rich in no time. ACP Sekhar (Shayaji Shinde) notices his activities and attempts to catch him. Rummy moves to Goa where he meets Chandra (Ankur), a pub owner who also runs gambling, both of them make a deal. While on the task, Rummy rescues Sara (Paula) from Victor. Sara's sister Nadia (Linda) falls in love with him. Another woman, Sandhya (Mamta Mohandas), enters his life. She helps him with his task. Meanwhile, differences arise between Rummy and Chandra, and they become rivals. How Rummy encounters the situation with Janaki forms the rest of the story

Cast

as Ramesh "Rummy" *

as Janaki / Sandhya *

as Chandra *

Sayaji Shinde Sayaji Shinde (Marathi pronunciation: əjaːd͡ʒiː ʃin̪d̪eː born 13 January 1959) is an Indian actor who has acted in Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Bhojpuri films and several Marathi Plays. Sayaj ...

as Mumbai Police Commissioner Shekhar Ranawat Shinde *

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as Victor *

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as Six Foot * Sunil as Rummy's sidekick *

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as Rummy's father * Jayavani as Rummy's mother *

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as Human Bomb *

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as Arshad, Rummy's partner in crime *

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as Nadia *

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as Shailendra Yadav *

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as a smuggler *

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as Razzak Bhai (Terrorist) * Kamal * Selva * Manto * Radha Krishna * Koteswara Rao * Anji * Sridhar * Swami * Sivan * Paanla * Salmar Suresh * Srinivas Vajpai * Kalyan Bhupathi * Dham * Pavala Shyamala * Shanthi * Aparna * Padma Reddy * Shilpa * Kalpana Chowdary * Mattisri * Master Srinivas Sai as younger Ramesh * Master Fayaak * Master Swethik * Master Bulbul * Baby Predela Manjula * Baby Yaani *

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as an

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in the song "Kedigadu" *

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as an item number in the song "Muddante"

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. The music released by ADITYA Music Company.

Production

The film went through a series of name changes in production from ''Rummy'' to ''Mayagadu'' to ''Mosagadu'', before the producers agreed on ''Kedi''. A Tamil dubbed version of the movie was also released, entitled ''Singa Vettai''. The film was also dubbed in Hindi as ''Gambler No 1''. The video clip of the song "Neeve Na Neeve Na" was shot in Milos Island in Greece.Kedi (2010 Telugu Film)
ELINEPA, 2003

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kedi 2010 films 2010s Telugu-language films Indian action comedy films Films shot in Goa Films set in Goa Films scored by Sandeep Chowta Films shot in Greece 2010 action comedy films