''Konda'' is a 2022 Indian

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film written and directed by

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Telugu cinema in addition to Bollywood, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada language ...

, and produced by Sushmitha Patel. The film explores the political-criminal-nexus between Indian politician couple

Konda Surekha Konda Surekha (born 19 August 1965) is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. She served as an MLA from Shyampet, Parkal, and Warangal East constituencies in Telangana. Early life Konda Surekha was born in the city of Waranga ...

, Konda Murali, Errabelli Dayakar Rao, and

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, alias R.K. Konda was released on 23 June 2022 to mixed reviews.

Plot

Konda Murali (Trigun) is a student at Lal Bahadur College, Warangal, Telangana. Murali is fascinated by the RK alias Ramakrishna, who is already playing an influential role in the Naxalite movement. Murali falls in love with Surekha (Irra Mor) who is studying in the same college at first sight. In the meantime, Konda Murali confronts Nalla Sudhakar (Prudhvi), a politician who is conspiring against him politically, and assassinate him.

Cast

Thrigun Thrigun (formerly known as Adith Arun) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu language films. Early life Thrigun was born as the only son to his parents and did his schooling in Vizag and pursued journalism in Madras Christian ...

as Konda Murali *Irra Mor as

wife of Konda Murali *

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as Konda Chennamma, Mother of Konda Murali *

L. B. Sriram L. B. Sriram (born Lanka Bhadradri Sri Ramachandra Moorthy; 30 May 1952) is an Indian actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, and thespian known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He made his feature film debut with '' Ko ...

as Konda Komuraiah, Father of Konda Murali *Prashant Karthi as Maoist Leader,

, alias R.K. *Parvathi M Arun as Bharatakka wife of R.K. *

Prudhvi Raj Balireddy Prudhviraj (born August 6, 1964) is an Indian actor and politician who appears in Telugu films. Known for his comic roles, he has acted in over 100 films. He is noted for his dialogue of ''30 Years Industry'' in the 2002 film ''Khadga ...

as Nalla Balli Sudhakar Rao, based on Errabelli Dayakar Rao *Jabardast Ramprasad as Kolli Pratap Reddy *Giridhar Chandramouli as Ramulu *Dharani as Gundu *Vinay Prakash as Y. S. R. *Lingampalli Anil Kumar Reddy as Sub Inspector Brahmam *Kedar Shankar as Konda Surekha Father *Abhilash Chaudhary as Riyaz *Sravan as Shravan

Production

The film was officially launched in October 2021 in Vanchanagiri,

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

Reception

Citing it as "unintentionally hilarious film", Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''

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'' wrote that "How much of ''Konda'' is real is a debate for another time. As a film, it takes a lot of patience to sit through it". ''

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'' gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and felt that ''Konda'' is "a typical RGV offering". The critic further stated: "the director used the street theatre-style screenplay for narrating and delivering message-oriented scenes, a sort-after medium used by yesteryear revolutionaries to awaken the masses". ''NTV'''s Naresh Kota praised the performance of Adith Arun (aka Trigun), while criticizing the writing, direction and music composition of the film.

References

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