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| director = Sukumar

| producer = B. V. S. N. Prasad

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Hussain Sha Kiran (additional story)

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| music = Devi Sri Prasad

| cinematography = Vijay K. Chakravarthy

| editing = Naveen Nooli

| studio = Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra

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| runtime = 168 minutes

| country = India

| language = Telugu

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'Nannaku Prematho' is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Sukumar and produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra, Bhogavalli Bapineedu and Reliance Entertainment. The film, set in London, stars N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Jagapathi Babu, Rajendra Prasad and Rakul Preet Singh.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/2015/11/nannaku-prematho-cast-and-crew-full.html "Nannaku Prematho Cast and Crew Full Details"] , NtrNannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 16 November 2015. 'Nannaku Prematho' marks the 25th film of Rama Rao Jr. as an actor.

Devi Sri Prasad has composed the film's music and background score. The cinematography was provided by Vijay C Chakravarthy, and Naveen Nooli edited the film. Principal photography commenced in August 2015.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/2015/11/nannaku-prematho-movie-release-date.html "Nannaku Prematho Movie Release Date Fixed : Full Details"] , NtrNannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 9 December 2015. The audio launch of this film was held on 27 December 2015.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/2015/11/nannaku-prematho-audio-release-date.html "Nannaku Prematho Audio Release Date Fixed: Full Details"] , Ntr NannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 24 December 2015. The film was released worldwide on 13 January 2016. The film was remade in Bengali as 'Baazi' (2021).

Plot



Abhiram is the youngest son of London-based businessman Subrahmanyam, who quits his job and starts his own company, K.M.C Pipes and Canals and he completes his company's first project in Spain. He learns that his father is suffering from pancreatic cancer and has roughly a month or more to live. Subrahmanyam reveals his name as Ramesh Chandra Prasad, who was once London's richest entrepreneur, who lost all his wealth because of a cunning man, Krishna Murthy Kautilya, who made his worldwide business empire cheating Ramesh Chandra. He was then forced to change his name to Subrahmanyam and got rich again after years of work.

Subrahmanyam requests his three sons to take revenge on his behalf. His first son lies to him that he has filed a lawsuit against Krishna Murthy to pacify him, but Abhiram ends up taking matters into his own hands. He sets 30 days to bring down Krishna Murthy and hires three youngsters who are shown to love their fathers dearly. He targets Krishnamurty's daughter Divyanka aka Divya to reach him. Divya reappropriates Abhiram's feelings after saving her from kidnapping and spending every last penny of their family bank balance to buy her a worth of painting.

Abhiram meets Krishnamurty at Divya's birthday party, but Krishna Murthy turns out to be aware of Abhiram's intentions. Subrahmanyam gets admitted to the hospital as his condition turns critical. Abhiram's brothers break up with him after they come to know that Abhiram wasted their property on the painting. Krishna Murthy plants a bug in Abhiram's lair, because of which he discovers their plans, and Divya too learns of Abhiraam's intentions and breaks up with him. Krishna Murthy had grabbed the 'People Oil and Natural Gas' project, which is one of the largest oil and gas bases in Europe belonging to a businessman Kapil Sinha in Spain, to where he goes with Divya.

Abhiram follows them with his group but gets kidnapped by Divya's henchman. She does so as she wants to find his plans of ruining her father. Abhiram regains Divya's love and also gets her to meet her mother in prison, whom she had not met since she was 4 years old, and revealed her mysterious dream. Her father had planted drugs in their bag during one of their travels, but the airport security find the bag with Divya's mother when Krishna Murthy and Divya were in the washroom. Krishna Murthy leaves his wife to save himself and his daughter. Divya begins to loathe Krishna Murthy. Meanwhile, it turns out that the painting gifted to Krishna Murthy had a camera in it and that Abhiraam was also aware of Krishna Murthy's plans.

Abhiram accesses Krishna Murthy's bank number, transferring to his family account. It is also revealed that the 'People Oil and Natural Gas' land that Krishna Murthy grabbed was no real gas land, and the gas there was given by tunnels planted by Abhiram's KMC company: 'Krishna Murthy Mosam Chese' company (lit.'Cheating Krishna Murthy Company'). Kapil is revealed to be Satpal Singh, Subrahmanyam's ex-adviser and best friend, who had been supporting Abhiram since the beginning. Krishna Murthy becomes of the same condition as Ramesh Chandra Prasad and absconds and changes his identity to Subrahmanyam. Divya and her mother move in with Abhiram's family, but sadly, Ramesh Chandra succumbs to his disease and dies. Abhiram still does not cry as he thinks that his father will go the day he cries.

