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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|2004 Telugu film directed by Srinu Vaitla}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Venky<br />
| image = Venky Poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Srinu Vaitla]]<br />
| producer = [[Atluri Purnachandra Rao]]<br />
| writer = Srinu Vaitla<br />[[Kona Venkat]]<br/>[[Gopimohan]] <br />
| starring = [[Ravi Teja]]<br>[[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]]<br>[[Ashutosh Rana]]<br />
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Prasad Murella]]<br />
| editing = [[Marthand K. Venkatesh]]<br />
| studio = Lakshmi Productions<br />
| distributor = Lakshmi Productions <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2004|03|26}}<br />
| runtime = 170 minutes <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| budget = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--><br />
| gross = <!--Must cite a reliable published source with a reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb. no fan-sites.--><br />
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'''''Venky''''' is a 2004 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy thriller film]] written and directed by [[Srinu Vaitla]], and produced by [[Atluri Purnachandra Rao]]. The film stars [[Ravi Teja]], [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]], and [[Ashutosh Rana]] while [[Devi Sri Prasad]] composed music. The film marks Vaitla's first collaboration with writers [[Kona Venkat]] and [[Gopimohan]]. <br />
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Released on 26 March 2004, the film was successful at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Telugu films released in year 2004|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/2004retrospect-movielist.html|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Venkateswarlu "Venky" is a wayward youth from [[Vizag]]. After several unsuccessful attempts of finding employment, Venky and his friends (Suri, Ramana, and Bujji) luckily clear a police recruitment test, and they are selected for [[Sub-inspector|SI]] training. They travel to [[Hyderabad]] on a train, [[Godavari Express]] to attend the training. Venky meets Sravani on the train and instantly falls for her. He proposes the same to her but she harshly rejects the proposal. Furious Venky threatens to murder Sravani's father Prasad Rao and a lady co-passenger, in a state of inebriation. To their astonishment, both of them are found dead the next morning. Venky and his friends quickly escape from there.<br />
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On a belief that the police academy is the only safe haven for them, they join the training immediately. The academy chief Yogendra Kumar Sharma is a very strict officer and is a close friend of ACP Bharath, the officer who is assigned the train murders case. In order to escape the scrutiny, they enter Sharma's office at night to tamper with the date of their arrival. But they find that Sharma himself is responsible for the murders. They come to know that Sharma is after Prasad Rao's camera and Sravani would also be killed. Venky saves Sravani and keeps her in an old building behind their academy.<br />
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Later, they overhear that Bharat has found Venky's camera as evidence and its reel is given for development. They go to the studio beforehand and get those photos. Upon looking at them, Venky finds out that Gajala, who introduced himself as a software engineer is actually a thief. They trace him and enquire about Prasad Rao's camera but he lies that he had already sold it.<br />
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Meanwhile, Sharma finds out that Venky and his friends are after him. He publicizes their names in the media and pressurizes their parents so that they would turn themselves in. He also finds out about Sravani's hideout and attacks her but she escapes. Venky and Sharma make a deal to hand over Prasad Rao's camera which he doesn't honour. Gajala sees an opportunity in this and calls Sharma to make a deal in exchange for the camera but Venky takes away the camera from him.<br />
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With the camera, they see that Prasad Rao recorded Sharma murdering Sarat Kumar IPS, a senior officer to escape from a fake stamp case. Prasad Rao unknowingly called Sharma to report the murder. He came to their home to take the camera but they escaped to their village. While returning, unaware that it was Sharma who came to their home, Prasad Rao gave away their berth numbers. Sharma then sent his hitman to kill them, murdering him and a lady who slept on Sravani's berth.<br />
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Sharma's henchmen attack them for the camera but Venky fights them off. Sravani seeks the Governor's appointment to directly submit the camera as evidence. Sharma tries to shoot them but is caught red-handed in front of the Governor. Venky and his friends are awarded medals in appreciation of their bravery.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Ravi Teja]] as Venkateswara Rao “Venky”<br />
* [[Sneha_(actress)|Sneha]] as Shravani<br />
* [[Ashutosh Rana]] as Yogendra Sharma IPS<br />
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Suri Babu<br />
* [[Chitram Seenu]] as Ramana<br />
* [[Ramachandra]] as Veerabhadram “Bujji”<br />
* [[Brahmanandam]] as G.K. Gajala<br />
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Biksham<br />
* [[Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam|AVS]] as Bokka Subbarao<br />
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as Nippu Nagaraju, ticket collector <br />
* [[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]] as Jagadamba Chowdary "J.C."<br />
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Venky's father <br />
* Delhi Rajeshwari as Venky's mother<br />
* CVL Narasimha Rao as Prasad Rao, Shravani's father<br />
* [[Krishna Bhagavan]] as Bhagvan, fake employer<br />
* [[Master Bharath]] as train passenger<br />
* [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Jeevaji<br />
* Bharath Teja as ACP Bharath<br />
* [[Ahuti Prasad]] as Sarat Kumar IPS <br />
* SS Kanchi as Train Passenger<br />
* Apoorva as train passenger<br />
* [[Kaushal Manda]] <br />
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* [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] <br />
* [[Raasi (actress)|Raasi]] in special appearance in a song<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Venky<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| longtype = to Venky<br />
| artist = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]<br />
| cover =<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = 2004<br />
| recorded =2004<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]<br />
| length = 28:50<br />
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]<br />
| label = [[Aditya Music]]<br />
| producer = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Varsham (2004 film)|Varsham]]<br />
| prev_year = 2003<br />
| next_title = [[Arya (2004 film)|Arya]]<br />
| next_year = 2004<br />
}}<br />
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The music and background score was composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]].<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
|total_length = 28:50<br />
|all_lyrics=Sahiti<br />
| title1 = Maar Maar | extra1 = [[Manikka Vinayagam]], [[Srilekha Parthasarathy]] | length1 =05:14<br />
| title2 = Gongoora Thotakada | extra2 = [[Pushpavanam Kuppusamy]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]] | length2 =04:51<br />
| title3 = Silakemo | extra3 = [[Sriram Parthasarathy]], [[Malathy Lakshman]] | length3 =04:43<br />
| title4 = O Manasa | extra4 = Venu, Sumangali | length4 =04:15<br />
| title5 = Anaganaga Kathala | extra5 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Sumangali | length5 =05:05<br />
| title6 = Andala Chukkala Lady | extra6 = [[Mallikarjun]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]] | length6 =04:42<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
A review from ''[[Sify]]'' opined that ''Venky'' was a mishmash of three films, the Malayalam film ''[[No.20 Madras Mail]]'' and the American films ''[[Training Day]]'' and [[Police Academy (film)|''Police Academy'']]. They added that the film failed to impress as it missed a "natural flow of one leading to another."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Venki|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/venki-review-telugu-pclv1Fjdebdbi.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Sify|language=en}}</ref> ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' rated the film 3/5 appreciated the film for its humour but wrote the film falls flat as the suspense is revealed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Telugu cinema Review - Venky - Ravi Teja, Sneha - Seenu Vytla - Raasi - Devi Sri Prasad|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-venky.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0417229|title=Venky}}<br />
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