Vijetha (2018 film)

Vijetha (transl. Winner) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film, starring debutant Kalyaan Dhev, Murali Sharma and Malavika Nair. Rakesh Sashii is the director, and Sai Korrapati and Rajani Korrapati are the producers. The film was released on 12 July 2018.^[1][2][3] Dhev won SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu at the 8th SIIMA for his role in the film.

Vijetha
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rakesh Sashii
Written by	Rakesh Sashii
Produced by	Sai Korrapati Rajani Korrapati
Starring	Kalyaan Dhev Murali Sharma Malavika Nair
Cinematography	K. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by	Karthika Srinivas
Music by	Harshavardhan Rameshwar
Production company	Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram
Release date	12 July 2018 (2018-07-12)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

Ram, a careless youth, grows up oblivious to the sacrifices his father makes in order to fulfil all his desires.He falls in love with the girl living next door to him,when he sees her making dosa in someone else's store to win a challenge.However, a major incident motivates him to change his ways of living and respect his father's hardwork.

Cast

• Kalyaan Dhev as Ram
• Malavika Nair as Chaithra
• Murali Sharma as K. Sridhar Rao, Ram's father
• Nassar as K. V. Raghunathan, A photographer
• Tanikella Bharani as Mohan Prasad, K. Sridhar Rao's friend
• Kalyani Natarajan as Lakshmi, Ram's mother
• Pragathi as Chaithra's mother
• Harshitha Chowdary as Keerthi, Ram's sister
• Sivannarayana as K. Sridhar Rao's friend
• Jayaprakash as Company Chairman
• Rajiv Kanakala as Rajiv, Chairman's 1st son
• Gayatri Bhargavi as Chairman's daughter-in-law
• Aadarsh Balakrishna as Kiran, Chairman's 2nd son
• Surya Sreenivas as Chairman's third son/Ram's brother-in-law
• Noel Sean as Ram's friend
• Kireeti Damaraju as Ram's friend
• Snigdha as Company Manager
• Satyam Rajesh as Chaithra's uncle
• Prudhvi Raj as Sub-Inspector (SI)
• Sanjay Reddy as a Businessman

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Harshavardhan Rameshwar, and released on Vel Records company.^[4]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Ko Kokkoroko"	Lokeshwar	3:48
2.	"Minsarey Minsarey"	Karthik	2:31
3.	"Me Mummy"	Prudhvi Chandra	3:21
4.	"Salaam Salaam"	L. V. Revanth	3:50
5.	"Adugaduguna"	Kaala Bhairava	2:00
6.	"Aakaasaanni"	Anurag Kulkarni	2:59

Reception

Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India rated the film 2/5 stars and wrote, "While the story of Kalyaan Dhev’s character has the potential to be a relatable coming-of-age track, it fails to engage mostly due to the actor’s inability to emote. [...] A gripping, subtle and relatable screenplay is what the film needed and lacked majorly."^[3] Giving the same rating, Murali Krishna CH of The New Indian Express wrote, "Vijetha is the kind of film which is completely derailed by its shortcomings due to its stretched plot. It reminds us why we are tired of watching movies with outdated themes over and over again. Although it’s not an awful film, it’s thoroughly boring!"^[5] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote, "‘Vijetha’ has a potentially heartwarming story lost in a middling narrative".^[1]