Nannaku Prematho

Abhiram is the youngest son of London-based businessman Subrahmanyam, who quits his job and starts his own company, K.M.C Pipes and Canals and he completes his company's first project in Spain. He learns that his father is suffering from pancreatic cancer and has roughly a month or more to live. Subrahmanyam reveals his name as Ramesh Chandra Prasad, who was once London's richest entrepreneur, who lost all his wealth because of a cunning man, Krishna Murthy Kautilya, who made his worldwide business empire cheating Ramesh Chandra. He was then forced to change his name to Subrahmanyam and got rich again after years of work. Subrahmanyam requests his three sons to take revenge on his behalf.

Subramanyam's first son lies to him that he has filed a lawsuit against Krishna Murthy to pacify him, but Abhiram ends up taking matters into his own hands. He sets 30 days to bring down Krishna Murthy and hires three youngsters who are shown to love their fathers dearly. He targets Krishnamurty's daughter Divyanka aka Divya to reach him. Divya reappropriates Abhiram's feelings after saving her from kidnapping and spending every last penny of their family bank balance to buy her a ₹25 crore (US$3.1 million) worth of painting. Abhiram meets Krishnamurty at Divya's birthday party, but Krishna Murthy turns out to be aware of Abhiram's intentions. Subrahmanyam gets admitted to the hospital as his condition turns critical.

Abhiram's brothers cut ties with him after they come to know that Abhiram wasted their property on the painting. Krishna Murthy plants a bug in Abhiram's lair, because of which he discovers their plans, and Divya too learns of Abhiram's intentions and breaks up with him. Krishna Murthy had grabbed the People Oil and Natural Gas project, which is one of the largest oil and gas bases in Europe belonging to a businessman Kapil Sinha in Spain, to where he goes with Divya. Abhiram follows them with his group but gets kidnapped by Divya's henchman. She does so as she wants to find his plans of ruining her father. Abhiram regains Divya's love and also gets her to meet her mother in prison, whom she had not met since she was 4 years old, and revealed her mysterious dream.

Krishnamurthy had planted drugs in their bag during one of their travels, but the airport security find the bag with Divya's mother when Krishna Murthy and Divya were in the washroom. Krishna Murthy leaves his wife to save himself and his daughter. Divya begins to loathe Krishna Murthy. Krishna Murthy, under the guise of Abhiram, sends a false message to Abhiram's elder brother Vamsi that his father had died. Vamsi rushes to the hospital to meet Abhiram who says that he did not send any message. His brother becomes furious. Immediately, Abhiram receives a bouquet sent by Krishna Murthy where he finds a deathstalker in it and gets bitten by it. Krishna Murthy sends some clues to Abhiram to find the antidote which is not available in any pharmacy. In a series of events, the lives of all, Abhiram and his brothers, are endangered. Abhiram finds the antidote and saves his brothers but Abhiram gets arrested in a medical drug case. His elder brother bails him out and Abhiram's brothers patch up with him.

Meanwhile, it turns out that the painting gifted to Krishna Murthy had a camera in it and that Abhiram was also aware of Krishna Murthy's plans. Abhiram accesses Krishna Murthy's bank number, transferring ₹40,000 crore (US$5.0 billion) to his family account.

It is also revealed that the People Oil and Natural Gas land that Krishna Murthy grabbed was no real gas land, and the gas there was given by tunnels planted by Abhiram's KMC company: Krishna Murthy Mosam Chese company (lit. 'Cheating Krishna Murthy Company'). Kapil is revealed to be Satpal Singh, Subrahmanyam's ex-adviser and best friend, who had been supporting Abhiram since the beginning. Krishna Murthy becomes of the same condition as Ramesh Chandra Prasad and absconds and changes his identity to Subrahmanyam. Divya and her mother move in with Abhiram's family, but sadly, Ramesh Chandra succumbs to his disease and dies. Abhiram still does not cry as he thinks that his father will go the day he cries.

Music of this film was composed by Devi Sri Prasad, who collaborated for the fifth time with both Jr. NTR and Sukumar. The audio rights were bought by Junglee Music.[14]

After the death of Satyamurthy, Prasad's father and former film screenplay and story writer, the album was dedicated to the former in an audio launch ceremony on 27 December 2015.[15]

For the fifth time in his career, Jr. NTR lent his vocals for a jazz-style number called Follow Follow.

Behindwoods.com gave the soundtrack 4 out of 5 stars, stating that " Nannaku Prematho is a fun album with ample dose of trendy as well as mass numbers with a tinge of experimentation. All in all, it is another winner in the combo of Sukumar- DSP!".[16] Another film news website, Indiaglitz.com, also rated the album 3 out of 5 stars and stated that "Devi Sri Prasad, Sukumar and NTR are an exciting combination. This album brings out this uniqueness in its choice of lyrics. It is not vintage DSP at his best. All that you can expect from this album is good dose of energy and verve, DSP-style, NTR-style".[17] 123telugu.com quoted this album as a "different album from the crazy combo" and finally stated that "On the whole, the audio of Nannaku Prematho is quite different from Devi Sri Prasad’s regular albums. Even though the tunes are not in the regular commercial format, they are elevated well by some meaningful and catchy lyrics."[18]

The overseas theatrical distribution rights were acquired by CineGalaxy Inc. for ₹6.2 crores.[19] RansiTech Solutions Ltd. bagged the UK distribution rights in late October 2015[20] "Reliance" Raghu of Shantha Pictures acquired the Ceded distribution Rights for ₹7.2 crores. This is the highest price offered to any movie in this region after Baahubali: The Beginning, which was bought for ₹13 crores.[21]

Nannaku Prematho grossed ₹68.5 crore (US$8.6 million) worldwide in the first nine days.[22] By the end of its second week had grossed ₹80 crore (US$10 million).[23]

Times of India rated the film 3.5/5, and wrote, "(The flaws) should be no reason to miss this film because Nannaku Prematho is like a delectable serving of dessert with a hint of tang. The flavour may seem out of place initially because you aren’t used to it. But if you try it with an open mind, you’d probably savour it."[24]

Idlebrain.com gave it 3.25/5 and wrote, "The underlying emotion of father-son gets fused in the complex screenplay and the mind games between hero and villain. It’s a great effort by Sukumar in terms of screenplay and logic. On a whole, Nannaku Prematho is a commendable and extraordinary concept thriller made on grand scale."[25]

Business Standard stated that NTR, particularly, needs to be lauded for not playing to the gallery and choosing to work with a director who isn't afraid to go against the tide. This is precisely why you want to appreciate Sukumar, who, by all means, could have safely made a regular commercial potboiler. But he didn't, and that's what differentiates him from other filmmakers as he made this film an action thriller with memorable twists. "Nannaku Prematho", on the whole, isn't a bad film as it was made even more sensibly.[26]

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