Nene Raju Nene Mantri This film was released on 11 August 2017 to positive reviews. The film was successful at the box office.
Nene Raju Nene Mantri this film was released in 2017 Telugu-language political action thriller written and directed by Teja, starred Rana Daggubati and Kajal Aggarwal in the key roles, with Catherine Tresa, Navdeep, and Ashutosh Rana playing other significant roles.
In Karaikudi, principal photography started in October 2016 after production started in April.
On June 6, the teaser was unveiled in conjunction with Rana’s grandfather D. Ramanaidu’s 81st birthday.
On June 19, the day of Kajal Aggarwal’s birthday, a special teaser commemorating her 50 films was released. The movie was dubbed as Raaja Kireedam in Malayalam, Naan Aanaiyittaal in Tamil, and Main Hi Raja Main Hi Mantri in Hindi. Scenes were re-shot in the Tamil version using local actors.
Although Jogendra, a moneylender, and Radha are a happy married couple, they are childless. They are ecstatic when Radha becomes pregnant and they are finally blessed. Radha lights a sacred lamp as they head to the temple to offer prayers for the baby’s wellbeing.
The headman of their village, Sarpanch, brings his spouse to visit the temple. Since she is usually the one who lights the lamp, his wife is furious when she notices that Radha lit the lamp. After she shoves Radha down the temple steps, she miscarries. Jogendra and Radha are both appalled.
At Sarpanch’s home, Jogendra convinces him to allow him to assist with his political campaign. When Jogendra prevails deftly, Sarpanch becomes enraged. When Sarpanch threatens to kill Radha as well, Jogendra shoots Sarpanch. Sarpanch tries to kill Jogendra.
Afterwards, Hema Chander, the police officer who was supposed to give Jogendra a copy of the FIR for killing Sarpanch in self-defense, demands Rs. 50 lakhs in exchange for his sister’s marriage. But Jogendra refuses to part with the cash. After taking Hema Chander’s pistol, he shoots his hands and accuses Hema Chander of being the one who fired it. MLA Choudappa, who was Jogendra’s party supporter, demands Rs. 1 crore from him and takes a copy of the FIR.
Choudappa asks Jogendra to send Radha to his guest house after Jogendra informs him that he cannot arrange the money. Choudappa is killed by a furious Jogendra after he hears this. Following Choudappa’s passing, he runs for MLA and defeats his brother, the candidate from the opposing party, by accusing him of killing his brother in order to win the seat. Additionally, he persuades Choudappa’s wife to accept it and lends her support. He wins the election with the aid of empathy.
Jogendra aspires to live the best life and is currently the MLA. He gains fame by eliminating those who stand in his way and his enemies. He is a multi-business investor in transportation, liquor stores, hospitals, and institutions.
As another student receives a letter from a state minister, he had recommended a different student for a job, but the student did not receive it because his recommendation was invalid. Jogendra, who aspires to be a minister, visits the student who is preparing to jump from a building to end his life. After receiving a slap from his mother, the student collapses. Jogendra proposes a hunger strike to the student union.
The CM rejects his request for the minister post after he visits him and offers him the idea to end the strike. Next, he goes to see Home Minister Subbarayudu, whom he persuades to add poison to the nimbu pani that the student was supposed to receive from the CM.
Then he requests the position of minister, and Subbarayudu grants it. Jogendra shrewdly informs the CM that there is poison in the drink when he arrives to serve nimbu pani. As a result, Subbarayudu is arrested and holds the blame.
Journalist Devika Rani is researching Jogendra in the meantime. Working for the opposition, she obtains all the evidence necessary to sue him and broadcasts it on her channel. At her house, he approaches her.
He seduces her and they engage in sexual activity after she informs him that his entire home is covered in cameras. Her feelings for him are piqued when they start an affair, but his motivation is merely information gathering. It’s still Radha he loves.
Devika makes plans to harm Jogendra with the assistance of Subbarayudu, who is currently free on bail. When Jogendra’s illicit activities are discovered, everything he owns is lost. Shiva’s brother comes to the temple with him and Radha. Shiva was close to Jogendra he killed him out of rage, believing that Jogendra had betrayed him because of a fake video that Subbarayudu had planted.
A later regret, Jogendra kills him When the bomb that Shiva’s brother planted on the path detonates, Radha is also hurt. She is saved, and Jogendra drives her to the hospital. But Radha gives up her life to win Jogendra’s support and help his party win elections so he can become chief minister.
That is the case, and the day before, Hema Chander deceitfully leaks all of the party’s secrets, offering bribe money to anyone who had won so they could join Subbarayudu. When Jogendra gets to plant a bomb at the location where all the ministers and MLAs are gathered, it eventually explodes and kills everyone.
The narrative then shifts to the present, with Jogendra conducting the interview in the jail. After hearing his story, many people come to his defence and want Jogendra to be the only candidate for chief minister.
People ask for his release from hanging by pleading not guilty on social media and through messages. The hanging of Jogendra is halted when the prison warden shows up, following the President of India’s decision to call off the execution.
Jogendra asks viewers to select a good person who genuinely wants to improve the lives of others rather than a corrupt official or someone who has influence over them while they watch live on television.
He urges voters to make informed decisions and wise polling. In the final scene, Jogendra tells everyone that he is now “Radha Jogendra” and that he is nothing without Radha. He ends his life by hanging after saying this.
In the scene with the credits, Radha is seated on a swing when Jogendra approaches her and expresses his love, symbolizing their eventual reunion in paradise.
Director | Teja |
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Story | Teja |
Screenplay | Teja |
Dialogues | Lakshmi Bhupal |
Cinematography | Venkat Dilip Chunduru |
Editor | Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao |
Music | Anup Rubens |
Producer | D. Suresh BabuKiran ReddyBharath Reddy |
Cast | Rana Daggubati Kajal Aggarwal Rana DaggubatiKajal AggarwalCatherine TresaNavdeep PallapoluAshutosh RanaPradeep Rawat Tanikella BharaniJaya Prakash ReddyParuchuri Gopala KrishnaAjaysatya prakashRaghu KarumanchiPrabhas SreenuBithiri SathiBindu ChandramouliNaveen NeniJosh RaviPriyanka Rao NalkariSivaji Raja |
Release Type | Theatre |
Language | Telugu |
Production | Suresh Productions, Blue Planet Entertainments LLP |
Budget | 12 million |
Box Office | 450 million |
OTT Platform | Prime Video |