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{{Infobox film | {{Infobox film | ||
| name = Rakhi | | name = Rakhi | ||
| image = Rakhi 2006 poster.jpg | | image = Rakhi 2006 poster.jpg | ||
| caption = | | caption = Poster | ||
| writer = Krishna Vamsi <br /> [[Sainath Thotapalli]] (Dialogue) | |||
| starring = [[Jr. NTR]]<br />[[Ileana D'Cruz]]<br />[[Charmme Kaur]]<br />[[Suhasini]] | |||
| director = [[Krishna Vamsi]] | | director = [[Krishna Vamsi]] | ||
| story = Krishna Vamsi | | story = Krishna Vamsi | ||
| screenplay = Krishna Vamsi | | screenplay = Krishna Vamsi | ||
| producer = K. L. Narayana | | producer = K.L. Narayana | ||
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]] | | music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]] | ||
| country = India | | country = India | ||
| cinematography = S. Gopal Reddy | | cinematography = [[S. Gopal Reddy]] | ||
| editing = Shankar | | editing = Shankar | ||
| released = 22 December 2006 | |||
| released = | |||
| runtime = 173 minutes | | runtime = 173 minutes | ||
| language = Telugu | | language = Telugu | ||
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| gross = | | gross = | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Rakhi''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action film | '''''Rakhi''''' or '''''Rakhee''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action drama film]] directed by [[Krishna Vamsi]] and starring [[Jr. NTR]], [[Ileana D'Cruz]] and [[Charmme Kaur]] in the lead roles. [[Suhasini]], [[Sarath Babu]], [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]], [[Brahmaji]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]], [[Saranya Ponvannan]], [[Brahmanandam]], [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]], and [[Sayaji Shinde]] play other supporting roles. The music of the movie was composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]] with cinematography by [[S. Gopal Reddy]] action sequences by Stun Shiva and editing by Shankar. This film was released on 22 December 2006 with 250 prints.<ref name="Rakhi to release with 250 prints">{{cite web| publisher= telugucinema.com| title=Rakhi to release with 250 prints|url= http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/news/raakhi_dec19.php | ||
|access-date=19 December 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102173718/http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/news/raakhi_dec19.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2 January 2007}}</ref> The movie was a ''Hit'' at the box office .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/28027.html|title=Rakhee proves its mettle at Box Office|work=indiaglitz.com}}</ref> | |||
|access-date=19 December 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070102173718/http://www.telugucinema.com/tc/news/raakhi_dec19.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2 January 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/28027.html | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
Ramakrishna | Ramakrishna aka Rakhi ([[Jr. NTR]]) aspires to become a railway stationmaster like his father ([[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]]). His love interest and close friend Tripura ([[Ileana D'Cruz]]) is a reporter in a TV channel who exposes atrocities against women in the society. For Rakhi, his sister Gayathri (Manjusha) is everything. She is married off to a software professional ([[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]]) who plans to go to the USA. However, his uncle brings a proposal where he would get 1 crore as dowry. At first they try to get rid of her by fighting with Rakhi and demanding for more dowry, but when Gayathri overhears them they burn her alive. Devastated by this as she was also pregnant, Rakhi’s family tries to sue them in court but corrupt lawyers, policemen, and doctors fabricate that Gayathri was mentally disturbed and committed suicide. Rakhi was unable to accept this. In a fit of rage, he burns her in-laws and all those people alive who fabricated things about her in front of the court in the same way as Gayathri's in-laws burnt her alive. He then starts a manhunt for all sex offenders and perverted men and burns them alive while dropping a rakhi at every site. A police officer named Meenakshi Iyer ([[Suhasini]]) is leading the hunt for him, and the entire police force is under a dilemma as the public women all consider Rakhi to be a god and all men are staying away from women so as to not be killed. Rakhi eventually surrenders to Meenakshi, and goes to jail but it is revealed that he did so to kill his sister’s friend’s murderer, a love crazed man ([[Amit Tiwari]]) who killed her friend because of repeatedly refusing his proposal. | ||
