Dwaraka (film)

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Dwaraka
Dwaraka telugu.jpg
Poster
Directed bySrinivas Ravindra
Produced byPradyumna Chandrapati
Ganesh Penubotu
Starring
Cinematography Shyam K. Naidu
Edited byVarshith Kaki
Music by Sai Karthik
Production
company
Legend Cinema
Distributed by Super Good Films
Release date
  • 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
Country India
LanguageTelugu

Dwaraka is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film [ citation needed ] 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.

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Delayed initially due to the demonetisation,[ citation needed ] the film was released on March 3 2017.[ citation needed ] The film's Tamil dubbed version was named after Deverakonda's another 2017 romantic drama Arjun Reddy .[ citation needed ] Later the film was dubbed in Malayalam as Mr Arjun in 2020[ citation needed ]

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

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released by Aditya Music in October 2016. Music is composed by Sai Karthik.

Dwaraka
Soundtrack album by
Released2016
Recorded2016
Genre Soundtrack
Length17:41
Label Aditya Music
Producer Sai Karthik
Sai Karthik chronology
Shankara
(2016)
Dwaraka
(2016)
Intlo Deyyam Nakem Bhayam
(2016)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Bhajare Nandagopala"Sri Sai Kiran K. S. Chithra 04:02
2."Adire Dada"RahmanSai Charan03:36
3."Jantar Mantar"RahmanSaketh02:28
4."Allabbi Allabbi"Kasarla Shyam Revanth, Divija Karthik03:24
5."Enta Chitram"RahmanSameera Bharadwaj04:11
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] A critic from The Times of India rated the film two and a half out of five and wrote that "Dwaraka has an interesting plotline and a tiringly erratic screenplay. It is almost engaging. You’ll want to see what happens of this thief who is given such a position of power. But only if you can sit through the two and a half hour of randomness". [3] Suhas Yellapantula from The New Indian Express stated "For all its flaws, Dwaraka veers away from the infamous Telugu template and offers something for the viewers to think about. For this alone, it can be worth a watch". [4] Varaprasad Makireddy from Samayam Telugu rated the film three out of five stars and opined, "In terms of story, there is no variety but the story is impressive. Thief Sheenu.. The sequence of becoming Baba.. The stunts performed by Baba.. Superstitious devotion.. The media frenzy.. The movie moves smartly with these scenes". [5]

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