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Skanda
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Skanda release date: 28 September 2023 (theatres). Directed by Boyapati Srinu; starring Ram Pothineni, Sreeleela and Saiee Manjrekar.
- Film release
- 28 September 2023 · All 2023 films
- Director
- Boyapati Srinu
- Music
- S. Thaman
- Production
- Zee Studios
- Writing credits
- Boyapati Srinu
- Runtime
- 167 min
- Language
- Telugu
OTT release
Streaming on JioHotstar. Historical OTT date: 2 November 2023 (before JioHotstar launched).
Film release: 28 September 2023 · all 2023 Telugu films.
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Skanda is a 2023 Indian Telugu-language action drama directed by Boyapati Srinu and produced by Srinivasaa Chitturi under Srinivasaa Silver Screen with Zee Studios. Ram Pothineni plays a dual role, alongside Sreeleela, Saiee Manjrekar, Srikanth and Sharath Lohithaswa. Released on 28 September 2023 to mixed-to-negative reviews, it underperformed and, according to the source, was a box-office failure.
Story
The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh arranges his daughter’s wedding, but the son of the Telangana Chief Minister runs off with the bride, turning the two leaders into bitter enemies. Meanwhile, a college student, Bhaskar Raju, kidnaps both chief ministers’ daughters and takes them to his home town. The kidnappings turn out to be linked to Rudrakanti Ramakrishna Raju, a company chief awaiting execution in prison.
Cast
- Ram Pothineni as Manikanta Bhaskar Raju and Skanda
- Sreeleela as Sreeleela Reddy, Bhaskar Raju’s love interest
- Saiee Manjrekar as Parineeta “Ammulu”, Skanda’s love interest
- Srikanth as Rudrakanti Ramakrishna Raju
- Sharath Lohithaswa as Ranjith Reddy, Chief Minister of Telangana
- Babloo Prithiveeraj as Pradeep Malhotra
Production
The film was announced on 18 February 2022 as BoyapatiRAPO, and a muhurtam puja was held in Hyderabad on 1 June 2022. Sreeleela was cast in October 2022, her first film with Ram, and the title Skanda was revealed on 3 July 2023. Shooting began at Ramoji Film City on 6 October 2022 and wrapped in August 2023. Santosh Detake was the cinematographer, Tammiraju the editor and A. S. Prakash the production designer.
Music and release
Thaman S composed the music, his fourth film with Ram and third with Boyapati. The film was brought forward from 20 October to 28 September 2023 and later premiered on Disney+ Hotstar. Its Hindi dubbed version passed 100 million views on YouTube.
Reception
Critics praised the lead performances, stunts and background score, but faulted the story, political satire, excessive violence and loudness. The Times of India gave it 2 out of 5, and Cinema Express and OTTplay gave it 1.
Sources: Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Cast of Skanda (2023)
- Ram Pothineni as Bhaskar Raju / Unknown Assassin
- Sreeleela as Sreeleela
- Saiee Manjrekar as Parineeta Raju
- Srikanth as Rudrakanti Ramakrishna Raju
Additional cast
Further acting credits recorded for this film; voice-only and dubbing credits are excluded.
- Ravi Prakash
- Babloo Prithiveeraj
- Indraja as Bharathi
- Prabhakar as Chinnappa
- Prince Cecil as Sanjay
- Gautami Tadimalla as Lakshmi Raju
Also in the cast (TMDB): Sharath Lohitashwa as Ranjith Reddy, Ajay Purkar as Rayudu, Raja as Manikanta Raju.
Character names as listed on TMDB, checked 10 Oct 2026.
Source record: Q121094718 on Wikidata. Dates are those on record and can change; this is not a studio announcement. Spotted an error? Send a correction.