Where Is the Venkatalakshmi

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Where Is the Venkatalakshmi
Where Is the Venkatalakshmi poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKishore (Ladda)
Produced byM. Sridhar Reddy
H. Anand Reddy
R. K. Reddy
Starring Raai Laxmi
Madhunandan
Praveen
CinematographyVenkat R. Shakamuri
Music byHari Gowra
Production
company
ABT Creations
Release date
  • 15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Where Is the Venkatalakshmi is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language horror comedy film starring Raai Laxmi. [1] [2] The film was released on 15 March 2019. [3] [4] [5] [6] The film received negative reviews with criticism for the characters, direction and screenplay.

Contents

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Hyderabad. [7]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Hari Gowra. [8]

Marketing

The trailer was released on 19 February. [9] [10]

Release

The Times of India gave the film one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "It's almost as if the writers of Where Is the Venkatalakshmi decided to sit at the table and create the worst characters to ever be made on-screen". [11] New Indian Express gave the film two out of five stars and wrote that "Despite having some potential cast, director Kishore Kumaar has to take the blame for failing them miserably and not making this script work today". [12] 123 Telugu wrote "On the whole, Where Is the Venkatalakshmi is a good script gone wrong kind of a film. Lakshmi Rai, comedians Madhu and Praveen try to save the film with their sincere efforts but the second half has nothing going its way and kills the interest of the audience." [13]

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