Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam
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Directed by | A. R. Mohan |
Screenplay by | A. R. Mohan |
Dialogues by | |
Story by | A. R. Mohan |
Produced by | Razesh Danda |
Starring | Allari Naresh Anandhi Vennela Kishore Praveen Sampath Raj Sritej |
Cinematography | Raam Reddy |
Edited by | Chota K. Prasad |
Music by | Sricharan Pakala |
Production companies | Zee Studios Hasya Movies |
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Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam (transl. Sincerely, the people of Maredumilli) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language social thriller drama film remake of Newton written and directed by debutant A. R. Mohan. Produced by Zee Studios and Hasya Movies, the film features Allari Naresh, Anandhi, Vennela Kishore, Praveen, Sampath Raj and Sritej in primary roles. The film was released on 25 November 2022.[1]
Plot
Sripada Srinivas is humble human who always helps people in need. He works as Govt Telugu teacher & understands the value of Telugu language. He along with another English teacher, are appointed as Election officers for tribal villages from Maredumilli forest area. The tribals are initially relucted to cast their votes as past govts haven't installed a bridge on nearby river to ease transport and did not care to provide basic facilities to them since last 30 years. He meets Lachimi, while travelling from one village to another. Srinivas helps one of tribal woman, named pollamma deliver the child, thereby earning the tribals trust. After this incident, the tribals agree to cast their votes trusting Srinivas. While going back to deliver the EVMs, srinivas & english teacher are ambushed by the tribals, they kidnap both the officers & ask bridge to be installed as negotiation demand. In the end, collector fools the tribals by giving them approval papers, then he betrays them after collecting the EVM machines. While returning, they cross paths with Indian gaur herd (locals treat them as Veerabhadra god). Collector being head strong asks cops to scare the herd away, if not kill them. Herd attacks & injures most of the cops including the collector. Hearing all the rucus, tribals come to cops aid, they find injured collector & carry him through the same river to other side. Collector realising his mistake, signs an approval for bridge
Cast
- Allari Naresh as Sripada Srinivas
- Anandhi as Lachimi
- Ravi Varma as Inspector Shanmukha Rao
- Vennela Kishore as English teacher
- Praveen as Babu Garu
- Sampath Raj as Arjun Trivedi,The District Collector
- Sritej as Kanda
- Dr. Kamakshi bhaskarla as pollamma
- Raghu Babu as Market yard secretary Koteswara Rao
- Kumanan Sethuraman as Village head
- Darbha Appaji Ambarisha as Chief Election Commissioner
- Ravi Prakash as Police SP
- Khayyum as Police Officer
- Keshav Deepak as DSP
- Gemini Suresh as Election Officer
- Shani Salmon
Soundtrack
Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam | ||||
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Released | 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021–2022 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Telugu | |||
Label | Zee Music Company | |||
Producer | Sricharan Pakala | |||
Sricharan Pakala chronology | ||||
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All music is composed by Sricharan Pakala
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Lachchimi" | Sri Mani | Javed Ali | 3:46 |
2. | "Kolo Kolo Koyilaa" | Kasarla Shyam | Javed Ali, Mohana Bhogaraju, Yamini Ghantasala | 3:36 |
Release
Theatrical
Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam was released on 25 November 2022.[2]
Home Media
Zee Telugu and ZEE5 have acquired the film's satellite and digital streaming rights respectively. It premiered on ZEE5 on December 23, 2022.[3]
Reception
123Telugu gave a rating of 2.75 out of 5 and wrote that "Itlu Maredumalli Prajaaneekam is a film made with honesty. The backdrop, performances and scenes are decent but there is nothing new or gripping that you will see here".[4] Arvind V of Pinkvilla gave a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote that "With a better second half, this film would have been way more watchable".[5] In contrast, The Times of India stated that the film is "an honest social drama narrating the plight of a tribal village", giving the same rating.[6]
References
- ^ "Four movies and 14 OTT releases lined up for this week". Deccan Chronicle. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Agent Kannayiram to Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam: List of South movies releasing in November". Pinkvilla. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Allari Naresh's Film Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam To Premiere On Zee5 On This Date". News18. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam Telugu Movie Review". 123Telugu. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam Review". Pinkvilla. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Itlu Maredumilli Prajaneekam Movie Review: An honest social drama narrating the plight of a tribal village", The Times of India, retrieved 25 November 2022