Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (2021)
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- 2h 59min
- Action, Crime
- 17 Dec 2021 (USA)
- Movie
A labourer rises through the ranks of a red sandalwood smuggling syndicate, making some powerful enemies in the process.
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Writers:
Awards:
- 25 wins & 13 nominations.
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Cast
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| Samantha Ruth Prabhu | ... |
A Special Appearance in the Item Number 'Oo Antava Oo Oo Antava'
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| Rashmika Mandanna | ... |
Srivalli
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| Fahadh Faasil | ... |
Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat IPS
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| Allu Arjun | ... |
Pushpa Raj
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| Sunil | ... |
Mangalam Srinu
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| Anasuya Bharadwaj | ... |
Dakshayini
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| Ajay | ... |
Molleti Mohan
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| Rao Ramesh | ... |
Bhumireddy Siddappa Naidu (MLA)
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Divi Vadthya | ... |
TV Anchor
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| Brahmaji | ... |
SI Kupparaj
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| Dayanand Reddy | ... |
Munirathnam
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| Dhananjaya | ... |
Jolly Reddy
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Pavani Karanam | ... |
Pushpa's Niece
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| Ajay Ghosh | ... |
Konda Reddy
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Rajasekhar Aningi | ... |
Subba Reddy
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| Mime Gopi | ... |
Chennai Murugan
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Bindu Chandramouli | ... |
Vadina
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| Kalpalatha | ... |
Parvatamma
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Jagadeesh Prathap Bandari | ... |
Kesava
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Temper Vamsi | ... |
Murugan's Henchman
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Shanmukh Jaswanth Kandregula |
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Jeevan Kumar | ... |
Cop In Forest
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Shatru | ... |
DSP Govindappa
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Nalla Sreedhar Reddy Gabbar | ... |
Circle Inspector
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Deependra Singh | ... |
Police
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Malavika Wales | ... |
Anu
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Siam Howlader | ... |
Mali
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Backagaindancer | ... |
Ankit
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Shanmukh | ... |
Jakka Reddy
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Raj Tirandasu | ... |
Mogileesu
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Kishore Kumar Polimera | ... |
Rama Swamy
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Meesam Suresh | ... |
Biru Reddy ( Meesam Suresh )
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Kulwinder Singh | ... |
Kulu
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Chobber Sidhu | ... |
Graphic Boy
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Abhishek Awara | ... |
Love Latter Boy
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Kiran Varanasi | ... |
Syndicate Member
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Vikram Gaikwad | ... |
Kukda Reddy
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Sritej | ... |
Pushpa's Half Brother
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Keerthi |
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Akshara Nunna | ... |
Sister in Law
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Johnson D M | ... |
Army
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Dil Ramesh |
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Ramesh Konambhotla | ... |
Ration Shop Owner
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Sunkara Lakshmi |
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Bala Parasar |
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Tejas Kolekar | ... |
Budhha
