Prasthanam

Prasthanam
Directed byDeva Katta
Written byDeva Katta
Produced byRavi Vallabhaneni
StarringSharwanand
Sai Kumar
Sundeep Kishan
Ruby Parihar
CinematographyShamdat Sainudeen
Edited byDharmendra Kakarala
Music byMahesh Shankar
Release date
  • 16 April 2010 (2010-04-16)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Prasthanam (transl. Reign) is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language political action drama film written and directed by Deva Katta. The film was produced by Ravi Vallabhaneni under VRC Media & Entertainment banner. The film stars Sharwanand, Sai Kumar, Sundeep Kishan (in his career acting debut) and Ruby Parihar. The film received generally positive response upon release with praise for Sai Kumar's performance. The film won two Filmfare Awards South, two Nandi Awards and was also featured at the 41st IFFI in the Indian Panorama section.[1][2] The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Padhavi. It was dubbed into hindi as "Asteen Ka Saanp".

Katta remade Prasthanam in Hindi with the same title in 2019.[3] This film is the first film in the Deva Katta's Quadriology of society which shows the perspective of a Politician on society. The film is considered one of the "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade" by Film Companion.[4]

  1. ^ Suresh Krishnamoorthy (22 October 2010). "NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : 'Prasthanam' gets a place in Indian Panorama". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 9 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Hindi remake of 'Prasthanam' to star Sooraj Pancholi in the lead?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ^ "25 Greatest Telugu Films Of The Decade | Film Companion". www.filmcompanion.in. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2021.