''Pape Naa Pranam'' () is a 1998 Indian
Telugu-language
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
starring
J. D. Chakravarthy and
Meena. The film initially released without a title with the director stating that he would rename the film in fifteen days after the release based on the audience's opinion.
It is a remake of the 1995 American film ''
Nick of Time''. The film was dubbed into
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
and
Tamil as ''Aaj Ka Baadshah'' and ''Kolai Kutram''.
Cast
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J. D. Chakravarthy as Chakri
*
Meena
*
Ashish Vidyarthi
*
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Kota Srinivasa Rao (born 10 July 1942) is an Indian character actor known for his work primarily in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He has also starred in a few films in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Ma ...
*
Jaya Sudha
*
Chandra Mohan
* Chandini
*
Ali
*
Sunil
*
Banerjee
*
Kalpana Rai
*
Uttej
*
Tanikella Bharani
*
AVS
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M. S. Narayana
* Baby Ayushi
Music
Release and reception
The film initially released without a title with the director stating that he would rename the film in fifteen days after the release based on the audience's opinion.
A critic from ''
Zamin Ryot'' wrote that "Despite the name, the film is great!" ''Andhra Today'' wrote "The most important part of a suspense movie is narration of the story and the director used all his skills to sustain the storyline and the suspense. The comedy track, though irrelevant, serves to ease the tension. The film has all the nine emotions, all of which are portrayed excellently by the director. Histrionicswise everyone did exceedingly well".
References
1998 films
1990s Telugu-language films
1990s Indian films
1990 thriller films
Films scored by Koti (composer)
Indian thriller films
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