''Kalyan Ram Kathi'', also known as ''Kathi'' (), is a 2010 Indian

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written and directed by Mallikarjun. It stars Kalyan Ram in the lead role, alongside

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and

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. The story was written by

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, while Mallikarjun wrote the screenplay. The film features music composed by

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. It also marks the second collaboration between Kalyan Ram and Mallikarjun after ''

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'', along with the

debut of Sana Khan. The narrative revolves around a football player who unleashes his violent side when his sister goes missing. Prior to its release, the film became embroiled in a controversy regarding the title, which was registered by director

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for a film he was going to make with

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. The title was changed from ''Kathi'' to ''Kalyan Ram Kathi'', following which Gunasekhar gave up the title. The film released on 12 November 2010. It was a

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Plot

The film opens with the protagonist killing some men and then proceeding to get stabbed by a man who thinks he murdered his wife. The flashback unfolds, revealing the protagonist Ramakrishna to be a football player who loves his sister Haritha dearly. He is protective towards her despite her carefree nature, something that is not liked by rest of his family members. One day, a builder approaches his father at their home to clear the land for the construction of a park. Ramakrishna peacefully convinces the builder and his henchmen to leave, and instead arrives at his house to settle the matter. The builder's goon incites him, resulting in a fight that leaves everyone wounded and Ramakrishna telling the builder the importance of family. Impressed, he visits Ramakrishna's home, and in front of everyone, apologizes and asks him to marry his daughter, and Haritha to marry his son. However, Ramakrishna loves Anjali, and the builder is enraged to find them together. He arrives at Ramakrishna's house and insults both Ramakrishna and Haritha, leading to a brawl which leaves Ramakrishna's father unconscious upon learning about Haritha's disappearance from the builder's son. Helpless, Ramakrishna starts searching for her and as days pass, he suspects a politician's son of kidnapping her, following which he proceeds to attack the politician, his goons and son, only to realize he's not involved in it. Ramakrishna is arrested and then bailed by his family members who ask him to stop searching for Haritha, leave the city and fulfill his dream of playing the nationals. At the railway station, Haritha, now a married woman, is thrown out of a train and is chased by a man named Krishna Mohan and his goons, only to be saved by Ramakrishna himself who escapes with her in a train. Haritha reveals she slapped a man who misbehaved with her, but seeing his loyalty towards her, fell for him. She didn't want to marry the builder's son and thus eloped with the man who married her but showed his true colors when her in-laws revealed revenge to be the reason of the marriage. Ramakrishna devises a plan as per which he takes Haritha back to her in-laws in

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and wins their trust, especially that of his sister's father in law when he tells his sole mission is to kill his rival. Ramakrishna's second plan is to bring together Haritha and Krishna, which doesn't work initially but starts to, with time when Ramakrishna is joined by Anjali who turns out to be Krishna's sister. Krishna's brother returns and starts mistreating everyone including Ramakrishna, who beats him up publicly when he harasses Haritha. Realizing that Krishna is now starting to change, his father instructs Ramakrishna to kill Haritha. Upon not finding her at home, Krishna becomes worried and upon learning the truth from his father, he confronts him verbally and threatens to not spare him. The opening scene is resumed when Ramakrishna returns with a sword, tells that he killed someone and is stabbed by an enraged Krishna. He threatens everyone to not save Ramakrishna and drags the latter to the gate. However, Krishna's father's rival arrives with his henchmen. Still angry as his sons were murdered, he attacks everyone and tries to kill Krishna, but is stopped by Ramakrishna who fights off the goons. He locks Krishna's father inside a room for his safety, and proceeds to confront the rival who gets killed in an explosion. Krishna's father starts believing Ramakrishna and Krishna too died due to him, while Krishna is found to be alive and living happily with his family, that now also includes Krishna.

Cast

* Kalyan Ram as Ramakrishna *

as Anjali *

as Krishna Mohan (voice dubbed by P. Ravi Shankar) *

as Haritha *

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as Venkatachalam, Ramakrishna's friend * Chandra Mohan as Chandram, Ramakrishna's father *

as Bilahari, Krishna Mohan's father *

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as Babai *

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as Swathi Muthyam * Ajay as Ajay, Krishna Mohan's family member *

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as Krishna Mohan's family member * Venu Madhav as Venu, Ramakrishna's friend *

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as Auto Driver Baasha *

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as Ramakrishna's elder brother *

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as Ramakrishna's sister-in-law *

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as Sridevi, a maid at Ramakrishna's house *

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as Babai's henchman *

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as Subramanyam * Ramaraju as Lingaraju

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by ''Mayuri Audio'' label. The audio launch event took place on 6 November 2010 at Taj Banjara hotel. It was attended by celebrities such as

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, Janakiram, Taraka Ratna,

, Mallikarjun,

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, Srivas and

Reception

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'' gave the film two out of five stars and stated that "The contrived plot could play spoilsport in this clichéd action adventure". ''

Idlebrain.com Idlebrain.com is an Indian entertainment website dedicated to Telugu cinema. Established in 1999 by G. V. Ramana, popularly known as Jeevi, a graduate of BITS Pilani, the site is among the oldest websites on the Internet focused on Telugu films ...

'' gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and praised Kalyan Ram's performance, action sequences, dialogues and camerawork.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, tt1945122 2010 films 2010s Telugu-language films 2010 action films Indian action films Films about siblings Films scored by Mani Sharma