Cast



* N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Abhiram

* Jagapathi Babu as Krishna Murthy Kautilya

* Rajendra Prasad as Ramesh Chandra Prasad alias Subrahmanyam

* Rakul Preet Singh as Divyanka "Divya" Krishnamurthy

* Rajiv Kanakala as Vamsi

* Srinivas Avasarala as Abhiram's brother

* Ashish Vidyarthi as Satpal Singh / Kapil Sinha

* Madhoo as Divya's mother

* Thagubothu Ramesh as Abhiram's assistant

* Noel Sean as Noel

* Uppada Parvateesam as Abhiram's assistant

* Giridhar as Giri

* Amit Tiwari as JD, Krishna Murthy's PA

* Naveen Neni as Abhiram's assistant

* Vennela Kishore as the guy who sells the painting to Abhiram

Production



Development

In April 2015, Sukumar came up with the story of the film. In July 2015, the film's shooting had started, and by December, the post-production was done. The film's first look poster had released on 17 September 2015 on the occasion of Vinayaka Chavithi.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/2015/11/jrntr-nannaku-prematho-movie-first-look.html "Jr.NTR Nannaku Prematho Movie First Look Poster : Vinayaka Chavithi Special"] , NtrNannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 16 November 2015. The film's teaser was released on 21 October 2015 on the occasion of the Vijayadasami (Dasara) festival. The teaser created a record of being the most liked and viewed Telugu film teaser at the time.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/2015/11/nannaku-prematho-youtube-views-likes.html "Nannaku Prematho Smashed all Tollywood YouTube Records"] , NtrNannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 16 November 2015. Another poster was released as a Deepavali Special, featuring a dancing still of Jr. NTR.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/2015/11/nannaku-prematho-movie-poster-diwali.html "Nannaku Prematho Movie Poster : Diwali Special"] , NtrNannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 16 November 2015.

Casting

Rakul Preet Singh was selected to play the female lead role opposite Jr. NTR. Rajendra Prasad plays the role of Jr. NTR's father in this film. Initially, it was rumoured that Jagapati Babu and NTR's own father Nandamuri Harikrishna were approached to play NTR's father role in the movie, but due to some reasons, both had refused. Jagapati Babu instead played the main negative role.

Filming

Principal photography commenced in the United Kingdom. It was a 40-day schedule where all the actors took part. The MRMC Bolt High Speed Cinebot, the fastest camera robot in the world, which is used to obtain shots of extremely high speed objects with absolute detail, was used in some crucial scenes during the UK schedule.[https://www.telugu360.com/bolt-cinebot-for-nannaku-prematho/ "Bolt Cinebot used in Nannaku Prematho UK schedule"], telugu360.com Retrieved on 14 December 2015. After wrapping up the UK schedule, the team returned to Hyderabad. While Sukumar was directing Nannaku Prematho, he was simultaneously producing the movie 'Kumari 21F', so he took a break because Kumari 21F was nearing its release date. The 'Nannaku Prematho' team then finished some part of the title song shoot in Hyderabad near Toopran. Afterwards, the team shifted to Spain for the final schedule of the film. The movie team wrapped up its Spain schedule by late-November 2015.[http://www.ntrnannakuprematho.com/search/label/Shooting%20Update "Nannaku Prematho Movie Shooting Updates"], NtrNannakuPrematho.Com. Retrieved on 9 December 2015. Finally, the team shifted back to Hyderabad to shoot a final scene sequence. On 30 December 2015, the filmmakers announced that the film's shooting was wrapped.

Soundtrack



Music of this film was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, who collaborated for the fifth time with both Jr. NTR and Sukumar. The audio rights were bought by Junglee Music.[http://www.film70mm.com/news/nannaku-prematho-audio-rights-for-a-hefty-amount/ "Junglee Music grabs the audio rights of Nannaku Prematho"] , film70mm.com

After the death of Satyamurthy, Prasad's father and former film screenplay and story writer, the album was dedicated to the former in an audio launch ceremony on 27 December 2015.[http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-12-21/Jr-NTRs-Nannaku-Prematho-gets-audio-launch-date-194646 "Nannaku Prematho Audio Release gets a date !!!"], thehansindia.com. Retrieved on 24 December 2015.

