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Maharshi (2019 film)

April 23, 2023

Maharshi (transl. Great sage) is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action drama film[10][11] directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Sri Venkateswara Creations, Vyjayanthi Movies, and PVP Cinema. It stars Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde and Allari Naresh. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film was released on 9 May 2019.[12]

Maharshi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVamshi Paidipally
Written by
  • Vamshi Paidipally
  • Hari
  • Ahishor Solomon
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyK. U. Mohanan
Edited byPraveen K. L.
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
companies
Distributed byGreat India films (USA)
Release date
  • 9 May 2019 (2019-05-09)[1]
Running time
178 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget₹100–130 crore[a]
Box office₹175–200 crore[b]

Maharshi received mixed reviews from critics.[13] Although cast performances, action sequences, plot, emotional quotient and technical aspects were praised, the film was criticized for its predictable and lengthy narrative.[14] With a worldwide gross of ₹175–200 crore worldwide, Maharshi is the third highest grossing Telugu film of 2019 and one of the highest-grossing Telugu films.[15] At 67th National Film Awards, Maharshi won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Choreography.[16] The film also won five SIIMA Awards and two Zee Cine Awards Telugu.

Plot

K. Rishi Kumar is announced as the chief executive officer of Origin, a flourishing company based in United States of America. He brings his mother from India to stay with him. Priya, his colleague organizes a party to surprise him, which would be attended by his close childhood friend Kanna, who had not met him for a few years, professor Chandrashekar and college friends. The story flashes back.

Seven years ago, Rishi belonged to a middle-class nuclear family in Hyderabad; his father Satyanarayana, a clerk in a private corporation incurred debts as a result of his low earnings whose 'failure' caused Rishi to be not on good terms with him. Rishi secured an admission to complete his post-graduation in IIET, an esteemed university situated in Vizag and hence had to move. Rishi, his roommate Ravi Shankar and Pooja, all of them being classmates became best friends to each other. Ravi is the son of a poor farmer, whose innocent expectations about his son inspired and in reality, pressured him to aim at getting a well-earning job in America. Ajay, a classmate of them was envious of Rishi as the latter had surpassed him in studies while Pooja, by introducing Rishi to her typical Indian joint family expressed her feelings for him receiving positive response. Ravi failed in first semester examinations while Rishi secured first rank in it. Ravi became depressed when he got two backlogs in first semester examinations but Rishi encouraged him to trust himself and get inspired from his father but not to feel bulldozed by it. During campus placements, Ravi secured a good job making his father, girlfriend Pallavi and the latter's father, a good friend of Ravi's father delighted. Pooja rejected a job at Infosys to be with Rishi in the US as he had thrown an offer for his AI-operating system idea to Origin, which was accepted.

However, Rishi suggested that he and Pooja should put an end to their relationship mutually as he felt that she would become an obstacle to his career and said her is a burden in his heart and hearing that she left. When Ravi tried to apprehend Rishi to not break up with pooja but it led to a fallout between them. As the last semester examinations approached, Rishi was accused of stealing the question papers which was actually a conspiracy engineered by Ajay to stop him from attempting his exams. However, upon getting a clue that proved the allegation against Rishi wrong, the Police let go of him. After completing his examinations, Rishi moved to New York City and rose through ranks becoming a leading executive in Origin. During his presentation about his project, Rishi learnt that his father succumbed to his illness in his sleep and he returned to India, only to realize that his father loved him more than anything and missed him as Rishi barely spoke to him. Rishi remained distraught over not being able to talk to his father heartfully.

At present, Rishi inquires Chandrashekar about Ravi, post which the former discloses that Ravi was rusticated from the university as he had taken the blame for allegation against Rishi to protect him that caused his father to commit suicide. Devastated and guilty and upon being advised by his mother, Rishi takes a long-term leave and flies to India with her and Kanna to take Ravi with him to the USA. He meets Ravi in his native village Ramavaram, protesting alone against a pipeline transport project that requires demolition of Ramavaram. While Pallavi's father, the village's representative who doesn't want to leave the village but is helpless, tries negotiating for fair prices for the land the villagers are supposed to leave, Ravi never wants the project to take place but receives no support for his protest. Rishi, realizing that Ravi would never go with him, decides to get him what he wants. He meets the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, who claims that he is helpless as one of the most influential businessmen, Vivek Mittal is handling the project.

