Dhira (film)

Dhira
Promotional poster
Directed by	Arun Kumar Rapolu
Screenplay by	Arun Kumar Rapolu
Starring	Bellamkonda Sreenivas
Music by	Sri Murali Karthikeya
Production company	A Theorem Studios
Distributed by	Amazon Prime Video
Release date	10 November 2020 (2020-11-10) [1]
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Dhira is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language animated biographical film written and directed by Arun Kumar Rapolu. The film is based on the life of Tenali Rama, which was voice by Bellamkonda Sreenivas. The film was dubbed in 11 languages.

Voice cast

• Bellamkonda Sreenivas as Tenali Rama ^[2]
• Hemachandra

Dubbed versions

Actor	Language	Role	Ref.		Actor	Language	Role	Ref.
Vivek Oberoi	Hindi	Tenali Rama	[3]		Askar Ali	Malayalam	Tenali Rama	[4]
Vijay Sethupathi	Tamil		[5]		Sri Nagesh	Bhojpuri
Jeet	Bengali		[3]		Pratik Gandhi	Gujarati
Dhruva Sarja	Kannada		[4]		Sabyasachi Mishra	Odia		[6]
Swapnil Joshi	Marathi				Aashish Bandari	English		[7]
Yuvraj Hans	Punjabi

Production

The film took three years to complete and was made with a team of 75 people from the Hyderabad-based startup A Theorem Studios using Blender. ^{[8] [9]}

Accolades

Date	Event	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
17 July 2021	2nd ANN Awards	Best Director of an Animated Film	Dhira	Won	[10]
		Best Technical Innovation		Won

References

1. "Animated film, 'Dhira' inspired by Tenali Rama to be released soon -". AnimationXpress. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
2. "Bellamkonda Sreenivas gives his voiceover for animated film 'Dhira'". The Times of India. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
3. "Vivek Oberoi 'proud' to voice Tenali Rama character in 'Dhira'". Ani News. 13 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
4. "Sabyasachi Mishra Joins Vijay Sethupathi,Vivek Oberoi And Jeet For Animated Film 'Dhira'". Mycitylinks. 16 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
5. "Vijay Sethupathi to lend his voice for animation film". The Times of India. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
6. "Sabyasachi dubs for an animation film on Tenali Rama". The Times of India. 21 November 2020. Archived from the original on 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
7. ATHEOREM STUDIOS (17 November 2020). DHIRA| Aashish Bandari |Mocap Film| English Trailer| Watch on Amazon Prime Video| A Theorem Studios . Retrieved 14 April 2025– via YouTube.
8. Paul, Sharmindrila (2 December 2020). "Exclusive: "With 'Dhira' I fulfilled my dream of making something larger than life": Arun Kumar Rapolu". AnimationXpress. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
9. "KTR pats top brass of city-based start-ups". The Hans India. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
10. "Here are the winners of the second edition of ANN Awards -". AnimationXpress. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

External links

• Dhira at IMDb