OG (2025)

Original title

దె కాల్ హిమ్ ఓజి

Directed by

ARUN NAYAK AK

Genre

action, thriller

Country

India

Runtime

2h 35m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired gangster returns to Bombay in 1993 to confront a powerful crime lord. The film follows his journey of revenge and survival against a violent underworld.

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What happens

They Call Him OG (simply known as OG) is a 2025 Indian Telugu-language crime action drama film written and directed by Sujeeth, and produced by D. V. V. Danayya and Kalyan Dasari. It stars Pawan Kalyan in the titular role, alongside Emraan Hashmi, Prakash Raj, Priyanka Mohan, Arjun Das, Sudev Nair and Sriya Reddy. The film follows Ojas Gambheera, a retired gangster who returns to Bombay in 1993 after a decade to face a powerful crime lord Omi Bhau. A few months after it was officially announced in December 2022, principal photography of They Call Him OG began in April 2023 and March 2024 in Mumbai. Filming experienced several delays due to Kalyan's political commitments, and concluded in July 2025. The film has music composed by Thaman S, cinematography jointly handled by Ravi K. Chandran and Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Naveen Nooli. They Call Him OG was released worldwide in theatres on 25 September 2025, to mixed reviews but setting the biggest opening day in India in 2025 by grossing ₹140 crores worldwide on its opening day. It emerged as the ninth-highest grossing Indian film of 2025 and the highest grossing Telugu film of 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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