Krack (film)

Venkatesh narrates that a ₹50 note, a green mango, and a nail resemble the fate of three persons who come across a police officer.

A BBC journalist arrives at a jail in Delhi to interview Saleem Batkal, a criminal convicted for Mumbai blasts, but Saleem demands money from the interviewer, which to their astonishment is just ₹50. Upon taking it, he tells that he rented a house that is ₹50 cheaper than the previous one due to a scuffle between the owner and broker. The house Saleem rents at Kurnool for passport verification with fake details falls under the jurisdiction of Shankar's police station, where Saleem's men have no influence. After a dramatic turn of events, he is caught by Shankar, who notices the details Salim gave are fake. When Saleem tries to warn about his background, Shankar beats him up and arrests him.

In Kadapa, Konda Reddy, a highly sadistic goon, occupies the land of a doctor. When Konda Reddy is in a meeting, a girl tries to pluck from a mango tree in his yard, for which he angrily unleashes his dogs upon her. The girl is injured and her mother files suit on him. The SP calls Konda Reddy, telling that this case might put Konda Reddy in trouble because it will be dealt by CI Shankar. Konda takes him lightly, but the SP insists him to meet Katari Krishna, who is in the central jail of Rajahmundry. Katari appears as a regular prisoner, but Konda Reddy is intrigued when he learns about Katari's criminal record. Upon asking, Katari narrates his story that he rose to power by creating a bloodshed in Ongole, and is jailed later because of a nail.

Shankar is appointed as CI of Ongole, and meets constable Kiran, the son of a constable who used to work with Shankar. Jayamma, a close aide of Katari's, has a habit of going to cinema on Fridays. There, she sees Katari's daughter with Kiran, and gets him grotesquely murdered by appointing men from Vetapalem. Shankar investigates about the murder, while relishing his memories with Kiran. He finds out that Katari was accused for similar kind of murder a few years ago. At a village fair, Shankar goes to bring Katari to police station for enquiry, Katari warns Shankar of his backgorund, which irritates Shankar and gets him arrested

Katari is released when Jayamma gets him a bail, but they are stunned to know that his daughter married another police constable. That night at the cinema hall, her boyfirend's leg is accidentally pierced by a nail, due to which Kiran drops her at the house. Unaware of this, Jayamma misinterprets Kiran to be her boyfriend. During their wedding reception, Katari's wife requests the couple to leave the town to be safe. She, however, conspires to kill her daughter's husband. Katari's men attack them at the bus station, but Shankar saves them. A man caught there names Jayamma as the perpetrator. Knowing this, Katari asks his men to kill Jayamma, so that his name does not come out. Jayamma is killed by the time Shankar arrrives to arrest her. While chasing the killers, he shoots one of them, but accidentally kills an innocent bystander. Shankar is suspended, but during his private investigation, he learns that his associate Tilak had killed that innocent, as he was on Katari's payroll. Shankar gets hold of all the evidence against Katari that Tilak has. Katari tries to warn Shankar by attacking his family, but his wife Kalyani, a former police officer, is able to defend them. Shankar rejoins his job and fights with Vetapalem gang members and kills all of them at the beach. And Shankar tracks down Katari to arrest him. Katari tries to escape by boarding a lorry, but its tyre gets punctured by a nail, and he is caught.

Now Konda Reddy makes sure that he does not use the word "background" in front of Shankar, and treats him with respect, but his assistant hurriedly comes and utters the word. Shankar thrashes him and puts him in the same jail where Katari is kept. Saleem, now transferred to that jail, tells them he is trying to seek revenge on Shankar. They both laugh it off.

• Ravi Teja as CI Potharaju Veera Shanker
• Shruti Haasan as Kalyani
• Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as Jayamma
• Samuthirakani as Katari Krishna
• P. Ravi Shankar as Konda Reddy
• Sudhakar Komakula as Constable Kiran
• Chirag Jani as Saleem Bathkal
• Jeeva as Local Rowdy
• Devi Prasad as S.I Tilak
• Mouryani as Katari's daughter
• Priyanka Raman as Deepthi Bedi
• Vamsi Chaganti
• Stun Siva as Ankudu
• B. V. S. Ravi as a bystander
• Anketa Maharana (special appearance in the song "Bhoom Bhaddhal")

The film's music is composed by S. Thaman, and lyrics for the songs were written by Ramajogayya Sastry and Kasarla Shyam. The film marks the second collaboration of Ravi Teja, Thaman and Gopichand Malineni after Balupu (2013). On May 2020, a fake Twitter handle of the film's director, announced an update about the first single, whereas the composer refuted such claims and asked the fans to wait for the official announcement.[32]

The first single, "Bhoom Bhaddhal", was released on 13 November 2020, coinciding with the eve of Diwali.[33][34] On 10 December 2020, the makers tweeted about the second single, which will be sung by noted Tamil film composer Anirudh Ravichander,[35][36] which was later titled as "Balega Tagilavey Bangaram" and was released on 14 December 2020.[37] The third single track "Korameesam Polisoda" was released on the occasion of Christmas, 25 December 2020.[38] The fourth song of the film titled "Mass Biriyani" was unveiled on 4 January 2021.[39]

Lahari Music released the complete soundtrack album featuring five tracks on 8 January 2021, which included the four songs that were released as singles earlier.

All lyrics are written by Ramajogayya Sastry, except where noted.

Krack was scheduled to release theatrically on 8 May 2020,[49][50] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[51] The director Gopichand Malineni, clarified that the film will be scheduled for a theatrical release,[52] after rumours regarding the film's release on OTT platforms surfaced.[53] On 26 October 2020, the makers announced that the film will release theatrically during the occasion of Sankranthi.[54]

On 19 December 2020, the makers announced that the film would release on 14 January 2021, coinciding with Sankranthi.[55] However, at the launch event held at AMB Cinemas in Hyderabad on 1 January 2021, where the film's trailer was released,[56][57][58] director Gopichand Malineni announced a new release date of 9 January 2021.[59][60] The pre-release business of the film in the Telugu states considered to be ₹13 crore from the Telugu states alone.[61]

The film's US premiere shows on 8 January, and the morning and afternoon shows in India were cancelled, due to the financial tussles between the exhibitors and its producer B. Madhu.[62] The financiers reportedly took the legal route to stall the release of the film, demanding that producer Madhu, had to clear the dues owed by them, after the failure of his Vishal-starrer Ayogya (2019).[63] After clearing the negotations, the makers premiered evening shows of the film.[64]

The film was released on OTT platform Aha on 5 February 2021.[65]

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