Thimmarusu

<p>The film begins with a man handing taxi driver Aravind, a police informant, a video of suspicious activity. Later that night, a man named Vasu drives across the road to see Aravind dead. Vasu is arrested by corrupt cop Bhupati Raju, who beats him up and frames him. 8 years later, once Vasu gets out on parole, Ramachandra, a lawyer takes up his case. Producers Mahesh S. Koneru and Yarabolu Srujan announced the film in early September 2020. It is Sharan’s second directorial after (2018). Principal photography of the film was started in October 2020. The producers of the film announced in December 2020 that filming was nearing completion as they were projecting a release in January 2021. In an interview to , Satyadev said that the filming was completed in 39 days within a single schedule [ ]. The film’s original story writer was constantly in contact during the production. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo felt that, in the story, was used by the character Ramachandra, by which he tries to look at the crime from different points of views. In an article published by , Hemanth Kumar wrote that the filmmaker draws parallels between historic figures (here, it is ) and present-day lawyers. Sibi Jeyya felt that the of the film, Ramachandra, has similar characteristic features, when compared to . He further said that Sharan Koppisetty has taken much inspiration from the , written by . and is composed by . The music rights were sold to Mango Music label. First single of the album, “The Thimmarusu”, was released on 16 July 2021. The song was written by Kittu Vissapragada and features vocals of , Jyotsna Pakala, Ambika Sashittal and . The film was earlier scheduled to release on 21 May 2021, which later was postponed due to . On 8 July 2021, it was announced that the film will be releasing on 30 July 2021. The same month, the film was certified by the for its release in India. The film’s digital rights were sold to and the film is set to premiere on 28 August 2021. Praising the performance of various actors, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of wrote that “‘Thimmarusu’, the Telugu remake of the Kannada film ‘Birbal’, is tauter and leverages the strengths of its lead man, Satya Dev”. called it a “convoluted thriller” and commented that “the storyline doesn’t always hold up or hold your interest all through as the narrative feels inconsistent and never fully satisfying. At times snail-paced and repetitive, the story takes its own sweet time to unfold”. Writing for , Sravan Vanaparthy stated: ” is an earnest attempt and thrills in most parts, but is otherwise let down by a contrived screenplay and a hurried climax” and gave a rating of three out of five. too rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote that “Satyadev’s performance, Brahmaji’s humor, story, and twists are major highlights of this film”. A critic of praised the film’s cinematography, editing and music. He further added that the is a decent crime thriller with a unique backdrop and engrossing screenplay. wrote that “With better writing, ‘Thimmarusu’ would have been a winner.” In its opening day, the film collected a distributors’ share of 0.56 crore.</p>