Rowdy

Rowdy (2014)

Anna is a much revered Rowdy who is law onto himself. He opposes the construction of a dam that would displace villagers from 30 villages. His enemies plan to eliminate him by manipulating Anna's elder son. But they have to contend with the younger son Krishna.

Date of release
2014-04-04
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 54m
Genres
Action, Romance
Director
Ram Gopal Varma

Casting

Interesting facts

Rowdy is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. A remake of the director's Hindi film Sarkar (2005), it stars Vishnu Manchu and his father Mohan Babu with Jayasudha and Shanvi Srivastav in important roles.

Production

In mid November 2013, it was reported that Ram Gopal Varma would direct Vishnu Manchu, which was confirmed by the actor in an interaction with the press. In mid-December 2013, the project materialized, and it was also reported that Ram Gopal Varma wanted to recruit Regina Cassandra as the heroine. In the end of December 2013, Mohan Babu was said to be a part of the film, and the shooting started on 26 December 2013 after a simple launch event.

After their previous film Pandavulu Pandavulu Tummeda released and became a success at the box office, it was declared in early February that the film was titled Rowdy which was confirmed by Mohan Babu at his office contrary to the reports that the film was titled Ottu, Annagaru and Seema Lekka.

The filming finally ended on 21 February 2014 in just 30 working days. The producers said that they had a very tough time at the time of the shooting of action sequences, because of RGV's insistence on reality. The producers spoke "Rowdy is a film, we were really passionate about". It was also reported that an 11-minute action episode on Mohan Babu and Vishnu by firmly focusing the camera on them.

The producers also hailed Ram Gopal Varma regarding the handling of sentimental scenes in the film. They said "Though the director has included lots of action and drama in the film, we admired the sentimental scenes between Mohan Babu and Jayasudha. We never expected Ram Gopal Varma to add this element with such vigour. He surprised not only me but also the lead stars, with his neat direction of the sentimental sequences.

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