Rakhi (film)
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| Rakhi | |
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| Directed by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Produced by | K.L. Narayana S. Gopal Reddy |
| Written by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Starring | Jr. NTR Ileana D'Cruz Charmme Kaur, Suhasini, Ravi Varma |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy, S.Sundeep Reddy |
| Release date(s) | December 22, 2006 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 14 crores |
| IMDb profile | |
Rakhi (Telugu: రాఖీ) is a Telugu film directed by Krishna Vamsi and has Jr. NTR in the lead role and Ileana D'Cruz and Charmme Kaur in supporting roles. This film released on December 22, 2006 with 250 prints.[1] Although commercially its not a profitable venture bute the movie got excellent reviews[2]
Tagline: Highly Inflammable
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[edit] Plot
Rama Krishna or Rakhi(Jr. NTR) aspires to become railway stationmaster like his father (Chandramohan). His love interest and close friend Tripura (Ileana D'Cruz) is a reporter in TV channel who exposes atrocities against women in society. For Rakhi, his sister Gayathri (Manjusha) is everything. She is married off to software professional (Ravi Varma) who plans to go USA. The greedy in-laws burn her alive for more dowry. Devastated by this he takes up law on to his hands and kills everyone who harasses a woman. A police officer Meenakshi Iyer (Suhasini) convinces him to surrender before the law. Before surrendering, he has killed over 49 misogynists.Finally in jail, he kills his sister's friend's murderer like a tiger and in the climax, the main villain ministers . His dialogs in the court are remarkable . The court drama forms the rest of the story.
[edit] Cast
- Jr. NTR ... Rama Krishna
- Ileana D'Cruz ... Tripura Sundari
- Charmme Kaur ... Gowri
- Suhasini ... Meenakshi Iyer
- Ravi Varma ...
- Prakash Raj ... Judge (Guest role)
[edit] Crew
- Director:: Krishna Vamsi
- Story: Krishna Vamsi
- Producer: K.L. Narayana & S. Gopal Reddy
- Screenplay: Krishna Vamsi
- Dialogues: Krishna Vamsi
- Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
- Music: Devi Sri Prasad
- Action Director: Stun Shiva
- Lyrics: Sirivennela, Chandrabose, & Suddala Ashok Teja
- Story Treatment: Ratnam
- Direction Department:
[edit] Music
The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was well received.[3]
- Rangu Rabba Rabba - Amalraj & Priya
- Zara Zara - Andrea
- Vasthava Vasthava - Jassie Gift & Srilekha Parthasarathy
- Rakhee Rakhee - Devi Sri Prasad & Mamta Mohandas
- Kallallo Kaalagni - S.P. Balasubramaniam
- Ninnu Choosthe - Shankar Mahadevan & Gopika Poornima
[edit] Release
- The film was released in 545 screens,including 431 in andhra Pradesh,29 in Karnataka,6 in Orissa,3 in Tamil Nadu,3 in Mumbai and 73 in Overseas.[4]
[edit] Box office performance
- The film had a 100-day run in 13-centres.[5]
- This movie was dubbed into into tamil as Rakhi
[edit] Trivia
- Well known Malayali actress Mamta Mohandas who made her debut as a Telugu actress in Yamadonga movie has sung a song in this film. For that song she own her first Filmfare award in 2007.
- Bhavana Balachandran rejected a role in the film.
[edit] References
- ^ telugucinema.com. Rakhi to release with 250 prints. Retrieved on 19 December 2006.
- ^ indiaglitz.com. Rakhi proves its mettle at box office. Retrieved on 7 January 2007.
- ^ telugucinema.com. Rakhi tops the chartbusters. Retrieved on 22 December 2006.
- ^ ::Welcome to Superhit
- ^ CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - 100-day Centres Of Rakhee
[edit] External links
- Rakhi at the Internet Movie Database
