Ism (2016 film)

Ism
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Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	Nandamuri Kalyan Ram
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Starring	Nandamuri Kalyan Ram Aditi Arya Jagapati Babu
Music by	Anup Rubens
Cinematography	Mukesh G
Edited by	Junaid Siddiqui
Production company	N. T. R. Arts
Distributed by	Dil Raju
Release date	21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Running time	130 mins
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Box office	est. ₹25 crore

Ism is a 2016 Telugu action crime thriller film produced by Kalyan Ram under N. T. R. Arts banner, written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. Starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram, Aditi Arya in the lead roles, Jagapati Babu plays an important supporting role and music composed by Anup Rubens. Junaid Siddiqui, Mukesh G and Johnny Shaik handled the editing, cinematography and Art direction respectively. It was shot in August 2016 in Valencia, Spain. The film was released on 21 October 2016.

Javed Ibrahim (Jagapati Babu), is a high-profile gangster who is in hiding in Tenerife islands with his gang and daughter, Alia (Aditi Arya), due to several of his scams being exposed in India. Kalyan Ram (Nandamuri Kalyan Ram), happens to see her during a fight at an illegal fight club and falls head over heels for her. He even befriends Javed Bhai after offering him local Indian Karim Beedis. However, neither of them disclose their identities to each other. With the help of marriage broker Don Bosco (Ali), Javed Bhai gets Alia engaged to the Prince of Persia. Meanwhile, Javed Bhai helps Kalyan woo a girl he likes, unaware that the girl is his daughter. Alia slowly falls for Kalyan Ram, and informs Javed Bhai, who, realising her lover is Kalyan, attempts to prove to her that he is cheating her. However, on seeing them, Kalyan runs away from there, eventually jumping into sea.

Meanwhile, in India, The Grand Leakage Company, a website/company, reveals Javed Bhai's whereabouts, and by seeing through the plan, Javed Bhai and Alia realise that the founder of the company, who has been unknown for years, is none other than Kalyan Ram. Alia, who is still madly in love with him, runs away from their yacht and escapes to India. Meanwhile, Kalyan, whose actual name is Sathya Marthand, is an undercover journalist whose father, Dasaradh Rao (Tanikella Bharani) was handicapped by a criminal contractor when the former, a journalist, exposed the latter's use of faulty cement to construct buildings. Sathya, in retaliation, attempted to kill the contractor, but realised that the idea of a crime is what encourages corruption. He, hence, is on a journey to fight corruption. He gets information about Bank of Paradise, a Tenerife-based bank owned by Javed Bhai, which holds over a billiard rupees. The Grand Leakage Company has employed over thousands of anonymous journalism students, who together, take on corruption in Indian. Alia lands in India and tracks down Sathya's address, threatening to kill his parents and herself if he does not return home. Sathya returns, but tells her that he does not have any feelings for her. However, his parents, who have grown fond of Alia, refuse to let her go, and try forcing Sathya to wed her. After gathering details about Sathya, Javed Bhai informs the police about his activities, including his plan to wipe off the entire money present at Bank of Paradise.