Kaliyugam Pattanamlo

Kaliyugam Pattanamlo is a 2024 Telugu crime thriller written and directed by debutant Ramakhanth Reddy, starring Vishva Karthikeya in a double role as twin brothers, with Aayushi Patel, Chitra Shukla, Anish Kuruvilla and Devi Prasad. It was produced by Kandula Chandra Obul Reddy, Gaddam Maheswara Reddy and Katam Ramesh under the Raamaa Creations banner, according to Filmibeat. Its release on 29 March 2024 was a confused one, as explained below.

What the story is about

As OTTPlay and The South First set it up, Vijay and Sagar are twin brothers in the town of Nandyal. As a boy, Sagar shows psychological problems and his father puts him in psychiatric care, while Vijay grows up leading a normal life. Meanwhile a series of mysterious murders shakes the town, and a police officer, Prabhakar, sends a daring cop, Shivangi, to Nandyal to catch whoever is behind them, as CineJosh describes. The film keeps the question of who the real culprit is for its interval twist, so we will stop there.

Cast and crew

• Vishva Karthikeya as Vijay and Sagar
• Aayushi Patel
• Chitra Shukla as Shivangi, a police officer
• Anish Kuruvilla as Prabhakar, a police officer
• Devi Prasad as the twins’ father
• Rupa Lakshmi and Narain Ram

Writer-director: Ramakhanth Reddy. Music: Ajay Arasada. Cinematography: Charan Madhavaneni. Editing: Garry BH.

A muddled release

Filmibeat reported that the film hit screens on 29 March 2024 “amid zero expectations and low-key buzz”, and reviews appeared the same day. But on 30 March The South First reported a statement from the team that, “due to unavoidable reasons”, the release was stalled and a new date would be announced. In that report the director also said the producer Obul Reddy, who runs educational institutions, let them shoot at his schools and properties in Kadapa and Hyderabad, and announced a sequel, Kaliyugam Nagaramlo.

Reviews

OTTPlay called it a social drama with “passable thrills” that becomes interesting from the pre-interval episode but is let down by its slow pace; it praised Vishva Karthikeya’s double role and called Aayushi Patel “a surprise package”. The South First found the first half slow but credited the twists around the interval. CineJosh was harsher, calling it “a rather routine and predictable entertainer” with a weak second half, despite a well-meant message about drugs, parenting and children’s mental health. We have not found box-office figures from a named outlet.

Where to watch Kaliyugam Pattanamlo

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Sources: OTTPlay, The South First, CineJosh and Filmibeat, linked above. Kaliyugam Pattanamlo has no Wikipedia article; every fact on this page comes from those outlets or our own records.