Arjun Reddy

Story:

2017 saw the release of Arjun Reddy, an Indian love drama film in Telugu that was written and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and produced by Bhadrakali Pictures, the brother’s firm. In addition to Rahul Ramakrishna, Jia Sharma, Sanjay Swaroop, Gopinath Bhat, Kamal Kamaraju, and Kanchana in supporting parts, it stars Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey. The movie centers on Arjun Reddy Deshmukh (Deverakonda), a highly successful alcoholic surgeon with issues controlling his rage. Following his sweetheart Preethi Shetty’s (Pandey) marriage, Arjun embarks on a self-destructive road; the film centers on his collapse and eventual recovery.

rjun Reddy was partially inspired by Sandeep Vanga’s life as a physiotherapy student. He worked on the script for two years and it took four to five years for the film to materialise. Principal photography commenced on 20 June 2016 at Hyderabad and took 86 working days to complete. Other filming locations include Mangalore, Dehradun and New Delhi, filming also took place in Italy. Radhan and Harshvardhan Rameshwar composed the soundtrack and score, respectively. Raj Thota was director of photography and Shashank Mali edited the film.

Made on a budget of ₹5–5.15 crore; the film was released worldwide on 25 August 2017. It received positive reviews from critics, with its direction, writing, cinematography and the cast performances being called out for praise, but drew criticism for allegedly promoting substance abuse among young people and for its sex scenes. The film was a box office success, grossing ₹51 crore globally, with a distributor share of ₹25.5 crore