Rishi meets Vivek, requesting him to exclude Ramanavaram but he refuses to oblige. Rishi attracts the media by setting up an office in Ramavaram to manage his schedule and Pooja, a team leader in a reputed Video gaming company is sent along with her colleague to Ramavaram for meeting Rishi and negotiating a collaboration but by making excuses, Rishi asks her and her colleague stay in Ramavaram and work on her video game idea intending to reconcile but Pooja has no intentions of doing so as she was heart broken already and stays there under compulsion. When RIshi divulges to the media that he has set up his office for his friend, the media asks Ravi about his intentions behind refusing to go with Rishi. Ravi reveals his attachment to the native village inspiring several other villagers to take up an initiative to join the protest amassing great attention nationwide. Pallavi's father, who blames Ravi for his father's death is now against his relationship with Pallavi. Upon learning about this, Rishi talks to Pallavi's father making him aware of Ravi's sacrifice post which Pallavi's father decides to accept her relationship with Ravi. Due to this act of him, Pooja decides to reconcile with Rishi while several other villages join the protest.

Vivek, upon sensing trouble due to the protest, arrives at Ramavaram and out of ego, decides to quote a higher compensation attracting a group of people amongst the protestors. As a result, Ravi is stabbed by the henchmen of a neighbouring village's head who is bribed by Vivek but Rishi rescues him from being murdered and he is hospitalized. Vivek, in an interview, accuses Rishi of demanding a share in the project from him and claims that as a result of his rejection, started making use of Ravi. He questions where Rishi was all these years and why Ravi is remembered when he is protesting. Pooja too suspects Rishi's intentions and blames him for Ravi's situation and told he has not change a bit which broke his heart the most and he decided to leave the village. However, his mother encourages Rishi by revealing that Satyanarayana was not a failure, passed his UPSC examinations and got selected for the interview but was arrested for protesting in favour of suppressed farmers leading to him being disqualified but he never regretted and treated it as a failure because it was for a good cause. Rishi goes back to Ramavaram to finish what he started and a farmer inspires him to cultivate. Rishi also leases lands to the farmers encouraging them to get into agriculture quoting a higher price than Vivek. Later, in a press meet, Rishi delivers a heart-wrenching speech about how farmers are mistreated and taken advantage of leading to several suicides. The farmers realize the value of their lands and refuse to go with the pipeline project and Pooja reconciles with Rishi after seeing his speech. Ajay, who has now realized his mistake and is a leading bank official exposes Vivek's fraudulent intentions to evade debts behind initiating the project and acquiring the lands. As a consequence, the project is shelved and Vivek is arrested.

It's time for Rishi to go to the USA back to his job but he decides not to, realizing that his happiness lies in the village and resorts to getting into agriculture.

Cast

Production

Development

After successfully producing three films – Munna (2007), Brindavanam (2010) and Yevadu (2014) – Dil Raju announced his fourth collaboration with Vamshi Paidipally in early 2018, under Sri Venkateswara Creations. The film was launched under the tentative title #SSMB25, before the title Maharshi was confirmed on 9 August 2018.[17] Speaking to Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost about the script writing, Vamshi said "One of the toughest parts while writing the script was adding multiple layers to the protagonist's journey. “We were quite clear that we weren’t going to tell a story. It had to be like a semi-biopic. We didn’t want to treat the character like a hero right from the beginning. It's about a character who becomes a hero in the end".[18]

Filming

After the script work was done for a long time, principal photography of the film began in June 2018. A brief first schedule of the filming took place in Hyderabad, Goa and Dehradun.[19] The team next headed to the United States for a two-month long schedule.[20][21] The major part of the film in the second schedule was shot in New York.[22] After a delay in the U.S. schedule, filming in the region was completed by November 2018.[23]

