Khiladi (2022 film)

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Khiladi
Pen Studios
  • A Studios
    • Distributed byPen Studios
    Release date
    • 11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
    Running time
    		154 minutes
    CountryIndia
    LanguageTelugu
    Budget₹30 crore[1][2]
    Box officeest. ₹24 crore[3]

    Khiladi (transl. Player) is a 2022 Indian

    action thriller film[4] written and directed by Ramesh Varma who co-produced it with Satyanarayana Koneru under A Studios. The film stars Ravi Teja, Arjun Sarja, Unni Mukundan, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Dimple Hayathi, Thakur Anoop Singh, Sachin Khedekar and Nikitin Dheer
    in pivotal roles.

    Initially scheduled to be released on 28 May 2021, it was indefinitely postponed due to the

    underperformed at the box office.[2]

    Plot

    Bala Singham is a crime boss who sends a container of ₹10,000 crore (US$1.3 billion) to

    criminologist
    who learns about Mohan Gandhi as a part of her research, who was convicted of killing his whole family, except for his daughter. She meets him in the prison, but he refuses to talk to her. While seeing him and his daughter's bond, she promises to help him get bail if he narrates his story, to which Gandhi agrees.

    Past: Gandhi is an orphan, who is raised by a successful businessman, Rajashekhar and became the

    General Manager of the company. He lives a happy life with his wife Chitra and their daughter. CBI officer Arjun arrests Rajashekhar in a money laundering
    case linked with the same ₹10,000 crore (US$1.3 billion) orchestrated by Bala Singam. Guru Singham places two choices for Gandhi: finding the money or letting his family get killed. Gandhi confronts Rajashekhar and learns that Rajashekhar did this to return the favour to Guru Singam, who helped him during his days. Gandhi secretly meets Rajasekhar and decodes the location of the money.

    After confirming the same, Gandhi first informs the

    forensic analysis
    . David, who was constantly instructed over the phone via an unknown person, kills Gandhi's family except his daughter, but the latter takes the blame to save his daughter.

    Present: Pooja arranges a bail using her father's name,

    con artist
    whose sole aim is to fool everyone and rob the money. Arjun was sent to arrest him in Dubai.

    Past: One day, Gandhi learns about the ₹10,000 crore (US$1.3 billion) and planned to steal them, where he hires a

    club dancer
    named Aditi (Chitra), whom Bala Singham intends to date and with the help of his gang and Aditi, Gandhi hacks Bala Singham's phone where the location of the money is stored. When Gandhi is about to acquire the money, Arjun arrests him, but he was shot. Arjun passes the information to the government and is posted to the CBI. Suddenly, Gandhi arrives and surrenders himself where he takes the blame for the crimes he did not committed and was given 14 years of rigorous imprisonment. In the prison, he befriended Ramakrishna, whose story was the one which Gandhi narrated to Pooja and used her to get himself released from prison. He also planned to forge the documents so that Pooja would believe what he was telling was true.

    Present: Arjun deduces a plan where they could catch David and Gandhi. Outside the court, Gandhi captures David after a shootout, while Singham's men captured Ramakrishna. While confronted, a badly heated David reveals that he did all this based on the instructions of an unknown person who is actually Jayaram. Pooja doesn't believe this, but she finds that all the cash is cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, Singham was about to kill Ramakrishna after denying having any knowledge of the money. However, in the nick of time, Pooja calls Singham and strikes a deal to tell him about the location and lets Ramakrishna leave. During a shootout, Aditi betrays Gandhi and shoots him for the money. While hospitalized, Pooja learns from Gandhi's henchmen that Gandhi was after the money to make a charitable trust for needy people. Pooja tells that she lied to them and her father had all the money in the hard cash. Singham and his men arrives at the location and kills Jayaram's men, but Gandhi arrives and kills all of Singham's henchmen and Singham.

    When Gandhi is about to take the money, he suddenly has a change of heart and frees Ramakrishna, who finally meets his daughter. After a showdown with Arjun, he sees Gandhi as a changed person and lets him scott free. Later, Guru Singham is stripped of his ministerial post as the money he used to bribe the MLAs were bogus. It is revealed that Gandhi stole the real money and fooled Singham and everyone all along. At the same time, Gandhi was conversing with Arjun on the phone. Gandhi reveals that he is neither against him nor Singham and Jayaram, but was fighting against the corrupted system's responsibility towards people and wishes good luck to Arjun, who vows to arrest him again.

