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oi-Sruthi Hemachandran
By Filmibeat Desk
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Nandamuri
Balakrishna’s
latest
release
Akhanda
has
fallen
prey
to
piracy.
The
film
which
released
on
Disney+
Hotstar
on
January
21
(Friday)
has
been
leaked
on
platforms
and
websites
including
Telegram,
Tamilrockers,
Movierulz
and
others.
The
sudden
leak
of
the
film
might
now
affect
its
viewership
on
the
streaming
platform.
Well,
Akhanda
is
not
the
first
Telugu
film
to
get
leaked
on
the
aforementioned
piracy
based
websites.
Earlier,
films
like
Paagal,
Love
Story,
Most
Eligible
Bachelor,
Vakeel
Saab
and
SR
Kalyana
Mandapam
also
fell
prey
to
piracy.
The
film
was
released
in
theatres
on
December
2.
With
an
ensemble
cast
including
Pragya
Jaiswal,
Jagapathi
Babu,
Srikanth,
Shamna
Kasim
(Poorna),
Avinash,
Subbaraju,
P
Sai
Kumar,
Sravan
and
Prabhakar,
Akhanda
has
story
written
by
Boyapati
Srinu,
while
the
dialogues
are
penned
by
M
Ratnam.
Directed
by
Srinu,
the
film
has
been
garnering
positive
response
from
the
audiences.
Despite
being
a
non-holiday
release
and
having
a
tough
competition
with
Malayalam
actor
Mohanlal’s
Marakkar:
Arabikadalinte
Simham,
the
film
is
having
a
dream
run
at
the
theatres
and
has
already
set
the
cash
registers
ringing.
Balayya’s
astounding
acting
chop
is
one
of
the
highlights
of
the
masala
entertainer.
Akhanda
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Review:
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Up!
Akhanda
has
been
backed
by
Miryala
Ravinder
Reddy
under
Dwaraka
Creations.
With
music
composed
by
S
Thaman,
the
film
has
cinematography
and
editing
carried
out
by
C
Ram
Prasad
and
Kotagiri
Venkateswara
Rao
respectively.
The
film’s
first
single
was
‘Adigaa
Adigaa’ was
released
on
September
18.
The
Balakrishna-starrer’s
other
songs
are
‘Akhanda
Title
Track’
and
‘Jai
Balayya’.
Distributed
by
Pen
Studios,
the
film’s
songs
have
been
released
under
Lahari
Music
Company.
The
entertainer
marks
Boyapati
Srinu’s
third
collaboration
with
Balakrishna
after
Simha
and
Legend.
