Run (2020 Indian film)

Run is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language psychological thriller film directed by Lakshmikanth Chenna, starring Navdeep and Pujita Ponnada. Produced by Y. Rajeev Reddy and Sai Baba Jagarlamudi under First Frame Entertainments banner, The film is on Aha released on 29 May 2020.[1] The film is reported to be the first Telugu direct-to-OTT film although Amrutharamam premiered a month earlier.[2]

Run
Poster
Directed byLakshmikanth Chenna
Produced byY. Rajeev Reddy
Sai Baba Jagarlamudi
Written bySahana Dutta
Carthyk-Arjun (dialogues)
StarringNavdeep
Pujita Ponnada
Music byNaresh Kumaran
CinematographySajeesh Rajendran
Edited byRamakrishna Arram
Production
company
Distributed byAha
Release date
  • 29 May 2020 (2020-05-29)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

Shruthi and Sandeep are a couple. They arrange for a lunch date on their anniversary, but they never meet because Shruthi died unexpectedly. Sandeep becomes a suspect of her mysterious death.

Cast

Production

Run was originally intended to be a web series for Aha. It was planned as an 8-episode series with each episode spanning 20 minutes. However Allu Aravind, who is a part of Aha's team, believed that Run should be an original feature film.[1]

Principal photography took place for 24 days, between October and November 2019.[1]

Release

The film was released directly on the OTT platform Aha, on 29 May 2020.[2]

Reception

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu, called the film "A lacklustre psychological thriller." While praising Navdeep's performance, Dundoo stated that the screenplay was predictable and could have done better executed.[3] The Times of India gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of five and heavily criticized the film for its incoherent script and a poorly-written screenplay.[4] Pratyush Parasaraman writing for the Film Companion, also gave a negative review for the film.[5]

References
  1. Parasa, Rajeshwari (26 May 2020). "'Run' will excite the audience: Director Lakshmikanth on first direct Telugu OTT release". The News Minute. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (25 May 2020). "First OTT original Telugu film 'Run' to première on May 29". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (29 May 2020). "'Run' review: A lacklustre psychological thriller". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. "RUN Review: An insipid thriller". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. Parasuraman, Prathyush (29 May 2020). "'Run' On Aha Review: Few Things Are This Odd, Fewer This Bad". Film Companion. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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