Released · Telugu film · 2018
Kavacham
కవచం
Kavacham release date: 7 December 2018 (theatres). Directed by Sreenivas Mamilla; starring Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Kajal Aggarwal and Mehreen Pirzada.
- Film release
- 7 December 2018 · All 2018 films
- Director
- Sreenivas Mamilla
- Music
- S. Thaman
- Production
- Vamsadhara Creations
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
No streaming platform is on file for this film.
Film release: 7 December 2018 · all 2018 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.
Kavacham (transl. Armour) is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action thriller directed by Sreenivas Mamilla in his debut. It stars Bellamkonda Sreenivas, Neil Nitin Mukesh in his Telugu debut, Kajal Aggarwal, Mehreen Pirzada and Harshvardhan Rane. Released on 7 December 2018, it was, according to the source, a commercial failure.
Story
Set in Vizag, the film follows Vijay, an honest police inspector who falls for Samyukta, a café waitress. When he is framed for a kidnapping, he becomes a fugitive and must race against time to clear his name and catch the real culprit.
Cast
- Bellamkonda Sreenivas as Inspector Vijay
- Kajal Aggarwal as Samyukta, Vijay’s love interest
- Mehreen Pirzada as Lavanya, a young woman Vijay rescues
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Vikramaditya Varma
- Harshvardhan Rane as Aravindh
- Posani Krishna Murali, Mukesh Rishi and Harish Uthaman in supporting roles
Production
Producer Chaganti Santaiah announced the film as the first under his new banner, Vamsadhara Creations. Kajal Aggarwal was cast as the heroine. Naveen Chandra was first cast as the main villain but was replaced by Neil Nitin Mukesh. S. Thaman composed the music.
Release
The film opened on 7 December 2018. A Hindi dubbed version, Inspector Vijay, was released on YouTube in April 2019.
Reception
The Hindu said a sliver of a story was buried under efforts to build a star image. The Times of India gave it 2 out of 5 and advised the lead actor to look beyond style and stunts. The Indian Express gave it 1 out of 5, calling it a star vehicle with nothing fresh and criticising how thinly the heroines were written.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of Aditya Music, published 2 Dec 2018.
Cast of Kavacham (2018)
- Bellamkonda Sreenivas
- Kajal Aggarwal as Samyukta Chaganti
- Mehreen Pirzada as Lavanya
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Vikramaditya Varma
- Mukesh Rishi as Mahendra Varma
- Harshvardhan Rane as Aravindh
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Ajay as Ajay Bhupati
- Posani Krishna Murali as Chintakayala Aavesam
- Harish Uthaman as Sarath Chandra
- Satyam Rajesh as Constable P. Sudarshan
Also in the cast (TMDB): Bellamkonda Srinivas as Vijay, Apoorva Srinivasan as Vaishnavi, Kalyani Natarajan as Vijay's Mother, Prabhas Sreenu as Seenu.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q60737847 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.