Shakti (2011 film)

Shakti
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Directed by	Meher Ramesh
Produced by	C. Ashwini Dutt
Written by	Yandamoori Veerendranath J. K. Bharavi
Starring	Jr. NTR Ileana D'Cruz Manjari Phadnis Prabhu Ganesan Jackie Shroff Pooja Bedi Vidyut Jamwal
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Sameer Reddy
Edited by	Marthand K. Venkatesh
Production company	Vyjayanthi Movies
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release date	1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

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Shakti is a 2011 Telugu historical action-fantasy film directed by Meher Ramesh starring Jr. NTR, Ileana D'Cruz and Manjari Phadnis in the lead roles.The film, produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under the Vyjayanthi Movies banner, features an extensive supporting cast including Sonu Sood, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Jackie Shroff, Pooja Bedi and Tamil actor Prabhu Ganesan, was released on 1 April 2011. A dubbed Tamil version was simultaneously released in Tamil Nadu as Om Shakthi. It has been dubbed in Hindi as Ek Tha Soldier. It received largely negative reviews and was a flop as its box office earnings were considerably less than its budget. Shakti budget varies from ₹67 crore (US$10 million) to ₹45 crore (US$6.7 million) including marketing and print costs.

Aishwarya (Ileana D'Cruz) is the daughter of central union home minister Mahadevraya (Prabhu Ganesan). Due to security reasons, he doesn't allow his daughter to go on a trip with friends. She nonetheless goes to the trip. She then meets a guide, Shakti (Jr. NTR), who takes the group on a trip to several places. At first, she hates him because he uses every chance to get money from her. But when he saves her, she starts liking him. Afterwards, a few people who are chasing her finally find her in Haridwar and try to kill Shakti as he hurt them earlier. Their plan fails as Shakti turns out to be a Secret Agent and defends himself and catches the main person in this plan. When Aishwarya goes back to her father, he forgives her and asks whether she had taken a box in which there is a holy stone. When she replies in the negative, he says that it is more important than his own daughter. Later, when Shakti goes to a temple, the box falls off a basket his mother brought with flowers on top of it. They inform Mahadevaya who asks them to immediately come to Hampi with the box and Aishwarya. Their travel is blocked by a strong man named Raakha who is son of an Egyptian enemy Faqtooni (Pooja Bedi) who is then defeated by Shakti. He then kills one more person who tries to grab the box. Then Mahadeva Raya and a Swami (Nassar) come to him and then the flashback is revealed.