Soon, the team resumed the shoot in Hyderabad at Ramoji Film City, where a fictional village set was constructed.[24][25] Vamshi initially planned to shoot the film at a real village, but later decided to shoot it in a set, as they realized that controlling the crowd in real places is tough and risky.[26] It was reported that the set was constructed at a cost of ₹8 crore.[27][28] The schedule lasted until the third week of December 2018. The team then took brief break, with Mahesh Babu and his family going to Dubai for a short holiday.[29][30] Filming was resumed in the second week of January 2019.[31] The schedule took place in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, and was completed within the same month.[32][33] The next schedule took place in February 2019.[34] In February Sri Venkateswara Creations announced that the filming would be completed by 15 March 2019, except for two songs.[35] However, the shooting of the film was wrapped up on 18 April 2019.[36][37][38]

Soundtrack

Main article: Maharshi (soundtrack)

The film's soundtrack album and background music were composed by Devi Sri Prasad.[39] All lyrics were written by Sri Mani.[40] The complete soundtrack album was released on 1 May 2019 at the film's pre-release event, where various music artistes performed the songs.[41]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to release on 25 April 2019.[42][43][44][45] On 6 March 2019, Dil Raju announced that the film would be postponed due to delay in the post-production work.[46][47] The film was released theatrically on 9 May 2019.[1] Maharshi was released on 8 May 2019 (a day before its official release in India) across 2500 screens in the United States.[48][49][50] In Bengaluru, the film was released across 400 screens, thus becoming the first Telugu film to have a high screen count, of the time.[51]

On 8 May 2019, a day before the release of the film, a few officers from the Income Tax Department made a raid at Dil Raju's office and his house, in Hyderabad.[52][53]

The film was also dubbed and released in 2020 in Tamil (as Ungalukkaga Oruvan), Kannada (as Veera Maharshi) and Malayalam.[54][non-primary source needed]

Distribution

The film's pre-release business, which includes theatrical, overseas, satellite, digital, music and dubbing rights, were sold for ₹150 crore.[55] The worldwide theatrical rights of the film were sold for ₹100 crore. The region-wise breakdown of the rights are: ₹24 crore (Nizam), ₹12.60 crore (ceded), ₹9.60 (Uttarandhra), ₹7.70 (Guntur) ₹7.20 (East Godavari), ₹6 crore (West Godavari), ₹6 crore (Krishna), ₹2.90 (Nellore) ₹8.3 crore (Karnataka), ₹1.7 crore (rest of India) and ₹14 crore (overseas).[56] Hindi dubbing rights of the film were sold to Goldmines Telefilms for ₹20 crore.[57] The other area-wise distributors are: Narasimha Reddy (ceded region),[58] Great India Films (United States), Southern Star International (Australia and New Zealand),[59] Vintage Creations (East Godavari), Adhitya Films (West Godavari), Phars Film (United Arab Emirates), Sri Venkateswara Creations (Nizam and Uttarandhra), V Movies (Guntur), Rising Star Entertainment (United Kingdom), G3 Movies (Krishna) and Swagath Enterprises (Karnataka).

Marketing

A 43-second video titled #MeetRishi was released on 9 August 2018, coinciding with Mahesh Babu's birthday.[60] The video revealed the character played by Babu in the film.[61] On 10 March 2019, Mahesh Babu shared a few behind-the-scenes pictures in the social media.[62][63] The official teaser of the film titled #JoinRishi was released on Ugadi, 6 April 2019.[64][65][66] To promote the film, a pre-release event was held on 1 May 2019, at People's Plaza, Necklace Road, Hyderabad.[41][67][68] The official trailer and complete audio album of the film were released at the event.[69][70][71] Various music artistes of the soundtrack album performed songs from the film.[72][73] Vijay Deverakonda and Venkatesh were the chief guests of the event.[74][75][76] On 16 May 2019, an interactive event titled Maharshulatho Maharshi was held in Hyderabad, in which Paidipally and Babu had an interaction/interview with the farmers.[77][78] Later, a similar event titled Repati Maharshulatho Maharshi was held, in which both of them interacted with the school students of The Hyderabad Public School.[79] Eight days after the release, an event was held at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, to celebrate the film's success.[80] The event, titled Maharshi Vijayotsavam, was held on 18 May 2019.[81][82] In June 2019, the event Celebrating Maharshi was held at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad, to celebrate the film's 50 day run in 211 movie theaters across India.[83][84]

