Rakhi (2006 film)
| Rakhi | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Produced by | K.L. Narayana |
| Written by |
Krishna Vamsi Sainath Thotapalli |
| Starring |
Jr. NTR Ileana D'Cruz Charmme Kaur Suhasini Ravi Varma |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | Shankar |
Release date | 22 December 2006 |
Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Rakhi is a Telugu vigilante-drama thriller 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 22 December 2006 with 250 prints.It is also dubbed in tamil as raakhi.[1] The movie got a very good response but wasn't commercially successful even though it got good critical reviews and acclaim. Jr. NTR tried his luck with women Sentiment.[2] It was dubbed into Hindi as The Return of Kalia.
Plot
Ramakrishna or Rakhi (Jr. NTR) aspires to become railway stationmaster like his father (Chandra Mohan). His love interest and close friend Tripura (Ileana D'Cruz) is a reporter in a 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 to USA. The greedy in-laws burn her alive for more dowry. Devastated by this he takes the law into his own hands and starts to kill men for harassing women. A police officer Meenakshi Iyer (Suhasini) convinces him to surrender to 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 dialogues in the court are remarkable. The court drama forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Jr. NTR ... Ramakrishnan (Rakhi)
- Ileana D'Cruz ... Tripura Sundari
- Charmme Kaur ... Gowri
- Suhasini ... Meenakshi Iyer
- Ravi Varma ...
- Prakash Raj ... Judge (Guest role)
- Kota Srinivasa Rao ... NTR's Grand Father
- Chandra Mohan ... NTR's Father
- Bramhaji ... NTR's Brother
- Saranya Ponvannan ... Charmee's Mother
- Ranii Pandey ... Head of Prostitution Racket Selling Ileana
Crew
- Director:: Krishna Vamsi
- Story: Krishna Vamsi
- Producer: K.L. Narayana & S. Gopal Reddy
- Screenplay: Krishna Vamsi
- Dialogues: Krishna Vamsi
Sainath Thotapalli - Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
- Music: Devi Sri Prasad
- Action Director: Stun Shiva
- Lyrics: Sirivennela, Chandrabose, & Suddala Ashok Teja
- Story Treatment: Ratnam
- Direction Department:
Music
The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was well received.[3]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rangu Rabba Rabba" | Amalraj, Priya Himesh | 06:05 |
| 2. | "Zara Zara" | Andrea Jeremiah | 04:36 |
| 3. | "Vasthava Vasthava" | Jassie Gift, Srilekha Parthasarathy | 04:27 |
| 4. | "Rakhi Rakhi" | Devi Sri Prasad, Mamta Mohandas | 05:33 |
| 5. | "Kallallo Kaalagni" | S. P. Balasubramanyam | 04:33 |
| 6. | "Ninnu Choosthe" | Shankar Mahadevan, Gopika Poornima | 04:04 |
Release
The film was released in 545 screens,including 431 in 5 andhra Pradesh,29 in Karnataka,6 in Orissa,3 in Tamil Nadu,3 in Mumbai and 73 in Overseas.[4]
Box office performance
The film had a 100-day run in 30-centres.[5]
References
- ↑ "Rakhi to release with 250 prints". telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2006.
- ↑ "Rakhee proves its mettle at Box Office". indiaglitz.com.
- ↑ "Rakhi tops the chartbusters". telugucinema.com. Retrieved 22 December 2006.
- ↑ "::Welcome to Superhit". superhit.co.in. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – 100-day Centres Of Rakhee". cinegoer.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.