''Touch Chesi Chudu'' () is a 2018
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Telugu
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action comedy film
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Film
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written by
Vakkantham Vamsi
Vakkantham Vamsi is an Indian screenwriter and director in Telugu cinema. His notable screenwriting credits include ''Kick'' (2009), ''Yevadu'' (2014), ''Race Gurram'' (2014), and ''Temper'' (2015).
Early life and career
He was born in Arikela ...
and directed by
Vikram Sirikonda
Vikram Sirikonda is an Indian film director and screenwriter, primarily known for his works in Telugu Film Industry. Vikram is known for his screen writing to films such as Telugu Movies Race Gurram (2014), Mirapakai (2011) and Konchem Ishtam ...
in his directorial debut in Telugu cinema. It features
Ravi Teja
Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his roles in action comedy films. He is one of the highest- ...
,
Raashi Khanna
Raashii Khanna (born 30 November 1990) is an Indian actress and playback singer who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Hindi film ''Madras Cafe'' (2013) and subseq ...
and
Seerat Kapoor
Seerat Kapoor is an Indian actress, model, choreographer and dancer who predominantly works in the Telugu cinema. She began her career as an Assistant Choreographer. She made acting debut in 2014 Telugu film ''Run Raja Run''.
Early life
Kapoor ...
in the lead roles while
Freddy Daruwala
Freddy Daruwala (born 1983/1984) is an Indian model and actor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, predominantly known for his roles as the Sleeper Cell's Head opposite Akshay Kumar in the Bollywood film ''Holiday''. He has starred in over 12 films a ...
plays the main antagonist, which marks his debut in Telugu cinema.
Pre-production
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of the film began in July 2016 and
principal photography
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Personnel
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commenced in February 2017 in
Hyderabad
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. The film released worldwide on 2 February 2018.
Plot
Karthikeya (
Ravi Teja
Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his roles in action comedy films. He is one of the highest- ...
) is an owner of Kartikeya Industries in
Pondicherry
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. He looks after his family very well. His philosophy is "family is most important". Karthik and his family live in Pondicherry. There is a goon named Selvam who robs Karthik's machinery often. Karthik's repeated complaints fall on deaf ears. He challenges that he can solve the case in two minutes, so the CI makes him CI for one day to fight Selvam. Meanwhile, Karthik falls in love with a choreographer named Pushpa (
Raashi Khanna
Raashii Khanna (born 30 November 1990) is an Indian actress and playback singer who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Hindi film ''Madras Cafe'' (2013) and subseq ...
) after a few silly talks and fights.
One day after Irfan Lala (
Freddy Daruwala
Freddy Daruwala (born 1983/1984) is an Indian model and actor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, predominantly known for his roles as the Sleeper Cell's Head opposite Akshay Kumar in the Bollywood film ''Holiday''. He has starred in over 12 films a ...
) kills a student activist in a pub, Karthik's sister secretly watches it. She tells it to her brother. Karthik informs this to the police based on the picture of the criminal. The police officer Ramachandra Rao (
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 ...
) scolds Karthik that the criminal died long back ago. On the road, Karthik suddenly watches Irfan going on the road. He chases after Irfan but misses him, so he calls the Police Commissioner (
Murali Sharma
Murali Sharma (born 9 August 1972) is an Indian actor who works predominently in Telugu and Hindi films. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films, including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam cinema.
Sharma gained wide recognition ...
) in Hyderabad and asks for Irfan. A flashback is then revealed.
Karthik is actually a dangerous, reckless, zero family emotions, and the duty-dedicated cop who gets transferred from Kadapa to Hyderabad. He goes on a mission to save the daughter of the commissioner, who is threatened by a gang to release their leader. Karthik goes and kills all of them and retrieves the commissioner's daughter safely.
Irfan Lala and his father Rauf Lala (
Shahbaz Khan) are two goons hoping to win a by-election so that Irfan can become an MLA. Irfan does not let the CM of the state for rallying in his area called Muzaffarpet. Karthik tactically secures the CM's rally and makes it successful, and the voting is also successful. Meanwhile, Divya (
Seerat Kapoor
Seerat Kapoor is an Indian actress, model, choreographer and dancer who predominantly works in the Telugu cinema. She began her career as an Assistant Choreographer. She made acting debut in 2014 Telugu film ''Run Raja Run''.
Early life
Kapoor ...
