''Run'' is a 2020 Indian

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film directed by Lakshmikanth Chenna, starring

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and

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. Produced by Y. Rajeev Reddy and Sai Baba Jagarlamudi under First Frame Entertainments banner, the film was released on Aha on 29 May 2020. The film is reported to be the first Telugu direct-to-OTT release although ''Amrutharamam'' premiered a month earlier.

Plot

Shruthi and Sandeep are a couple. They arrange for a lunch date on their anniversary, but they never meet because Shruthi has died unexpectedly. Sandeep becomes a suspect in her mysterious death.

Cast

as Sandeep Reddy *

as Shruthi *

Amit Tiwari Amit Tiwari is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his negative roles in Telugu films in addition to a few Tamil and Kannada films. Some of his notable roles are in films such as ''Vikramarkudu ''Vikr ...

as Khaleel * Bhanu Sri as Rosy * Mukhtar Khan as Shankar Reddy * Kausalya as Imaginary Doctor *

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as Real Doctor * Hari Chandra as Babai () * Kireeti as Rahul * Venkat as Bharath * Gautham Bhavaraju as Sunil
Harsha Sai
as a police officer

Production

''Run'' was originally intended to be a

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for Aha. It was planned as an 8-episode series with each episode spanning 20 minutes. However

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, who is a part of Aha's team, believed that ''Run'' should be an original feature film. Principal photography took place for 24 days, between October and November 2019.

Release

The film was released directly on the OTT platform Aha, on 29 May 2020.

Reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''

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'', called the film "A lacklustre psychological thriller." While praising Navdeep's performance, Dundoo stated that the screenplay was predictable and could have been better executed. ''

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'' gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of five and heavily criticized the film for its incoherent script and a poorly-written screenplay. Pratyush Parasaraman writing for the ''Film Companion,'' also gave a negative review for the film.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 12381488 2020 psychological thriller films Indian psychological thriller films Films set in Hyderabad, India Direct-to-video thriller films 2020 direct-to-video films 2020s Telugu-language films Aha (streaming service) original films