Michael (2023 film)

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Michael
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi
Written byRanjit Jeyakodi
Produced byBharath Chowdary
Pushkar Ram Mohan Rao
Starring Sundeep Kishan
Vijay Sethupathi
Divyansha Kaushik
Gautham Menon
Varun Sandesh
CinematographyKiran Koushik
Edited byR. Sathyanarayanan
Music by Sam C. S.
Production
companies
Karan C Productions
Sree Venkateswara Cinemas
Release date
  • 3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box officeest.₹11 crore [1]

Michael is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi, and produced by Karan C Entertainments and Sree Venkateswara Cinemas. [2] The film features Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi, Divyansha Kaushik, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Varun Sandesh in the lead roles. [3] The film was originally shot in Telugu and the climax scenes were reshot in Tamil. [4]

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Michael was released on 3 February 2023. [4] The film received mixed reviews from critics, and grossed ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) at the box office.

Plot

During the 1980s, Michael was a gangster. Gurunath, a Bombay-based crime boss, guides him and his right-hand man, Swamy, raises him. However, Gurunath's son Amarnath and his wife Charulatha always rebuff him. One day, Gurunath gets attacked by a gang, where he learns that his rival Rathan is behind the attack. Gurunath sends Michael to Delhi to kill Rathan and his daughter Theera. However, Michael falls in love with Theera and decides not to kill Rathan. One night, Michael, Theera and Rathan are captured and brought to Amarnath, who reveals that he orchestrated the attack on his father to take over his position and also tells Michael that Theera was earlier pretending to love him, but now she truly loves Michael.

Amarnath kills Rathan and shoots Michael, gravely injuring him. Amarnath's men throw him into the sea, but Michael survives and arrives at Amarnath's hideout. Michael injures and kills almost all of Amarnath's men before killing Amarnath himself. Michael later walks away with Theera and reveals Amarnath's death at his hands to Gurunath, who swears to exact revenge. Charulatha and Gurunath go to Amarnath's hideout to collect his body. Gurunath announces a bounty to kill Michael and Theera in exchange for his position. Michael and Theera are taken in by Kannamma and her husband, a retired police officer, to hide from Gurunath's men. Kannamma's husband calls Gurunath and informs him that Michael and Theera are staying with him. Gurunath sends his men to kill them.

However, upon arrival, Kanamma's husband hoodwinks them, who he, along with Kannamma, finish off Gurunath's men. Kannamma and her husband reveal to Theera that Michael's mother, Jennifer, a singer, was having an affair with Gurunath and was oblivious that he was already married to Charulatha. Jennifer became pregnant with Michael. Charulatha came to know about it, thus enraging her. Charulatha tried to kill Jennifer by setting her house on fire, but Jennifer managed to survive and worked as a cook in a prison, raising Michael in the process. Michael learns about his mother's past and purposely gains Gurunath's attention to work for him to kill him at the right time.

Swamy also knew about his past and was helping him all along. Michael heads back to Bombay and confronts Gurunath at his mansion, where he reveals his relation to him and about Amarnath's attempt to take over him. Michael later kills both Charulatha and Gurunath, thus avenging the injustice caused to his mother. Later, Michael reunites with Theera and takes over Gurunath's empire, becoming the new crime boss of Bombay. Later, a new gang led by Gurunath's twin brother kidnap Swamy. Gurunath had kept this a secret from everyone except Charulatha. After learning about Michael, Gurunath's brother swears revenge against him.

Cast

Music

The soundtrack and score of the film were composed by Sam C. S.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Nee Vuntey Chaalu"Kalyan Chakravarthy Tripuraneni Sid Sriram  
2."Pammare" Chandrabose Mangli  
3."Poru Poru"Vamsi Krishna, Ranjit JeyakodiSarath Santhosh 
4."Guardian Angel"Sharanya GopinathSharanya Gopinath 

Release

The film was released in theatres on 3 February 2023. The digital rights were sold to Aha, [5] while the satellite rights of the Telugu version were sold to Zee Telugu and dubbed Tamil version were sold to Star Vijay. The film was premiered on Aha from 24 February 2023. [6] [7]

The Hindi dubbed version was premiered on Sony Max on 28 May 2023. [8]

Reception

Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "Michael is a genre film that achieves what it sets out to do – tell a dark coming-of-age tale of a young man who knows what it means to be human for better or worse. Watch it if that’s your kind of cinema." [9] Latha Srinivasan of India Today gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Michael is a gangster flick that’s more style than story for the most part. Having said that, Sundeep Kishan, Vijay Sethupathi and Sam CS are the absolute highlights of this film." [10]

Thinkal Menon of OTTplay gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Michael is a mish-mash of several home-made gangster films which have entertained in the past. The movie is a wasted opportunity and might appeal to hardcore action lovers who do not mind enjoying old wine in a new bottle." [11]

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