For the fifth time in his career, Jr. NTR lent his vocals for a jazz-style number called 'Follow Follow'.

'Behindwoods.com' gave the soundtrack 4 out of 5 stars, stating that " Nannaku Prematho is a fun album with ample dose of trendy as well as mass numbers with a tinge of experimentation. All in all, it is another winner in the combo of Sukumar- DSP!".[http://www.behindwoods.com/telugu-movies/nannaku-prematho/nannaku-prematho-songs-review.html "Nannaku Prematho Album - A fun album"], behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 8 January 2016. Another film news website, 'Indiaglitz.com', also rated the album 3 out of 5 stars and stated that "Devi Sri Prasad, Sukumar and NTR are an exciting combination. This album brings out this uniqueness in its choice of lyrics. It is not vintage DSP at his best. All that you can expect from this album is good dose of energy and verve, DSP-style, NTR-style".[http://www.indiaglitz.com/nannaku-prematho-telugu-movie-songs-20092.html "Nannaku Prematho Music Review - Good dose of energy and verve"], indiaglitz.com. Retrieved on 8 January 2016. '123telugu.com' quoted this album as a "different album from the crazy combo" and finally stated that "On the whole, the audio of Nannaku Prematho is quite different from Devi Sri Prasads regular albums. Even though the tunes are not in the regular commercial format, they are elevated well by some meaningful and catchy lyrics."[http://www.123telugu.com/reviews/audio-review-nannaku-prematho-a-different-attempt-from-crazy-combo.html "Nannaku Prematho Album Review - Different album from the crazy combo"]. 123telugu.com. Retrieved on 8 January 2016.

Distribution



The overseas theatrical distribution rights were acquired by CineGalaxy Inc. for 6.2 crores.[http://www.gulte.com/movienews/44384/Nannaku-Prematho-Is-Just-After-Baahubali-Srimanthudu "Nannaku Prematho Overseas Rights by CineGalaxy Inc."], gulte.com. Retrieved on 11 December 2015. RansiTech Solutions Ltd. bagged the UK distribution rights in late October 2015[http://www.filmybuzz.com/english/view-11114-news-nannaku-prematho-uk-rights-with-ransi-tech-solutions-ltd.html "RansiTech Solutions Ltd. bags UK distribution Rights of Nannaku Prematho"], filmybuzz.com. Retrieved on 11 December 2015 "Reliance" Raghu of Shantha Pictures acquired the Ceded distribution Rights for 7.2 crores. This is the highest price offered to any movie in this region after 'Baahubali: The Beginning', which was bought for 13 crores.[http://telugustop.com/ntr-shows-his-stamina-in-ceded-nannaku-prematho-ceded-rights-rs-8-6-crore/ "Nannaku Prematho Ceeded Rights Details"], telugustop.com. Retrieved on 12 December 2015

Box office



'Nannaku Prematho' grossed worldwide in the first nine days. By the end of its second week had grossed .

Critical reception



Times of India rated the film 4.5/5, and wrote, "(The flaws) should be no reason to miss this film because Nannaku Prematho is like a delectable serving of dessert with a hint of tang. The flavour may seem out of place initially because you arent used to it. But if you try it with an open mind, youd probably savour it."

Idlebrain.com gave it 3.25/5 and wrote, "The underlying emotion of father-son gets fused in the complex screenplay and the mind games between hero and villain. Its a great effort by Sukumar in terms of screenplay and logic. On a whole, Nannaku Prematho is a commendable and extraordinary concept thriller made on grand scale."

Business Standard stated that NTR, particularly, needs to be lauded for not playing to the gallery and choosing to work with a director who isn't afraid to go against the tide. This is precisely why you want to appreciate Sukumar, who, by all means, could have safely made a regular commercial potboiler. But he didn't, and that's what differentiates him from other filmmakers as he made this film an action thriller with memorable twists. "Nannaku Prematho", on the whole, isn't a bad film as it was made even more sensibly.

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