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Rangasthalam
రంగస్థలం
Rangasthalam release date: 30 March 2018 (theatres). Directed by Sukumar; starring Ram Charan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Jagapati Babu.
- Film release
- 30 March 2018 · All 2018 films
- Director
- Sukumar
- Music
- Devi Sri Prasad
- Production
- Mythri Movie Makers
- Writing credits
- Sukumar
- Runtime
- 174 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
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Film release: 30 March 2018 · all 2018 Telugu films.
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Rangasthalam (meaning “Stage” or “Theatre”) is a 2018 Telugu-language period action drama written and directed by Sukumar and produced by Y. Naveen, Y. Ravi Shankar and C. V. Mohan for Mythri Movie Makers. It stars Ram Charan and Samantha, with Jagapathi Babu, Naresh, Prakash Raj, Aadhi Pinisetty and Anasuya Bharadwaj. Released on 30 March 2018 to strong reviews, it became Ram Charan’s highest-grossing film until RRR and is among the highest-grossing Telugu films.
Story
In the 1980s village of Rangasthalam, Chittibabu, a partly deaf, resilient and quick-tempered young man, earns his living pumping water to the fields. The village is controlled by its long-serving president, Phanindra Bhupathi, whose co-operative society exploits farmers with crushing interest rates and land seizures. When Chittibabu’s elder brother, Kumar Babu, returns from the Gulf and decides to challenge Bhupathi, the brothers are drawn into a dangerous political struggle, while Chittibabu pursues his romance with Ramalakshmi. The film’s turns are best left for viewers.
Cast
- Ram Charan as Chittibabu
- Samantha as Ramalakshmi
- Jagapathi Babu as Phanindra Bhupathi, the village president
- Aadhi Pinisetty as Kumar Babu
- Anasuya Bharadwaj as Rangammatha
- Prakash Raj and Naresh in key roles; Brahmaji as a tehsildar
- Pooja Hegde in the song “Jigelu Rani”
Development
After Nannaku Prematho, Sukumar offered his cinematographer R. Rathnavelu a choice of two stories; Rathnavelu chose the rural drama and suggested setting it in the past. Mythri Movie Makers agreed to produce in October 2016, and production began on 26 February 2017 under the working title RC11; the title Rangasthalam 1985 was later shortened. The budget, according to the source, was ₹60 crore. Ram Charan played the partially deaf hero with a beard and a Godavari accent, and was styled by his sister Sushmita Konidela, while Samantha spent time with village women near Rajahmundry to prepare.
Filming
One of the first Indian films shot entirely on Red Helium 8K cameras, it was filmed from April 2017 to March 2018, mostly on a village set built in Hyderabad, with about ten percent shot around Rajahmundry and the Godavari region. Rathnavelu chose a muted, earthy palette. Devi Sri Prasad composed the songs and score and Naveen Nooli edited the film.
Release and legacy
Critics praised Sukumar’s writing and the ensemble, especially Ram Charan and Jagapathi Babu, though some found it long. According to the source it grossed ₹216 crore. It won the National Film Award for Best Audiography and the Telangana Gaddar Award for Second Best Feature Film, was dubbed into Kannada as Rangasthala in 2019, and was named by Film Companion among the 25 greatest Telugu films of the decade.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Trailer from the official YouTube channel of Mythri Movie Makers, published 18 Mar 2018.
Cast of Rangasthalam (2018)
- Ram Charan as Chelluboyina Chitti Babu
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Ramalakshmi
- Jagapati Babu as Phanindra Bhupathi
- Naresh as Koteswara Rao
- Aadhi Pinisetty as Chelluboyina Kumar Babu
- Anasuya
- Prakash Raj as Dakshina Murthy
- Rohini as Gantham
- Pooja Hegde
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Muralidhar Goud
- Prudhvi Raj
- Rajiv Kanakala
- Benarjee
- Getup Srinu as Kashi's Brother
- Brahmaji as Election Committee BDO
- Shatru as Kashi
- Chatrapathi Sekhar as Ganapathi
- Ajay Ghosh as Sheshu Naidu
- Noel Sean as Erra Srinu
Also in the cast (TMDB): Anasuya Bharadwaj as Kolli Rangammatta, Mahesh Achanta as Mahesh, Annie as Chittibabu's sister, Satya as Veera Babu, Pujita Ponnada as Padma, Banerjee as Dr. Sitaram, Amit Sharma as Srimannarayana, Rajeev Kanakala as Rangamma's husband.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
What critics said
The article describes positive reviews, with particular praise for Sukumar's writing and the ensemble performances, and criticism of the slow pace and near three-hour runtime.
- Baradwaj Rangan called it an “unusual masala movie” whose big moments arise naturally from the screenplay.
- Indo-Asian News Service (Subhash K. Jha) called it a film from the heart and praised Ram Charan and Jagapathi Babu.
- The Hindu (Sangeetha Devi Dundoo) likened it to a novel with a rooted dialect, and saw it as the defining film for both Sukumar and Ram Charan.
- The Times of India (Neeshita Nyayapati) called Ram Charan's performance “stupendous”.
- The Indian Express (Manoj Kumar R) described a well-crafted film made with honesty and regard for the audience.
- Firstpost (Hemanth Kumar) admired Sukumar's writing and the explosive climax.
Box office: the article reports ₹43.8 crore globally at opening and a global gross of ₹90.5 crore at a later point in its run.
Summarised by Tollywood Desk from the reception section of the Wikipedia article Rangasthalam (revision 1376027441), which cites the reviews named above. Quotation marks show words quoted in that article; no ratings or scores are added here.
Source record: Q29832413 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.