Home media

The satellite rights of the film were purchased by Sun TV Network for ₹25 crore, and the Telugu version was sold for Gemini TV for ₹16.5 crore.[85] The film's Telugu version television premiere took place on Gemini TV on 6 October 2019, coinciding with Dussehra.[86]

Its premiere on television registered a target rating point (TRP) rating of 9.3,[87] whereas its fifth-time premiere on the channel registered a TRP rating of 10.28.[88] On an average, the TRP ratings of other premieres are also more than 4.[89][90]

The film's digital rights were acquired by Amazon Prime Video for ₹11 crores,[91][92] and it premiered on 3 July 2019, 54 days after the film's theatrical release.[93] The digital and satellite rights of the Tamil and Kannada dubbed versions of the film were acquired by Star India. The Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam dubbed versions of the film premiered on Star Vijay, Star Suvarna and Zee Keralam respectively, on 18 October 2020.

Reception

Critical reception

Maharshi received mixed reviews from the critics who praised the cast performances, action sequences, technical aspects, plot and emotional quotent while criticising the predictable and lengthy narration.[13][14][94] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote, "At the heart of Maharshi is a story that could have been leveraged to make a compelling social drama that also traces the transformative journey of an ambitious man. But there’s a huge gap between what it could have been and what it is".[95] The Times of India's Neeshita Nyayapati gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote that "Watch it not just for Mahesh Babu and Allari Naresh’s performances but also for the story, if you don’t mind all the bells and whistles it comes with. It might not be entertaining all through, thanks to the draggy bits, but its heart is in the right place".[96] Writing for Hindustan Times, Karthik Kumar opined "Maharshi is a problematic film with big ideas but it tugs at heartstrings. Take out the farming sub-plot, Maharshi would’ve been a tiresome watch in which Rishi just won’t shut up with his sermons on success".[97] Sify criticized the film's narration and duration. The reviewer felt that the film has predictable storyline, lacks any shred of originality, the second half is totally unsatisfied and the emotional core is not convincing.[98] Sakshi Post opined that acting performances of Babu and Naresh and the direction are the film's positives, while Devi's soundtrack and poor screenplay are the drawbacks of the film.[99]

News18 stated "Maharshi exudes a sense of comfort and happiness in the midst of the wreckage and targeting".[100] India Today gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "Maharshi has a meaty story in between several sub-plots. If only it was crisp and to the point. If only. Mahesh Babu's Maharshi is not about a business tycoon coming back to his motherland. He has a bigger purpose here".[101] Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost praised cinematography, performances of lead actors and film score, adding: "Maharshi is a well-intentioned drama and has some beautifully written sequences; however, it holds back on a lot of things it wants to say for so long that it makes you feel restless at times".[102] A critic of Deccan Chronicle too praised cinematography, performances of lead actors and film score, giving a rating of three-and-half out of five.[103] Gabbeta Ranjith Kumar of The Indian Express cited the film as "crowd pleaser", giving a final verdict – "Vamshi Paidipally handles an emotionally intense subject well. But, the director could have paid more attention to Maharshi’s run-time. He could have chopped two masala songs which act as speed bumps."[104]

