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Uppu Kappurambu
ఉప్పు కప్పురంబు
Uppu Kappurambu release date: 4 July 2025 (theatres). Directed by Ani I. V. Sasi; starring Keerthy Suresh and Suhas.
- Film release
- 4 July 2025 · All 2025 films
- Director
- Ani I. V. Sasi
- Music
- Sweekar Agasthi
- Production
- Ellanar Films
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
Streaming now on Prime Video; no start date is on file (the platform does not publish one).
Film release: 4 July 2025 · all 2025 Telugu films.
Tracker check recorded: 11 November 2026, 16:05 IST. This timestamp alone does not establish a fresh, direct platform check; see the source below.
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Uppu Kappurambu (“Salt and Camphor”) is a 2025 Telugu comedy drama directed by Ani I. V. Sasi from a screenplay by Vasanth Maringanti, about a village that runs out of space in its cemetery. It stars Keerthy Suresh and Suhas, runs 136 minutes, and went straight to streaming: it premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 4 July 2025.
What the story is about
In a fictional village, the local cemetery has run out of burial space, and nobody knows where the next person to die will be laid to rest. The film follows the uproarious situations that arise as the villagers come together to find a creative solution, mixing satire with sentiment.
Cast and characters
- Keerthy Suresh in the lead role
- Suhas as Chinna
- Babu Mohan as Bheemayya and Shatru as Madhubabu
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Subbaraju and Talluri Rameswari as Kondamma
- Duvvasi Mohan as Malli Babai and Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Shanmukham
- Rana Daggubati as the narrator (voice only)
Crew and music
- Director: Ani I. V. Sasi; screenplay: Vasanth Maringanti
- Production: Ellanar Films; distributed by Amazon MGM Studios
- Music and background score: Sweekar Agasthi
Amazon Prime Video first announced the film in March 2024. It was shot in 28 days.
Reception
Uppu Kappurambu was well reviewed, with critics praising its premise, tone and performances. BH Harsh of Cinema Express rated it 4 out of 5, and Sruthi Ganapathy Raman of The Hollywood Reporter India praised Vasanth Maringanti’s screenplay and characters. The Times of India (3.5/5) called Suhas’s performance a standout but found the pacing sluggish. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu saw “an intriguing premise and flashes of brilliance” undone by inconsistent execution, and The Hans India called it “an unconventional film that walks the fine line between satire and sentiment”. As a direct-to-streaming release, it has no theatrical box office.
Where to watch Uppu Kappurambu
Uppu Kappurambu streams on Amazon Prime Video, where it premiered on 4 July 2025.
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Sources: the Wikipedia article on Uppu Kappurambu and the reviews it summarises; our own cast, crew, release and OTT records.
Cast of Uppu Kappurambu (2025)
- Keerthy Suresh as Apoorva
- Suhas as Chinna
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Duvvasi Mohan as Malli Babai
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Shanmukham
- Subhalekha Sudhakar as Subbaraju
- Babu Mohan as Bheemayya
- Shatru as Madhu Babu
Also in the cast (TMDB): Rameshwari Talluri as Kondamma, Ravi Teja Nannimala as Tingarodu, Vishnu Oi as Mic-Man, Prabhavathi Varma as Padmamma, Rana Daggubati as Narrator.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q135321377 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.