Released · Telugu film · 2014
Race Gurram
రేసుగుర్రం
Race Gurram release date: 11 April 2014 (theatres). Directed by Surender Reddy; starring Allu Arjun, Shruti Haasan and Saloni Aswani.
- Film release
- 11 April 2014 · All 2014 films
- Director
- Surender Reddy
- Music
- S. Thaman
- Production
- Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions
- Writing credits
- Vakkantham Vamsi, Surender Reddy
- Runtime
- 163 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
No streaming platform is on file for this film.
Film release: 11 April 2014 · all 2014 Telugu films.
Source: the film’s Wikipedia article, checked 25 September 2026. It does not name a streaming platform or date; this page says so rather than guessing.
Race Gurram (meaning “Race Horse”) is a 2014 Telugu-language action comedy co-written and directed by Surender Reddy and produced by Nallamalupu Srinivas (Bujji) under Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Productions. It stars Allu Arjun and Shruti Haasan, with Shaam and Ravi Kishan in supporting roles. Released on 11 April 2014 to positive reviews, it was Allu Arjun’s first film to gross over ₹100 crore and the highest-grossing Telugu film of that year.
Story
Ram and Lakshman, known as Lucky, are brothers who could not be more different: Ram is an upright police officer, Lucky an unemployed, carefree young man who is always at odds with him. Ram is determined to stop Siva Reddy, a mercenary turned politician, from contesting the coming elections. Lucky, meanwhile, falls for Spandana, an industrialist’s daughter who has been taught never to show her emotions, and sets out to change her. When the brothers’ feud and Ram’s fight against Siva Reddy collide, Lucky is pulled into far bigger trouble than he bargained for.
Cast
- Allu Arjun as Lucky
- Shruti Haasan as Spandana
- Shaam in a supporting role
- Ravi Kishan as the antagonist, in his Telugu debut
- Brahmanandam as a police officer who works alongside Allu Arjun’s character
- Saloni as the second heroine
- Pavitra Lokesh as Allu Arjun’s character’s mother
Making the film
The project was reported in September 2012 and launched on Vijayadasami, 24 October 2012, at Ramanaidu Studios in Hyderabad, with Chiranjeevi giving the first clap and V. V. Vinayak directing the first shot. It was Allu Arjun’s first film with Surender Reddy and composer S. Thaman. Samantha was first approached for the female lead before Shruti Haasan was cast. Principal photography ran from 13 May 2013 to 22 February 2014, in Hyderabad, Ramoji Film City, Norway, Switzerland and Italy. Manoj Paramahamsa was the cinematographer and Gautham Raju the editor, and the actor Sunil provided a voice-over.
Release and box office
Race Gurram was released worldwide on 11 April 2014 to positive reviews. According to the source it earned a distributor’s share of ₹59.4 crore, making it the highest-grossing Telugu film of the year, and became Allu Arjun’s first film to gross over ₹100 crore.
Awards
The film won Filmfare Awards South for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Playback Singer – Male. Brahmanandam’s comic role won him the Nandi Award for Best Comedian and the SIIMA Award for Best Comedian – Telugu.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Cast of Race Gurram (2014)
- Allu Arjun as Allu Lakshman Prasad / Lucky
- Shruti Haasan as Spandana
- Saloni Aswani as Shweta
- Shaam as A.C.P Allu Ram Prasad IPS
- Prakash Raj as Bheem Prakash
- Ravi Kishan as Heavy Industries Minister Maddali Shiva Reddy
- Brahmanandam as Inspector Kill Bill Pandey
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Tanikella Bharani as Dasaradh Prasad
- Raghu Babu as Thief
- Srinivasa Reddy as Lucky's friend
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Ali as Dr. Bali MBBS
- Posani Krishna Murali as Home Minister Govardhan
- Sayaji Shinde as Chief Minister
- Thagubothu Ramesh as Lucky's friend
- Pavitra Lokesh as Lucky and Ram's mother
- Pragathi
- Mukesh Rishi as Peddi Reddy
- Jaya Prakash Reddy
- Kota Srinivasa Rao as Hanumayya
- Duvvasi Mohan
- M. S. Narayana as Teashop Owner
- Giri Babu
- Narsing Yadav
- Ramjagan
Also in the cast (TMDB): Jayaprakash Reddy as J.P., Satya Krishnan as TV Reporter, Vikram Sahidev as Young Lucky, Pragathi Mahavadi as Spandana's mother, Rajeev Kanakala as Rajeev, Venkateswara Rao Paruchuri as Sameer's father.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
Reviews cited in the article saw it as a well-packaged commercial entertainer, with Allu Arjun and Brahmanandam's comedy as the highlights.
- The Times of India called it the ideal Tollywood masala package, with the right doses of entertainment, brotherly love and Brahmanandam.
- Sify described a regular commercial entertainer in which Allu Arjun and Brahmanandam's Kill Bill Pandey steal the show.
- Idlebrain.com praised Allu Arjun, Brahmanandam, the cinematography and the second-half screenplay, but faulted the eccentric villain and uneven tempo.
- The Hindu described an out-and-out Allu Arjun family entertainer with action, comedy and a generous amount of his dancing.
Box office: the article reports ₹54.31 crore nett in four weeks, the biggest hit of Allu Arjun's career at the time.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Race Gurram (revision 1374841022), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
Source record: Q7278904 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.