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Lucky Baskhar
లక్కీ భాస్కర్
Lucky Baskhar release date: 31 October 2024 (theatres). Directed by Venky Atluri; starring Dulquer Salmaan, Meenakshi Chaudhary and Sai Kumar.
- Film release
- 31 October 2024 · All 2024 films
- Director
- Venky Atluri
- Writing credits
- Venky Atluri
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
Streaming on Netflix since 28 November 2024.
Film release: 31 October 2024 · all 2024 Telugu films.
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Lucky Baskhar is a 2024 Telugu-language black comedy heist drama written and directed by Venky Atluri and produced by Sithara Entertainments, Fortune Four Cinema and Srikara Studios. Dulquer Salmaan plays the title role, with Meenakshi Chaudhary, Tinnu Anand, P. Sai Kumar, Ramki and Sachin Khedekar. Released on 31 October 2024 to acclaim, it became the most successful film of Dulquer Salmaan’s career and won Venky Atluri a National Film Award for its dialogue.
Story
In 1992 Bombay, bank employee Baskhar Kumar is detained by the CBI and questioned about embezzlement linked to a securities fraud. Through flashbacks, often addressed directly to the audience, the film shows how, three years earlier, he was a low-paid cashier at a private bank, struggling with debt and humiliation to support his family, and how he began to use his knowledge of the system to make money in increasingly risky ways.
Cast
- Dulquer Salmaan as Baskhar Kumar
- Meenakshi Chaudhary
- Tinnu Anand, P. Sai Kumar, Ramki and Raghu Babu
- Sachin Khedekar, Sarvadaman D. Banerjee and Y. Kasi Viswanath
Production
After Vaathi, Venky Atluri narrated the script to Dulquer Salmaan, and Sithara Entertainments announced the project on 15 May 2023; the title was revealed on 28 July 2023. Principal photography began in Hyderabad on 4 October 2023. G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the music, Nimish Ravi was the cinematographer and Naveen Nooli the editor.
Release
After several changes of date, the film was released worldwide on 31 October 2024, for Diwali, along with Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi dubs. It began streaming on Netflix on 28 November 2024.
Reception and awards
Critics praised it widely: The Times of India called it a captivating period crime thriller, India Today credited the director’s attention to detail and the performances, and The Hindu praised the balance between financial scam and relationships and called Dulquer Salmaan superb. According to the source it grossed ₹111 crore, his first film to cross ₹100 crore. It won the Telangana Gaddar Award for Third Best Feature Film, and Venky Atluri won the National Film Award for Best Dialogue at the 72nd National Film Awards.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of Netflix India, published 26 Nov 2024.
Cast of Lucky Baskhar (2024)
- Dulquer Salmaan as Baskhar Kumar
- Meenakshi Chaudhary as Sumathi Kumar
- Sai Kumar as CBI Officer Lakshman
- Raghu Babu as Beggar
- Sarvadaman D. Banerjee as Prahalad Kumar
- Sachin Khedekar as Vinod Bhosle
- Tinnu Anand as Rajveer Lokhande
- Ramki as Anthony
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Hyper Aadi
- Sudha as Sumathi's Mother
- Y. Kasi Viswanath as Athish Kulkarni
- Sivannarayana Naripeddi as Narayana
- Surya Srinivas as Sandeep Chatterjee
- Rajkumar Kasireddy as Samba
Also in the cast (TMDB): Maanasa Chaudhary as Mona, Kalyani Raju as Ramya Dikshit (RBI Director), Maganti Srinath as Suraj, Gayatri Bhargavi as Latha, Rithvik as Karthik, Micky Makhija as Himanshu Roy, Charan Lakkaraju as Bhaskar's Brother, Ananya Sharma as Bhaskar's Sister, Hyper Adhi as Small time Businessman, Mahesh Achanta as Worker at Share Market, Prabhas Sreenu as Visa Consultant, Mathew Varghese as S. Hariharan (General Manager of Katari Bank).
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
The article describes critical acclaim, with praise for Venky Atluri's writing and Dulquer Salmaan's performance.
- The Times of India (Paul Nicodemus) called it a captivating period crime thriller about ambition and resilience.
- Times Now (Sashidhar Adivi) praised its blend of emotion and clever financial themes.
- India Today (Janani K) credited Venky Atluri's attention to detail and superlative performances.
- The Hindu (Sangeetha Devi Dundoo) said it balances a financial scam story with relationships, “headlined by a superb Dulquer Salmaan”.
Box office: the article notes it became Dulquer Salmaan's first film to reach the ₹100 crore mark.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Lucky Baskhar (revision 1375531471), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
Source record: Q125453590 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.