Aakatayi

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Aakatayi
Aakatayi poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRom Bhimana
Produced byK R Vijay Karan
K R Kaushal Karan
K R Anil Karan
StarringAashish Raj
Rukshar Dhillon
CinematographyVenkat Gangadhari
Edited byM. R. Varma
Music by Mani Sharma
Production
company
VKA Films
Release date
  • 10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Aakatayi is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Rom Bhimana. Produced by K R Vijay Karan, K R Kaushal Karan, K R Anil Karan under the VKA Films, it features debutantes Aashish Raj and Rukshar Mir in the lead roles. Bollywood actress Ameesha Patel featured in an item title song. Mani Sharma composed the film's score and soundtrack. Pradeep Rawat, Suman, Ramki, Brahmanandam, Posani Krishna Murali played supporting roles.

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Plot

Vikranth (Ashish Raj) is a studious engineering student who falls for Anagha (Rukshar Mir) Vikranth gets a shocker of his life when he gets to know some news about his parents through Anagha. Vikranth steps in to know the truth about his parents. Then there is the World's most wanted criminal Jehangir (Pradeep Rawat) who comes into Vikranth's life and makes it difficult for him by spoiling his things.

Cast

Production

Shooting began on 25 July 2016 [2]

Soundtrack

The Music Was Composed By Mani Sharma and Released by Aditya Music.

Aakatayi
Soundtrack album by
Released8 February 2017
Recorded2017
Genre Soundtrack
Length28:22
Label Aditya Music
Producer Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Siddhartha
(2016)
Aakatayi
(2017)
Fashion Designer s/o Ladies Tailor
(2017)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Go Lets Go"Karunakar AdigarlaDeepu, Sweekar Agasthi, Karuna3:41
2."Niluvetthuga Nene Neevuga"Chaitanya Prasad Ramya Behara 4:43
3."Anaghaa Anaghaa (Version 1)" Ramajogayya Sastry Sri Krishna4:11
4."Pranam Paravana"Karunakar Adigarla Anurag Kulkarni, Sahithi Chaganti4:34
5."Virigina Aakasanni" Sri Mani Sweekar Agasti2:49
6."Aakatayi"Chaitanya PrasadUma Neha4:13
7."Anaghaa Anaghaa (Version 2)" Ramajogayya Sastry Ramajogayya Sastry 4:11
Total length:28:22

Release

The teaser was released on 21 January 2017. [3] The film was released on 10 March 2017. [4] [5] The soundtrack was released on 8 February 2017 on Aditya Music. [6]

Critical reception

A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Aakatayi is a one-time watch if you don’t use your brains for the second half of the film". [7] [8] [9]

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