Police Police
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| Directed by | Manmohan Challa |
| Written by | Manmohan Challa |
| Produced by | Chandu Bhaskar Kandagatla Mohan Rao Kalyan Patil |
| Starring | Prithviraj Sukumaran Srikanth Kamalinee Mukherjee Sanjjanaa |
| Cinematography | Bharani K. Dharan |
| Edited by | Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Vishwa Sai Karthik |
Production company | Pinnacle Pictures |
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Running time | 142 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Police Police is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Manmohan Challa and produced by Chandu, Mohan Rao Kalyan Patil and Bhaskar Kandagatla.[citation needed] The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran (in his Telugu debut), Srikanth, Kamalinee Mukherjee and Sanjjanaa in the lead roles.[citation needed] The film was released after a two year delay due to problems with releasing the Tamil version, which was later dropped.[1] The film has been dubbed in Tamil as Kutrappirivu in May 2010.[2][3] The story revolves around two police officers with different ideologies. The film was released on 9 April 2010.
Plot
[edit]ASP Ranadheer (Srikanth) is a sincere cop who tries to remove wrongdoers, whereas DSP Ravikanth (Prithviraj Sukumaran) is a corrupt police officer who has tie-ups with antisocial people. Ranadheer finds Ravikanth to be the culprit but is unable to prove it. In the event, he also loses his wife Harika (Kamalinee Mukherjee). How Ranadheer manages to prove Ravikanth as the culprit forms the rest of the story.
Cast
[edit]- Prithviraj Sukumaran as ASP Ravikanth (IPS)
- Srikanth as DSP K. Ranadheer (IPS)
- Kamalinee Mukherjee as Harika
- Sanjjanaa Galrani as Sandhya
- Vikram as Imran
- Ahuti Prasad as Tajuddin
- Kadhal Dhandapani as Janardhan
- Brahmaji as Sivaji
- Vizag Prasad as DGP
- Madhusudhan Rao as Gangadhar
- C. V. L. Narasimha Rao as Swamy
- Vasu Inturi as Venkatachalam
- Sritej as Chanakya
- Pruthvi as DSP David
- Amit Tiwari as Sudarshan
- Venu as Venu manmohan
Production
[edit]Srikanth wanted to work in Telugu films and contacted Manmohan Challa, who used to dub his Tamil films in Telugu.[1] Prithviraj, who starred with Srikanth in Kana Kandaen, was cast, marking his first Telugu film.[1] Prithviraj put on weight for his role in the film.[4] Minissha Lamba was originally chosen to play the heroine and Chakri was originally chosen to compose the music.[4] The film began production in 2008 as a bilingual in Telugu and Tamil with the Tamil version titled Idam Valam.[1] The Tamil version was later dropped.[1]
Soundtrack
[edit]| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Emo Edemaina" | Sai Karthik | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Aaja Sakhi" | Prassana, Chinmayi Sripada | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Cheka Cheka" | Viswa | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Police Police (version 1)" | Viswa | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Police Police (version 2)" | Viswa | 3:55 |
| 6. | "Evade Veedu" | Viswa, Suchitra | 4:11 |
| Total length: | 21:99 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Rajamani, Radhika (8 April 2010). "Meet the cop in Police Police". Rediff.
- ^ "Kutrapirivu: Mission possible". The Times of India. 12 April 2010.
- ^ "Srikanth excited for Kutrapirivu". The Times of India. 14 January 2017.
- ^ a b Pillai, Sreedhar (17 March 2008). "Tollywood debut". The Hindu.