Rakhi (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Rakhi


imdb_id = 0924274
writer = Krishna Vamsi
starring = Jr. NTR
Ileana D'Cruz
Charmme Kaur,
Suhasini,
Ravi Varma
director = Krishna Vamsi
producer = K.L. Narayana
S. Gopal Reddy
music = Devi Sri Prasad
country = India
cinematography = S. Gopal Reddy,
S.Sundeep Reddy
released = December 22, 2006
language = Telugu
budget = 14 crores

"Rakhi" ( _te. రాఖీ) is a Telugu film directed by Krishna Vamsi and has Jr. NTR in the lead role and Ileana D'Cruz and Charmme Kaur in supporting roles. This film released on December 22, 2006 with 250 prints.cite web| title= telugucinema.com| work=Rakhi to release with 250 prints|url= http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/news/raakhi_dec19.php
accessdate=19 December|accessyear=2006] Although commercially its not a profitable venture bute the movie got excellent reviews [cite web| title= indiaglitz.com| work=Rakhi proves its mettle at box office|url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/28027.html
accessdate=7 January|accessyear=2007]

Tagline: "Highly Inflammable"

Plot

Rama Krishna or Rakhi(Jr. NTR) aspires to become railway stationmaster like his father (Chandramohan). His love interest and close friend Tripura (Ileana D'Cruz) is a reporter in TV channel who exposes atrocities against women in society. For Rakhi, his sister Gayathri (Manjusha) is everything. She is married off to software professional (Ravi Varma) who plans to go USA. The greedy in-laws burn her alive for more dowry. Devastated by this he takes the law into his own hands and starts to kill men for harassing women. A police officer Meenakshi Iyer (Suhasini) convinces him to surrender to the law. Before surrendering, he has killed over 49 misogynists. Finally in jail, he kills his sister's friend's murderer like a tiger and in the climax, the main villain ministers . His dialogs in the court are remarkable. The court drama forms the rest of the story.

Cast

* Jr. NTR ... Rama Krishna
* Ileana D'Cruz ... Tripura Sundari
* Charmme Kaur ... Gowri
* Suhasini ... Meenakshi Iyer
* Ravi Varma ...
* Prakash Raj ... Judge (Guest role)

Crew

* Director:: Krishna Vamsi
* Story: Krishna Vamsi
* Producer: K.L. Narayana & S. Gopal Reddy
* Screenplay: Krishna Vamsi
* Dialogues: Krishna Vamsi
* Cinematography: S. Gopal Reddy
* Music: Devi Sri Prasad
* Action Director: Stun Shiva
* Lyrics: Sirivennela, Chandrabose, & Suddala Ashok Teja
* Story Treatment: Ratnam
* Direction Department:

Music

The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was well received.cite web| title= telugucinema.com| work=Rakhi tops the chartbusters|url= http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/rakhi_dec1706.php
accessdate=22 December|accessyear=2006]

* "Rangu Rabba Rabba" - Amalraj & Priya

* "Zara Zara" - Andrea

* "Vasthava Vasthava" - Jassie Gift & Srilekha Parthasarathy

* "Rakhee Rakhee" - Devi Sri Prasad & Mamta Mohandas

* "Kallallo Kaalagni" - S.P. Balasubramaniam

* "Ninnu Choosthe" - Shankar Mahadevan & Gopika Poornima

Release

*The film was released in 545 screens,including 431 in andhra Pradesh,29 in Karnataka,6 in Orissa,3 in Tamil Nadu,3 in Mumbai and 73 in Overseas. [ [http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=rakhireleasecenters ::Welcome to Superhit ] ]

Box office performance

*The film had a 100-day run in 13-centres. [ [http://www.cinegoer.com/rakhee100.htm CineGoer.com - Box-Office Records And Collections - 100-day Centres Of Rakhee ] ]
*This movie was dubbed into into tamil as Rakhi

Trivia

* Well known Malayali actress Mamta Mohandas who made her debut as a Telugu actress in Yamadonga movie has sung a song in this film. For that song she own her first Filmfare award in 2007.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0924274|title=Rakhi