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{{short description|2017 film directed by Sudheer Varma}} | {{short description|2017 action thriller film directed by Sudheer Varma}} | ||
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| editing = S. R. Shekar | | editing = S. R. Shekar | ||
| studio = [[Abhishek Pictures]] | | studio = [[Abhishek Pictures]] | ||
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2017|05|19|ref1=<ref name="release"/>}} | | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2017|05|19|ref1=<ref name="release">{{cite web |title=Nikhil Siddharth's 'Keshava' gets a release date |website=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nikhil-siddharths-keshava-gets-a-release-date/articleshow/58445096.cms}}</ref>}} | ||
| runtime = 117 minutes | | runtime = 117 minutes | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| language = Telugu | | language = Telugu | ||
| budget = {{INR|3}} [[crore]]<ref name="Keshava Budget">{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/sharwanand-bags-the-andhra-pradesh-rights-of-nikhil-siddharthas-upcoming-thriller-keshava/articleshow/58683754.cms |title=Sharwanand bags the Andhra Pradesh rights of Nikhil Siddhartha's upcoming thriller 'Keshava' |website=Times of India |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> | |||
| gross = <!--DO NOT ADD FIGURES PUBLISHED BY STUDIO PER PRIMARY-->{{Estimation}}{{INR|40}} crore<ref name="Keshava worldwide box-office" /><!--Do not remove sourced figures without consensus--> | |||
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'''''Keshava''''' is a 2017 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action thriller film]] written and directed by [[Sudheer Varma]] | '''''Keshava''''' is a 2017 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action thriller film]] written and directed by [[Sudheer Varma]],<ref name="indian express">{{cite web |title=Keshava first look poster: Nikhil draws his gun for another actioner, see pic |date=24 December 2016 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/telugu/keshava-first-look-poster-nikhil-draws-his-gun-for-another-actioner-see-pic-4443292/ |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |accessdate=24 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="Times of India Review">{{cite web |title=Nikhil Siddharth's movie 'Keshava's' teaser is out |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/nikhil-siddharths-movie-keshavas-teaser-is-out/articleshow/57771663.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |publisher=Times of India |accessdate=22 March 2017}}</ref> produced by Abhishek Nama. It stars [[Nikhil Siddharth]] in the titular role along with [[Ritu Varma]] and [[Isha Koppikar]]. It revolves around an [[Law degree|law college]]-student with a rare heart disease, who wants to avenge the death of his family. Dialogues written by Krishna Chaitanya and Arjun-Carthyk, music composed by [[Sunny M.R.]], Cinematography by Divakar Mani, and editing by S. R. Shekar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/mood-for-movies/article18471209.ece|title=Mood for movies|first=Y. Sunita|last=Chowdhary|newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 May 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> | ||
''Keshava'' was released worldwide on 19 May 2017 in around 650 screens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/keshava-day-1-box-office-collection-sudheer-varmas-set-become-biggest-opener-nikhil-siddharth-727403 |title=Keshava day 1 box office collection: Sudheer Varma's set to become biggest opener for Nikhil Siddharth |website=International Business Times |date=19 May 2017 |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> It opened to positive critical reception and was a commercial success, grossing nearly {{INR}}400 million globally on a budget of {{INR}}30 million and becoming one of [[List of Telugu films of 2017|highest grossing Telugu film in 2017]]. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Sharmila finds the dead body hanging from a construction crane. | '''''Chapter 1''''': A family travelling in a car were [[accident|hit by a police jeep and left to die]]. Keshava wakes up in the hospital to learn that his parents were killed and his younger sister lost her legs. Keshava, now a youngster, walking in a desolate forest road and asks a biker for a lift. After a while, the biker halts to attend nature's call, and Keshava stabs him to death. Keshava is a law student with a rare heart condition, [[Dextrocardia]], which prevents him from activities resulting in a faster heart beat. A fisherman witnessed the dead body of the biker hanging from a tree and informed the police. The police identify the victim as a [[police officer]]. Satyabhama attends the same college as Keshava. Satyabhama recognizes Keshava as her childhood friend, but he dismisses her and keeps avoiding her. As the police fail to find any clues, the police commissioner appoints a [[special branch]] officer, Sharmila Mishra, to investigate the case. | ||
