Nakshatram (film)

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Nakshatram
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Directed by Krishna Vamsi
Written by Krishna Vamsi
Produced byK. Srinivasulu
S. Venugopal
Sajju
Starring Sundeep Kishan
Tanish
Regina Cassandra
Pragya Jaiswal
Prakash Raj
CinematographySrikanth Naroj
Edited bySiva Y. Prasad
Music by Bheems Ceciroleo
Production
companies
Sri Chakra Media
Butta Bomma Creations
Win Win Win Creations [1]
Release date
  • 4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) [2]
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Nakshatram (English: Star) is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language cop action-drama film which is written and directed by Krishna Vamsi in his 20th directorial film. Jointly produced by K. Srinivasulu, S. Venugopal and Sajju, it features Sundeep Kishan, Tanish, Regina Cassandra, Pragya Jaiswal, and Prakash Raj in the lead roles, while J. D. Chakravarthy and Sivaji Raja play supporting roles with Sai Dharam Tej in an extended special appearance. [3] [4] It was released on 4 August 2017 to negative reviews. [5] It was dubbed in Hindi as Mass Masala.

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Plot

Rama Rao (Sundeep Kishan) is an aspiring police officer who was born into a police family - his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father have all served in the police department. To carry out the family legacy, he dreams of becoming an SI and serving society, so he strives hard to achieve his goal. However, he was unable to qualify for the job for various reasons. That is when he decides to perform the duties of a cop even without wearing the uniform.

Meanwhile, following a bomb blast that claimed many innocent lives, Parasuramaiah IPS (Prakash Raj), the honest police commissioner of Hyderabad, vows to rid the city of terrorist activities. He forms a crack team led by dynamic cop Alexander IPS (Sai Dharam Tej) for the purpose. Meanwhile, Rama Rao gets into a tiff with Rahul (Tanish), the wayward son of Parasuramaiah.

Due to the quarrel, Rama Rao, when going for his police exam interview, gets attacked by Rahul and ends up being late for the exam and thus not getting selected. A grieved Rama Rao wears a police uniform gifted by his lover Jamuna and starts police duty himself. During one such act, he stops a car filled with explosives, but the car accidentally explodes. Investigating this explosion through CCTV footage, Parasuramiah notices a police uniform with Alexander's name labeled and sends Kiran Reddy (Pragya Jaiswal) to bring Rama Rao to him. Rama Rao confesses in front of Parasuramaiah that he did police duty, but Parasuramaiah wants to know where Alexander is. While coming back, Rama Rao questions Jamuna's father, Constable Sitharaman (Sivaji Raja), who was formerly a police officer and is now a heavy drunkard. Sitharam tells a flashback of how Alexander got killed by Rahul and his friends brutally by injecting heavy narcotic poison into him from all sides. They fit a time bomb on Alexander and release him in the center of the market, as narcotics Alexander falls on the woman and gets beaten and humiliated. Still, Alexander runs to the top floor of a building, explodes, and dies.

Rama Rao, hearing this flashback, decides to end Rahul's evil but finally gets attacked in the same way as Alexander and gets released to the middle of the function as a human bomb to a function attended by the home minister, with remote control on Rahul's mobile phone. Sitharam hits the mobile phone away. Meanwhile, Rama Rao manages to enter the car of the minister who has a mobile signal jammer. Now, Parasuramaiah, surprised at this behavior stands in doubt. Rahul tries to enter and wants to kill Rama Rao, but Kiran, although previously injured, shoots and kills Rahul.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bheems Ceciroleo and released by Aditya Music.

Nakshatram
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedJul 5, 2017
Recorded2017
Genre Soundtrack
Length19:09
Label Aditya Music
Producer Bheems Ceciroleo
Bheems Ceciroleo chronology
Angel
(2017)
Nakshatram
(2017)
PSV Garuda Vega
(2017)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Laayire Laayire"Kasarla Shyam Bheems Ceciroleo, Kasarla Shyam, Raghuram3:29
2."Pedaviki Nuvvante" Ananta Sriram Nayana Nair, Anurag Kulkarni 3:11
3."Hello Pillagada" Sri Mani Aishwarya Dasari, Saisharan 3:09
4."Ey Papa"Ananta SriramBheems Ceciroleo3:39
5."Sudigalalley"BalajiHari Gowra2:27
6."Time Ledu Guru"Kasarla Shyam Mohana Bhogaraju 3:14
Total length:19:09

Reception

A critic from The Hindu wrote that "After 166 minutes of watching one too many gun shots, hearing full-throated cries, high decibel dialogue deliveries and loud music, it felt good when it all ended". [6] A critic from The Times of India wrote that "Nakshatram is clearly Krishna Vamsi’s tribute to the ‘men in khaki’. Having said that, barring Rama Rao’s aspirations and characterisation, the drama evokes a sense of déjà vu". [7]

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