''Maaro (Violent But Silent)'' is a 2011 Indian

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directed by Siddique. It stars

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and

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in the lead roles. The film has been shot in 2005; and in 2006, the film was shelved. Now, after a very long time, to cash in on director Siddique's recent success with '' Bodyguard'', the film was slated for 2011 release. The music is scored by

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. The film was remade in Tamil as '' Sadhu Miranda'', which ended up releasing three years prior to ''Maaro''.The film is loosely based on the director's own 1995 Malayalam film ''

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'' which was based on the 1958 movie ''

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''.

Plot

A theft takes place in a bank named DID Bank in the city in which a girl is shot dead, and the manager of the bank commits suicide. The robbery involves Ram Mohan (Abbas) and Ex Minister Venkatratnam (Kota Srinivasa Rao). Sundaram (Nithiin) belongs to the family affected by the theft. He meets Priya. Sundaram faces the consequences in the process of proving that Ram Mohan is the culprit.

Cast

as Sathya Narayan Murthy / Fake Siva / Sundaram *

as Priya * Abbas as Ram Mohan *

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as Ex-minister Venkatratnam * Venu Madhav as Narayana *

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* Chalapathi Rao as Doctor *

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as Priya's grandmother *

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* Raja Sridhar as Siva (Ram Mohan's younger brother) / Fake Murthy

Production

The film was announced as ''Satyam Sivam Sundaram.''

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by Aditya Music.

References

External links

* {{Siddique (director), state=expanded 2011 films 2010s Telugu-language films Films scored by Mani Sharma Indian heist films Indian action comedy films 2011 action thriller films 2010s heist films Indian films about revenge