) loves Karthik a lot. Her parents fix the engagement, but Karthik breaks it due to an important mission. Divya gets hurt and leaves him forever.
During a party in an altercation, Irfan kills Shalini (Kaumudi Nemani). Her mother (
Suhasini Maniratnam
Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...
) goes on a hunger strike in order to get justice. It is revealed that Karthik was once the student of Shalini's mother. He promises to take action and urges her to break the fast. During a shootout, he fatally wounds Irfan and himself becomes injured.
In the hospital, Karthik frantically searches for Irfan; however, Karthik's father (
Jayaprakash) cools him down by saying that Irfan is already dead. This is actually a drama played by both Karthik's father and the commissioner so that Karthik would be close to his family. Listening to all of this, Karthik decides to draw a balance between professional and personal life. He returns and kills Irfan in a cool manner. Upon knowing this, Rauf dies. The film ends with Karthik meeting Pushpa and requesting her to forgive him. They both affectionately hug each other.
Cast
Production
Development
Pre-production of this film began in July 2016 after the script approval from
Ravi Teja
Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his roles in action comedy films. He is one of the highest- ...
to
Vikram Sirikonda
Vikram Sirikonda is an Indian film director and screenwriter, primarily known for his works in Telugu Film Industry. Vikram is known for his screen writing to films such as Telugu Movies Race Gurram (2014), Mirapakai (2011) and Konchem Ishtam ...
.
Raashi Khanna
Raashii Khanna (born 30 November 1990) is an Indian actress and playback singer who predominantly works in Telugu and Tamil film industries. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Hindi film ''Madras Cafe'' (2013) and subseq ...
who earlier worked with Teja in ''
Bengal Tiger
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'' (2015) was signed in as one of the female lead in September 2016.
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. A ...
was roped in for the music which makes his debut in Telugu cinema. Bollywood actor
Freddy Daruwala
Freddy Daruwala (born 1983/1984) is an Indian model and actor based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, predominantly known for his roles as the Sleeper Cell's Head opposite Akshay Kumar in the Bollywood film ''Holiday''. He has starred in over 12 films a ...
was signed in to play as the main antagonist in April 2017 which marks his debut in Telugu films.
Seerat Kapoor
Seerat Kapoor is an Indian actress, model, choreographer and dancer who predominantly works in the Telugu cinema. She began her career as an Assistant Choreographer. She made acting debut in 2014 Telugu film ''Run Raja Run''.
Early life
Kapoor ...
was signed in as the second female lead in early May 2017 after considering
Lavanya Tripathi
Lavanya Tripathi (born 15 December 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu films along with Tamil films. She made her acting debut with the Hindi television show ''Pyaar Ka Bandhan'' (2009) and made her film debut with ''An ...
and
Pragya Jaiswal
Pragya Jaiswal is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu films. She made her acting debut in 2014 with the Tamil–Telugu bilingual '' Virattu / Dega'' in 2014. Jaiswal had her breakthrough with the Telugu period drama '' ...
for that role.
The title and the posters were revealed on 26 January 2017, marking
Ravi Teja's birthday. The film was officially launched on 3 February 2017.
Story and filming
Principal photography
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Personnel
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began on 3 February 2017 in
Hyderabad
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.
Soundtrack
''Touch Chesi Chudu's'' soundtrack is composed by
JAM8
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History
On 9 April 2 ...
(Apprentice band of
Pritam
Pritam Chakraborty (born 14 June 1971), also known mononymously as Pritam, is an Indian composer, instrumentalist, guitarist, and singer. After working as an ad jingles composer, he debuted as a co-composer in the 2001 Hindi film Tere Liye. A ...
).
Reception
A critic from The Times Of India stated that " If you're a Ravi Teja fan, or have seen enough of his movies, then you pretty much know what to expect. Good humour, punch dialogues (delivered in his inimitable style) and action-packed storyline had earned him the title "Mass Maharaja", and brought him some of his biggest hits. In Vikram Sirikonda's "Touch Chesi Chudu", Ravi Teja is meaner and leaner than he ever was, but the script lacks any of the attributes that made him a successful star in the first place. With a shoddy screenplay and an unimaginative storyline, "Touch Chesi Chudu" is a cumbersome watch".
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2018 films
2010s Telugu-language films
Films featuring songs by Pritam
2018 directorial debut films
Films shot in Hyderabad, India
Indian police films
Indian action films
Fictional portrayals of the Telangana Police
2018 action films
2010s police films