Disco Raja(2020)
Telugu122 mins
Disco Raja (2020) is a 122-minute Telugu film directed by VI Anand. Starring Nabha Natesh, Payal Rajput and Ravi Teja. With a rating of 6.5/10 reflecting mixed audience reception and a hit verdict at the box office.
Director:VI Anand
Mood:
darksuspensefulemotional
Where to watch:
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Sun Nxt
- OTT Release Date
- 24 January 2020
- Theatrical Release
- 24 January 2020
- Director
- VI Anand
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 2h 2m
- Rating
- 6.5/10
Storyline
A man is found frozen and brain-dead. When revived, he has no memory of his past. He must recover his memories to find out who tried to kill him.
“Frozen in time. Hunted by his past.”
Film Details
6.5Rating
122Minutes
TeluguLanguage
Release Date24 January 2020
Parental Guide
Violence
High
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
High
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
darksuspensefulemotional
Themes
revengeidentitysurvivalcorruption
Toneintense
Pacingnon-linear
Complexityrequires-attention
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withwith-partner
Violence4
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
Nabha NateshActress
→#2Payal RajputActress
→#3Ravi TejaActor
→#4Bobby SimhaSupporting Actor
→#5M
Mahesh AchantaSupporting Actor
→#6A
AnnapurnaSupporting Actress
→#7Raghu BabuSupporting Actor
→#8R
Rakesh RachakondaSupporting Actor
→#9Rajsekhar AningiMLA Kuppu Swamy
→#10RamkiSupporting Actor
→#11V
VI AnandDirector
→Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Disco Raja
Cast reunions in this film: Raghu Babu & Vennela Kishore (16 films together), Raghu Babu & Satyam Rajesh (15 films together), Thaman & Vennela Kishore (9 films together), Sunil & Raghu Babu (7 films together), Sunil & Vennela Kishore (6 films together), and Thaman & Raghu Babu (6 films together).
Trivia
- The film's plot was inspired by real-life cryonics, the science of freezing bodies for future revival.
- Director Vi Anand initially planned to make this film in 2017 but delayed it to refine the visual effects.
- Ravi Teja performed many of his own stunts in the action sequences, including a high-speed car chase.
- The movie's soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman, who recorded parts of the score with a live orchestra in Chennai.
- A special prosthetic makeup team worked for hours to create the frozen, aged look for Ravi Teja's character.
- The film's climax was shot in a single schedule at a specially constructed set resembling a cryonics lab.
- Despite its sci-fi theme, the story includes references to classic Telugu revenge dramas of the 1980s.