Lie (film)

Lie
Theatrical poster
LIE
Directed by	Hanu Raghavapudi
Written by	Hanu Raghavapudi
Produced by	Ram Achanta Gopichand Achanta Anil Sunkara Venkat Boyanapalli (presenter)
Starring	Nithiin Megha Akash Arjun Sarja Sriram Ravi Kishan
Cinematography	J. Yuvaraj
Edited by	S. R. Shekhar
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production company	14 Reels Entertainment
Release date	11 August 2017 (2017-08-11)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	90 cr | gross = 200cr

LIE, poster underscripted as "Love Intelligence Enmity", is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. Produced by Ram Achanta, Gopichand Achanta and Anil Sunkara under their 14 Reels Entertainment, LIE features Nithiin and Megha Akash in the lead roles while Arjun Sarja plays the antagonist. Music is composed by Mani Sharma while J. Yuvaraj handled the cinematography. The film released worldwide on 11 August 2017 .

Plot

A. Sathyam (Nithiin) is a good-for-nothing son of a widowed mother (Poornima). He is unemployed and lives off of his father's monthly pension. He is unmarried and fantasizes about marrying an American girl. By a quirk of fate, Sathyam, along with a stranger named Chaitra (Megha Akash), who has a dream to win a lot of money, end up in Las Vegas, where they decide to only lie with one another. Shortly after, they start to fall in love with one another through their beautiful lies. At the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a frustrated officer named Bharadwaj (Ravi Kishan) is desperate to nab an elusive criminal named Padmanabham (Arjun Sarja), who has escaped the long arm of the law for 19 years. Padmanabham is a famous Indian ropewalker and magician, but he is also a master of disguise. Thus, the NIA has no idea what Padmanabham looks like. He is now suspected to be residing in the USA. Bharadwaj has drafted a sharp officer named Aadi (Sriram) to discover Padmanabham's hideout and identity by following a suit which he has purchased and is assumed to have an obsession with. The operation of this mission is called Sholay, implying that Aadi is the showman. All along, Padmanabham tries to go after the team, which is trying to trace him, only to end up with Sathyam. Sathyam was a part of this operation the whole time. The rest of the film is about how Sathyam is related to the entire operation floated to crack Padmanabham, and how the hero-villain duo and other characters race against time. In the end, Sathyam kills Padmanabham for good.

Cast

• Nithiin as A. Sathyam , Central Intelligence Officer
• Megha Akash as Chaitra
• Arjun Sarja as Padmanabham
• Srikanth as Aadi, undercover Central Intelligence officer
• Ravi Kishan as Bharadwaj
• Ajay as Ajay, Padmanabham's henchmen
• Nassar as Vishwanadham
• Suresh as Sathyam's father
• Poornima as Sathyam's mother
• Brahmaji as Narada
• Rajiv Kanakala as Chaitra's father
• Prudhvi Raj as Indrudu
• Surya as Srihari
• Madhunandan as Vennela
• Pramodini Pammi as Chaitra's mother
• Ashish Gandhi as Cop
• Kadambari Kiran as Travel Agent
• Jibreel Tracy as Mugger
• Chandini Chowdary
• Jahnavi Dasetty

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Mani Sharma and was released on Aditya Music Company.

Lie
Soundtrack album by Mani Sharma
Released	Jun 12, 2017
Recorded	2017
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	16:38
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Aaradugula Bullet (2017) Lie (2017) Balakrishnudu (2017)

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bombhaat"	Kasarla Shyam	Rahul Sipligunj, Ramya Behara	4:02
2.	"Miss Sunshine"	Krishna kanth	Anurag Kulkarni, Sinduri	3:56
3.	"Laggam Time"	Krishna kanth	Saicharan, Sahiti Chaganti	4:52
4.	"Freedom"	Krishna kanth	Anurag Kulkarni, Ramya Behara	3:48
Total length:				16:38

External links

• Lie at IMDb