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Daaku Maharaaj

2025 · 147 min

A loud, bruising revenge saga that swings between tender grandfather-granddaughter moments and brutal, blood-soaked confrontations.

Directed by: K.S. Ravindra
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bobby Deol, Pragya Jaiswal

Overview: A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.

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Directed by: K.S. Ravindra
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bobby Deol, Pragya Jaiswal

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
justice
corruption
family
power
Places: countryside
small town
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	8
Horror	3
Humour	3
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: action, crime, drama, thriller
Directed by: K.S. Ravindra
Written by: Hari Mohana Krishna, Vineeth Potluri, K. Chakravarthy Reddy
Starring: Nandamuri Balakrishna, Bobby Deol, Pragya Jaiswal, Shraddha Srinath, Vedha Agarwal, Makrand Deshpande, Sachin Khedekar, Chandini Chowdary
Music: S. Thaman
Cinematography: Vijay Kartik Kannan
Runtime: 147 min
Country: India
Languages: Telugu

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