'''''Chapter 2''''': Keshava is sipping tea in front of a police station and identifies another police officer as someone who tried to kill him and his sister in hospital. He follows the [[Inspector|police officer]] on his bike and kills him in a desolate place. Sharmila finds the dead body hanging from a [[construction crane]]. Sharmila connects the dots and figures out that these two murders were done by the same person and interprets that the killer is trying to [[confession|convey something]]. After investigation, she concludes that the killer is [[left-handedness|left-handed]]. Satyabhama notices Keshava writing with his left hand and remembers him doing the same in their childhood. She follows him to the library and notices him reading about the murders. She manages to get the [[attendance]] register and finds out that Keshava was absent during both days of the murders. She goes to his home and makes him admit that he is her childhood friend. Keshava, Satyabhama and his friends go to [[Annavaram]] to volunteer in a temple program. Keshava comes across another police officer and recognizes him to be the one who had left his family to die after the accident. He kills the officer after a fight, but he is noticed by watchmen while returning, and one of them hits him with a stone on the back of his head. After returning to the accommodation, his friends confront him to confess his activities. He narrates his past, which leads him to kill some people. They decide to help him. He gets treatment for his head injury from a local doctor who informs police after watching the news about the murder and details of the [[suspect|suspect]] on [[TV]]. The next day while travelling in a bus, Sharmila apprehends him and takes him to [[Visakhapatnam]] for interrogation. | |||
'''''Chapter 3''''': Keshava denies all charges on him, and his friends destroy any evidence of his involvement. Meanwhile, a retired police officer, Krishna Murthy, is reportedly attacked by a person matching the [[description|description of the murderer]]. Keshava is eventually released and meets Krishna Murthy. He narrates that he is among the people responsible for the death of his parents. While returning from [[election official|election duty]], Nakul was driving while intoxicated and caused the accident. Although his colleagues requested them to save the victims, Nakul ignored them. Keshava later narrates to Sharmila that he is not avenging the accident but murder. He reveals that his parents were alive after the accident, and the policemen returned and drove over them to ensure that there won't be witnesses against them. Keshava finds another officer Bheemeshwar, and kills him in broad daylight. | |||
'''''Chapter 4''''': Nakul tries to locate Keshava but fails. Sharmila gets suspicious of Krishna Murthy and confronts him, but he knocks her. Keshava is kidnapped by Nakul's henchmen, but manages to escape and kills Nakul. Krishna Murthy and Sharmila have a [[heated argument]], and he admits that he drove the jeep at the time of the accident and is the [[culprit|prime culprit]]. He rescued Keshava from the police so that Keshava will kill Nakul and he inherits [[property|Benami properties]] of Nakul. Keshava was already on the spot when Krishna Murthy was narrating these events to Sharmila. In a subsequent chase, Krishna Murthy meets with an accident. Keshava warns him not to [[drink and drive]], at least in his next life, and burns the car. Sharmila closes the case as an accident. Keshava starts a new life with his sister and Satyabhama. | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{ | {{Cast listing| | ||
*[[Nikhil Siddharth]] as Sri Keshav Sharma "Keshava" | *[[Nikhil Siddharth]] as Sri Keshav Sharma "Keshava" | ||
*[[Ritu Varma]] as Sathyabhama | *[[Ritu Varma]] as Sathyabhama | ||
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*[[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Police Commissioner | *[[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Police Commissioner | ||
* Vedula Peri Raju as Lecturer | * Vedula Peri Raju as Lecturer | ||
}} | |||
==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
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| prev_title = [[Bhale Manchi Roju]] | | prev_title = [[Bhale Manchi Roju]] | ||
| prev_year = 2015 | | prev_year = 2015 | ||
| next_title = | | next_title = [[Husharu]] | ||
| next_year = | | next_year = 2018 | ||
}} | }} | ||
Music composed by [[Sunny M.R.]] | Music composed by [[Sunny M.R.]] Music released on E3 Music Company.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.atozmp3.in/keshava-2017.html | title=Atozmp3.in }}</ref> | ||
{{tracklist | {{tracklist | ||
| headline = Track list | | headline = Track list | ||
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}} | }} | ||
==Critical | == Reception == | ||
[[Times of India]] rated the film 3/5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/keshava/movie-review/58748366.cms|title=Keshava Review {3/5}: The movie makes for a decent watch with commendable performances and gripping screenplay|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> | === Critical response === | ||
