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Ram Charan has teamed up with Buchi Babu Sana of Uppena fame after his previous movie Game Changer failed to change the game at the box office. After his disastrous movie, he is now hoping to bounce back with his latest venture Peddi.
Peddi is hitting the screens worldwide on Thursday but it is seeing the light of the day through premiere shows in India and foreign countries on Wednesday night. The tickets for the special evening shows in big numbers and the movie has earned over Rs 10 crore from pre-sales alone which shows the craze around the movie.
Director Buchi Babu Sana’s film ‘Peddi’ premieres Wednesday and releases Thursday, featuring Shivaraj Kumar and Janhvi Kapoor, with music by AR Rahman. The movie, exploring resilience through sports in 1980s Andhra Pradesh, earned over Rs 10 crore from pre-sales.
The premieres shows in Bengaluru and Hyderabad have started and the fans are curiously waiting to get the first reviews from the special shows. In Chennai and Kochi, it begins after 10 am.
The Telugu movie has Kannada superstar Shivaraj Kumar playing an important character. Bollywood actress Janhvi Kapoor is playing the female lead. Jagapathi Babu, Divyenndu, Boman Irani, Ravi Kishan, Viji Chandrasekhar, Rajatava Dutta, Satya, Ajay Ghosh and others are in the cast.
Oscar Award winning musician AR Rahman has scored the music, R Rathnavelu has handled the cinematography and Naveen Nooli has done the editing.
In the dusty heartlands of Andhra Pradesh during the 1980s, whispers spread of a young man named Peddi. He was not born into greatness, yet the weight of his village’s struggles pressed upon his shoulders. Searching for meaning beyond the narrow lanes of tradition, Peddi carved his own path-one that blurred the lines between sport and survival.
When an oppressive rival threatened the spirit of his people, Peddi did not raise a sword or shield. Instead, he wielded the games of the land-cricket’s precision, wrestling’s raw strength, and the endurance of a runner’s stride. In this fusion of play and defiance, he became more than an athlete; he became a symbol, a living testament to resilience and identity.
Will the movie live up to the expectations? Find out from the netizens’ response from the premiere shows:
