Agnyaathavaasi

Agnyaathavaasi
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Directed by	Trivikram Srinivas
Written by	Trivikram Srinivas
Produced by	S. Radha Krishna
Starring	Pawan Kalyan Keerthy Suresh Anu Emmanuel
Cinematography	V. Manikandan
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music by	Anirudh Ravichander
Production company	Haarika & Hassine Creations
Release date	10 January 2018 (2018-01-10)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	₹89.40 crore

Agnyaathavaasi (lit. Person in exile) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Trivikram Srinivas and starring Pawan Kalyan, with Keerthy Suresh, Anu Emmanuel, Aadhi Pinisetty, Kushboo, and Boman Irani in supporting roles. The film began principal photography on 3 April 2017. Aadhi Pinisetty played the main antagonist and Bollywood actor Parag Tyagi debuted as a villain. Work on the film commenced under the working title PSPK25, with the final release name revealed on 27 November 2017. The film was released on 10 January 2018, during the Sankranthi festival weekend.

Plot

Govindha Bhargav (Boman Irani), a rich tycoon from India receives the news of his son Mohan Bhargav's death in a car accident while he is in Italy. Later, armed gunmen enter his hotel room, one of whom holds up a phone and on the other end are Vindha's friends, Sharma (Murali Sharma) and Varma (Rao Ramesh) who tell him this was their plan all along, and now with his son dead as well (implying that they planned it) his "empire" has no heir. Vindha secretly records this conversation before being gunned to death by the gunmen.

The news of Vindha's death, along with his belongings reaches his wife Indrani Bhargav (Kushboo) who hears the audio file of Vindha's alleged killers. She calls her brother Appaji (Tanikella Bharani) to call for an unknown person. Appaji informs the unknown person, who is none other that Abhishikth Bhargav (Pawan Kalyan), Vindha's "secret" son. After performing the last rites of his father in Varanasi, Abhi makes his way to Hyderabad, where his father's possible killers live. He scores a job in his office under the pseudonym Balasubramanyam , and makes friendships with Sukumari (Keerthy Suresh), Varma's daughter and Suryakantham (Anu Emmanuel), Sharma's secretary, who has a daughterly bond with Sharma. However, Abhi comes to know that the phone conversation must've been a fake one, since none of them have international calls registered on their phones and now some unknown people are trying to kill him. Later that night, armed men break into his house and are killed by Abhi one after the other. The last one alive is killed in front of Indrani, only after revealing to them the true killer, Seetharam (Aadhi Pinisetty), Deenabandhu's (Vindha's ex-business partner who had died a few years ago) son.

The police investigation behind Vindha's death led by ACP Sampath (Sampath Raj) comes to conclusion when he contemplates about Vindha's past. Govindha Bharav, a middle class man, had set up a successful pharmaceutical company who wished to set up a factory is a remote village. However, that plan failed as Vindha refuses to bribe a local politician, who responds by provoking the villagers to attack Vindha's factory with the help of Vindha's friend Aditya Bandaru ( Ajay). While escaping in a charter plane with his friends except Aditya, they discover that the briefcase containing the vile for the medicine has been shot, destroying it. However, Vindha hides a second one in a secret compartment in the same briefcase. After viewing their celebrations, he begins doubting them as well. When he goes to Bali on a holiday with his pregnant wife, there is an attempt on her life. She is presumed dead, although she is alive. Vindha senses danger to her life, thus sending her away to her brother, Appaji's house. She dies shortly after giving birth to Abhi, who is raised as a person agnostic to the concept of wealth acquisition, which Vindha deems as the primary quality for someone to lead his empire after him. With Abhi's consent, he marries Indrani, who is now a mother to Mohan Bhargav.

