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'Thikka' is 2016 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film produced by Dr. Rohin Reddy on Sri Venkateswara Movie Makers banner and directed by Sunil Reddy. Starring Sai Dharam Tej, Larissa Bonesi and Mannara Chopra, with Rajendra Prasad, Ajay, Ali, Raghu Babu and Vennela Kishore in supporting roles, the music is composed by S. Thaman.[http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions1/muhurat-thikka.html Sai Dharam Tej's Thikka movie launch][http://www.ibtimes.co.in/photos/sai-dharam-tejs-thikka-first-look-poster-7011-slide-43747 "Sai Dharam Tejs Thikka first look poster"][http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/dhanush-sings-for-sai-dharam-tej.html Dhanush sings for Sai Dharam Tej] Production began on 31 July 2015 in Hyderabad. The film was released on 13 August 2016. The film received negative reviews from critics, but they praised and appreciated Tej's performance. However, they criticized the direction, storyline, irrational and confusing screenplay and the incoherent script. The film was a box office bomb. Mannara Chopra won Special Jury Award for Best Actress at 15th Santosham Film Awards.

Plot



The film is a confusing kidnap drama; Aditya (Sai Dharam Tej) is a booze-happy youngster who enjoys his day-to-day life until he meets a beautiful girl Anjali in an accident. He falls in love with her at first sight itself and also makes her fall in love with him too. After she entered his life the entire lifestyle changes he leaves one by one all his bad habits, acquires a job in a corporate company and she also separates Aditya from his father Manohar (Rajendra Prasad) who is a big womanizer and drunker than him, and also joins Manohar in a rehabilitation center.

The twist in the story arises when complications erupt between the couple and they break up with each other in a small quarrel. Anjali is a daughter of a multimillionaire Madan Mohan (Anand) who fixes her marriage with another rich man's son Jayanth (Vennela Kishore). Simultaneously in the office, Aditya is conned by Kapoor (Ali) who wants to give a promotion to his girlfriend Kavitha (Mumaith Khan), so he traps Aditya and makes him cheat on his childhood friend Stephen (Sathya) which makes the conflict between them.

The frustrated Aditya calls for a breakup party along with his friends where so many characters enter into his life, Starting from his father Manohar escaping from a rehabilitation center along with a girl Kamala (VJ Bani) his lover, who is a daughter of a late mafia don Devraj (Jakki), then a prostitute Padma comes into the picture, suddenly two gangs of Sadhu Bhai (Ajay) and Narasimha (Raghu Babu) are after Aditya. A series of mad events follow - they fight with some guys, destroy a restaurant, a petrol bunk is burnt, etc. More on that Anjali elopes from marriage to Aditya and her father Madan Mohan's men are also behind him and another beautiful girl Virisha (Mannara Chopra) tries to kill Aditya saying herself as his ex-lover. The rest of the story how Aditya comes out of this crazy situation.

Cast



*Sai Dharam Tej as Aditya

*Larissa Bonesi as Anjali

*Mannara Chopra as Virisha

*Rajendra Prasad as Manohar

*Ajay as Sadhu Bhai

*Ali as Kapoor

*Vennela Kishore as Jayanth

*Posani Krishna Murali as Inspector P. Hymanand

*Raghu Babu as Narsimha

*Mumaith Khan as Kavitha

*VJ Bani as Kamala

*Anand as Madan Mohan

*Harsha Vardhan as Mental Doctor

*Jakki as Devraj

*Prabhas Sreenu as Madan Mohan's henchmen

*Saptagiri as Manchi Donga

*Satya as Stephen

*Thagubothu Ramesh as Ramesh Yadav

*Fish Venkat as Sadhu's henchmen

*Dasanna as Constable

*Kamna Singh as Padma

Soundtrack



Music composed by S. Thaman. Music released on Aditya Music Company. Audio launch held on 30 July 2016 at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad.

Critical reception



The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, praising Sai Dharam Tej's performance while heavily criticizing its story, many considering it to be very confusing and weak. 123Telugu gave it a 2.25/5 saying "Overall, Thikka is one film which Sai Dharam Tej should immediately erase from his memory. He should stay away from scripts like these which can spoil his career big time. Except for his sincere performance, this film has absolutely nothing to offer in any which way possible. Stay away from this one otherwise, you can end up losing your mind."

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