Mirchi (film)

Mirchi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKoratala Siva
Written byKoratala Siva
Produced byV. Vamsi Krishna Reddy
Pramod Uppalapati
Starring
CinematographyMadhi
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
UV Creations
Distributed byGreat India Films (Overseas)[1]
Release date
  • 8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box officeest.₹87 crore[2]

Mirchi (transl. Chilli) is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by debutant Koratala Siva, and produced by UV Creations.[3] The film stars Prabhas, Anushka Shetty and Richa Gangopadhyay with Sathyaraj, Nadhiya Moidu, Sampath Raj, Adithya Menon, Subbaraju and Brahmanandam featuring in supporting roles. The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film follows Jai (Prabhas), who, after meeting Manasa (Richa Gangopadhyay) in Milan returns to India with the intention of reforming her violent family. However, he seems to have a mysterious connection with her family and a rather dark past.

The film was tentatively titled Vaaradhi, but was later renamed as Mirchi. It received an A (adults only) classification from the CBFC.[4] The film opened to positive reviews and went on to be a blockbuster. It was one of the highest grossing Telugu films of the year 2013 as well as one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time at the time of its release, with a gross over ₹87 crore and a share of ₹47.45 crore. [5][6][7]

The film won six Nandi Awards, including Best Feature Film (Gold), Best Actor, Best First Film of a Director, Best Villain and Best Art Director for 2013. Kailash Kher won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu, and Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Pandagala Digivacchavu.[8] It was remade in Kannada as Maanikya (2014), in Bengali as Bindaas (2014) and in Odia as Biswanath (2022).

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  2. ^ "Prabhas Top 10 Highest Grossing Films". timesnownews. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Prabhas' movie is not titled "Varadhi"". The Times of India. 5 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Prabhas's next is Mirchi, not Varadhi". The Times of India. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Mirchi Total Collections| AndhraBoxOffice.com". andhraboxoffice.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  6. ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (16 February 2014). "Top Worldwide Share (Telugu): 'Yevadu', 'SVSC', 'Attarintiki Daredi', 'Mirchi' and Other Films". www.ibtimes.co.in. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Prabhas' Top 10 Highest Grossing Films". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Nandi Awards 2012 and 2013: Rajamouli, Ilayaraja, Samantha and Prabhas emerge winners". 1 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.