Kathanam(2019)
Kathanam (2019) is a 117-minute Telugu film directed by Rajesh Nadendla. The film features Anasuya Bharadwaj, Vennela Kishore and Srinivas Avasarala. With a rating of 2.0/10 and a hit verdict at the box office.
Kathanam is streaming on Amazon Prime Video and aha since 9 August 2019.
Where to watch:Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, aha
- OTT Release Date
- 9 August 2019
- Theatrical Release
- 9 August 2019
- Director
- Rajesh Nadendla
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rating
- 2.0/10
Storyline
A filmmaker writes a script, but then the characters in her story start dying in real life. She must figure out what is happening as her fiction becomes a dangerous reality.
“When her script kills, reality writes the horror.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Kathanam
Cast reunions in this film: Srinivas Avasarala & Vennela Kishore (6 films together), Vennela Kishore & Anasuya Bharadwaj (6 films together), Vennela Kishore & Dhanraj Sukhram (3 films together), Sampoornesh Babu & Srinivas Avasarala (2 films together), and Vennela Kishore & Satish Muthyala (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film's director Rajesh Nadendla was a former assistant to director V.V. Vinayak.
- The movie was shot in just 21 days on a very tight budget.
- Actress Anu Emmanuel, who plays the lead, also starred in the Telugu film 'Majnu'.
- The plot's concept of fictional characters dying was compared to the Hollywood film 'Stranger Than Fiction'.
- It was one of the few Telugu thrillers in 2019 to feature a female protagonist as a filmmaker.
- The film had a limited theatrical release and later gained attention on streaming platforms.
- The title 'Kathanam' translates to 'Story' in English, reflecting its meta-narrative theme.