Abhi takes over the company proclaiming he is Vindha's son and tortures Sharma and Varma along with Koteswara Rao (Raghu Babu), who had a habit of harassing the women in the working place. When this news reaches Seetharam, he comes back to India and asks for evidence to prove that Abhi is Vindha's son. Abhi goes to Bulgaria with Suryakantham and Sukumari to recover Vindha's will which stated that his wealth must go to Abhi. However, that will is stolen by Seetharam with the help of Appaji and by threatening Sukumari and Suryakantham that he would kill Varma and Sharma. Seetharam destroys the will by burning, thus eradicating the evidence that Abhi is Vindha's son. However, when electing the future CEO for the company, Abhi fights Seetharam's goons on the roof of the building, after revealing that the will given to Seetharam was a fake one and that Appaji was part of Abhi's plan. After killing most of Seetharam's goons, one of the board members of the company revelas to Abhi that he is Aditya Bandaru's brother, and that he was part of Vindha's murder since he wanted to avenge his brother's death. After confronting Abhi, the board member is attacked by Seetharam's henchman Parag (Parag Tyagi), and they both slip off the rooftop. While Parag falls, Aditya's borther hangs by the logo of the company. After fighting Seetharam and telling him why he does not deserve the position of the CEO, Abhi tells Aditya's brother that this company was a tribute to his friend, and the name of the company "AB group" was not named after him, but after Aditya Bandaru. After that, the board member falls to his death. Abhi goes back into the company and takes the position of the CEO, promising Indrani that he will fulfill his father's duties.

Cast

• Pawan Kalyan as Abhishikth Bhargav / Balasubramanyam
• Keerthy Suresh as Sukumari
• Anu Emmanuel as Suryakantham
• Aadhi Pinisetty as Seetharam
• Kushboo as Indrani Bhargav, Abhi's step mother
• Boman Irani as Govinda Bhargav or Vinda, Abhi's father
• Tanikella Bharani as Abhi's Uncle as Appaji
• Parag Tyagi as Parag
• Rao Ramesh as Varma
• Murali Sharma as Sharma
• Sampath Raj as ACP
• Chaitanya Krishna as Rohit (Suryakantham's boyfriend)
• Indraja as Krishnaveni Bhargav Abhi's mother
• Vennela Kishore as Balasubramanyam
• Raja Chembolu, kidnapped by AB & team
• Ajay as Aditya Bandaru
• Sameer Hasan as Deenabandhu
• Aadukalam Naren as MLA
• Srinivasa Reddy as Abhishikth Bhargav's assistant
• Abhishek Maharshi as Abhishikth Bhargav's assistant
• Avantika Vandanapu as Sampath Raj's daughter
• Jayaprakash as Aditya Bandaru's brother
• Raghu Babu as Koteswara Rao

Filming

Principal photography began on 3 April 2017 with a small coffee shop scene, shot at Ciclo Cafe, then moved to a special set erected in Ramoji Film City for an action sequence. Some parts of the film were shot in Annapurna Studios and a major sequence and a song were shot in Bangkok. The unit moved to Bulgaria on 26 October 2017 for 15 days to shoot two songs. After the foreign schedule, shooting continued in Hyderabad and was completed by the end of November 2017, including a brief period of shooting at Varanasi.

Music

The soundtrack was composed by Anirudh Ravichander, making his Tollywood debut. The first song "Baitikochi Chusthe" was unveiled on 6 November 2017, the birthday of director Trivikram Srinivas.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Baitikochi Chuste"	Sri Mani	Anirudh Ravichander	3:26
2.	"Gaali Vaaluga"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Anirudh Ravichander	4:18
3.	"Dhaga Dhagamaney"	Sri Mani	Anirudh Ravichander	4:16
4.	"Swagatham Krishna"	Oothukkadu Sri Venkata Subbaiyer Kriti	Niranjana Ramanan	3:23
5.	"AB Yevaro Nee Baby"	Sri Mani	Nakash Aziz, Arjun Chandy	4:19
6.	"Kodakaa Koteswar Rao"	Bhaskarabhatla	Pawan Kalyan	3:53
Total length:				23:35

Release

The film was released on 10 January 2018.

French director Jérôme Salle accused the makers of Agnyaathavaasi of plagiarising his 2008 film Largo Winch, and threatened to take legal action.

Reception

A critic from Times of India gave the film 2.5/5 stars, noting, "Despite all the pomp and show, ... ‘Agnyaathavaasi’ could have still been an amazing ride had it either been taken seriously or been made with the same old Trivikram-Pawan Kalyan touch. However, the film lacks soul ... Pawan Kalyan aces through his role as usual, even if his body language and expressions ooze disinterest. A critic from 123Telugu rated the film 2.75/5 stars, stating, "Trivikram’s magic is completely missing as he has not succeeded in generating basic emotions and gripping episodes which end up as the biggest drawbacks of the film. Lack of good comedy and disappointing song picturization make things tedious. The only saving grace of the film is Pawan Kalyan as he carries the entire film on his shoulders."

External links

• Agnyaathavaasi at IMDb