Operation Duryodhana (film)

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Operation Duryodhana
Operation Duryodhana.jpg
Directed by Posani Krishna Murali
Written byPosani Krishna Murali
Produced byPosani Krishna Murali
A. Mallikarjuna Rao
Starring Srikanth
CinematographyRaja
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by M. M. Srilekha
Production
company
Aman International Movies
Release date
  • 31 May 2007 (2007-05-31)(India)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Operation Duryodhana is a 2007 Indian Telugu political thriller film, loosely inspired by the 2005 sting operation of the same name. The movie was written and directed by Posani Krishna Murali starring Srikanth in lead role. The movie was a box office success, [1] and Srikanth earned a nomination for Filmfare Best Actor – Telugu for his portrayal in the movie. The film was remade in Tamil as Thee . It was also dubbed into Hindi as Operation Dhuryodhana. [2] An unrelated sequel to the film, Operation Duryodhana 2 , released in 2013 under the direction of Nandam Harischandra Rao with Jagapathi Babu in lead role. [3]

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Plot

Mahesh (Srikanth) is a sincere and honest police officer. He loses his kids and his wife gets paralyzed as few politicians who don't like his sincerity harm his family. Mahesh changes his appearance and name to join the gang of politicians to become one. The rest of the story is about how he makes people realize that there is some fault in the system.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

A critic from Idlebrain.com wrote that "Posani Krishna Murali's work is far better compared to his earlier film Sravanamasam, but not good enough". [4]

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