''Shamantakamani'' is a 2017 Indian

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-language

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film, produced by V. Anand Prasad on

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banner and directed by

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. The film stars

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Sudheer Babu Posani Naga Sudheer Babu (born 11 May 1980) is an Indian actor and former professional badminton player. He works primarily in Telugu films. Debuted as a lead actor in '' Shiva Manasulo Shruti'' (2012), Babu's successful films include '' Prema K ...

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and

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in the lead roles. The music was composed by

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with cinematography by

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and editing by

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. The film marked the debut of Sudheer Babu's son, Darshan as a child artist, the grandson of the veteran actor

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and nephew to

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. The film's first look motion picture released on 28 May and teaser on 15 June 2017. The film was released on 14 July 2017 and was a good entertainer. In 2019, the film was dubbed into Hindi as ''Aakhari Baazi'' by Aditya Movies.

Plot

The film revolves around a 5-crores worth vintage

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car called ''Shamanthakamani'' owned by a millionaire Krishna (

), which was stolen from the parking lot of a 5-star hotel. Inspector Ranjith Kumar (

) is appointed to find out the missing car. During the investigation, he suspects three people as accusing: a car mechanic Uma Maheswara Rao / Mahesh Babu (

); a Kotipalli villager Siva (

); and a middle-class youngster Karthik (

) and arrests them. The rest of the story is about what happened to the car? Who is the actual culprit? How does Ranjith Kumar solve the crime?

Cast

as Inspector Ranjith Kumar *

as Krishna *

as Kotipalli Siva *

as Karthik *

as Uma Maheswara Rao / Mahesh Babu *

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as Madhu, Karthik's girlfriend * Suman as Jaganath, Krishna's father *

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as A. K. Ganapathi Sastry, Karthik's father *

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as Bhanumathi, Uma Maheshwara Rao's love interest and a widowed woman * Kasthuri as Krishna's mother *

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as Karthik's mother *

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as Siva's friend *

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as Madhu's father *

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as Constable Satyanarayana *

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as Mani Ratnam * Jeeva as ACB Officer *Surekha Vani as Krishna's step-mother *Ananya Soni as Smitha *Giridhar as Jaganath's P.A. *Sarika Ramachandra Rao as Chandram *Sriram R Eragam as A. K. Khan *Jenny Honey as Sridevi, Siva's former love interest *Master Darshan as Young Krishna *Laxman Meesala * Abhay Bethiganti

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{Sriram Adittya Films scored by Mani Sharma Indian comedy thriller films 2010s comedy thriller films 2010s Telugu-language films Films directed by Sriram Adittya