''Tuntari'' is a 2016 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Kumar Nagendra and produced by Ashok and Nagarjun on Sri Keerthi Films. Starring

Nara Rohit Nara Rohith (born 25 July 1984) is an Indian actor and producer in Telugu films. An alumnus of New York Film Academy, Rohit is known for works such as '' Baanam'' (2009), ''Solo'' (2011), '' Prathinidhi'' (2014), '' Rowdy Fellow'' (2014), '' ...

and

Latha Hegde Latha Hegde is an Indian-born New Zealand actress who works mainly in Kannada also works in Telugu films. Career Hegde did her first film ''Tuntari'' in 2016, opposite Nara Rohith. She then did her first film in Tamil (which remains unreleas ...

are playing the lead roles. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''

Maan Karate ''Maan Karate'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language fantasy sports comedy film written and directed by Krish Thirukumaran in his directorial debut . The film was written and co-produced by AR Murugadoss and produced by P. Madhan u ...

'' and was released to mixed reviews.

Plot

When a group of five IT professionals decide to go trekking to a nearby forest area, they come across a sage. They chase down the sage, and to test if he holds real supernatural powers, one of them asks him to produce a newspaper, which is printed on the day after Dusshera, as he knows that all publications are closed on Dusshera and that there would be no newspaper the next day. The sage produces this edition, and goes off into the forest. When they open the newspaper, they find out that the company that they are working for, which got shut four months ago, is soon to start operations. And they also find out from the paper that a particular Raju, whose father is a BSNL employee, would go on to win a boxing championship, and give the prize money of Rs. 5 crores to these five IT professionals. Elated with this, they start searching for Raju and finally nab him in Vizag. On the other hand, Raju is a carefree guy who is jobless and spends his life without any aim. The rest of the story is as to how this group convince Raju to learn boxing and win the prestigious competition.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Sai Karthik Sai Karthik is an Indian music composer and playback singer known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. Although he entered the film industry as a drummer for live shows, he soon turned film composer with the film ''Aboo Adavallu'' (2008 ...

and released by

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Reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of ''

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'' wrote, "''Tuntari'' could have been an engaging underdog story or a story of predictions coming true and the challenges in its path. But it’s a potpourri that’s entertaining in parts".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=5539498 2010s Telugu-language films 2016 films Indian boxing films Telugu remakes of Tamil films Indian sports comedy films Films scored by Sai Karthik