Acharya (film)

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Acharya
Acharya Telugu.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed byKoratala Siva
Written byKoratala Siva
Produced byNiranjan Reddy
Starring
CinematographyTirru
Edited byNaveen Nooli
Music byMani Sharma
Production
companies
Konidela Production Company
Matinee Entertainment
Release date
  • 4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹140 crore[1]

Acharya is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action drama film[2] written and directed by Koratala Siva. It is produced by Matinee Entertainment and Konidela Production Company. The film stars Chiranjeevi as the title character alongside Ram Charan, Kajal Aggarwal, and Pooja Hegde. It features music composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography. The film was launched in October 2019. Principal photography began in January 2020 but the production has been delayed owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The film is scheduled to be released on 4 February 2022.[3]

Premise[]

Acharya, a middle-aged Naxalite-turned-social reformer who launches a fight against the Endowments Department over misappropriation and embezzlement of temple funds and donations.

Cast[]

Production[]

Development[]

The film was launched on 8 October 2019 on the occasion of Vijayadasami tentatively titled as #Chiru152.[11] The film marks the maiden collaboration of Chiranjeevi with the director Koratala Siva.[12] The title was accidentally revealed as Acharya by Chiranjeevi during audio launch of the film O Pitta Katha on 1 March 2020.[13][14]

Mani Sharma is composing the film's music. Cinematography and editing are performed by Tirru and Naveen Nooli respectively.[15] Suresh Selvarajan is the art director.[16]

Casting[]

Trisha was cast in a lead role but she walked out of the film citing creative differences.[17] Makers approached Kajal Aggarwal instead and Aggarwal confirmed that she was doing the film.[18] There were reports that Mahesh Babu was approached for an extended cameo.[19] However, Chiranjeevi confirmed that his son Ram Charan would be doing the role and Koratala Siva adjusted the role to make it as a full length role.[20][21][22] Pooja Hegde is cast opposite Charan.[23] Regina Cassandra was signed for a special song.[24]

Filming[]

Principal photography began in January 2020.[25][26] Important portions were shot with Chiranjeevi and others at Ramoji Film City.[19] The filming was going at a brisk pace until it was suspended in March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[27] The filming resumed in November 2020, and Kajal Aggarwal joined the sets of the film in Hyderabad in December 2020.[28][29] A temple town set spanning 20 acres was built for the film.[1]

Ram Charan joined the production in January 2021, whose character is revealed as Siddha.[30] The film team, including Chiranjeevi, have reached Rajahmundry in January 2021.[31][32] In March 2021, Pooja Hegde began filming her portions with a montage song taking place at a specially-constructed set in Maredumilli. A schedule is planned to take place at Singareni coal mines, Yellandu later that month.[33] Following the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India, filming was indefinitely paused till June 2021. In July 2021, filming was resumed in at a village set constructed in Hyderabad. Chiranjeevi joined the production on the same day.[34] Charan resumed his part of filming the same month.[35][36] Except for two songs, the rest of the filming was completed in August 2021.[37]

Legal issue[]

In August 2020, writer Rajesh Manduri alleged that Acharya was plagiarized from his script.[38] He supposedly narrated the story to production house Mythri Movie Makers a few years ago which did not materialize. Mythri Movie Makers refuted the allegation, calling it a "gimmick."[39] Matinee Entertainment stated that any such claims were baseless, iterating that the story of Acharya belongs to Koratala.[40] Koratala responded that his story had no resemblance to Manduri's.[41]

Music[]

Acharya
Soundtrack album by
Mani Sharma
Released2021
Recorded2020-2021
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length8:21
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
ProducerMani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Republic
(2021) 		Acharya
(2021) 		Shaakuntalam
(2022)
Singles from Acharya
  1. "Laahe Laahe"
    Released: 31 March 2021
  2. "Neelambari"
    Released: 5 November 2021

The film's soundtrack album is composed by Mani Sharma.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Laahe Laahe"Ramajogayya SastryHarika Narayan, Sahithi Chaganti4:07
2."Neelambari"Ananta SriramAnurag Kulkarni, Ramya Behara4:15
Total length:8:21

Release[]

Initially scheduled to be released on 13 May 2021, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[42] The film is now scheduled to be released theatrically on 4 February 2022.[43]

References[]

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