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MD Nishu | ... |
Nishu (voice)
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Mou Ranjit | ... |
Brother
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Akshara |
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Harika |
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Karan Vijay |
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Sønu |
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Tonisha |
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Vamsi Nakkanti |
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Phanikanth |
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Cheruku Ramesh |
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Padma Jayanthi |
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Shiva Prasad |
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Vivek Krishna | ... |
Loan Collector
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Arshad Jamal Siddiqui | ... |
Om
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Jagadish |
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Sri Divya |
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Jagadam Giri |
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Radha |
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Aravind |
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Subhash |
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Directed by
| Sukumar | ||
Written by
| Sukumar | ... | (story) |
| Sukumar | ... | (screenplay) |
| Srikanth Vissa | ... | (dialogue) |
| Hussain Sha Kiran | ... | (additional screenplay) |
| A.R. Prabhav | ... | (additional dialogue) |
| Rajendra Sapre | ... | (hindi dialogue) |
| Madhan Karky | ... | (tamil dialogue) |
Produced by
| Baba Sai Kumar Mamidipalli | ... | executive producer |
| Chiranjeevi Pedamallu | ... | chief executive officer |
| Jonty Singh Rawat | ... | line producer |
| Manish Shah | ... | producer |
| Y. Ravi Shankar | ... | producer (as Ravi Shankar Yalamanchili) |
| K.V.V. Bala Subramanyam | ... | chief executive producer |
| Naveen Yerneni | ... | producer |
Music by
| Devi Sri Prasad | ||
Cinematography by
| Miroslaw Brozek | ||
Editing by
| Antony L. Ruben | ||
| Karthika Srinivas | ||
Editorial Department
| P.V. Aditya | ... | associate editor |
| Madhu Babu | ... | co-editor |
| Satyanarayana Boppana | ... | associate editor (as B. Satyanarayana) |
| Balaji Reddy M. | ... | line producer: ANR Sound and Vision |
| Meghanathan | ... | associate editor |
| Banoth Jawaharlal Naik | ... | conformist |
| Rajureddym | ... | colorist |
| C.V. Rao | ... | technical head: ANR Sound and Vision |
| Lakshmipati S.N. | ... | associate general manager |
| Manoj Thatapudi | ... | associate editor |
Production Design by
| S. Rama Krishna | ||
| Imran Manzoor | ||
| Monika Niggotre | ||
Costume Design by
| Singh Hari | ... | (styling) |
| Deepali Noor | ||
| Sreenu Tadala | ... | (as Srinivas Tadala) |
Makeup Department
| Jagadish Awasthi | ... | hair stylist to Allu Arjun |
| Nani Bharati | ... | makeup chief |
| Preetisheel Singh D'souza | ... | makeup artist (as Preetisheel Singh) |
| Zahid Sayyed | ... | special makeup effects artist |
| Sukhmani Singh | ... | makeup artist: Allu Arjun |
| Vaishnavi Singh | ... | makeup artist |
| Maya Pandey | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
| A. Hazarath Babu | ... | production manager |
| K.S. Champakadasu | ... | production manager |
| Penumalle Girish Chandra | ... | production executive |
| Ramesh Kola | ... | production manager |
| Kandula Suresh Kumar | ... | production executive |
| Saravanan Kumar | ... | production manager |
| Tatikonda Durga Prasad | ... | production manager |
| Jonty Singh Rawat | ... | production manager |
| Sridhar Reddy | ... | production executive |
| S.V.V. Satyanarayana | ... | production manager |
| Patsa Naga Suman Sekar | ... | production executive |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Mohan Bandreddi | ... | associate director |
| Raja Bandreddi | ... | assistant director |
| Durgaprasad Bollam | ... | chief associate director |
| Mohan Chitteti | ... | assistant director |
| R Diljith | ... | third assistant director (as Diljith) |
| Vikram Gaikwad | ... | second unit director (creditOnly) (as Vikram Gaikwad Vg) |
| Praveen Kumar Gummalla | ... | chief associate director |
| KS Jairam | ... | first assistant director: pre-production |
| Anil Kumar Jangala | ... | assistant director |
| Pavan Ketharaju | ... | co-director |
