''Mismatch'' (stylized as ''Mis(s)match'') is a 2019

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-language romantic

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directed by N. V. Nirmal Kumar. The film stars Uday Shankar and

Aishwarya Rajesh Aishwarya Rajesh (born 10 January 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. Aishwarya is a recipient of several awards including two Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and fo ...

in the lead roles.

Cast

*Uday Shankar as Siddharth **Master Adhiroh as younger Siddharth ::The sequence where he repeats thousands of numbers from memory is based on Shankar's real life. *

as Mahalakshmi * Pradeep Rawat as Mahalakshmi's father *Sanjay Swaroop as Siddharth's father *Naga Mahesh as a villager *Ravulapati Venkata Ramarao in negative role *Malakpet Shailaja as a villager *Bhadram as Bhadram *

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as Mahalakshmi's mother *Sandhya Janak *

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as Mahalakshmi's friend *Padma Jayanthi as Mahalakshmi's aunt *Laxman *Munna

Production

Uday Shanker, who was last seen in the film ''

Aatagadharaa Siva ''Aatagadharaa Siva'' is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language slice of life film directed by Chandra Siddhartha and starring Kannada actor Doddanna (in his only Telugu film to date) and Uday Shankar in the lead roles. Dialogues written by K.A.Muni Sur ...

'' (2018), wanted to do a film with a message. N. V. Nirmal Kumar, who had previously directed the Tamil film '' Salim'' (2014), was chosen to direct the film.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Gifton Elias. The first single, "Arere Arere", was launched by

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on 25 November 2019. The song "Ee Manase" from '' Tholi Prema'' was remixed and used in the film.

Release

The film released on 6 December.

Critical reception

This film received positive reviews from fans and polarized reviews from critics. ''

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'' gave 3.5 of 5 stars and stated that "On the whole, 'Mismatch' is a decent entertainer". ''

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'' gave 2 of 5 stars and praised the performances of Rajesh and Rawat, but stated how "there’s only so much they can do to save the film from a routine script and terrible narration".

References

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*{{IMDb title, 12039934 2019 films 2010s Telugu-language films 2010s Indian films Indian sports drama films Films shot in Andhra Pradesh 2019 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 2010s sports drama films