Saakshyam

Saakshyam (2018)

సాక్ష్యం

Nature is the Witness

A group of people commit unspeakable crimes and are confident of getting away with it since there are no witnesses. But nature is witness to their crimes and when all five elements of nature combine to take revenge, can they survive against its wrath?

Date of release
2018-07-27
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (11)
Runtime
2h 46m
Genres
Action, Romance, Fantasy
Director
Sriwass

Casting

Interesting facts

Saakshyam (transl. Witness) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action film written and directed by Sriwass, and produced by Abhishek Pictures. The film stars Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Pooja Hegde and Jagapathi Babu. The plot depicts Viswa, a wealthy NRI, who falls in love with Soundarya Lahari and follows her to India but gets tangled up in issues involving her family. Over time, he realizes that nature itself has guided him back to his homeland to fulfill a greater mission.

Production

In February 2017, it was reported that Bellamkonda Sreenivas would collaborate with director Sriwass for his next project. Sriwass narrated the script to Bellamkonda Sreenivas a couple of months before the release of Jaya Janaki Nayaka (2017). In the first narration itself, Sreenivas liked it and agreed to the project. Writer Sai Madhav Burra was signed for the dialogues of the film.

On the story, Sriwass said "This is going to be my sixth film. Its story and script is going to be completely different from my previous films. It is written keeping the changing trends in mind, and to suit all sections."

The film's launch event with a puja ceremony was held on 21 May 2017 at Ramanaidu Studios, which saw the attendance of noted personalities from the Telugu film industry. Sriwass' daughter Vedaswa handed over the script while Raghava Lawrence switched on the camera. Director V. V. Vinayak sounded the clapboard while director Boyapati Srinu took the first shot on Sreenivas.

Sreenivas said "Once I greenlighted Saakshyam, I didn't accept any other project. Since the movie has significant action sequences, I wanted to give my best. I went to Dubai to get physically trained". A. S. Prakash served as the production designer for the film. Prior to starting the first shooting schedule, the team constructed a set at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, for filming an action sequence.

In May 2017, Devi Sri Prasad was reported as composing the music for the film, but Harshavardhan Rameshwar was signed as the music director. Other technicians includes cinematographer Arthur A. Wilson, editor Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao, production designer A. S. Prakash, stunt director Peter Hein, and costume designers Nischay Niyogi and Neeta Lulla, and dance choreographers Shobi Paulraj, Raghu, and Bhanu.

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