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Mirchi (2013)

Mirchi poster
Original title
మిర్చి
Directed by
Koratala Siva
Genre
action film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 34m
Rated
UA
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man named Jai meets a woman named Manasa in Milan and travels to India to change her violent family. He has a hidden past that connects him to them.

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What happens

Mirchi (transl. Chilli) is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film written and directed by debutant Koratala Siva, and produced by UV Creations. The film stars Prabhas, Anushka, and Richa Gangopadhyay (in her penultimate Telugu film till date) in the lead roles with Sathyaraj, Sampath Raj, Adithya Menon, Subbaraju and Brahmanandam featuring in supporting roles. The music is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film follows Jai (Prabhas), who, after meeting Manasa (Richa Gangopadhyay) in Milan returns to India with the intention of reforming her violent family. However, he seems to have a mysterious connection with her family and a rather dark past. The film's working title was Vaaradhi, but it was later renamed as Mirchi. It received an A (adults only) classification from the CBFC. The film opened to positive reviews and went on to be one of the highest grossing Telugu films of the year 2013 as well as one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of all time at the time of its release, with a gross over ₹87 crore and a share of ₹47.45 crore. The film won six Nandi Awards, including Best Feature Film (Gold), Best Actor, Best First Film of a Director, Best Villain and Best Art Director for 2013. Kailash Kher won Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu, and Nandi Award for Best Male Playback Singer for the song Pandagala Digivacchavu. It was remade in Kannada as Maanikya (2014), in Bengali as Bindaas (2014) and in Odia as Biswanath (2022). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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