Meenakshi talks to Rakhi after being verbally abused and kicked by a minister whose son also was killed by Rakhi, and she realizes that what Rakhi is doing is correct as the law is protecting all those men from death after abusing women. Enraged, Rakhi also kills the minister ([[Sayaji Shinde]]) after he placed a bomb outside Rakhi’s jail that killed many women who came forward to Rakhi to tie Rakhi's on his wrist, including his cousin Gowri ([[Charmme Kaur]]). Rakhi goes to court and the judge ([[Prakash Raj]]) also sees that Rakhi did a justice to the country, resigns from his post and announces that he will be Rakhi’s lawyer and get him acquitted. The film ends with Rakhi motivating all the women present outside the court in support of him. | |||
Meenakshi talks to Rakhi after being verbally abused and kicked by | |||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{colbegin}} | {{colbegin}} | ||
* [[ | * [[Jr. NTR]] as K. Ramakrishna (Rakhi) | ||
* [[Ileana D'Cruz]] as Tripura Sundari | * [[Ileana D'Cruz]] as Tripura Sundari | ||
* [[Charmme Kaur]] as Gowri | * [[Charmme Kaur]] as Gowri, Rakhi's cousin | ||
* [[ | * [[Suhasini]] as Meenakshi Iyer | ||
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as | * [[Sarath Babu]] as Police Commissioner | ||
* [[Brahmanandam]] as | * [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Mohan Rao, Rakhi's father | ||
* [[Bramhaji]] as Ranga, Rakhi's brother | |||
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Rakhi's grandfather | |||
* [[Saranya Ponvannan]] as Gowri's mother | |||
* [[Brahmanandam]] as TV Channel Owner | |||
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Mohan Reddy | * [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Mohan Reddy | ||
* [[ | * [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Minister | ||
* Manjusha as Gayathri, Rakhi's sister | * Manjusha as Gayathri, Rakhi's sister | ||
* [[Ravi Varma ( | * [[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]] as Gayathri's husband | ||
* Master Ajai as Meenakshi Iyer's son | |||
* Ranii Pandey as Prostitution Racket Head | |||
* Bharat as Bharat, Minister's son | |||
* Master Ajai as Meenakshi Iyer's son | * [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Marriage broker | ||
* | * [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Criminal lawyer Sachidanandam | ||
* Bharat as Bharat, | * [[M. S. Narayana]] | ||
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as | * [[Harsha Vardhan]] as Auto driver | ||
* [[Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao]] | |||
* [[Uttej]] | |||
* [[Amit Tiwari]] as Madhukar | * [[Amit Tiwari]] as Madhukar | ||
* [[ | * [[Bharath Reddy (actor)|Bharath Reddy]] as Bharat's friend | ||
* [[Sameer Hasan|Sameer]] as Police Inspector | * [[Sameer Hasan|Sameer]] as Police Inspector | ||
* [[Satyam Rajesh]] as Police Officer | * [[Satyam Rajesh]] as Police Officer | ||
* [[Krishna Bhagavaan]] as Minister's aide | * [[Krishna Bhagavaan]] as Minister's aide | ||
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Judge (Guest role) | * [[Prakash Raj]] as Judge (Guest role) | ||
* [[Raghu Karumanchi]] | * [[Raghu Karumanchi]] | ||
{{colend}} | {{colend}} | ||
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| title3 = Vasthava Vasthava | extra3 = [[Jassie Gift]], [[M. M. Srilekha]] | lyrics3 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] | length3 = 04:27 | | title3 = Vasthava Vasthava | extra3 = [[Jassie Gift]], [[M. M. Srilekha]] | lyrics3 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] | length3 = 04:27 | ||
| title4 = Rakhi Rakhi | extra4 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]], [[Mamta Mohandas]] | lyrics4 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | length4 = 05:33 | | title4 = Rakhi Rakhi | extra4 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]], [[Mamta Mohandas]] | lyrics4 = Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | length4 = 05:33 | ||
| title5 = Kallallo Kaalagni | extra5 = [[S. P. | | title5 = Kallallo Kaalagni | extra5 = [[S. P. Balasubramanyam]] | lyrics5 = Suddala Ashok Teja | length5 = 04:33 | ||
| title6 = Ninnu Choosthe | extra6 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Gopika Poornima]] | lyrics6 = Chandrabose | length6 = 04:04 | | title6 = Ninnu Choosthe | extra6 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Gopika Poornima]] | lyrics6 = Chandrabose | length6 = 04:04 | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Release== | ==Release== | ||