[[Times of India]] rated the film 3/5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/keshava/movie-review/58748366.cms|title=Keshava Review {3/5}: The movie makes for a decent watch with commendable performances and gripping screenplay|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> Idlebrain rated it 3/5 and wrote, "Keshava is a stylish revenge drama that appeals to a set of audiences."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/keshava.html|title=Keshava review by jeevi - Telugu cinema review - Nikhil Siddharth, Ritu Varma & Isha Koppikar|website=www.idlebrain.com}}</ref> | |||
=== Box office === | |||
''Keshava'' grossed {{INR|11.4}} crore worldwide on its first three-day weekend, earning a distributor share of {{INR|7.5}} crore.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/keshava-box-office-collection-nikhil-siddhartha-starrer-mints-rs-11-4-crore-in-three-days-4667756/ |title=Keshava box office collection: Nikhil Siddhartha-starrer mints Rs. 11.4 crore in three days |website=The Indian Express |date=22 May 2017 |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> The film grossed {{INR|40}} crore at the global Box office.<ref name="Keshava worldwide box-office">{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/160717/when-small-is-big.html |title=When small is big |website=Deccan Chronicle |date=16 July 2017 |access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 11:38, 9 June 2022
| Keshava | |
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| Directed by | Sudheer Varma |
| Produced by | Abhishek Nama |
| Written by | Sudheer Varma |
| Starring | Nikhil Siddharth Ritu Varma Isha Koppikar |
| Music by | Sunny M.R. |
| Cinematography | Divakar Mani |
| Edited by | S. R. Shekar |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹3 crore[2] |
| Box office | est.₹40 crore[3] |
Keshava is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Sudheer Varma,[4][5] produced by Abhishek Nama. It stars Nikhil Siddharth in the titular role along with Ritu Varma and Isha Koppikar. It revolves around an law college-student with a rare heart disease, who wants to avenge the death of his family. Dialogues written by Krishna Chaitanya and Arjun-Carthyk, music composed by Sunny M.R., Cinematography by Divakar Mani, and editing by S. R. Shekar.[6]
Keshava was released worldwide on 19 May 2017 in around 650 screens.[7] It opened to positive critical reception and was a commercial success, grossing nearly ₹400 million globally on a budget of ₹30 million and becoming one of highest grossing Telugu film in 2017.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Chapter 1: A family travelling in a car were hit by a police jeep and left to die. Keshava wakes up in the hospital to learn that his parents were killed and his younger sister lost her legs. Keshava, now a youngster, walking in a desolate forest road and asks a biker for a lift. After a while, the biker halts to attend nature's call, and Keshava stabs him to death. Keshava is a law student with a rare heart condition, Dextrocardia, which prevents him from activities resulting in a faster heart beat. A fisherman witnessed the dead body of the biker hanging from a tree and informed the police. The police identify the victim as a police officer. Satyabhama attends the same college as Keshava. Satyabhama recognizes Keshava as her childhood friend, but he dismisses her and keeps avoiding her. As the police fail to find any clues, the police commissioner appoints a special branch officer, Sharmila Mishra, to investigate the case.
Chapter 2: Keshava is sipping tea in front of a police station and identifies another police officer as someone who tried to kill him and his sister in hospital. He follows the police officer on his bike and kills him in a desolate place. Sharmila finds the dead body hanging from a construction crane. Sharmila connects the dots and figures out that these two murders were done by the same person and interprets that the killer is trying to convey something. After investigation, she concludes that the killer is left-handed. Satyabhama notices Keshava writing with his left hand and remembers him doing the same in their childhood. She follows him to the library and notices him reading about the murders. She manages to get the attendance register and finds out that Keshava was absent during both days of the murders. She goes to his home and makes him admit that he is her childhood friend. Keshava, Satyabhama and his friends go to Annavaram to volunteer in a temple program. Keshava comes across another police officer and recognizes him to be the one who had left his family to die after the accident. He kills the officer after a fight, but he is noticed by watchmen while returning, and one of them hits him with a stone on the back of his head. After returning to the accommodation, his friends confront him to confess his activities. He narrates his past, which leads him to kill some people. They decide to help him. He gets treatment for his head injury from a local doctor who informs police after watching the news about the murder and details of the suspect on TV. The next day while travelling in a bus, Sharmila apprehends him and takes him to Visakhapatnam for interrogation.
