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Directed by | Puri Jagannadh |
Produced by | C. Ashwini Dutt |
Written by | Puri Jagannadh |
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Ram Charan Teja Neha Sharma Prakash Raj Ali Ashish Vidyarthi Brahmanandam |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
Edited by | Sai Baba |
Distributed by | Vyjayanthi Movies |
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Running time
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149 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Telugu |
Budget | 17 crore (US$2.6 million) |
Box office | 34 crore (US$3.3 million) |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | ||||
Genre | Telugu | |||
Length | 32:28 | |||
Label | Aditya Music | |||
Various Artists chronology | ||||
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Chirutha (English: Leopard) is a 2007 Indian Telugu action film directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film marks the debut of Ram charan, son of the popular Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, in the lead role. Delhi-based model Neha Sharma plays the female lead with Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj and Brahmanandam playing supporting roles. The film revolves around Cherry, who searches for Mattubhai who murders his father during his childhood. In the process, he falls in love with Sanjana and also finds his mother. The rest of the plot shows how Cherry avenges his father's death.
Chirutha was produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under the banner Vyjayanthi Movies. The film features a soundtrack by Mani Sharma, cinematography by Shyam K. Naidu and editing by Saibaba. Its filming began in 2007 and was shot extensively around Thailand. Chirutha was released worldwide on 28 September 2007. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Siruthai Puli. On 14 September 2012 the movie was released in the Malayalam dubbed version named Cheetah. It was remade in Bengali as Rangbaaz with Dev and Koel Mallick in the lead.It was later dubbed in Hindi under the same name by Goldmines Telefilms
An auto driver (Surya) sees Mattu Bhai (Ashish Vidyarthi) murder a journalist. The auto driver manages to capture Mattu Bhai and his henchmen and hold them until the police arrive. Afterwards, the auto driver returns home to his wife (Pragathi) and son, Charan. Unfortunately, Mattu Bhai and his henchmen break into their house that night. The auto driver is killed and his wife is severely injured. Charan survives uninjured. Charan's mother is in a critical condition, but he and his uncle (Tanikella Bharani) don't have enough money to pay for her operation. The local mafia leader's son has committed murder and offers Charan a deal. In order to pay for his mother's surgery, Charan has to go to prison accepting the crime.