| Kamal Reddy Manjarlapati | ... | assistant director |
| Prasad Marisetty | ... | first assistant director |
| Singh Milandeep | ... | first assistant director |
| Venkat Peddamoni | ... | chief associate director |
| Pavan Kumar Pillarisetty | ... | associate director |
| Abinash Rout | ... | first assistant director |
| Veerendar Singh Shekhawat | ... | associate director |
| Sreeman | ... | Chief Associate Director / second unit director |
| Kalki Thota | ... | associate director |
| Veera | ... | assistant director |
| Siva Ganesh Veesam | ... | assistant director |
| Sriman Vemula | ... | second unit director |
| Vishnu | ... | chief co-director |
Art Department
| Madhubabu Aare | ... | associate art director |
| R. Pandian Raj | ... | associate art director |
| Vinay Kumar S | ... | assistant art director (creditOnly) |
| Sayyad | ... | associate art director |
| Punna Srinivas | ... | associate art director |
| Viswanath Sundaram | ... | concept aritst |
| Rupesh Talaskar | ... | Digital Artist |
Sound Department
| ThomasAjay Abraham | ... | Pre - Mixing Engineer |
| Cherag Cama | ... | production sound mixer |
| Chirag | ... | production sound mixer |
| Bibin Dev | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Hari Krishnan G. | ... | production sound mixer |
| Mukesh Gond | ... | boom operator |
| Vitthal Gore | ... | Assistant Re recording mixer |
| Sanjeev Gupta | ... | ADR |
| Jikku Joshi | ... | adr supervisor |
| Raashid Khan | ... | foley artist |
| Krishnanunny Kj | ... | Additional Production Mixer, Additional Dialogue Editor |
| Vijay Kumar | ... | sound designer |
| Ashique Muhammed | ... | premix engineer |
| Resul Pookutty | ... | sound designer |
| Sainathan | ... | pre-mixing engineer |
| Pradumn Saxena | ... | SFX Design: sound recordist |
| Suresh Sharma | ... | language assistant re-recording mixer |
| Himanshu Shekhar | ... | foley artist |
| Shankar Singh | ... | foley artist |
| Sabaridas Thottingal | ... | assistant production mixer |
| Aravind Vijayakumar | ... | sound effects editor |
| Robin Kunjukutty | ... | Language re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
| Prakash Kotha | ... | special effects |
| Jha Nitesh | ... | special effects technician |
| Babu Tyagi | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
| Dorababu Achanta | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Shivashankar Allapogu | ... | digital compositor |
| Ranjith Anugula | ... | senior lighting artist |
| Arjun | ... | digital compositor |
| Pete Draper | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Aneel Laxman Ganji | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Jakkula Harikrishna | ... | visual effects artist (creditOnly) |
| Koushik_Medepalli | ... | Matchmove Artist |
| Ajay Senthil Kumar | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Kedar Pashikanti | ... | previsualizer |
| Tarun Pichika | ... | vfx compositor |
| Santosh Reddi | ... | paint & compositing artist |
| Modugu Uday Sagar | ... | digital compositor |
| K L Sateesh Varma | ... | compositor |
| Vishnu Tekula | ... | compositor: senior compositor |
| Kiran Thota | ... | Compositor: Matrix VFX |
| Ganesh Toleti | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Venkat Karunakar Uday | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Vinay Vadlakonda | ... | compositor |
| Sherin Varghese | ... | pipeline developer: Legend 3D |
| Mithun Velluri | ... | visual effects producer |
| Sharvari Watak | ... | VFX producer - Unifi Media |
| Manisamrat Rapolu | ... | Prep Artist (uncredited) / Senior Prep Artist (uncredited) |
Stunts
| Lakshman Chella | ... | action director |
| Ram Chella | ... | action director |
| Peter Hein | ... | action director |
| Dragon Prakash | ... | action director |
| Real Sathish | ... | action director |
| Arun Yadav | ... | stunt coordinator |
| Parmesh Yalla | ... | stunt assistant (as Paramesh) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Shitij Arora | ... | Drone Pilot: Aerial Cinematographer |
| Alapati V.V.S.G.A. Raghu Babu | ... | assistant cameraman |
| Miroslaw Brozek | ... | camera operator |
| Surendra Devarapu | ... | operative cinematographer (as Devarapu Veera Surendra Kumar) |
| Ram Edara | ... | chief associate cameraman |
| Kshitij Kumar Goel | ... | aerial cinematographer |
| Srinivas Rao Gopisetty | ... | still photographer |
| Rajeev Kumar Jasrotia | ... | Arri Trinity Steadicam Operator |
| Ranjeet Kamble | ... | drone operator |
| Ashu Khan | ... | key grip |
| Kaushik Madkaiker | ... | gimbal operator |
