Loafer (2015 film)

Lofar [1]
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	C. Kalyan
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Starring	Varun Tej Disha Patani
Music by	Sunil Kashyap
Cinematography	P.G. Vinda
Production company	C. K. Entertainments Sree Subha Swetha Films
Release dates	17 December 2015 (2015-12-17)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹14 crore (US$2.1 million)
Box office	₹19 crore (US$2.8 million) (10 days)

Lofar is a Telugu film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It features Varun Tej^[2][3] and Disha Patani in the lead roles while Revathi and Posani Krishna Murali appear in crucial supporting roles.^[4] The film was officially launched on 8 July 2015 in Hyderabad.,^[5] Earlier makers revealed the first look posters and trailer of the movie which received good response in the social media. Varun Tej will be seen in the powerful performance and in a mass avatar.

The film was released on 17 December 2015 in more than 800 screens across the globe and received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Raja (Varun Tej), is raised by his father as a thief. His arrogant father (Posani Krishna Murali) takes him away from his mother Lakshmi (Revathi) as a baby when she calls him a loafer. Raja always feels depressed for his mother's death. Raja and his father now live together in Jodhpur stealing money from others. Raja one day meets Mouni (Disha Patani), a girl who has eloped from her evil father, a dreaded factions (Mukesh Rishi) who forces her marriage. Her brothers who are also evil and support their father, they even kill their own mother after she slaps her husband as she does not accept Mouni's marriage and finally scolds them for their brutal ways. Mouni stays with her friend in Jodhpur and works as a tour guide. Raja steals her suitcase as his father steals her phone as soon as she enters Jodhpur. At first they go through a series of clashes, but they slowly fall in love. Mouni tells her aunt about their love, who is none other than Raja's long lost mother Lakshmi. However when her father's men find her in Jodhpur, he asks ransom to take Mouni without any harm, his mother sees this and scolds him and that's when Raja finds out his mother is still alive. Mouni breaks up with him. Raja saves them from her father's men and disowns his father after lying to him all these years. He then sets out to his mother's village but doesn't tell her he's her son. She at first doesn't let him stay at her house as she still hated him, but then after realizing Raja is the only one who can save the village from the crimes committed by Mouni's father and his sons, she does so. She orders him to save Mouni but not fall for her. Raja agrees to this but he still inside loves Mouni. Raja reveals to Mouni that he's her aunt's son. Raja's mother thinks her son is dead since her father said so. This causes Raja to hate his father even more. He meanwhile sends his friends from Jodhpur to lie to Mouni's father that there are mines in the village, so he makes everyone sell their properties only to soon find out that everyone has left the village and that this was all Raja's idea. He makes the police arrest Raja as they beat and injure him. Raja however escapes with his mother as she finally accepts him as her son. Raja beats up Mouni's father's men and sons until he is brutally stabbed by one of them. Mouni's father orders his men to kill his own sister until Raja stops them. When Mouni's father is about to kill Lakshmi, Raja's father comes in and kills him. Raja finishes Mouni's brothers as everyone reunites.

Cast

• Varun Tej as Raja
• Disha Patani as Mouni
• Revathi as Lakshmi
• Posani Krishna Murali as Raja's father
• Brahmanandam as Srimanthudu
• Mukesh Rishi as Mouni's father
• Ali as Spider Babu
• Charandeep Surneni as Rama
• Pavithra Lokesh as Mouni's mother
• Saptagiri as Raja's friend
• Nora Fatehi(special appearance in a song)^[6]
• Dhanraj as Raja's friend

Production

Puri who would direct Chiranjeevi's film was approached by C. Kalyan to direct a film for Varun Tej. Disha Patani will pair up with Varun in this movie. Brahmanandam, Revathi, Posni Krishna Murali etc will act in the film. Sunil Kashyap will compose music.P.G.Vinda is the cinematographer and Sanjay Singh from Mumbai is the Associate Producer^[7] The filming began at July 2015 and completed in October 2015.^[8]

Music

The official soundtrack of Loafer consisting of five songs was composed by Sunil Kashyap. The audio launch event was held at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad with Prabhas attending as chief guest.

References

External links

• Loafer at the Internet Movie Database