Howrah Bridge (2018 film)

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Howrah Bridge
Howrah Bridge 2018 poster.jpg
Directed byRevan Yadhu
Produced byEMVE Studios Pvt. Ltd
Starring Rahul Ravindran
Chandini Chowdary
CinematographyPrasad GK
Edited byVenkateswara Rao Kotagiri
Music by Shekar Chandra
Production
company
EMVE Studios
Release date
  • 3 February 2018 (2018-02-03)
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Howrah Bridge is a 2018 Telugu-language romance film directed by Revan Yadhu. It stars Rahul Ravindran and Chandini Chowdary. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Arjun (Rahul Ravindran) and Shruti "Sweety" (Manali Rathore) get in touch because of the Machavaram Bridge as children. Arjun, who cannot forget Sweety since then, considers her as his life partner. After 18 years, he comes to Machavaram in search of Sweety. There, Sweety (Chandini Chaudhary), who works in software, decides to marry her brother-in-law Ajay (Ajay), who educated her and brought her up.

But, Arjun approaches her as his Sweety. Eventually Sweety also likes him. Meanwhile, Arjun gets to know the real sweety he saw as a child, Shruti. He then sends a video message to Sweety (Chandini Chaudhary) and leaves in search of Shruti. Meanwhile, Sweety tells her brother-in-law about her love affair with Arjun. After that, knowing that Arjun has moved away, she tries to commit suicide. And did Arjun and Shruti meet? Who was Sweety married to? is part the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reviews

Indiaglitz gave the film 1.75 out of 5 stating, "Atrocious scenes, double-timers who deserve their share of miseries, mind-numbing performances, and a ridiculously-mounted climax". [4]

Thehans India criticized the double meaning dialogue and the chemistry between the lead artistes. [5]

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References

  1. "Rahul Ravindran's 'Howrah Bridge' to release in January?". The Times of India.
  2. "Beating baddies was fun, says Chandini Chowdary". 28 January 2018.
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