| Nivid Mandava | ... | Assistant Motion Control Operator (as Nivid Rao) |
| Rahul Mohandas | ... | Atv Operator |
| Narayana | ... | still photographer |
| Pandian | ... | still photographer |
| Rajasekhar Pochampally | ... | associate cameraman |
| Vivek Pothamsetty | ... | assistant cameraman |
| Deva Raj | ... | second unit cinematographer |
| Clicks Krishna Reddy | ... | making video |
| Bala Saraswathi | ... | chief associate cameraman |
| Tomasz Tupalski | ... | camera operator |
Animation Department
| Rakesh Ponnapakula | ... | Lead Animator |
| Hari Krishna Y. | ... | title animation lead |
Casting Department
| Pathak Roshan | ... | casting assistant (as Roshan Pathak) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Sreenu Tadala | ... | costume chief (as Srinu Tadala) |
Music Department
| S.P. Abhishek | ... | voice mix assistant |
| Raqueeb Alam | ... | hindi lyrics |
| Javed Ali | ... | singer |
| Nakash Aziz | ... | playback singer |
| Vikas Badisha | ... | musician: keyboard |
| Ananya Bhat | ... | playback singer |
| Deepak Blue | ... | chorus |
| Adi Reddy Boddu | ... | playback singer: vocalist |
| Chandrabose | ... | lyrics |
| Sunidhi Chauhan | ... | playback singer |
| Varadaraj Chikkaballapura | ... | kannada lyrics |
| Indravathi Chouhan | ... | playback singer |
| Vishal Dadlani | ... | playback singer |
| Benny Dayal | ... | playback singer |
| Tarun Foujdar | ... | musician |
| Andrea Jeremiah | ... | playback singer |
| Kalyan | ... | musician: rhythm |
| Kanika Kapoor | ... | playback singer |
| Srikant Krishna | ... | orchestrator |
| Sithara Krishnakumar | ... | playback singer |
| Tipparthi Uday Kumar | ... | chorus |
| Mahesh Lalwani | ... | title music |
| Bohemia Junction Limited | ... | orchestra & orchestration co-ordinator |
| Andrew T. Mackay | ... | orchestra coordinator |
| Debasis Mahato | ... | music |
| Mangli | ... | playback singer |
| B. Manikandan | ... | album coordinator |
| Ramya Nambeeshan | ... | playback singer |
| Rahul Nambiar | ... | playback singer |
| Anup Pathade | ... | playback singer |
| Vijay Prakash | ... | playback singer |
| Krishna Prasadh | ... | musician: keyboard |
| B. Prasanna | ... | brass section supervision |
| Mahfujur Rahman | ... | musician |
| K.G. Ranjith | ... | playback singer |
| Narayanan Ravishankar | ... | chorus |
| Vivin Sachdeva | ... | music marketing |
| Sarath Santosh | ... | chorus |
| Rajalakshmi Senthiganesh | ... | playback singer |
| Mohammad Shawon | ... | musician (creditOnly) |
| Shenbagaraj | ... | chorus |
| Shivam | ... | playback singer |
| Shivam | ... | playback singer |
| Sid Sriram | ... | playback singer |
| S.M. Subhani | ... | Strings |
| Shaikh Subhani | ... | musician: frets |
| Taddi Suresh | ... | album recording |
| Siju Thuravoor | ... | malayalam lyrics |
| A. Udaykumar | ... | album recording / mix and master |
| Priyanshu Verma | ... | musician |
| Viveka | ... | tamil lyrics |
| Mounika Yadav | ... | playback singer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Ashok Bandreddi | ... | screenplay assistant |
| Vijaya Prasad Bandreddi | ... | script coordinator |
| Prashanth Baradi | ... | assistant dialogue writer |
| Praveen Kumar Gummalla | ... | script assistant |
| Venkat Peddamoni | ... | story assistance |
| Palnati Surya Pratap | ... | screenplay associate |
| Chandrasekhar T. Ramesh | ... | script supervisor (as Shourie Chandrasekhar T. Ramesh) |
| Vema Reddy | ... | script analysis |
| Thota Srinivas | ... | story development |
Additional Crew
| Ganesh Acharya | ... | choreography |
| Rajendhar Anga | ... | Digital PR for Events |
| Abulhasan Ansari | ... | hindi dubbing director |
| Bhanu | ... | additional choreography |
| Jayati P Bhatt | ... | Assistant Choreographer |
| Pavan Kumar C.H. | ... | dit admin |
| D. Paripurna Chari | ... | accountant |
| Ganesh | ... | choreography |
| R. Sai Gopal | ... | lyrical video (as Sai Gopal Ramamoorthy) |
| Varun Gupta | ... | marketing director |
| Singh Harjinder | ... | gaffer |
| Jani | ... | choreography |
| Tuney John | ... | publicity design |
| Singh Karmvir | ... | steadycam operator |
| Narayana Rao Kota | ... | chief accountant |
| Madhu Maduri | ... | pro |
| B. Ram Mohan | ... | cashier |
| C.H. Nagabhushanam | ... | chief financial officer |
| Sarath Chandra Naidu | ... | digital media head |
| Chinni Nihalani | ... | creative director: digital promos |
| Shobi Paulraj | ... | choreography |
| Vijay Polaki | ... | additional choreography |
| Sai Prakash | ... | Marketing Team / Marketing |
