Saptagiri Express (film)

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Saptagiri Express
Directed byArun Pawar
Written by Saptagiri
Caarthick Raju
Produced by Dr. K. Ravi Kirane
Starring Saptagiri
Roshni Prakash
Posani Krishna Murali
Sayaji Shinde
Cinematography C. Ramprasad
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byVijay Bulganin
Production
company
Release date
  • 23 December 2016 (2016-12-23) [1]
Running time
131 min
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Saptagiri Express is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film directed by Arun Pawar and produced by Dr. K. Ravi Kirane under the Sai Celluloid Cinematic Creations Banner with music composed by Bulganin. [2] The film marks actor and comedian Saptagiri's first hero role. [3] Sapthagiri also wrote the film, which is an adaptation of the Tamil film Thirudan Police , [4] which will have him in the role of a constable. [3]

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The film was originally titled Katamarayudu, but the title was changed after Pawar and Sapthagiri learned that Pawan Kalyan was starring in a film by the same name. [5] Filming for Saptagiri Express concluded around the beginning of October 2016 and there was a projected release date of November of the same year. [4] [6]

Cast

Soundtrack

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Be Positive" Yazin Nizar  
2."Papa Nuvu" Rahul Nambiar  
3."Velugu Cheekati"Vijay, Bulganin 
4."Kekekkindo Lammi" Ranjith, Geetha Madhuri  
5."Theme Song"Bulganin 

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