The film was released | The film was released in 545 screens, including 431 in [[Andhra Pradesh]], 29 in [[Karnataka]], six in [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], three in [[Tamil Nadu]], three in [[Mumbai]] and 73 overseas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=rakhireleasecenters|title=::Welcome to Superhit<!-- Bot generated title -->|work=superhit.co.in|access-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211213438/http://www.superhit.co.in/releasecenters.asp?release=rakhireleasecenters|archive-date=11 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film's dubbed versions were released in Tamil, Hindi and Bhojpuri as ''Rakhi'', ''The Return of Kaalia'' (2007) and ''Kaalia'' (2016) respectively. | ||
== | ==Box office performance== | ||
The film had a 100-day run in 30-centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinegoer.com/rakhee100.htm|title=CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – 100-day Centres Of Rakhee|work=cinegoer.com|access-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127214210/http://www.cinegoer.com/rakhee100.htm|archive-date=27 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | The film had a 100-day run in 30-centres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinegoer.com/rakhee100.htm|title=CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – 100-day Centres Of Rakhee|work=cinegoer.com|access-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127214210/http://www.cinegoer.com/rakhee100.htm|archive-date=27 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{IMDb title|id=0924274| | * {{IMDb title|id=0924274|name=Rakhi}} | ||
{{Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi}} | {{Pasupuleti Krishna Vamsi}} | ||
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Revision as of 07:36, 15 March 2026
| Rakhi | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Produced by | K.L. Narayana |
| Written by | Krishna Vamsi Sainath Thotapalli (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Story by | Krishna Vamsi |
| Starring | Jr. NTR Ileana D'Cruz Charmme Kaur Suhasini |
| Music by | Devi Sri Prasad |
| Cinematography | S. Gopal Reddy |
| Edited by | Shankar |
Release date | 22 December 2006 |
Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Rakhi or Rakhee is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Krishna Vamsi and starring Jr. NTR, Ileana D'Cruz and Charmme Kaur in the lead roles. Suhasini, Sarath Babu, Chandra Mohan, Brahmaji, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Saranya Ponvannan, Brahmanandam, Sunil, and Sayaji Shinde play other supporting roles. The music of the movie was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with cinematography by S. Gopal Reddy action sequences by Stun Shiva and editing by Shankar. This film was released on 22 December 2006 with 250 prints.[1] The movie was a Hit at the box office .[2]
Plot
Ramakrishna aka Rakhi (Jr. NTR) aspires to become a railway stationmaster like his father (Chandra Mohan). His love interest and close friend Tripura (Ileana D'Cruz) is a reporter in a TV channel who exposes atrocities against women in the society. For Rakhi, his sister Gayathri (Manjusha) is everything. She is married off to a software professional (Ravi Varma) who plans to go to the USA. However, his uncle brings a proposal where he would get 1 crore as dowry. At first they try to get rid of her by fighting with Rakhi and demanding for more dowry, but when Gayathri overhears them they burn her alive. Devastated by this as she was also pregnant, Rakhi’s family tries to sue them in court but corrupt lawyers, policemen, and doctors fabricate that Gayathri was mentally disturbed and committed suicide. Rakhi was unable to accept this. In a fit of rage, he burns her in-laws and all those people alive who fabricated things about her in front of the court in the same way as Gayathri's in-laws burnt her alive. He then starts a manhunt for all sex offenders and perverted men and burns them alive while dropping a rakhi at every site. A police officer named Meenakshi Iyer (Suhasini) is leading the hunt for him, and the entire police force is under a dilemma as the public women all consider Rakhi to be a god and all men are staying away from women so as to not be killed. Rakhi eventually surrenders to Meenakshi, and goes to jail but it is revealed that he did so to kill his sister’s friend’s murderer, a love crazed man (Amit Tiwari) who killed her friend because of repeatedly refusing his proposal.
