''Shock'' is a 2006 Indian

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

-language

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directed by

Harish Shankar Sanganabhatla Harish Shankar (born 31 March 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works exclusively in Telugu cinema, and Telugu drama, Telugu theater. He made his directorial debut with ''Shock (2006 film), Shock'' ( ...

in his directoral debut and produced by

Ram Gopal Varma Penmetsa Ram Gopal Varma (born 7 April 1962), often referred to by his initials RGV, is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, primarily known for his work in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu films.** * * Varma has dir ...

. The film stars

Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his work in Telugu cinema. Recognised for his roles in action comedy films, he is popularly referred to as ...

and

Jyothika Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress and producer who primarily works in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She has received several accolades including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards South, four Tamil N ...

, while Tabu,

Subbaraju Penmetsa Subbaraju is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, as well as Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi cinema. Subbaraju has played a variety of roles, from negative to supporting characters. Early life Subbaraju was born in Bh ...

, and

Ravi Kale Ravi Kale is an Indian actor known for his work in Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Marathi films. He played Chander in the '' Sarkar'' series and the '' Dandupalya'' series. Filmography Kannada *''Cyanide'' (2006) *'' Vamshi'' (2008) ...

play supporting roles. The music was composed by

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with editing by Bhanodaya. It released on 9 February 2006. In 2013, the film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Mera Insaaf''. The film was remade in

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as ''

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'' (2011) starring

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Plot

Sekhar and Madhu are a happily married couple who work for an advertising company. Nagesh and Divakar are notorious encounter specialists. They shoot Sekhar, mistaking him to be a

Maoism Maoism, officially Mao Zedong Thought, is a variety of Marxism–Leninism that Mao Zedong developed while trying to realize a socialist revolution in the agricultural, pre-industrial society of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic o ...

. After realising their mistake, they frame him as a Maoist by planting evidence. Sekhar's lawyer, Dharma Reddy, cheats him and makes sure that he is sentenced to eight-year imprisonment. Madhu meets Geeta, an investigative journalist and unite to get clues about Sekhar's innocence. Nagesh and Diwakar force Madhu to commit suicide. Sekhar is devastated upon learning of his wife's death. How Sekhar, with the help of Geeta, seeks revenge against Nagesh and Divakar and proves his innocence forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Ram Gopal Varma was to produce a film starring Ravi Teja directed by

Prawaal Raman Prawaal Raman is an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has written and directed films like '' Darna Mana Hai'' (2003), '' Gayab'' (2004), '' Darna Zaroori hai'' (2006), '' 404'' (2011) and '' Main Aur C ...

of ''

Darna Mana Hai ''Darna Mana Hai'' ( English: ''Fear is Forbidden'') is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language anthology horror film. The film consists of six different short stories. It stars Nana Patekar, Vivek Oberoi, Aftab Shivdasani, Shilpa Shetty, Sameera Reddy, Is ...

'' fame in Telugu. Ravi Teja wanted a Telugu person as the director, and Harish Shankar was brought on board.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by

and released on

Aditya Music Aditya Music India Private Limited is an Indian music record label company, which owns the label Aditya Music. It produces music for the Telugu cinema industry and is headquartered at Hyderabad, Telangana. Overview The company was founded b ...

References

External links

* {{Ram Gopal Varma 2006 films 2000s Telugu-language films Films directed by Harish Shankar Films scored by Ajay–Atul Indian action films Telugu films remade in other languages Indian films about revenge 2006 directorial debut films 2006 action films