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'''''Police Police''''' is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language [[buddy cop film]] directed by Manmohan Challa and produced by Chandu, Mohan Rao Kalyan Patil and Bhaskar Kandagatla.<ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/police-police-preview-telugu-movie-10127 {{Bare URL inline|date=December 2021}}</ref> The film stars [[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Sriram]], [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] (in his Telugu debut), [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]] and [[Sanjjanaa]] in the lead roles.<ref>https://www.123telugu.com/reviews/P/Police_Police/Police_Police_review.html</ref> The film was released after a two year delay due to problems with releasing the Tamil version, which was later dropped.<ref name="Rediff">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-sriram/20100408.htm|title = Meet the cop in Police Police|work=Rediff|date=8 April 2010|last=Rajamani|first=Radhika}}</ref> The film has been dubbed in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''Kutrappirivu''. The story revolves around two [[police officer]]s with different ideologies. The film was released on 9 April 2010.

S. P. Ranadheer ([[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Srikanth]]) appears as the protagonist while D. S. P. Ravikanth ([[Prithviraj Sukumaran]]) appears as the antagonist. Ranadheer is a sincere cop who tries to remove wrongdoers, whereas Ravikanth is a corrupt police officer who has tie-ups with antisocial people. Ranadheer finds Ravikanth to be the culprit but is unable to prove that. In the event, he also loses his wife Harika ([[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]). How he manages to prove Ravikanth as the culprit forms the rest of the story.

*[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Sriram]] as [[Superintendent of Police#India|SP]] Ranadheer [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]

[[Srikanth (Tamil actor, born 1979)|Sriram]] wanted to work in Telugu films and contacted Manmohan Challa, who used to dub his Tamil films in Telugu.<ref name="Rediff"/> Prithviraj who starred with Sriram in ''[[Kana Kandaen]]'' was cast, marking his first Telugu film.<ref name="Rediff"/> Prithviraj put on weight for his role in the film.<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Tollywood-debut/article15375715.ece|title=Tollywood debut|work=The Hindu|date=17 March 2008|last=Pillai|first=Sreedhar}}</ref> Manisha Lamba was originally chosen to play the heroine and [[Chakri (composer)|Chakri]] was originally chosen to compose the music.<ref name="The Hindu"/> The film began production in 2008 as a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil with the Tamil version titled ''Idam Valam''.<ref name="Rediff"/><ref name="Indiaglitz">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090406013516/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/46024.html Prithviraj's Telugu debut, Police Police]. indiaglitz.com (2009-04-03). Retrieved on 2013-04-24.</ref> Sun Pictures was announced as the film's producer.<ref name="Indiaglitz"/> The Tamil version was later dropped.<ref name="Rediff"/>