Vikramarkudu

Vikramarkudu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byS. S. Rajamouli
Written byStory:
V. Vijayendra Prasad
Screenplay:
S. S. Rajamouli
Dialogues:
M. Rathnam
Produced byM. L. Kumar Chowdary
Starring
CinematographySarvesh Murari
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byM. M. Keeravani
Production
company
Sri Keerthi Creations
Release date
  • 23 June 2006 (2006-06-23) (India)
Running time
161 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹11 crore[2][3]
Box officeest. ₹18.9 crore
distributors' share[3][4]

Vikramarkudu is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language action film co-written and directed by S. S. Rajamouli from a story written by V. Vijayendra Prasad and dialogues written by M. Rathnam. The film is produced by M. L. Kumar Chowdary under Sri Keerthi Creations. The film stars Ravi Teja and Anushka Shetty.[5] It follows a thief who discovers a girl insisting he is her father, while a series of events connect his life to her actual father, who is his look-alike. The film's music was composed by M. M. Keeravani with cinematography and editing by Sarvesh Murari and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao respectively.

Vikramarkudu was released on 23 June 2006 with 180 prints globally.[2] Made on a budget of ₹11 crore (US$2.4 million), Vikramarkudu was a commercial blockbuster earning a distributor share of ₹18.9 crore (US$4.17 million).[a][4][7][8] The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in the mainstream section.[9]

Vikramarkudu was a breakthrough film for Anushka Shetty. The film was first remade as Ulta Palta 69 (2007) in Bangladesh, then in Kannada as Veera Madakari (2009), in Tamil as Siruthai (2011), in Hindi as Rowdy Rathore (2012), in Indian Bengali as Bikram Singha (2012), and also in Bangladesh as Action Jasmine (2015) with a female lead.[10]

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  2. ^ a b "An action film!". Sify. 21 June 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b "భళి భళి భళిరా భళి రాజమౌళి". Sakshi (in Telugu). 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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  5. ^ "Telugu films remade in Bollywood". The Times of India. 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ^ "1 USD to INR from 1947 till now, Historical Exchange Rates Explained". BookMyForex.com. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Box office collections data for Rajamouli's films is here - Filmy Focus". 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Bahubali Director SS Rajamouli Completes 20 Years in Industry: A Look At His Journey". News18. 28 September 2021. Archived from the original on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Directorate of Film Festival" (PDF). iffi.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  10. ^ "'অ্যাকশন জেসমিন' ও আমাদের একান্ত দাবি". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 18 June 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2024.


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