Lie (film)
| Lie లై | |
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| 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 Srikanth Ravi Kishan |
| Cinematography | J. Yuvaraj |
| Edited by | S. R. Shekhar |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
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Release date |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | 32 crore |
| Box office | 25.5 crore |
Lie (Telugu లై ), poster underscripted as "Love Intelligence Enmity", is a 2017 Indian Telugu 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 .[1][2]
Plot
A. Sathyam (Nithiin) is a good-for-nothing son of a widowed mother. 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 Chaitra (Megha Akash), who has a dream to win a lot of money. The two 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 Bharadwaj (Ravi Kishan) is desperate to nab an elusive criminal, Padmanabham (Arjun), 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 how this criminal even looks like. He is now suspected to be residing in the USA. Bharadwaj has drafted a sharp officer Aadi (Srikanth) to go discover Padmanabham's hideout and identity by following a suit which he has purchases and is assumed to have an obsession with. The operation of this mission is called Sholay, which is 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 / (Showman)
- Megha Akash as Chaitra
- Arjun Sarja as Padmanabham
- Srikanth as Aadi, undercover Central Intelligence officer
- Ajay as Ajay, Padmanabham's henchmen
- Ravi Kishan as Bharadwaj
- Nassar as Vishwanadham
- Dhritiman Chatterjee as Prakash's Dad
- Brahmaji as Naarada
- Rajiv Kanakala as Chaitra's father
- Surya as Srihari
- Madhunandan as Vennela[3]
- Poornima as Sathyam's mother
- Prithviraj
- Jibreel Tracy as Mugger
- Pramodini Pammi as Chaitra's mother
- Chandini Chowdary
- Jahnavi Dasetty
- Kadambari Kiran as Passport Officer
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Mani Sharma and was released on Aditya Music Company.
| 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 | |||
References
- ^ "LIE first look". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "Twitter Review: Nithiin's LIE". The Hans India. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Lie (2017) Cast & Crew - Movietalk".