Rocky: The Revenge
Rocky: The Revenge also simply known as Rocky which was earlier titled as Rocky: The Hero is a 2019 Indian Tamil dog-centric action crime thriller drama film written and directed by popular Bollywood filmmaker K. C. Bokadia in his Tamil directorial debut.[1] The film casts Srikanth in the main lead role as a cop along with two German Shepherd dogs.[2] Eshanya Maheshwari, Sayaji Shinde, Nassar, OAK Sundar, and Brahmanandam play supporting roles. The film is scheduled to be released on 12 April 2019 as a Summer release alongside another dog oriented concept film Watchman. The film's story is loosely based and inspired from 1985 Bollywood film Teri Meherbaniyan which was also directed by K. C Bokadia himself.[3] Teri Meherbaniyan was a remake of the Kannada film Thaliya Bhagya which had earlier been remade in Tamil as Nandri. This film was released in Telugu as Namaste Nestama.[4]
Rocky: The Revenge | |
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Directed by | K. C. Bokadia |
Produced by | Haresh Vikram Vijayakumar |
Starring | Srikanth Eshanya Maheshwari Nassar Sayaji Shinde OAK Sundar |
Music by | Bappi Lahiri |
Cinematography | Azmal Khan |
Release date | 12 April 2019 |
Running time | 152 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Cast
- Srikanth as ACP Santhosh
- two German Shepherd dogs as Rocky
- Eshanya Maheshwari as Santhosh's wife
- Sayaji Shinde as MLA Thenappan
- Nassar as Police Commissioner P. Selvam
- OAK Sundar as Paandi
- Brahmanandam as Dog Trainer
- Karate Raja as Police Officer
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Chammak Chandra
Production
The venture was announced by prominent figure in Bollywood industry K. C Bokadia in 2018 who has produced in excess of 50 Hindi films in his career.[3] The portions of the film were shot and set in Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Udaipur and Kulu Manali.
Soundtrack
Marketing
The official teaser of the film was unveiled on 8 April 2019 and indicating the film release on 12 April.[5]
Plea
The filmmakers were made aware of a plea at the Madras High Court regarding the change of film title during early April 2019.[6] The plea suggested to not to use the term Rocky in the film title as another completed Tamil film which is on the frontline to have its theatrical release also possess the same name. The filmmakers initially announced the film title as Rocky before commencing principal photography and then after the conclusion of the filmmaking the director renamed the title as Rocky The Hero for temporal reason. However the teaser of the film revealed the title as Rocky The Revenge.[6]
References
- Rocky:The Revenge Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes, retrieved 9 April 2019
- Subramanian, Anupama (2 April 2019). "Srikanth back as a cop in Rockky". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "Bollywood's Bokadia ventures into Tamil film world with 'Rocky'". News Today | First with the news. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- https://telanganatoday.com/filmmaker-bokadia-experiments-in-telugu-with-namaste-nestama
- "Rocky The Revenge: ஸ்ரீகாந்த் போலீசாக நடித்துள்ள ராக்கி தி ரிவென்ச் படத்தின் டீசர்!-tamil-music-videos-Video | Samayam Tamil". tamil.samayam (in Tamil). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- "Plea to restrain filmmaker from using 'Rocky' title for Tamil movie". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2019.