| Dwaraka | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Srinivas Ravindra |
| Produced by | Pradyumna Chandrapati Ganesh Penubotu |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Varshith Kaki |
| Music by | Sai Karthik |
Production company | Legend Cinema |
| Distributed by | Super Good Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Dwaraka is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language comedy-drama film directed by Srinivas Ravindra (MSR), produced by Pradyumna Chandrapati and Ganesh Penubotu, under Legend Cinema, and is presented by R. B. Choudary under the banner Super Good Films. It features Vijay Deverakonda and Pooja Jhaveri in the lead roles while Prakash Raj, Prudhviraj and Murali Sharma appear in crucial roles. The movie was set to release in November 2016 but due to demonitisation was released on March 3 2017. The movie received poor word of mouth and failed at the box office.
Plot
The story is about a thief Erra Srinu who turns into a fake Baba due to circumstances, how is his image exploited, his love story with Vasudha and his fight with a rationalist Chaitanya and how he comes clean forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Vijay Deverakonda as Erra Srinu / Sri Krishnananda Swamy[1]
- Pooja Jhaveri as Vasudha
- Murali Sharma As Chaitanya, a former IAS turned rationalist who targets Krishnananda Swamy to expose later, joins him and tries to expose the conspiracy behind him.
- Prabhakar as Adv. Ravi, an arrogant, witty lawyer who makes Erra Srinu into Krishnananda Swamy.
- Prakash Raj as Chief Minister (in an extended cameo appearance)
- Prudhviraj as Pujari
- Surekha Vani as Vasudha's mother.
- Raghu Babu as Minister, who is a partner of Ravi.
- Krishna Bhagavaan as a fake Baba exposed by Chaitanya (cameo appearance)
- Gundu Sudarshan as Sudarshan
- Uttej as Journalist Gopi
- Venkata Giridhar Vajja as Giri
- Shakalaka Shankar
- Niharica Raizada in a special appearance in the song "Alabbi Alabbi"
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released by Aditya Music in October 2016. Music is composed by Sai Karthik.
| Dwaraka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 17:41 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Sai Karthik | |||
| Sai Karthik chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Bhajare Nandagopala" | Sri Sai Kiran | K. S. Chithra | 04:02 |
| 2. | "Adire Dada" | Rahman | Sai Charan | 03:36 |
| 3. | "Jantar Mantar" | Rahman | Saketh | 02:28 |
| 4. | "Allabbi Allabbi" | Kasarla Shyam | Revanth, Divija Karthik | 03:24 |
| 5. | "Enta Chitram" | Rahman | Sameera Bharadwaj | 04:11 |
| Total length: | 17:41 | |||
Reception
A critic from The Hindu wrote that "With a predictable storyline there is nothing in the film that keeps you amused or engaged. Dwaraka disappoints".[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Vijay Devarakonda: Never thought I could dance".
- ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (3 March 2017). "Dwaraka review: Disappointing, cliche-ridden". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Dwaraka Movie Review". The Times of India.