Pachchis

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Pachchis
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Directed bySri Krishna
Rama Sai
Written bySri Krishna
Produced byKaushik Kumar Kathuri
Rama Sai
StarringRaamz
Swetha Varma [1]
CinematographyKartik Parmar
Edited byRana Pratap
Music by Smaran Sai
Production
companies
Avasa Chitram
Raasta Films
Mango Mass Media
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 12 June 2021 (2021-06-12)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Pachchis is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language thriller film directed by debutants Sri Krishna and Rama Sai. [2] Produced jointly by Avasa Chitram, Raasta Films, and Mango Mass Media, the film features Raamz and Swetaa Varma in lead roles. The music of the film is composed by Smaran. It was premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 12 June 2021.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Plot

The film opens with the interrogation of a mole/spy, Rakesh, in a gang that belongs to Gangadhar, a politician. The mole/spy reveals that he was investigating Mallikarjun, a member of the gang, before he is killed. Abhiram, a gambling addict, is in debt of a loan shark, R. K. Abhiram makes false promises to get R. K. a contract through his contact with another politician, Basava Raju. Meanwhile, Avantika, the sister of the Rakesh, takes matters into her own hands and starts searching for her brother. It is revealed that Rakesh was not a police officer, but was working for Basava Raju. After R. K. finds out the truth about Abhiram's schemes, he threatens him to repay the debt within three days. Having nowhere to escape, Abhiram triggers a game of cat and mouse to search for the mole/spy belonging to the police.

Cast

Production

Raamz, who previously worked as a costume designer, made his debut as an actor in the film. [3]

Soundtrack

All music is composed by Smaran.

Telugu (OST)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Joodham" (Additional vocals: Saurabh Chaganty)Niklesh Sunkoji Smaran 3:51

Reception

Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India gave a rating of 2 out of 5 and stated, "Sounds great on paper, but the film fails to take off." [4] A critic of Pinkvilla wrote about the film that "Pachchis is not a fabulous thriller but it respects the audience's time at the minimum." [5] LetsOTT's Siddarth Srinivas, rated the film 2/5 and called it a "sub-standard crime drama." He added that the film stuck to the basics when it should have really tried to do something different. [6]

Rentala Jayadeva of Sakshi criticized the slow placed narration and stated: "The story never took off properly and it could not end satisfactorily.[ sic ]" [7] 123Telugu rated the film 2.75/5 and wrote, "On the whole, Pachchis is a film that has a good premise and fine taking. But it gets dull with routine scenes and lacks novelty in the latter part. The film has some good performances but the screenplay is not that effective." [8]

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