Chapter 3: Keshava denies all charges on him, and his friends destroy any evidence of his involvement. Meanwhile, a retired police officer, Krishna Murthy, is reportedly attacked by a person matching the description of the murderer. Keshava is eventually released and meets Krishna Murthy. He narrates that he is among the people responsible for the death of his parents. While returning from election duty, Nakul was driving while intoxicated and caused the accident. Although his colleagues requested them to save the victims, Nakul ignored them. Keshava later narrates to Sharmila that he is not avenging the accident but murder. He reveals that his parents were alive after the accident, and the policemen returned and drove over them to ensure that there won't be witnesses against them. Keshava finds another officer Bheemeshwar, and kills him in broad daylight.
Chapter 4: Nakul tries to locate Keshava but fails. Sharmila gets suspicious of Krishna Murthy and confronts him, but he knocks her. Keshava is kidnapped by Nakul's henchmen, but manages to escape and kills Nakul. Krishna Murthy and Sharmila have a heated argument, and he admits that he drove the jeep at the time of the accident and is the prime culprit. He rescued Keshava from the police so that Keshava will kill Nakul and he inherits Benami properties of Nakul. Keshava was already on the spot when Krishna Murthy was narrating these events to Sharmila. In a subsequent chase, Krishna Murthy meets with an accident. Keshava warns him not to drink and drive, at least in his next life, and burns the car. Sharmila closes the case as an accident. Keshava starts a new life with his sister and Satyabhama.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Nikhil Siddharth as Sri Keshav Sharma "Keshava"
- Ritu Varma as Sathyabhama
- Isha Koppikar as Sharmila Mishra
- Rao Ramesh as Krishna Murthy
- Brahmaji as Bheemeshwar
- Ajay as Nakul
- Raja Ravindra
- Vennela Kishore as Ranga
- Priyadarshi Pullikonda as Keshava's friend
- Ravi Prakash as C.I. Ravi
- Sudarshan
- Satya as Taxi Driver Malinga
- Madhunandan as Ranga's friend
- Sameer as Keshava's father
- Jeeva as Police Commissioner
- Vedula Peri Raju as Lecturer
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| Keshava | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–17 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 17:56 | |||
| Label | E3 Music | |||
| Sunny M.R. chronology | ||||
| ||||
Music composed by Sunny M.R. Music released on E3 Music Company.[8]
| Track list | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Kala Bhairava Ashtakam" | Harsha Gudi, Satya Yamini, Sri Soumya | 02:40 | ||||||
| 2. | "Telusa Neeku Bahusa" | Shalmali Kholgade, Sunny M.R. | 03:41 | ||||||
| 3. | "Yedisthe Rarevaru" | Arijit Singh | 03:45 | ||||||
| 4. | "Po Poradi" | Arijit Singh | 03:14 | ||||||
| 5. | "Kala Bhairava Ashtakam (Re-Created)" | Harshika Gudi, Satya Yamini, Sri Soumya | 03:36 | ||||||
Total length: |
17:56 | ||||||||
Reception[edit | edit source]
Critical response[edit | edit source]
Times of India rated the film 3/5.[9] Idlebrain rated it 3/5 and wrote, "Keshava is a stylish revenge drama that appeals to a set of audiences."[10]
Box office[edit | edit source]
Keshava grossed ₹11.4 crore worldwide on its first three-day weekend, earning a distributor share of ₹7.5 crore.[11] The film grossed ₹40 crore at the global Box office.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Nikhil Siddharth's 'Keshava' gets a release date". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Sharwanand bags the Andhra Pradesh rights of Nikhil Siddhartha's upcoming thriller 'Keshava'". Times of India. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "When small is big". Deccan Chronicle. 16 July 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Keshava first look poster: Nikhil draws his gun for another actioner, see pic". The Indian Express. 24 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ↑ "Nikhil Siddharth's movie 'Keshava's' teaser is out". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ↑ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (17 May 2017). "Mood for movies". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Keshava day 1 box office collection: Sudheer Varma's set to become biggest opener for Nikhil Siddharth". International Business Times. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ↑ "Atozmp3.in".
- ↑ "Keshava Review {3/5}: The movie makes for a decent watch with commendable performances and gripping screenplay" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ↑ "Keshava review by jeevi - Telugu cinema review - Nikhil Siddharth, Ritu Varma & Isha Koppikar". www.idlebrain.com.
- ↑ "Keshava box office collection: Nikhil Siddhartha-starrer mints Rs. 11.4 crore in three days". The Indian Express. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2022.