Ism (film)
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Jagapati Babu | |
Cinematography | Mukesh G. |
Edited by | Junaid Siddiqui |
Music by | Anup Rubens |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Dil Raju |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Box office | est. ₹250 million[1] |
Ism is a 2016 Indian
The film was shot in August 2016 in
Ism was released theatrically on 21 October 2016, where it received mixed reviews from critics and became an average grosser at the box office.
Plot
Javed Ibrahim, is a high-profile
Meanwhile, in India, The Grand Leakage Company, a website/company, reveals Javed Bhai's whereabouts, and by seeing through the plan, Javed Bhai and Alia realise that the founder of the company, who has been unknown for years, is none other than Kalyan Ram. Alia, who is still madly in love with him, runs away from their yacht and escapes to India. Meanwhile, Kalyan, whose actual name is Sathya Marthand, is an undercover journalist whose father, Dasaradh Rao was handicapped by a criminal contractor when the former, a journalist, exposed the latter's use of faulty cement to construct buildings. Sathya, in retaliation, attempted to kill the contractor, but realised that the idea of a crime is what encourages corruption. He, hence, is on a journey to fight corruption. He gets information about Bank of Paradise, a Tenerife-based bank owned by Javed Bhai, which holds over a billiard rupees. The Grand Leakage Company has employed over thousands of anonymous journalism students, who together, take on corruption in India. Alia lands in India and tracks down Sathya's address, threatening to kill his parents and herself if he does not return home. Sathya returns, but tells her that he does not have any feelings for her. However, his parents, who have grown fond of Alia, refuse to let her go, and try forcing Sathya to wed her. After gathering details about Sathya, Javed Bhai informs the police about his activities, including his plan to wipe off the entire money present at Bank of Paradise.
They are almost successful, but the police catch Sathya, and his 4 friends, who were assigned the task of completing the operation, are brutally murdered by local goons. After giving a stellar session in court, the public realise Sathya's goodness, including his craving for justice to all families below the poverty line. He even lets out the code of the accounts in the bank, letting his co "hacktivists" hack into the Bank of Paradise, dividing the money equally into the bank account of every above-poverty line Indian citizen, requesting them to give at least 10% of their money to below poverty line farmers and families, else they will be the reason their country gets ruined. He is then taken to be escorted to the Central Jail. En Route, they are stopped and Sathya is kidnapped by Javed Bhai's men. Javed Bhai tells a reluctant Sathya to marry Alia, but is double-crossed by his henchmen who are ordered to kill Sathya by Minister Kotilinga, who was also involved in Javed's scams. Javed and Sathya take down all the goons. The film ends with Javed returning to Tenerife to continue his business, after having dropped Alia and Sathya in Goa, who then go undercover again.
Cast
- Nandamuri Kalyan Ram as Sathya Marthand Kalyan Ram
- Aditi Arya as Alia Khan
- Jagapati Babuas Javed Ibrahim / Javed Bhai
- Vennela Kishore as Sathya's friend
- Posani Krishna Murali as Minister Kotilingalu
- Ali as Don Bosco
- Jaya Prakash Reddy as MLA JP
- Tanikella Bharani as Dasaradharamaiah
- Easwari Rao as Satyavathi / Ammaji
- Srikanth Iyyengaras Police Officer Trivedi
- Shatru as Javed Bhai's henchmen
- Ajay Ghosh as Reporter
- Raghu Karumanchi
- Ravi Awana
Soundtrack
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Recorded | 2016 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Length | 18:06 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Producer | Anup Rubens | |||
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Music composed by
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kanulu Navaina" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Jubin Nautiyal, Mohana Bhogaraju | 4:28 |
2. | "Yey Yey Yey Raa" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Puri Jagannadh, Dhanunjay, Roll Rida | 3:19 |
3. | "Ela Ela Ela" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Shakthisree Gopalan, Krishna Lasya | 4:08 |
4. | "Podaade Poda Poda" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | Spurthy, Teja Priya, Ramki | 3:38 |
5. | "Ism" | Puri Jagannadh | Puri Jagannadh, Anurag Kulkarni | 2:33 |
Total length: | 18:06 |
Hindi Dubbed Soundtrack launched on 14 September 2019 on Digital Music Platforms.[7]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Karlu Haan Main Pyaar" | Anup Rubens, Dubbing Artists, featuring Jubin Nautiyal, Mohana Bhogaraju | 01:40 |
2. | "Yeh Dil Tera Hua" | Anup Rubens, Dubbing Artists, featuring Puri Jagannadh, Roll Rida | 03:19 |
3. | "Chal Re" | Anup Rubens, Dubbing Artists, featuring Spurthy, Teja Priya | 01:02 |
4. | "Journalism" | Anup Rubens, Dubbing Artists, featuring Puri Jagannadh | 01:55 |
Total length: | 07:57 |
Reception
Srividya Palaparthi of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "The movie is quite predictably every Puri film ever -- an unconquerable hero, a larger than life conspiracy, a bimbo who falls in love as a result of stalking."[8]
References
- ^ Top 25 highest-grossing Telugu movies of the year Archived 31 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Puri Jagannath Reveals First Look Of Kalyan Ram's ISM Movie –". Fitnhit.com. 5 July 2016. Archived from the original on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- Times of India.
- ^ "Bollywood rueda una película en Valencia". El País (in Spanish). 11 August 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
- ^ "Ism (2016)". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Ism (Audio launch)". Cine Josh. 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Tabaahi Zulm Ki (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Anup Rubens on Apple Music".
- ^ "ISM Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of ISM by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 30 July 2022
External links
- Ism at IMDb
- Ism at AllMovie
- Ism at Box Office Mojo