HIT: The First Case

HIT(Homicidal Intervention Team) : The First Case
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySailesh Kolanu
Written bySailesh Kolanu
Produced by
StarringVishwak Sen
Ruhani Sharma
CinematographyS. Manikandan
Edited byGarry BH
Music byVivek Sagar
Production
company
Release date
  • 28 February 2020 (2020-02-28)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹6.2 crore
Box office₹11 crore

HIT: The First Case is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language crime thriller film directed by debutant Sailesh Kolanu and produced by Prashanti Tipirneni. It stars Vishwak Sen and Ruhani Sharma. The plot follows Vikram Rudraraju, a police officer of the Telangana state's Homicide Intervention Team (HIT) who is tasked with investigating the missing case of an eighteen year old girl.

The First Case was released theatrically on 28 February 2020 and emerged as a profitable venture at the box office.[1]

The film was followed by a standalone sequel titled HIT: The Second Case. Sailesh Kolanu also helmed the Hindi remake of The First Case with the same title, which was released in July 2022.The story is followed up in HIT: The Second Case, also directed by Sailesh, with both the films forming a part of the planned HIT Universe.

  1. ^ "'HIT' Box-Office: Vishwak Sen's crime-thriller enters into profits in the first week itself". The Times of India. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.