Raja Vikramarka (2021 film)

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Raja Vikramarka
Raja Vikramarka 2021 poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySri Saripalli
Written bySri Saripalli
Produced by88 Rama Reddy
Starring Kartikeya
Tanya Ravichandran
P. Sai Kumar
CinematographyP. C. Mouli
Edited byJesvin Prabu
Music by Prashanth R Vihari
Production
company
Sree Chitra Movie Makers
Release date
  • 12 November 2021 (2021-11-12)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Raja Vikramarka is a 2021 Indian Telugu-language action spy thriller film written and directed by Sri Saripalli, starring Kartikeya, Tanya Ravichandran and P. Sai Kumar in the lead roles. [1] Produced by Rama Reddy, the music of film was composed by Prashanth R Vihari as the music director. [2] The film was released on 12 November 2021. [3]

Contents

Plot

An NIA agent, Raja Vikramarka 'Vikram' a cool and reckless but smart IPS officer works under Mahendra who is also his mentor and father figure to him. One day they catch a Nigerian agent once who supplied arms to Guru Narayan's gang who a former Naxalite. He informs them that Guru Narayan is alive and came back with vengeance against Chakravarthy. So he supplied the arms again to kill Chakravarthy a Former sincere IPS Officer turned Home Minister of the state. In the interrogation Raja accidentally kills him before he reveals their entire plan. However Mahendra manages to send Vikram in a secret mission as an insurance policy agent under Muddu Krishna a classical dancer turned insurance agent who teaches classical dance to Kanthi daughter of Chakravarthy by hiding his identity to investigate the matter. Vikram falls in love with Kanthi. Although she initially turns down his advances, she likes him and eventually expresses her feelings for him.

Meanwhile ACP Govind a sincere and hot headed IPS officer who takes care of Chakravarthy's security finds Vikram's and Kanthi's relationship suddenly visits Vikram's home. There he finds out all his secret operation then no option left Vikram reveals his identity to Govind. Then Mahendra intervenes and convinces Govind to co-operate with them; then Vikram and Govind decide to work together for catching Guru Narayan.

As expected Guru Narayan attacks Chakravarthy in Muddu Krishna's meeting who became a manager by taking Chakravarthy's Life Insurance Policy which worth's 10 crore. Vikram stops and arrests him. While everyone else feels relaxed, Vikram still doubts the Guru Narayan intentions behind his arrest. As Vikram anticipated, Guru Narayan's men kidnaps Kanthi at her Dance performance in front of Chakravarthy and demands him to be released.

A flashback episode reveals that Chakravarthy has enmity with Guru Narayan. When Chakravarthy was an IPS officer, he attacked and annihilated the gang of Guru Narayan who used to carry out contract killings under the disguise of Maoism. Chakravarthy shoots Guru Narayana who escapes but hospitalizes in comatose condition.

After 15 years waking up from coma, Guru Narayan wishes to destroy Chakravarthy's goodwill in public executed the current plan. Guru Narayan, who is now in jail, negotiates the release of Kanthi in exchange for his release. Then Vikram realises that Guru Narayan wants to kill Kanthi in front of Chakravarthy and escapes which makes him morally wounded and challenges the entire department.

Chakravarthy accompanies him along with Govind who wants to free his daughter without letting him escape. In an unfortunate turn of events, Chakravarthy gets killed in accidentally in the hands of Govind. An enraged Vikram chases and kills Guru Narayan who is trying to escape. Kanthi still remains with the kidnappers. On his deathbed Chakravarthy reveals that Kanthi told about him and he accepted there relationship, Vikram promises to save his daughter, then he advises Vikram to not leave anyone who involved in the conspiracy.

It is revealed that the Govind is the son of Guru Narayan and is the mastermind behind the kidnap. It is revealed that he on purpose kills Chakravarthy manages it as accident. Unknown of facts Vikram on his way to nab the criminals, meanwhile the enraged Govind attempts to kill Kanthi for killing his father and calls Vikram under disguise to kill Kanthi on hearing of him. While talking with Govind, Vikram finds out a minor clue who is a news channel regular tune. Then he went to the office announces Rs 10 Crores the insurance amount of Chakravarthy in exchange for Kanthi to lure the kidnappers. While Govind doesn't bother about the money and wants to kill her, his gang convinces him to get the money.

After a Cat and Mouse game in a final confrontation, Vikram recognizes Govind as Master mind and saves Kanthi, arrests kidnappers, and kills Govind unofficially.

Cast

Production

The director Sri Saripalli, makes his debut through the film who earlier worked as an assistant director of Naayak (2013) Alludu Seenu (2014) and Nuvvu Thopu Raa (2019). [4] The film was announced in October 2019 and the principal photography was started in late 2019. The filming was resumed in February 2020 after being delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic in India and wrapped the entire shoot in August 2021. [5] The title of the film was adapted from the 1990 film Raja Vikramarka , directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty. [6]

Soundtrack

Raja Vikramarka
Soundtrack album by
Prashanth R Vihari
Released2021
Recorded2021
Genre Film soundtrack
Length16:19
Label Saregama
Producer Prashanth R Vihari
Prashanth R Vihari chronology
Dorasaani
(2021)		Raja Vikramarka
(2021)		 Sehari
(2021)
External audio
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The soundtrack was composed by Prashanth R Vihari and was released by Saregama. [7]

All music is composed by Prashanth R Vihari

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Raja Garu Bayatakosthe" (Backing vocals: Santhosh Hariharan, Deepak, Shenbagaraj)KrishnakanthDavid Simon4:09
2."Sammathame" Ramajogayya Sastry Karthik, Shashaa Tirupati, Chaitra Ambadipudi 4:12
3."Rama Kanavemira" (Backing vocals: RItesh, Naresh, Kavya, Aparna) Ramajogayya Sastry Anurag Kulkarni, Manisha Eerabathini 4:32
4."Kaalam Kadalai"Sa Na Re Yazin Nizar, Ritesh G Rao3:25
Total length:16:19

Reception

Critical reception

Thadhagath Pathi of The Times of India gave a rating of 2/5 and cited the film as "dull and disappointing fare". He felt that "Raja Vikramarka was seen in the past, in the form of many films and the beats feel familiar. This one fails to engage." [8] In contrast, Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu felt that the film has a refreshing narrative. She further wrote that "the film is a good watch" and praised the writing department. [9] Writing for The Indian Express , Gabbeta Ranjith Kumar criticized the story and screenplay. He also opined that "a talent like Pasupathy, who entertained all with his acting prowess in Sarpatta Parambarai , is wasted here". [10] Pinkvilla also criticized the story narration, screenplay and cited the film as "an inept action-comedy that is shorn of logic". [11]

Box office

On its opening day, the film has collected a gross collection of ₹1.25 crore. [12]

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