Kousalya Krishnamurthy

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Kousalya Krishnamurthy
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Screenplay byBhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Story by Arunraja Kamaraj
Produced byK. A. Vallabha
Starring Aishwarya Rajesh
Rajendra Prasad
Karthik Raju
Sivakarthikeyan
CinematographyI. Andrew
Edited by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by Dhibu Ninan Thomas
Production
company
Release date
  • 23 August 2019 (2019-08-23)
Running time
149 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Kousalya Krishnamurthy is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language sports drama film, produced by K. A. Vallabha under the Creative Commercials banner and directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao. The film stars Aishwarya Rajesh, Rajendra Prasad, Karthik Raju and Sivakarthikeyan in a supporting role, with music composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas. [1] This film is a remake of the 2018 Tamil film Kanaa and marks the Telugu debut of Aishwarya Rajesh. [2] [3] The film reused scenes involving Sivakarthikeyan from the original film. [4] The film was released theatrically on 23 August 2019. [5]

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Plot

The film begins in a village where Kousalya, the daughter of Krishnamurthy, a farmer, is highly fascinated by cricket. In her childhood, Kousalya saw tears in her father's eyes when India suffered defeat in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Hence, she determines to become an international cricketer to get back the smile on her cricket-loving father's face. At the age of 11, she joins the local cricket team in the village, who are mostly her school seniors, when everyone appreciates her talent for off-spin technique getting wickets. She also earns the wrath of many villagers for playing cricket with boys, which Krishna Murthy does not care about and supports his daughter. At present, Kousalya appears for team selections. She gets rejected but does not give up. She works hard and gets selected for the Indian women’s cricket team. Kousalya moves for training at National Cricket Academy Bangalore, where she is humiliated by seniors due to internal politics, and even the coach demotes her to a large extent. However, the entry of a new coach named Nelson Dilipkumar, an ex-Indian cricketer, develops the team’s spirit and gets the players ready for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Nelson discovers the spin bowling capabilities of Kousalya and trains her on the right path. He also locks horns with the committee and ensures Kousalya’s presence in the World Cup. Meanwhile, Krishnamurthy faces a tough time with agriculture and is unable to repay the debt of the bank and ends up being in a rift with the bank manager. At one point, Nelson decides to rest Kousalya for the league matches as a strategy to hide her talent and give a surprise to opponents, which brings her down. Ultimately, Kousalya is selected for the semifinal against the strongest team, Australia. At the same time, Krishnamurthy’s house is auctioned by the bank; hearing it, Kousalya becomes anguished when Nelson motivates her to make her father proud by winning the match. During the match, Kousalya bowls a hat-trick and again bowls well, leading to India’s win. At last, she is declared as the Woman of the Match, awarded Rs. 5 lakhs from the same bank that is auctioning her house when she gives an emotional speech describing the situation of farmers in the country. Finally, Krishna Murthy feels proud of his daughter.

Cast

Cricket Team

Archival footage.

  • Natasha Parashar as Natasha Parashar
  • Nirali Oza as Gayathri Dixit
  • Shyla Alam as Anjali Sharma
  • Sushree Pradhan as Deepika Patel
  • Ramya Justin as Ramya
  • Sajana Sajeevan as Sajana

Production

K. S. Rama Rao, the presenter of the film, saw the trailer of Kanaa on the sets of World Famous Lover and decided to remake it in Telugu. The remake, titled Kousalya Krishnamurthy, was shot in the surrounding areas of Rajahmundry. [6]

Soundtrack

Kousalya Krishnamurthy
Soundtrack album by
Released
  • 22 June 2019 (2019-06-22)
Recorded2019
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length21:16
Label Sony Music India
Producer Dhibu Ninan Thomas
Dhibu Ninan Thomas chronology
Kanaa
(2018)
Kousalya Krishnamurthy
(2019)
Bachelor
(2021)
External audio
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The film's soundtrack was composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas, who composed the original film. All of the film's tunes were reused from Kanaa. [7]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Muddabanthi"Krishnakanth Yazin Nizar 4:12
2."Raakasi Gadusu Pilla"Rambabu GosalaAnanya Nair, Rahul Sipligunj, Roshitha4:08
3."Repati Kala" Ramajogayya Sastry Swaraag Keerthan, Manisha Eerabathini4:12
4."Savaal"Kasarla Shyam L. V. Revanth 3:56
5."Ooge Pachani"Kasarla Shyam Anurag Kulkarni 4:48
Total length:21:16

Release

The film was released theatrically on 23 August 2019. [5]

Reception

Critical reception

123telugu gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "An emotional sports drama which has some good moments. Decent family emotions and some interesting cricketing scenes are basic assets. On the flip side, the lengthy runtime, predictable sports-based storyline play spoilsport. If you are okay with these small issues, you can easily give this inspiring film a shot". [8]

The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "An emotional drama centred around cricket. We've seen a lot of Tollywood films based on cricket in recent times, but Kousalya Krishnamurthy has more cricket in it than an actual story". [9]

The Deccan Chronicle gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "Kousalya Krishnamurthy has a thought-provoking subject but its clichéd presentation detracts from the film". [10]

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