    Cast

    Production

    Ravi Teja was reported to play dual roles in the film.[5] Meenakshi Chaudhary and Dimple Hayathi are cast as the leads.[6] Principal photography of the film began in November 2020.[7] Few action scenes were shot in Italy in April–May 2021.[8] The second schedule of the film began in June 2021, after a break due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India.[9]

    The filming was completed in September 2021. Arjun Sarja joined the production in December 2020.[10] Unni Mukundan was cast in a pivotal role in January 2021.[11] The music of the film is being composed by Devi Sri Prasad.[12]

    Music

    Khiladi
    Soundtrack album by
    Devi Sri Prasad
    Released2022
    Recorded2021
    GenreSoundtrack
    Length16:50
    LanguageTelugu
    LabelAditya Music
    ProducerDevi Sri Prasad
    Devi Sri Prasad chronology
    Good Luck Sakhi
    (2022)     		Khiladi
    (2022)     		Aadavaallu Meeku Joharlu
    (2022)
    Singles from Khiladi
    1. "Istam"
      Released: 10 September 2021
    2. "Khiladi"
      Released: 4 November 2021
    3. "Atta Sudake"
      Released: 1 January 2022
    4. "Full Kick"
      Released: 26 January 2022
    5. "Catch Me"
      Released: 5 February 2022

    The soundtrack and score of the film is composed by Devi Sri Prasad.[13] The audio rights were acquired by Aditya Music.

    All lyrics are written by Sri Mani

    No.TitleSinger(s)Length
    1."Istam"Hari Priya2:46
    2."Khiladi"Ram Miriyala3:28
    3."Atta Sudake"Devi Sri Prasad, Sameera Bharadwaj3:06
    4."Full Kick"Mamta Sharma, Sagar3:53
    5."Catch Me"Neha Bhasin, Jaspreet Jasz3:37
    Total length:16:50

    Release

    The film's release was originally scheduled for 28 May 2021.

    Hindi dubbed version.[17][18]

    Reception

    Khiladi received mixed to negative reviews from critics and audience, who praised Ravi Teja's performance but criticised the direction and screenplay.[19]

    Neeshitha Nyayapati of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 2/5 and criticized the screenplay, CGI, and songs, writing, "Khiladi is an absurd, sometimes stylish and oddly wacky, disengaging crime thriller."[20] Pinkvilla gave the film a rating of 2/5 and wrote "'Khiladi' is a template-driven film if you care to scratch the surface. It's just that the writing department seeks to fortify the formulaic story by structuring the film in a less-than-routine manner in the first half".[21]

    Reviewing the for The Indian Express, Gabetta Ranjith Kumar appreciated Ravi Teja's performance but felt that the unnecessary songs and inane subplots had put film at a disadvantage.[22]The Hindu critic Y. Sunita Chowdhary called it an "average film," and added "The story lacks logic, tests patience but cannot be written off completely."[23] In an other negative review, The News Minute's Balakrishna Ganeshan gave the film a rating of 1.5/5 and termed it "an unappealing mish-mash, with Ravi Teja playing a predictable role." Ganesh wrote that "The director attempts to deceive the audience with a story similar to Shock. But then he completely changes the trajectory by making it a story of a con artist, who is just invincible, or let's say any average Telugu hero who seems to possess superpowers."[24]

    Remake

    In early June 2021, actor Salman Khan acquired the remake rights for the film's Hindi version.[25][26]

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    9. ^ Arikatla, Venkat (21 June 2021). "Ravi Teja to Resume Two Films Simultaneously". greatandhra.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
    10. ^ "Actor Arjun Sarja joins the cast of Ravi Teja's upcoming movie 'Khiladi'". Deccan Herald. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
    11. ^ "Unni Mukundan roped in for Ravi Teja, Ramesh Varma's Khiladi". The Times of India. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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    15. ^ "COVID-19: Ravi Teja's 'Khiladi' theatrical release postponed". The News Minute. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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    19. ^ "'Khiladi' 2 days box office collection : Ravi Teja-starrer fails to set the cash registers ringing". Deccan Herald. 13 February 2022. Khiladi, meanwhile, has received underwhelming reviews with most critics criticising the unimpressive screenplay.
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    21. ^ "Khiladi Movie Review: This bloated film could have been less knotty". Pinkvilla. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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    24. ^ "Khiladi review: An unappealing mish-mash, with Ravi Teja playing a predictable role". The News Minute. 11 February 2022.
    25. ^ "Salman Khan Acquires Remake Rights Of Telugu Film Arjun dev Khiladi". news18.com. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
    26. ^ moviespie (10 February 2022). "Ravi Teja Starrer Telugu Khiladi Movie Releases In Hindi, Salman Khan Acquires Remake Rights". Moviespie. Retrieved 11 February 2022.

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