| Umamaheshwar Pusala | ... | lyrical videos |
| Krishna Balaram Raju | ... | social media |
| Nayala Raju | ... | DIT |
| Prem Rakshith | ... | dance concept |
| V.J. Sekhar | ... | choreography |
| First Show | ... | Marketing Agency |
| Chin2 Singh | ... | visual promotions |
| Eluru Sreenu | ... | pro |
| Shreyas Talpade | ... | Hindi dubbing artist: Pushpa Raj |
| Srikanth Ummadisetty | ... | accountant |
| Sudheer Vasamsetty | ... | dit admin |
Thanks
| Amit Kumar Bhagat | ... | special thanks |
| Venkata Satish Kilaru | ... | special thanks to |
Production Companies
- Mythri Movie Makers (produced by)
- Muttamsetty Media (in association with)
Distributors
- AA Films (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Hindi Version)
- Classics Entertainments (2021) (United States) (theatrical)
- E4 Entertainment (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Kerala)
- Hamsini Entertainment (2021) (United States) (theatrical)
- Jayanna Films (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Bombay Karnataka)
- Lyca Productions (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Tamil Nadu)
- Mythri Movie Makers (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Krishna)
- Night Ed Films (2021) (France) (theatrical)
- Prathyangira Cinemas (2024) (United States) (theatrical) (Re-released in 2024)
- Primeshow Films (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Guntur)
- Sri Gayathri Devi Films (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Uttarandhra)
- Sri Lakshmi Movies (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Tamil Nadu)
- Sri Venkateswara Films (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Nizam)
- Swagath Enterprises (2021) (India) (theatrical) (Karnataka)
- Usha Pictures (2021) (India) (theatrical) (West Godavari)
- Vintage Creations (2021) (India) (theatrical) (East Godavari)
- Amazon Prime Video (2022) (World-wide) (video)
- Goldmines Telefilms (2021) (India) (North India)
Special Effects
- Banjara Production (VFX)
- H Titles (title animation)
Other Companies
- ANR Sound and Vision (digital intermediate)
- Aditya Music (soundtrack) (south indian versions)
- Da Makeup Lab (makeup artist)
- Data Digital Bank (d.i.t.)
- Light n Light (grip and lighting equipment)
- T-Series (soundtrack) (hindi)
Storyline
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Pushpa a labor works for small sum but dreams of living a life of king. But he is always let down by his step brothers for being an illegitimate child of their father. He gets chance to work in dense forest of red sanders where red sanders are smuggled to other countries. The labors are always under the scanner of DSP Govindappa but Pushpa dares to go against everyone creating hurdles for DSP. Pushpa manages to save a smuggling consignment worth crores under the eye of DSP and becomes known to Reddy Brothers. (Konda Reddy, Jakka Reddy and Jolly Reddy) known to do smuggling of red sanders. Pushpa manages to smuggle red sanders often with his tricks by bluffing DSP and his team and becomes close side of Konda Reddy. Pushpa changes his lifestyle and decides to marry Srivelli but his step brothers disclose his mother's relationship with their father thus calling of the marriage. Pushpa who now decides not to stop in reaching heights and finds that Mangalam Sinu, a syndicate member is giving Reddy's gang much lesser share than they deserve and asks Konda Reddy to hike profit. Konda Reddy asks Pushpa to take thing sin his hands as his involvement will lead to war between the two gangs.A fearless Pushpa decides to take control of things leading to disagreements between two gangs. Written by alex.mjacko@gmail.com |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Shreyas Talpade dubbed for Allu Arjun with Marathi accent and Rajesh Khattar dubbed for Fahadh Faasil with Haryanvi accent in the Hindi version. See more » |
| Goofs | In the Hindi dubbing, when Mogileesu captures Jakka Reddy, on the call with Mangalam Srinu he says that he has captured Jaali Reddy instead of Jakka Reddy. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Nakash Aziz: Eyy Bidda Idhi Naa Adda (2022). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Daakko Daakko Meka (Telugu) See more » |
| Quotes |
DSP Govindappa:
Where did you hide your goods? Tell me! Pushpa Raj: My boss won't spare me if I told you. DSP Govindappa: Who is your boss? Tell his name! Pushpa Raj: Who else? It's me. No one is born in this district who can tell me. [Pushpa laughs] See more » |