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| Tiger Nageswara Rao | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Vamsee |
| Written by | Vamsee Srikanth Vissa |
| Dialogues by | Srikanth Vissa |
| Produced by | Abhishek Agarwal |
| Starring | Ravi Teja Anupam Kher Jisshu Sengupta Renu Desai Nupur Sanon |
| Cinematography | R. Madhi |
| Edited by | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Production company | Abhishek Agarwal Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 182 minutes[1] 157 minutes (trimmed version)[2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹50 crore[3] |
| Box office | ₹60 crore[4] |
Tiger Nageswara Rao is a 2023 Telugu-language period action thriller film written and directed by Vamsee and produced by Abhishek Agarwal. The film stars Ravi Teja in the title role alongside Anupam Kher, Jisshu Sengupta, Nupur Sanon (in her film debut), Renu Desai, Gayatri Bhardwaj and Murali Sharma.
The film was released worldwide theatrically on 20 October 2023 to generally negative reviews from critics.[5]
Premise[edit]
During the 1970s, Tiger Nageswara Rao is a thief who dominates the realm of terror in Stuartpuram and masterminds a series of daring heists, where his ingenious methods of outwitting the cops become the stuff of local legend. The rest of the story revolves around Tiger's thrilling escapades and the captivating cat-and-mouse game between him and the cops (led by CI Mouli).
Cast[edit]
- Ravi Teja as Tiger Nageswara Rao "Nagi"
- Anupam Kher as IB Officer Raghavendra Rajput
- Jisshu Sengupta as CI Mouli
- Murali Sharma as DSP Vishwanath Sastry
- Gayatri Bharadwaj as Mani, Tiger's wife
- Nupur Sanon as Sara, Tiger's love interest
- Renu Desai as Hemalatha Lavanam, social reformer
- Hareesh Peradi as MLA Yelamanda
- Sudev Nair as Kasi, Yelamanda’s brother
- Anukreethy Vas as Jayavani, Tiger's admirer and Jaya Rao’s love interest
- Nassar as Gajjala Prasad, Tiger’s trainer
- Aadukalam Naren as Tiger’s father
- Pradeep Rawat as Angee Seth, businessman
- Kancharlapalem Kishore as Yaari, Tiger’s best friend
- Praveen Dacharam as Jaya Rao, Tiger’s friend
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In December 2017, Vamsee stated that he wanted to make a biographical film of Tiger Nageswara Rao, who was a thief and lived in the 1970s.[6] In early March 2018, Rana Daggubati was reported to portray the role of Tiger Nageswara Rao.[7] However, the sources were dismissed as in early June, Nani was reported to portray the role,[8] but were later dismissed as in late April 2021, it was reported that Vamsee had met Ravi Teja in Hyderabad, while Teja was filming for Khiladi (2022), and narrated a script which impressed the actor.[9] However, it was unclear whether it was the script of Tiger Nageswara Rao or a new script. On 3 November, a public announcement was made by Abhishek Agarwal, who is producing the project under the banner Abhishek Agarwal Arts. The announcement further stated that the title is Tiger Nageswara Rao, confirming it to be the biological film, G. V. Prakash Kumar would compose the score, while R. Madhi and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao would handle the cinematography and editing, respectively.[10]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography of the film began on 2022 at a place of five acres near Shamshabad of Telangana and filming started in Hyderabad.During the shooting of the film, Ravi Teja was injured in an action scene and resumed filming after recovering from injury.[13] Nupur Sanon and Anupam Kher joined the filming in 2022. The film team wrapped off in July 2023.[
