Pataas

Pataas (2015)

పటాస్

A corrupt cop gets himself transferred to Hyderabad where he has a change of heart while trying to teach his estranged but dutiful father a lesson.

Date of release
2015-01-23
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (14)
Runtime
2h 21m
Genres
Action, Comedy
Director
Anil Ravipudi

Casting

Interesting facts

Pataas (transl. Cracker) is a 2015 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film written and directed by debutant Anil Ravipudi and produced by Nandamuri Kalyan Ram under his banner N.T.R. Arts. It stars Kalyan Ram, Shruti Sodhi, Sai Kumar and Ashutosh Rana. Sai Karthik composed the film's music.

Production

Anil Ravipudi worked with Santosh Srinivas in the latter's directorial debut Kandireega (2011) as a writer and wrote this film's script. He later approached Nandamuri Kalyan Ram through a friend. Kalyan Ram liked the script and wanted to produce the film with other actor. However Ravipudi wanted Kalyan Ram to play the lead role which he accepted.

Reports of Ravipudi making his directorial debut by collaborating with Kalyan Ram emerged in late March 2014 and Pre-production work was in progress. The film was launched on 9 May 2014 at Ramanaidu Studios and was titled as Pataas. The filming of Temper (2015) was halted as its basic plot resembled this film's storyline.

After Baahubali: The Beginning, Rana Daggubati was approached to play the lead role in the film, but he denied the offer as the police officer role required him to have short hair. Nandamuri Kalyan Ram was seen as a police officer in the film. Shruti Sodhi was cast as the female lead in late May 2014 marking her debut in Telugu cinema.

Sai Kumar was cast to play the role of Director General of Police and Srinivasa Reddy was cast for a supporting role. A spoof was performed by the latter on the former's famous dialogue from the film Police Story (1996). Television anchor Jhansi made a comeback with this film after a brief hiatus. Comedian M. S. Narayana was cast for a supporting role who died on the day of the film's release.

Principal photography began on 10 May 2014 at Hyderabad. By late October 2014, 90% of the filming was complete and an action sequence featuring Kalyan Ram and others were shot at Ramoji Film City. Shruti Sodhi almost completed filming for her part by late October 2014. The Remixed version of the song Arey O Samba was shot on Kalyan Ram and Shruti Sodhi at Hyderabad in early November 2014.

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