Saakshyam | |
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Directed by | Sriwass |
Written by | Sriwass |
Dialogues by | Sai Madhav Burra |
Produced by | Abhishek Nama |
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Cinematography | Arthur A. Wilson |
Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Music by | Harshavardhan Rameshwar |
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Distributed by | Eros International Red Heart Movies |
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Running time | 164 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Box office | est. ₹22.7 crore[2] |
Saakshyam (transl. Witness) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film written and directed by Sriwass, and produced by Abhishek Pictures. It stars Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Pooja Hegde and Jagapathi Babu. The plot follows, Vishwa (Bellamkonda Sreenivas), a rich NRI who falls in love with Soundarya Lahari (Pooja Hegde) follows her to India and gets tangled in issues involving her family. however, he realise that it’s nature which brought him back to his native place to accomplish a mission.
The film was officially launched in May 2017. Principal photography began in July 2017 at a set at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, with filming taking place in Tamil Nadu, Varanasi, Karnataka, Dubai, New York City, Grand Canyon and New Jersey. Its music is scored by Harshavardhan Rameshwar, with cinematography by Arthur A. Wilson, production design by A. S. Prakash and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao.
Saakshyam was released theatrically on 27 July 2018. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for the VFX, dialogue, direction, lead casts performances, concept, music, background score and action sequences while criticism was directed towards the screenplay. The film was success at the box office.[3]