- February 24, 2026 / 10:56 PM ISTByNaveen
Ishq
- Drama
- Romantic
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►Telugu
TheatreStory:
Vikram Kumar is the writer and director of the 2012 Telugu-language romantic drama film Ishq, which translates to “Love.” Vikram Goud produced the movie under the Shresht Movies label. Ajay and Sindhu Tolani play important roles in the movie, while Nithiin and Nithya Menen play the main parts. P. C. Sreeram handled the film’s cinematography, and Anup Rubens wrote the soundtrack. After receiving favorable reviews upon its debut on February 24, 2012, Ishq went on to become one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. The movie took up the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film for up Viewing. After Sye (2004), it was actor Nithin’s only commercially successful film in the previous seven years.It has been remade as Akhire Akhire (2014) in Odia, Love Station (2014) in Bengali (Bangladesh), Aashiqui (2015) in Bengali (India), and Uyire Uyire (2016) in Tamil.
Plot
Siva (Ajay), who is hurt, is being taken to the hospital in the opening scene of the movie. Nagineedu, his father, chastises him for his rebellious actions, disowns him, and declares that he won’t come back unless Siva changes. As it happens, Siva had a failed romantic relationship with a girl named Divya.
After completing his semester exams in Delhi, Rahul (Nithiin), a cheerful and amiable man, returns to Hyderabad for a family vacation three years later. In the meantime, Priya (Nithya Menen), a stunning and vivacious girl, is traveling to Hyderabad to meet her brother and take her semester exams. Rahul and Priya observe each other’s behavior on the way to the airport, but they do not show their faces. Rahul plays a practical joke on Priya at the airport after identifying her by her bracelets and tattoo, which irritates Priya. He falls in love with her on a plane to Hyderabad. They have to land their plane in Goa due to unforeseen circumstances. Rahul apologizes for his actions there. After Rahul identifies his cap, Priya knows that Rahul is the one who got the kid’s toy back from the traffic congestion earlier. Rahul then becomes friends with Priya.
Rahul assures Priya that she will have a great time at his friend’s wedding in Goa. He introduces the mother of the wedding groom, Jaya aunty (Rohini), to Priya as his wife. Priya had an amazing time and is treated like a princess by Jaya aunt. Later, when several thugs attempt to rape Priya at the beach, Rahul saves her. Rahul and Priya gradually grow close to one another and start to feel something for one another. However, Rahul witnesses Priya being greeted by her brother—who happens to be Siva—at the airport just as he is ready to profess his emotions for her. Divya (Sindhu Tolani), Rahul’s older sister, was the woman Siva fell in love with. Siva torments Divya out of love in the flashback. Siva threatens Divya after learning of her engagement and discards the engagement ring, which was given to her by her future mother-in-law, who holds sentimental importance for it.
Rahul learns what transpired when he discovers Divya looking for the ring late at night. Rahul visits Siva, severely beats him, and discovers the ring—the reason he was admitted to the hospital at the start of the film. Consequently, Siva becomes enraged with Siva is now married to Geetha (Satya Krishnan), a successful businessman, and a changed good man. But Siva is often bothered by the couple’s lack of children. In the meantime, his father is persuaded to visit Siva by his mother, Sudha, to check on him. Rahul eventually tells Priya that he loves her. However, after learning that Priya has feelings for Rahul, Siva assaults him. When Siva’s father arrives, he is pleased to see that Siva has transformed and they are reunited. A wounded Rahul, however, collapses in front of them as Siva accepts his father.
He goes to the hospital with Siva. Rahul is asked what happened by Siva’s father, who is unaware of the circumstances. While maintaining the anonymity of the identities, Rahul tells him everything. Rahul becomes a friend of Siva’s father. In order to grow closer to his family and win Priya, Rahul plays a game with Siva. However, Divya is threatened by Siva with harm if Rahul does not leave Priya alone. Rahul promises to forget his lover in front of Siva and his father.
Siva’s father later requests that Siva ask Rahul whether he will wed Priya. After realizing that Rahul was controlling them all, Siva hires a local goon named Kala (Supreeth) to have Rahul killed. However, he learns that Rahul beat up Kala’s brother after he tried to rape Priya in Goa. Kala severely punches Siva after he begins beating Kala’s sibling. While speaking with Siva on the phone, Priya phones Rahul and requests that he save Siva. Rahul arrives, defeats Kala, and rescues Siva. Siva understands that Rahul truly loves her. Later, when Siva awakens in the hospital, she discovers that Geetha is at last expecting.
More Details
| Director | Vikram kumar |
|---|---|
| Story | Vikram kumar |
| Screenplay | Vikram kumarHarsha Vardhan |
| Dialogues | Vikram kumar |
| Cinematography | P. C. Sreeram |
| Editor | Akkineni Sreekar Prasad |
| Music | Anup Rubens |
| Producer | N. Sudhakar Reddy, Vikram Goud |
| Cast | Nithiin Nithya Menen AjaySindhu TolaniRohini NagineeduSudha AliSrinivasa ReddySupreeth ReddyRavi PrakashThagubothu RameshRathna Shekar ReddySatya KrishnanMadhunandanCharandeep SurneniSandhya Janak |
| Release Type | Theatre |
| Language | Telugu |
| Production | Shresht Movies |
| Budget | 7.8 Crores |
| Box Office | 20 Crores |
| OTT Platform | Prime Video |























