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
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crime thriller film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...
directed by Sharan Koppisetty and produced by Mahesh S. Koneru and Yarabolu Srujan under the production company East Coast Productions and S Originals. The film stars Satyadev,
Priyanka Jawalkar
Priyanka Jawalkar (born 12 November 1992) is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Telugu films. She made her acting debut with ''Kala Varam Aaye'' (2017). She then appeared in '' Taxiwala'' (2018) and '' Thimmarusu'' (2021). Jawal ...
New Trial
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.'' The music is composed by
Sricharan Pakala
Sricharan Pakala is an Indian music composer who works in the Telugu films.
Early life and career
Pakala was born in Visakhapatnam into a Telugu-speaking family.
Pakala entered the film industry as a music director with the Telugu film ''KISS ...
Vijayanagara Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana and Mahar ...
. The film was released on 30 July 2021.
Plot
The film begins with a man handing taxi driver Aravind, a police informant, a video of suspicious activity. Later that night, a man named Vasu drives across the road to see Aravind dead. Vasu is arrested by corrupt cop Bhupati Raju, who beats him up and frames him.
8 years later, once Vasu gets out on parole, Ramachandra, a lawyer takes up his case.
Priyanka Jawalkar
Priyanka Jawalkar (born 12 November 1992) is an Indian actress and model who primarily works in Telugu films. She made her acting debut with ''Kala Varam Aaye'' (2017). She then appeared in '' Taxiwala'' (2018) and '' Thimmarusu'' (2021). Jawal ...
as Anu
*
Brahmaji
Brahmaji (born 25 April 1965) is an Indian actor best known for his work in Telugu cinema. He is a regular actor in director Krishna Vamsi's films. Brahmaji appeared in an important role in Krishna Vamsi's debut film as a director, '' Gulabi''. ...
as Sudhakar "Sudha"
* Ankith Koyya as Vasu
* Ajay as C.I. Bhupati Raju
*
Ravi Babu
Ravi Babu is an Indian actor, director, writer and producer in the Telugu film industry. He has written and directed 15 films and starred in over 75 films.
Career
His work earned an invitation to participate in a course at the Sony Institute ...
as
public prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial ...
Varaha Murthy
* Chaitanya Rao Madadi as Aravind
*
Harsha Chemudu
Harsha Chemudu (born 31 August 1990), popularly known as "Viva" Harsha, is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Telugu films. He started his acting career with the viral web series "Viva" on YouTube with which he came to be known as "Viva ...
as Harsha Chemmudu
* Maya Nelluri as Reena Joseph
*
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*
Jhansi
Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative ...
as Vasu’s mother
* Jayasri Rachakonda
* Sandhya Janak
*Sundeep Singh as Vali Bhaskar
Production
Producers Mahesh S. Koneru and Yarabolu Srujan announced the film in early September 2020. It is Sharan's second directorial after ''
Kirrak Party
''Kirrak Party'' is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language campus romantic comedy film directed by Sharan Koppisetty and produced by Ramabrahmam Sunkara under AK Entertainments banner. The film is the remake of 2016 Kannada film ''Kirik Party'' which w ...
'' (2018). Principal photography of the film was started in October 2020. The producers of the film announced in December 2020 that filming was nearing completion as they were projecting a release in January 2021. In an interview to ''
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Themes and influences
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo felt that, in the story, Rashomon effect was used by the character Ramachandra, by which he tries to look at the crime from different points of views. In an article published by ''Firstpost'', Hemanth Kumar wrote that the filmmaker draws parallels between historic figures (here, it is
Mahamantri Timmarusu
Saluva Timmarusu or Saluva Nayaka or simply Timmarasu was the Prime Minister (Mahapradhana) and military commander of Krishna Deva Raya. He is also known as "Appaji". He had also served as Prime Minister under Viranarasimha Raya and Tuluva Nar ...
) and present-day lawyers. Sibi Jeyya felt that the
protagonist
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of the film, Ramachandra, has similar characteristic features, when compared to Sherlock Holmes. He further said that Sharan Koppisetty has taken much inspiration from the
canon of Sherlock Holmes
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film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...
is composed by
Sricharan Pakala
Sricharan Pakala is an Indian music composer who works in the Telugu films.
Early life and career
Pakala was born in Visakhapatnam into a Telugu-speaking family.
Pakala entered the film industry as a music director with the Telugu film ''KISS ...
. The music rights were sold to Mango Music label. First single of the album, "The Thimmarusu", was released on 16 July 2021. The song was written by Kittu Vissapragada and features vocals of
Raghu Dixit
Raghupati Dwarakanath Dixit (born 11 November 1974) is an Indian singer-composer, producer, and film score composer who is the frontman for the Raghu Dixit Project, a multilingual folk music band.
Dixit's music is an amalgamation of Indian et ...
, Jyotsna Pakala, Ambika Sashittal and
Yamini Ghantasala
Yamini Ghantasala is an Indian playback singer who works in Telugu and Tamil films. She is the sister of popular music director Thaman S. Ghantasala started with song Aagayamey in movie called Yaanum Theeyavan in 2016. After that, she recorded � ...
.
Release
Theatrical
The film was earlier scheduled to release on 21 May 2021, which later was postponed due to
COVID-19 pandemic in India
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. On 8 July 2021, it was announced that the film will be releasing on 30 July 2021. The same month, the film was certified by the
Central Board of Film Certification
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for its release in India.
Home Media
The film's digital rights were sold to
Netflix
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and the film is set to premiere on 28 August 2021.
Reception
Critical reception
Praising the performance of various actors, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of '' The Hindu'' wrote that "‘Thimmarusu’, the Telugu remake of the Kannada film ‘Birbal’, is tauter and leverages the strengths of its lead man, Satya Dev". ''
The Indian Express
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'' called it a "convoluted thriller" and commented that "the storyline doesn’t always hold up or hold your interest all through as the narrative feels inconsistent and never fully satisfying. At times snail-paced and repetitive, the story takes its own sweet time to unfold".
Writing for ''
The Times of India
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'', Sravan Vanaparthy stated: "''Thimmarusu'' is an earnest attempt and thrills in most parts, but is otherwise let down by a contrived screenplay and a hurried climax" and gave a rating of three out of five. ''
The Hans India
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'' too rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote that "Satyadev's performance, Brahmaji's humor, story, and twists are major highlights of this film". A critic of ''
Deccan Chronicle
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'' praised the film's cinematography, editing and music. He further added that the is a decent crime thriller with a unique backdrop and engrossing screenplay.
''
Pinkvilla
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'' wrote that "With better writing, 'Thimmarusu' would have been a winner."
Box office
In its opening day, the film collected a distributors' share of
₹
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