Meenakshi talks to Rakhi after being verbally abused and kicked by a minister whose son also was killed by Rakhi, and she realizes that what Rakhi is doing is correct as the law is protecting all those men from death after abusing women. Enraged, Rakhi also kills the minister (Sayaji Shinde) after he placed a bomb outside Rakhi’s jail that killed many women who came forward to Rakhi to tie Rakhi's on his wrist, including his cousin Gowri (Charmme Kaur). Rakhi goes to court and the judge (Prakash Raj) also sees that Rakhi did a justice to the country, resigns from his post and announces that he will be Rakhi’s lawyer and get him acquitted. The film ends with Rakhi motivating all the women present outside the court in support of him.
Cast
- Jr. NTR as K. Ramakrishna (Rakhi)
- Ileana D'Cruz as Tripura Sundari
- Charmme Kaur as Gowri, Rakhi's cousin
- Suhasini as Meenakshi Iyer
- Sarath Babu as Police Commissioner
- Chandra Mohan as Mohan Rao, Rakhi's father
- Bramhaji as Ranga, Rakhi's brother
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Rakhi's grandfather
- Saranya Ponvannan as Gowri's mother
- Brahmanandam as TV Channel Owner
- Sunil as Mohan Reddy
- Sayaji Shinde as Minister
- Manjusha as Gayathri, Rakhi's sister
- Ravi Varma as Gayathri's husband
- Master Ajai as Meenakshi Iyer's son
- Ranii Pandey as Prostitution Racket Head
- Bharat as Bharat, Minister's son
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Marriage broker
- Tanikella Bharani as Criminal lawyer Sachidanandam
- M. S. Narayana
- Harsha Vardhan as Auto driver
- Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao
- Uttej
- Amit Tiwari as Madhukar
- Bharath Reddy as Bharat's friend
- Sameer as Police Inspector
- Satyam Rajesh as Police Officer
- Krishna Bhagavaan as Minister's aide
- Prakash Raj as Judge (Guest role)
- Raghu Karumanchi
Music
The film has six songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The music was well received.
| Rakhi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 29:18 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Devi Sri Prasad | |||
| Devi Sri Prasad chronology | ||||
| ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rangu Rabba Rabba" | Suddala Ashok Teja | Amalraj, Priya Himesh | 06:05 |
| 2. | "Zara Zara" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Andrea Jeremiah | 04:36 |
| 3. | "Vasthava Vasthava" | Chandrabose | Jassie Gift, M. M. Srilekha | 04:27 |
| 4. | "Rakhi Rakhi" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Devi Sri Prasad, Mamta Mohandas | 05:33 |
| 5. | "Kallallo Kaalagni" | Suddala Ashok Teja | S. P. Balasubramanyam | 04:33 |
| 6. | "Ninnu Choosthe" | Chandrabose | Shankar Mahadevan, Gopika Poornima | 04:04 |
| Total length: | 29:18 | |||
Release
The film was released in 545 screens, including 431 in Andhra Pradesh, 29 in Karnataka, six in Orissa, three in Tamil Nadu, three in Mumbai and 73 overseas.[3] The film's dubbed versions were released in Tamil, Hindi and Bhojpuri as Rakhi, The Return of Kaalia (2007) and Kaalia (2016) respectively.
Box office performance
The film had a 100-day run in 30-centres.[4]
References
- ↑ "Rakhi to release with 250 prints". telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007. Retrieved 19 December 2006.
- ↑ "Rakhee proves its mettle at Box Office". indiaglitz.com.
- ↑ "::Welcome to Superhit". superhit.co.in. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ↑ "CineGoer.com – Box-Office Records And Collections – 100-day Centres Of Rakhee". cinegoer.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
