''Sebastian P.C. 524'' is a 2022 Indian
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
-language
action thriller film written and directed by Balaji Sayyapureddy. The film stars
Kiran Abbavaram and Nuveksha in the lead roles. The film is produced by Siddha Reddy B, Raju, Pramod under the banner Jovitha Cinemas. The film's soundtrack is composed by
Ghibran and the editing is done by Viplav Nyshadam. The film was theatrically released on 4 March 2022. The film received negative reviews form critics on release.
Plot
Sebastian (Kiran Abbavaram) is a well-meaning youngster whose late mother (Rohini) is his world. Before she died, his mother asked him to safeguard his cop job securely by concealing the fact about his Night-blindness. Just as he gets posted in Madanapalle in Chittoor district, a young housewife named Neelima (Komalee Prasad) gets murdered. In this case the suspects are Dr.Chakravathy (
Surya
Surya (; sa, सूर्य, ) is the sun as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchayatana puja and a m ...
), Neelima's father in law who lusts on her and treats Seba for his night-blindness, Heli(Nuveksha) who loves Rahul but can't marry him because of there religion later marries Neelima because of that she owes to kill her but the fate turns out she became Seba's fiance, and Teja (Raja Vikram) who loves Neelima vice versa with Heli he is the best friend of Seba. All the 3 knows his condition. Sebastian is assigned night duty to protect evidence in the murdered house. But, the suspects take advantage of him to destroy the evidence. Sebastian gets suspended but later manages to trap the people and arrest them. However due to fear of losing his job if the suspects reveal his night-blindness, he releases them and the case is closed. Sebastian later regrets his decision and suffers because the criminal is still walking free. Two years later he finds a minor clue which is a rare poison which aborts of pregnant women. Later Sebastian manages to trap the criminal who happened to be the Neelima's lover and his best friend Teja. he killed her because he forced Neelima to leave her husband Rahul and marry him in that process Neelima became pregnant of Rahul's child after knowing this Teja decided to abort her child for that he gives a poisoned cake which aborts a pregnant but the dosage became high and Neelima also died in the course of events. While arresting Rakesh reveals his night blindness to the higher officials but they supports Sebastian and offers promotion but Sebastian rejects the promotion and resigns his job and decides to leave according to his concise and marries Heli.
Cast
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Kiran Abbavaram as P.C. Sebastian
*Nuveksha as Heli, Rahul's former lover and Seba's fiance.
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Komalee Prasad
Komalee Prasad (born 24 August 1995) is an Indian film actress who predominantly works in Telugu films.
Early life
Komalee was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and brought up in Bellary, Karnataka. She studied Dentistry at Pravara Insti ...
as Neelima
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Rohini as Mary, Sebastian’s mother
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Surya
Surya (; sa, सूर्य, ) is the sun as well as the solar deity in Hinduism. He is traditionally one of the major five deities in the Smarta tradition, all of whom are considered as equivalent deities in the Panchayatana puja and a m ...
as Dr. Chakravarthy, Rahul’s father and Sebastian's personal Doctor.
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Srikanth Iyengar
Srikanth Krishnaswamy Iyengar is an Indian actor who works in Telugu-language films. He is a medical doctor by profession and turned actor due to passion towards the acting. Srikanth has acted in films like '' Veerapan, Dear Comrade, Mehabooba, C ...
as S.I. Ambaram
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George Maryan as Sree Paul
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Adarsh Balakrishna as Rahul, Neelima’s husband
* Raja Vikram as Teja, Neelima's former lover and Seba's best friend.
* Ravi Teja Nannimala as P.C. Niranjan, Seba's colleague.
Production
The film was launched with a pooja ceremony on 1 December 2021. Filming took place in
Madanapalle in
Andhra Pradesh over 32 days.
Release
''Sebastian P.C. 524'' was released on 4 March 2022. Initially, the release date was 25 February, but it was pushed back by a week in order to avoid clashing with ''
Bheemla Nayak''.
Reception
Murali Krishna CH of ''
The New Indian Express'' gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 and wrote, "Sebastian PC 524 settles for being an average, half-hearted drama, despite having a promising story. Had Balaji Sayyapureddy invested equal efforts in the screenplay, the film would have been a memorable outing". Thadhagath Pathi of ''
The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote, "The story of Sebastian PC 524 has scope for so much more but the makers seem to hardly try. Even the short duration of the film feels long – and that says it all".
Y. Sunita Chowdhary of ''
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
'' stated, "A crime comedy following a constable with night blindness, suffers from poor narration".
References
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2022 films
2022 action thriller films
2020s Telugu-language films
Indian action thriller films
Films set in Andhra Pradesh
Films shot in Andhra Pradesh