''Athiratha'' () is a 2017 Indian

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film directed by Mahesh Babu. It stars Chethan Kumar and

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, with

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and

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in supporting roles. The

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and

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are by Suraag and the

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is by Jai Anand. The film is a remake of

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film ''

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'' (2016).

Plot

The film depicts Akash (Chethan) as a TV reporter on Spy TV. He is investigating a minister's scandal in a pub with his friend. He meets a girl named Mary (Latha Hegde), working on the same TV channel as a reporter. His father (Avinash) is a news anchor on the Doordarshan channel. He tells him to quit that job and find other work. One day, police falsely arrest him together with four other youths, charging them with a money scandal of taking loans with falsified papers. One of the youths dies in a road accident while trying to escape court. Akash's lawyer friend Ravishankar Gowda releases him on bail. He searches for the truth behind the scandal. Akash collects all duplicate certificates from Sarka's (Kabir Duhan Sigh) mafia places, with the help of his colleagues and gives the evidence to the TV channel. The news goes viral, and Sarka sees it. He starts to think about who exposed his mafia. Sarka sends his goons to interrogate the TV reporters one by one. They disclose Akash's name. Sarka takes his colleagues hostage. Akash kills two of Sarka's goons, and Sarka kills two of Akash's friends and his uncle (Achyuth Rao). Akash is determined to reveal the evidence, so he sends his friend to the mafia headquarters to collect more; he stays outside. Akash unsuccessfully tries to telecast the evidence secured to TV networks. Akash and his buddies reach a news office, where Akash sends the crew in while he fights Sarka off. Sarka recovers and once again tries to take Akash out. He runs into a machine and falls into a coma. Police seize his mafia cohorts and take them into custody. Akash gets a job on a BBC affiliate channel. In the last scene, Sarka is killed by a student doctor.

Cast

* Chethan Kumar as Akash, News Reporter *

as Adithi, Akash's colleague *

as Sarka, Mafia don of money and duplicate certificate scandal *

as A TV Channel owner *

Avinash Avinash may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Avinash'' (film), a 1986 Indian Hindi-language film * Tiger (YRF Spy Universe) (Avinash Singh Rathore), fictional agent in the ''Tiger'' franchise of the YRF Spy Universe People * Avinash Sachde ...

as Akash's father, News Host in Dooradarshan *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema, alongside a few Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He is known for his performances in the ''KGF'', '' Kantara'', '' Sidlingu'', and '' Lucia''. He is the recipient ...

as Avinash's friend, Police Constable *

Ravishankar Gowda Ravishankar Gowda (born 26 August 1973) is an Indian actor who works in the Kannada film industry. He is known mostly for his comic roles in television and films. He acted as Dr. Vittal Rao, in the sitcom ''Silli Lalli'' which aired on ETV Kann ...

as Akash's lawyer friend * Parkourpaiyan *

Sudha Belawadi Sudha Belawadi is an Indian actress in the Kannada film industry, and a theatre artist in Karnataka, India. Some of the notable films of Sudha Belawadi as actress include '' Mathadana'' (2001), '' Mungaru Male'' (2006), '' Moggina Manasu'' (2008 ...

as Akash's mother * Aruna Balraj as the mother of one of the youths accused in the case *

Ester Noronha Ester Valerie Noronha (born 12 September 1992) is an Indian actress and singer known for her work in Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, and Konkani films. She is best known for her roles in '' Bhimavaram Bullodu'' (2014), ''Shakeela'' (2020), ''Lanke' ...

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* Prashanth Siddi as Ningu, one of the News Reporter in Spy TV

Soundtrack

The film's background score and the soundtracks were composed by debut artist Suraag, son of

. The music rights were acquired by Loop Entertainment.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt7998228 2017 films 2010s Kannada-language films 2017 action thriller films 2017 crime action films 2017 crime thriller films Indian action thriller films Indian crime action films Films about the mass media in India Action thriller films based on actual events Journalism adapted into films Films about journalists Films about organised crime in India Techno-thriller films Films about security and surveillance Indian crime thriller films Films about corruption in India Fictional portrayals of the Karnataka Police Films shot in Mysore Films shot in Bangkok Films about fraud Kannada remakes of Tamil films Films about mass media people Fictional television stations