| Mirapakay | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Harish Shankar |
| Screenplay by | Ramesh Reddy A. Deepak Raj Vikram Sirikonda |
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| Story by | Harish Shankar |
| Produced by | Ramesh Puppala |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | C. Ram Prasad |
| Edited by | Gautham Raju |
| Music by | S. Thaman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | R. R. Movie Makers |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | ₹17 croredistributors' share[1] |
Mirapakay (transl.Chilli) is a 2011 IndianTelugu-languageaction comedy film directed byHarish Shankar and produced by Ramesh Puppala underYellow Flowers. The film starsRavi Teja in the lead role, alongsideRicha Gangopadhyay,Deeksha Seth,Prakash Raj,Kota Srinivasa Rao andNagababu in supporting roles. The music was composed byS. Thaman, while cinematography and editing were handled byC. Ram Prasad and Gautham Raju.
Mirapakay was released on 13 January 2011, coinciding withMakara Sankranti, and became a commercial super hit at the box office.
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Rishi aliasMirapakay, anIB officer, is assigned by IB chief Murthy to nab Shankar, who is the agent of Kittu, a crime boss, as Kittu is planning to spread his operations in the country. Rishi finds Shankar's location inHyderabad and goes undercover as a college lecturer. Rishi meets Vinamra, who also studies in the college where Rishi is the lecturer. Rishi and Vinamra soon fall in love with each other. Rishi learns from Murthy that Vaishali, Kittu's daughter, is also studying in the same college. Murthy asks Rishi to extract information about Kittu from Vaishali. Rishi makes Vaishali fall for him and reaches Kittu after killing Shankar and Linga. Rishi finally arrests Kittu and his gang, where he meets Vinamra and convinces her to marry him.
After thecommercial disappointment ofShock, Harish Shankar faced struggles in his career and narrated the script ofMirapakay in the titleRomantic Rishi toPawan Kalyan, After listening to interval episode, Pawan Kalyan agreed to star in the project, but the project did not materialise due to certain reasons. It wasRavi Teja, who gave Harish's birth and rebirth as a director. During the shooting time ofShock, Ravi Teja said that he would do another film with him irrespective of the commercial outcome of the film. Harish Shankar was feeling guilty and did not approach him. Ravi Teja called him and asked for a story, where he narrated the script of Mirapakay.[2]Richa Gangopadhyay was signed after Harish Shankar had noticed her at the success party of her previous filmLeader. Harish Shankar initially offered her the role played by Deeksha as she was anNRI. When they met to review the script, Harish was convinced that she would do justice to the character of Vinamra, a traditional Brahmin girl.[3]
| Mirapakay | ||||
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| Released | 12 November 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2011 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:25 | |||
| Language | Telugu | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | S. Thaman | |||
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The audio of the film was launched on 5 December 2010 at Taj Deccan Hotel, Hyderabad.T. G. Venkatesh,Ram Gopal Varma and Atchi Reddy launched audio cassettes, CDs and trailers respectively.D. Ramanaidu,S. S. Rajamouli,V. V. Vinayak,Gopichand Malineni,Vamsi Paidipally,Chandra Bose and others attended the function.[citation needed] The songs "Vaishali", "Silakaa" and "Dhinaku Dhin" were reused by Thaman in Tamil filmsOsthe andIshtam respectively.[4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Adigora Choodu" | Anantha Sreeram | Ravi Teja, Karthik, Rahul Nambiar, Aalap Raju, Ranjith | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Vaishali Vaishali" | Bhaskarabhatla | S. Thaman | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Gadi Thalupula" | Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Geetha Madhuri,Karthik, S. Thaman | 4:48 |
| 4. | "Silakaa" | Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar | K. S. Chithra, Rahul Nambiar | 4:39 |
| 5. | "Dhinaku Dhin" | Chandrabose | Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:46 |
| 6. | "Chirugaley" | Sahithi | Rita Thyagarajan, Megha, Janani,Sravana Bhargavi, Vardhini, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav | 2:22 |
| 7. | "Mirapakaay" | Harish Shankar | Ranjith, Rita Thyagarajan | 1:16 |
| Total length: | 26:25 | |||
Mirapakay was released on 13 January 2011, coinciding withMakara Sankranti. The film has been dubbed inHindi asKhallas and intoTamil asMurattu Singam.
Sify wrote "Despite a banal storyline, the film has entertainment value, punch and a decent presentation. This Ravi Teja starrer comes as a pucca mass entertainer for Sankranthi."[5]Telugu Cinema wrote "If you are not tired of seeing Ravi Teja doing same role again and again, showing off same histrionics without much variation, then Mirapakay may seem time-pass one."[6]Idlebrain wrote "It is a proven fact that Ravi Teja’s movies have scant respect for story and screenplay and majorly depend on the entertainment aspect."[7]