Vangaveeti (film)

Vangaveeti
Kaapu Kaase Shakthi
Directed by	Ram Gopal Varma
Produced by	Dasari Kiran kumar
Written by	Chaithanya Prasad Radha Krishna
Screenplay by	Ram Gopal Varma
Story by	Ram Gopal Varma
Based on	Vijayawada Gang Warfare
Starring	Sandeep Kumar Vamsi Nakkanti Vamsi Chaganti Naina ganguly Kautilya Shritej
Narrated by	Ram Gopal Varma
Music by	Ravi Shankar
Cinematography	Rahul Srivastav K. Dilip Varma Surya Chowdhary
Edited by	Siddhartha Thatholu
Production company	Bad-Cow films
Distributed by	Ramadutha Creations A.K.S. Global Media LLC
Release date	23 December 2016[1]
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹8 crore (US$1.1 million)
Box office	₹12 crore (US$1.7 million)

Vangaveeti is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language biographical action film^[2] written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma.^[3][4] The film is based on the life of politician Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, and his elder brother Vangaveeti Radha Krishna and their altercation with communist dominated Vijayawada of the 1970s-80s Andhra Pradesh.^{[5][3][6][7][8]}

The film stars debutantes, Sandeep Kumar as Vangaveeti Radha and Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, Vamsi Nakkanti as Chalasani Venkata Ratnam, Kautilya as Devineni Gandhi, Shritej as Devineni Nehru, Vamsi Chaganti as Devineni Murali, and Naina Ganguly as Ratna Kumari.^[5][9] The theatrical trailer of the film was released on October 2, 2016 in Hyderabad,^[3] and the film was released on December 23, 2016.^[5][10] Upon release the film received positive reviews,^[11][5] and made decent openings at the box office.^[6][12][13]

Plot

Set up in the 1970s Vijayawada, Vangaveeti Ranga's elder brother, Vangaveeti Radha also known as "Bustand Radha" (played by Sandeep Kumar in dual role), gets associated with Communist Party of India, secretary for Vijayawada, Venkata Rathnam (played by Vamsi Nakkanti). After few years, conflicts arise between Venkata Rathnam, and Vangaveeti Radha, to get a hold on Vijayawada transport business, dominated by the followers of Venkata Rathnam.

In 1972, Venkata Rathnam is murdered by Vangaveeti Radha and his supporters. These events in turn leads to the retaliation by rival group, and the murder of Vangaveeti Radha. Upon the death of Vangaveeti Radha, his brother Mohana Ranga takes over the leadership of United independent Organization with the support of student union leaders Devineni Gandhi (played by Kautilya), and Devinei Nehru (played by Shritej)

However, leadership issues and power struggles between politically powerful Mohana Ranga, and the Devineni Family leads to the splitting of United independent organization, and in retaliation Mohana ranga's associate's murder Devineni Gandhi in 1979. At this juncture, Mohana Ranga's political career begins in 1981, when he contests in the municipal election when the Indian National Congress Party withdrew its official candidate in his favor. Later, his rival in the district, Nehru, gets sponsored by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which was dominated by the Kamma caste, while Ranga becomes a leader of the Kapu community. Ranga becomes an MLA for the Congress Party in 1985; Nehru becomes a TDP MLA, and eventually a minister.

Starting in 1983 both leaders implicate themselves in gang warfare, which was fed by caste rivalry between Kamma and Kapu; while N. T. Rama Rao (played by unknown actor) was at the time the first Kamma Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. In 1988, Devineni Nehru's younger brother, Devineni Murali (played by Vamsi Chaganti) is murdered by Mohana Ranga's associates in retaliation for his killings of few Rangas associates. Subsequently, while on a hunger strike demanding greater personal protection in connection with him being accused of complicity in Devineni Murali and Devineni Gandhi's murders, a group of men led by political rivals in the region, attack Mohana Ranga's camp in the early hours of December 25, 1988.

Cast

• Sandeep as Vangaveeti Radha & Vangaveeti Ranga (Dual role)
• Vamsi Nakkanti as Chalasani Venkata Ratnam
• Kautilya as Devineni Gandhi
• Shritej as Devineni Nehru
• Vamsi Chaganti as Devineni Murali
• Naina Ganguly as Ratna Kumari w/o Vangaveeti Ranga
• Surya Chowdary as Gaja
• kalyan krishna as member of radha gang

Co- directors

• Goutham rachiraju
• Teja marni

Soundtrack

The Music Was Composed By Rawi Shanqar and Released by Mango Music.

See also

• Gaayam, a 1993 action film based on Vijaywada Gang Warfare, directed by Ram Gopal Varma
• Gaayam 2, a 2010 sequel to Gaayam, directed by Praveen Sri
• Bejawada, a 2011 action film directed by Vivek Krishna

References

External links

• Vangaveeti on IMDb