Mahankali (film)

Mahankali is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language action drama film directed by Jeevitha Rajasekhar starring her husband Rajasekhar in the title role.^[1][2][3]

Mahankali
Official poster
Directed by	Jeevitha Rajasekhar
Produced by	Yeluru Surendra Reddy Parandhama Reddy
Starring	Rajasekhar
Music by	Chinna
Release date	8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

The film was released on 8 March 2013.^[4] The film was dubbed into Tamil as Ithu Thaanda Police 2.^[5] The film is based on Risk (2007) by Vishram Sawant.^[6]

Cast

• Rajasekhar as Mahankali
• Madhurima as Tanisha
• Pradeep Rawat as Harshad Bhai
• Kalakeya Prabhakar as Nayak Bhai
• Chalapathi Rao as Anand Rao (Police Commissioner)
• Nalini as Jayalakshmi alias Jayakka (Politician), Harshad's Proxy
• Supreeth Reddy
• Vinod Kumar Alva as DCP
• Salim Panda as Salim
• Chatrapathi Sekhar as Ramakrishna alias RK
• Satya Prakash as Laddu
• Narsing Yadav as Raheem

Production

While shooting a chase sequence, Rajasekhar was severely injured and the film's shoot was halted.^[5] The delay of the film shoot by the director reportedly increased the cost of the film.^[7] Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy attended the film's trailer launch as the chief guest.^[8][9]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Chinna.^[10][11]

• "Oo La La" - K. S. Chithra
• "Premounno" - Kumar Sanu, Sunitha
• "Maguvala Marman" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Shreya Ghoshal
• "Kichaka Vaadaa" - P. Unnikrishnan, Bhavatharini
• "Trigger Nokadam" - S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Release and reception

The film was initially scheduled for release in February 2013.^[12]

Sushil Rao of The Times of India rated the film two out of five stars and said that "Killing. Killing. And killing. That is the only thing that happens all through the movie".^[13] A critic from 123 Telugu said that "Mahankaali is a routine and boring cop saga".^[14] Bojja Kumar of Filmibeat said that the film is only for Rajasekhar fans.^[15]