Race Gurram

Race Gurram
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySurender Reddy
Written bySurender Reddy (Screenplay)
Vakkantham Vamsi (Story)
Vema Reddy (Dialogues)
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyManoj Paramahamsa
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byS. Thaman
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 April 2014 (2014-04-11)
[1]
Running time
163 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budgetest. ₹52 crore[3]
Box officeest. ₹101.9 crore[4][5]

Race Gurram (transl. Race Horse) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film[6] co-written & directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas under his banner Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions.[7] The film stars Allu Arjun and Shruti Haasan while Shaam and Ravi Kishan play supporting roles. S. Thaman composed the music.[8] Cinematography and editing were done by Manoj Paramahamsa and Gautham Raju respectively.

Principal photography began on 13 May 2013 in Hyderabad[9] with the entire shoot completed on 22 February 2014.[10] The film released worldwide on 11 April 2014 to positive reviews.[11] The film marked Allu Arjun's first film to gross over ₹100 crore.[5] With a distributor's share of ₹59.4 crore,[4] the film emerged as highest grossing Telugu film of that year.[12] It went on to earn Filmfare Awards for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Playback Singer – Male.[13]

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  3. ^ "'Race Gurram' censor completed". India Today. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b Hooli, Shekhar H. (31 August 2017). "DJ lifetime box office collection: Duvvada Jagannadham fails to beats Allu Arjun's Sarrainodu record". IBTimes. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Duvvada Jagannadham or DJ box office: Allu Arjun film collects Rs 102 crore in first week". The Indian Express. 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Even after 6 years, Race Gurram makes a splash on the small screen". 123Telugu.com. 8 May 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020. It's been exactly 6 years since Allu Arjun's action comedy entertainer, Race Gurram, hit screens and became a blockbuster.
  7. ^ Nitin Dabas (13 April 2014). "Race Gurram Weekend Box Office Collection | First Weekend Business". NewsZoner. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  8. ^ "Allu Arjun's Race Gurram to be a family drama". The Times of India. TNN. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  9. ^ Girija Narayan (30 April 2013). "Allu Arjun's Race Gurram shooting started". Oneindia Entertainment. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference shoot complete was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Race Gurram to release on April 11". 123telugu.com. 23 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  12. ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (28 December 2014). "Top Grossing Telugu Films of 2014: Allu Arjun's 'Race Gurram', Ram Charan's 'Yevadu', Nag's 'Manam' and Others". International Business Times, India Edition. Archived from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Winners list: 62nd Britannia Filmfare Awards (South)". The Times of India. 27 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.