Raja Vikramarka (2021 Film)
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''Raja Vikramarka'' is a 2021 Indian
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-language action spy thriller film written and directed by Sri Saripalli in his directorial debut and produced by Rama Reddy. The film stars
Kartikeya Kartikeya (/Sanskrit phonology, kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda (Sanskrit phonology, /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/Sanskrit phonology, sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha (Sanskrit phonology, /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan ...
, Tanya Ravichandran and P. Sai Kumar in the lead roles, while Sudhakar Komakula,
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,
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, and
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play supporting roles. The music was composed by Prashanth R Vihari with cinematography by P. C. Mouli and editing by Jesvin Prabu. The film was released on 12 November 2021.


Plot

An NIA agent Raja Vikramarka 'Vikram', a cool and reckless but smart IPS officer, works under Mahendra who is also his mentor and father figure. One day, they catch a
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agent once who supplied arms to the gang of Guru Narayan, a former Naxalite. He informs them that Guru Narayan is alive and came back with vengeance against Chakravarthy, so he supplied the arms again to kill Chakravarthy, a former sincere IPS officer turned Home Minister of the state. In the interrogation, Vikram accidentally kills him before he reveals their entire plan. However, Mahendra manages to send Vikram in a secret mission as an insurance policy agent under Muddu Krishna a classical dancer turned insurance agent who teaches classical dance to Kanthi, Chakravarthy's daughter, by hiding his identity to investigate the matter. Vikram falls in love with Kanthi. Although she initially turns down his advances, she likes him and eventually expresses her feelings for him. Meanwhile ACP Govind Narayan, a sincere and hot-headed IPS officer who takes care of Chakravarthy's security, finds Vikram's and Kanthi's relationship and suddenly visits Vikram's home. There, he finds out Vikram's secret operation. Left with no option, Vikram reveals his identity to Govind. Mahendra intervenes and convinces Govind to cooperate with them; then Vikram and Govind decide to work together to catch Guru Narayan. As expected, Guru Narayan attacks Chakravarthy in Muddu Krishna's meeting, who became a manager by taking Chakravarthy's life insurance policy, which is worth 10 crore. Vikram stops and arrests him. While everyone else feels relaxed, Vikram still doubts Guru Narayan's intentions behind his arrest. As Vikram anticipated, Guru Narayan's men kidnap Kanthi at her dance performance in front of Chakravarthy and demand him to be released. A flashback episode reveals that Chakravarthy has an enmity with Guru Narayan. When Chakravarthy was an IPS officer, he attacked and annihilated the gang of Guru Narayan, who used to carry out contract killings under the disguise of Maoism. Chakravarthy shoots Guru Narayan, who escapes but is hospitalized in a comatose condition. After waking up from a 15 year-coma, Guru Narayan wished to destroy Chakravarthy's goodwill in public executed the current plan. Guru Narayan, who is now in jail, negotiates Kanthi's release in exchange for his release. Vikram realizes that Guru Narayan wants to kill Kanthi in front of Chakravarthy and escapes, which makes him morally wounded and challenges the entire department. Chakravarthy accompanies him along with Govind, who wants to free his daughter without letting him escape. In an unfortunate turn of events, Chakravarthy accidentally gets killed in the hands of Govind. An enraged Vikram chases and kills Guru Narayan, who is trying to escape. Kanthi still remains with the kidnappers. On his deathbed, Chakravarthy reveals that Kanthi told him about Vikram, and he accepted their relationship, Vikram promises to save Kanthi, then Chakravarthy advises him not to leave anyone who involved in the conspiracy. It is revealed that Govind is Guru Narayan's son and the mastermind behind the kidnap. It is revealed that he killed Chakravarthy on purpose but passed it off as an accident. Oblivious to this, Vikram is on his way to nab the criminals. Meanwhile, the enraged Govind attempts to kill Kanthi for killing his father and calls Vikram under a disguise to kill Kanthi on hearing of him. While talking with Govind, Vikram finds out a minor clue, which is a news channel regular tune. Then he goes to the office and announces Rs 10 Crores (the insurance amount of Chakravarthy) in exchange for Kanthi to lure the kidnappers. While Govind does not bother about the money and wants to kill her, his gang convinces him to get the money. After a cat and mouse game in a final confrontation, Vikram recognizes Govind as the mastermind, saves Kanthi, arrests the kidnappers, and kills Govind.


Cast

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Kartikeya Kartikeya (/Sanskrit phonology, kɑɾt̪ɪkejə/; ), also known as Skanda (Sanskrit phonology, /skən̪d̪ə/), Subrahmanya (/Sanskrit phonology, sʊbɾəɦməɲjə/, /ɕʊ-/), Shanmukha (Sanskrit phonology, /ɕɑnmʊkʰə/) and Murugan ...
as Raja Vikramarka IPS 'Vikram', an NIA officer * Tanya Ravichandran as Kanthi, Chakravarthy's daughter and Vikram's love interest * P. Sai Kumar as
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Chakravarthy, a former IPS officer * Sudhakar Komakula as ACP Govind Narayan IPS, Guru Narayan's son who hides his identity and joins the police department ** Master Harsh Roshan as Young Govind Narayan, who saves Guru Narayan from severe injuries. *
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as Guru Narayan, a former
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who is vengeful against Chakravarthy *
Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, poet and playwright who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has worked as an actor in more than 750 films, including few in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi; while he was al ...
as Mahendra IPS, Vikram's boss and Chakravathy's former colleague *
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as Muddu Krishna, an insurance agent and Kanthi's classical dance teacher * Naga Mahesh as Bhadram * Dayanand Reddy as Veerabhadram * Surya * Gemini Suresh * Jabardhasth Naveen


Production

The film is directed by debutant Sri Saripalli, who earlier worked as an assistant director of '' Naayak'' (2013), ''
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'' (2014), and ''
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'' (2019). The film was announced in October 2019, and the
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was started in late 2019. The filming was resumed in February 2020 after being delayed due to the
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and wrapped the entire shoot in August 2021. The title of the film was adapted from the 1990 film '' Raja Vikramarka'', directed by
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.


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Prashanth R Vihari and was released by
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Reception


Critical reception

Thadhagath Pathi of ''
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'' gave a rating of 2/5 and cited the film as "dull and disappointing fare". He felt that "Raja Vikramarka was seen in the past, in the form of many films and the beats feel familiar. This one fails to engage." In contrast, Y Sunita Chowdhary of ''
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'' felt that the film has a refreshing narrative. She further wrote that "the film is a good watch" and praised the writing department. Writing for ''
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'', Gabbeta Ranjith Kumar criticized the story and screenplay. He also opined that "a talent like Pasupathy, who entertained all with his acting prowess in '' Sarpatta Parambarai'', is wasted here". ''
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'' also criticized the story narration, screenplay and cited the film as "an inept action-comedy that is shorn of logic".


Box office

On its opening day, the film has collected a gross collection of ₹1.25
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References


External links

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