Rakhi (film)

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Rakhi
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
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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

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Music
5 Release
6 Box office performance
7 Trivia
8 References
9 External links

[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.