Falaknuma Das

Falaknuma Das
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVishwak Sen
Screenplay byVishwak Sen
Based onAngamaly Diaries
by Lijo Jose Pellissery
Produced byKarate Raju
Starring
CinematographyVidya Sagar Chinta
Edited byRavi Teja Girijala
Music byVivek Sagar
Production
companies
Vanmaye Creations
Vishwak Sen Cinemas
Terranova Pictures
Media9 Creative Works
Release date
  • 31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box officeest. ₹12 crore [1]

Falaknuma Das is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Vishwak Sen.[2] It is the remake of the 2017 Malayalam cult hit, Angamaly Diaries.[3] The film was produced by Vishwak's father, Karate Raju, under Vanmaye Creations, in association with Vishwak Sen Cinemas, Terranova Pictures, and Media9 Creative Works.[4][5] The film was presented by D. Suresh Babu, under Suresh Productions.[6] Sen starred alongside Saloni Mishra, Harshita Gaur, Prashanthi Charuolingah, Uttej, Jeevan Kumar, and Tharun Bhascker. The music was composed by Vivek Sagar with cinematography by Vidya Sagar Chinta and ediitng by Ravi Teja Girijala. The film released on 31 May 2019 to negative reviews.

Plot

This is a story about the undesirable outcome that awaits a man with uncontrollable aggression. Das is a young man from Falaknuma, who lives with his mother and sister. He always hangs with his gang of childhood friends, who have been together since grade school. Their role models are Shankar Anna and Peg Pandu. As they grow up, they grew fond of them, looking up to them as their mentors. Meanwhile, Das and Tina, his childhood friend, start a relationship. One day, Shankar gets murdered by two gangsters named Ravi and Raju, which devastates Das and his friends. Ravi and Raju go to jail for murder, and the families of Das and his friends encourage them to move on with their lives.

Fast forward a few years, Das breaks up with Tina and gets into a serious relationship with Sakhi, whose parents are staying in Germany. It is very important to Das to have a decent livelihood so that he can look acceptable to Sakhi's parents. He tries his hands in the cable business and moves on to set up a meat shop, mostly consisting of mutton, with Pandu's guidance. But Ravi and Raju, the gangsters, are the wholesale meat suppliers in Faluknama. Das and his gang approach them to get their permission to set up their shop and name it after Shankar. They slowly start building their own business.

Rinku is Raju and Ravi's brother-in-law, and he gets into a fight with Das in a circumstance and wants revenge for it. Meanwhile, due to competition in their line of business, Ravi threatens Das to close his shop and hurls a bomb at his shop. An enraged Das approaches Mallesham to get crude bombs for himself. Pandu mediates with Ravi and Raju to end the fight and have their own respective shops run peacefully, to which they accept. However, Rinku provokes Das and his friends to fight, which results in the death of Rinku's friend, Anish, when Das hurls a bomb meant for Rinku. The whole fiasco ends up with a serious police case, where Rinku is the prime witness. Das breaks up with Sakhi to avoid dragging her into the situation. Zoya, who is Das' friend's sister, starts feeling sympathetic towards Das.

Later, Ravi and Raju accept to make a deal upon which, Das has to pay 20 lakhs INR to withdraw the police case. The rest of the story is about how Das gets out of the situation alive, along with his friends, whilst also surviving assassination attempts from Rinku.

Cast

  • Vishwak Sen as 'Falaknuma' Das
  • Saloni Mishra as Zoya
  • Harshita Gaur as Sakhi
  • Prasanthi Charuolingah as Tina
  • Uttej as Peg Pandu
  • Jeevan Kumar as Shankar Anna
  • Tharun Bhascker as Saidulu
  • Vivek Chepuri as Ravi
  • Sunjit Akkinepally as Raju
  • Bala Parasar as Das's mother
  • Anmona Chaliha as Das's sister
  • Praneeth Reddy Kallem as Rinku Sharma
  • John Kottoly as Mallesh
  • Sharath Sreerangam as Mahesh
  • Venkatesh Kakumanu as Circuit
  • Sonu Shahnawaz as Filament
  • Laxman Meesala as Laxman
  • Master Aman as Young Das
  • Abhinav Gomatam as Psychiatrist (cameo)

Music

The soundtrack for the film is composed by Vivek Sagar.[7] Lyrics of this film are written by Suddala Ashok Teja, Bhaskarbhatla Ravikumar and Kittu Vissapragada.

Falaknuma Das
Soundtrack album by
Vivek Sagar
Released2019
Recorded2019
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length21:02
LabelSony Music India
ProducerVivek Sagar
Vivek Sagar chronology
Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi
(2018) 		Falaknuma Das
(2019) 		Brochevarevarura
(2019)
Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Paye Paye"Shiva Nagulu, Rahul Sipligunj4:38
2."Dasu Bindasu"Kailash Kher4:41
3."Arerey Manasa"Sid Sriram5:02
4."Falaknuma Mama"Jassie Gift4:12
5."Tum Miley Ho"Kailash Kher2:33

Release

The film is released on 31 May 2019.[8]

Critical reception

Falaknuma Das received negative reviews from critics.[9] Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Falaknuma Das is like eating mutton biryani. The aroma and taste knocks you out for sometime, and once you get used to the flavour, it loses the very charm that made you crave for it".[10] Neeshita Nyayapati Of The Times Of India gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and wrote "The biggest drawback of Falaknuma Das is the lack of structure in its narrative, for it does show potential by shining through in the most unsuspecting moments with its subtle humour".[11]

Krishna Sripada of The News Minute gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Falaknuma Das is a realistic crime drama that revolves around a testosterone-driven, eternally animalistic, mindless bunch of toxic men forever courting trouble".[12] Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu wrote "A gritty story, native narrative and great performances make ‘Falaknuma Das’ an interesting watch".[13]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result Ref.
South Indian International Movie Awards 18 September 2021 Best Debut Director – Telugu Vishwak Sen Nominated [14]
Best Debut Producer – Telugu Vanmaye Creations Nominated
Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu Sid Sriram (for "Aarerey Manasa") Nominated

References

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  2. ^ Chowdhary, Y Sunita (19 February 2019). "With native flavour". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Vishwak Sen is Falaknuma Das". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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  7. ^ Saumya (19 February 2019). "Falaknuma Das, Paye Song - Vivek Sagar Delivers Mass With Confidence". Mirchi9.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Falaknuma Das to release on May 31". The Indian Express. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Falaknuma Das First Day Box Office Report". The Hans India. June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Surprisingly, the film opened to negative reviews and disaster talk from one and all. The critics gave poor ratings for the movie.
  10. ^ "Falaknuma Das movie review: Telugu remake of Angamaly Diaries is true to its world, but unfair to its characters". Firstpost. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  11. ^ "FALAKNUMA DAS MOVIE REVIEW". The Times Of India. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  12. ^ "'Falaknuma Das' review: Realistic but unsatisfying crime drama". The News Minute. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  13. ^ "'Falaknuma Das' review: entertaining, with an undercurrent of dark humour". The Hindu. 31 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  14. ^ Reddy, Sandeep (7 August 2021). "SIIMA Awards 2021: హైదరాబాద్‌ వేదికగా సెప్టెంబర్‌ లో సైమా అవార్డ్స్". www.hmtvlive.com (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

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