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Cheekati Rajyam
File:Cheekati-Rajyam-Poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byRajesh M. Selva
Written byAbburi Ravi
Screenplay byKamal Haasan
Story byFrederic Jardin
Nicolas Saada
Produced byKamal Haasan
S. Chandrahasan
Gokulam Gopalan
V. C. Praveen
Baiju Gopalan
Starring
CinematographySanu John Varghese
Edited byShan Mohammed
Music byM. Ghibran
Production
companies
Release date
  • 20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Cheekati Rajyam (English: Dark World) is a 2015 Telugu, crime thriller film directed by Rajesh M. Selva. The Tamil version being titled Thoongaa Vanam.[1] starring Kamal Haasan alongwith Trisha, Prakash Raj and Kishore. The film is the official adaptation of the 2011 French film Sleepless Night.[2][3] The film was released on 20 November 2015 in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to highly positive reviews and became a super hit.[3]

Plot

The film begins with Diwakar (Kamal Haasan), an officer of the Narcotics Control Bureau, and his deputy Mani (Yugi Sethu), busting a narcotics scam. In retribution, Vittal Rao (Prakash Raj), a drug smuggler who had masterminded the scam, kidnaps Diwakar's son Vasu (Aman Abdullah). He is willing to release Vasu if Diwakar can return to him a bag of cocaine he seized while thwarting the scam. Without any options, Diwakar agrees and proceeds to Vittal's nightclub where Vasu is held hostage with the bag of cocaine, hiding it in the men's toilet. However, this is noticed by his colleague Mallika (Trisha), who becomes suspicious and thinking that Diwakar is involved in drug smuggling, informs her superior Draviyam (Kishore). Both begin to pursue Diwakar, taking away the bag of cocaine from the toilet in the process.

When Diwakar realises that the bag of cocaine has gone missing, he decides to return to Vittal a bag containing packets of maida instead, thinking that he and his cronies including a gangster Pedha Babu (Sampath Raj) won't realise the difference. Unfortuanately, Vittal and Pedha soon find out that Diwakar had cheated them and decide to kill him. Caught between Vittal's gang on one side and Mallika and Dhraviyam on the other side, Diwakar confronts Mallika and tells her that contrary to her suspicions, he is working undercover and had planned the entire operation to expose police officers such as Draviyam and even Mani, who are involved in drug smuggling. Then he rescues Vasu without Vittal's knowledge and Vittal is also arrested by Mallika and Draviyam. While taking Vittal to prison, Mallika finds out that she has Mani's mobile phone and on reading the messages in it, finds out that Diwakar had been speaking the truth all along, realising that Draviyam and Mani are involved in drug smuggling and had tried to frame Diwakar. Though Draviyam tries to resist arrest, killing Vittal in the process, he is eventually brought to justice. Three months later, Mallika is now Diwakar's deputy. The movie ends with both of them thwarting the attempted murder of a police officer.

Cast

Pre-production

Kamal Haasan announced that his next project, a bilingual thriller titled Cheekati Rajyam in Telugu, would be directed by his former assistant Rajesh [4] to be shot simultaneously and with the same cast and crew as Thoongaa Vanam in Tamil language.[5] Sanu Varghese and Shan Mohammed were named as the cinematographer and editor, respectively,[6] while Ghibran was recruited as the film's composer, working for a fifth successive Kamal Haasan film.[7][8] Writer Suka was chosen to write the Tamil dialogues,[9] while Abburi Ravi was assigned to work on the dialogues for the Telugu version.[10]

Filming

Following a photo shoot at the AVM Studios on 20 May 2015,[11] the film was officially unveiled on 25 May in Hyderabad with the release of the first look poster,[10] after which principal photography began with a schedule at the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad.[12][13] The filming was completed in 38 days by August 2015.

Critical reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu stated, 'though the film isn’t really exceptional, makes for an engaging watch', appreciating director on the promising debut. She also mentioned the performance of Kamal Haasan, Prakash Raj and Trisha as good concluding the film as a stylish cop drama as attention is paid even to little details of film making.[14] Rating it 3/5 stars, Pravallika Anjuri of filmibeat stated that, eventhough the film is not upto the standard of an edgy or racy thriller, the performance of artistes, ideal run time and presentation makes it a must watch.[15] 123 Telugu gave the film a rating of 3.25/5 stars, calling it as a slick action thriller with interesting moments going its way with a racy first half, concluding as the film is a must watch for those who like action thrillers and for the rest, the film is a decent watch.[16] Venkat of Great Andhra gave the film a rating of 2.75/5 stating that [17] the film is differently told with many original ideas, but as a thriller movie, it is not made with unusual twists or turns concluding as an okay action film.

References

  1. ^ "Kamal Haasan's 'Thoongaavanam', 'Cheekati Rajyam' Posters Released". Ibtimes.co.in. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ Thoongavanam, remake of a French film? – The Times of India. The Times of India. (14 June 2015). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  3. ^ a b Thoongaavanam is an official remake of French film Sleepless Night. Only Kollywood (13 June 2015). Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Kamal Haasan's Thoonga Vanam first look posters have been launched". Behindwoods. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Kamal Haasans Next Film Titled Cheekati Rajyam in Telugu – NDTV Movies". Movies.ndtv.com. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Kamal Haasan next project 'Thoongavanam' is bilingual thriller". dna. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Kamal Haasan's next titled Cheekati Rajyam' in Telugu". Deccan Herald. 24 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Kamal Haasans Next Film Titled Cheekati Rajyam in Telugu – NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  9. ^ Suka is the dialogue writer for Kamal`s `Thoongaa Vanam`. Sify.com (27 May 2015). Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Kamals Cheekati Rajyam first look Launch". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Fresh Updates on Kamal Haasan's 'Thoongavanam'". IndiaGlitz. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  12. ^ Admin (25 May 2015). "Kamal Haasan begins shooting for Cheekati Rajyam" (news video) (in Telugu). TV9. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  13. ^ Suresh Krishnamoorthy (25 May 2015). "With Cheekati Raajyam, Kamal returns to Telugu". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Cheekati Rajyam: The night is sinister". The Hindu. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Cheekati Rajyam Movie Review: Promising Thriller". filmibeat. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  16. ^ "Review : Cheekati Rajyam – Slick action thriller". 123Telugu. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Cheekati Rajyam–Slick action thriller". Great Andhra. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

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