Krishna Sripada of The News Minute gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and opined that the film is "strictly for the fans", writing that "Maharshi has plenty to keep the fans whistling. Naresh's character is well-written, and it is his role that offers the pivotal turning point in the movie. Which makes you wonder why he watches a big chunk of the climax from the sidelines, as if he were there only for emotion-capture, like the relative of a KBC contestant." He further wrote "Prakash Raj, Rao Ramesh and Tanikella Bharani - we have almost lost the art of making our character artists important in giving more and more space to the hero. I mean, come on, even Iron Man concedes space to others. Mahesh does these roles effortlessly and one wonders if there is a pattern behind three successive social-message-based, larger-than-life movies. A change, maybe? One for the actor in him, and not just to please the fans!".[105] Sankeertana Varma of Film Companion opined the same, stating, "Maharshi might just be a delightful movie for a Mahesh Babu fan—after all, it’s mostly him achieving this and that, and running to save people left and right—but for a fan of the movies, it offers nothing."[106]

The Quint also criticized film's weak narration, predictable storyline, while appreciated Vamshi's work and DSP's score composition. About Vamshi's work, the critic wrote "Like Vamshi Paidipalli’s previous film Oopiri, Maharshi oozes with the intense desire to share something of value with the audience. The message that farmers need to be valued. And that youngsters can achieve anything they set their mind to."[107] Murali Krishna CH of The New Indian Express called it "an overlong melodramatic journey," criticizing its runtime. "[T]he journey of Mahesh Babu's Rishi is way too long and demands much patience on our part," he added. In contrast, a critic of The Free Press Journal rated the film four out of five, writing "Maharshi exudes a sense of comfort and happiness in the midst of the wreckage and targeting."[108] Business Standard too gave a rating of 4 out of 5, writing "The first-half with its quaint college is heartwarming without trying to be excessively cute. Mahesh Babu's transformative performance from arrogant conceit to conscientious farmer is arguably his best to date."[109]

Box office

On opening day, the film collected a gross collection of ₹59 crore worldwide. In the Telugu-speaking states of India, it collected a gross collection of ₹33.3 crore[110] and a distributors' share collection of ₹24.6 crore.[111][112][113] On its opening day, the film collected a gross of $511,000 (₹3.57) at the United States box office,[114] AU$100,000 in Australia[115] and ₹23 lakhs in Chennai.[116] In its second day of release, the film earned a distributors' share of ₹32.57 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.[117][118] In three days, the film collected a gross of $1,158,000 at the United States box office.[119]

In the first extended weekend (Thursday release), the film grossed ₹100 crore[120] worldwide and entered the 100 Crore Club.[121][122] By the end of its first weekend, the film had earned a distributors' share collection of ₹3.45 crore in Bengaluru.[123] On the fifth day, it grossed over ₹6 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, totalling ₹75 crore gross and ₹53.45 share, in the region.[124] By the sixth day of its release, it had collected a gross of $1,500,000 in the United States, making it the sixth film to cross the mark in Babu's career.[125] In seven days, it grossed over ₹8 crore at the United Arab Emirates box office.[126] In 11 days, the film collected ₹72.79 crore in Telugu-speaking states (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).[127] By the end of its theatrical run, the film had grossed between ₹187–200 crore worldwide,[6][4][9] while in the international market the film earned a gross collection of ₹25 crore[110] and a distributors' share collection of ₹12.50 crore.[128]

Accolades

Award[c] Date of ceremony[d] Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Cinegoers Association Awards 8 October 2021 Best Movie Sri Venkateswara Creations (Dil Raju) Nominated [129][130]
Best Director Vamshi Paidipally Won
Best Actor Mahesh Babu Nominated
Best Actress Pooja Hegde Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Male Allari Naresh Won
Best Music Director Devi Sri Prasad Nominated
National Film Awards 25 October 2021 Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Producer: Sri Venkateswara Creations
Director: Vamshi Paidipally 		Won [131]
Best Choreography Raju Sundaram Won
Santosham Film Awards 14 November 2021 Best Supporting Actor Allari Naresh Won
Sakshi Excellence Awards 17 September 2021 Most Popular Actor of the Year Mahesh Babu Won [132]
Most Popular Movie of the Year Maharshi Won
Director – Most Inspiring Movie Vamshi Paidipally Won
South Indian International Movie Awards 18 September 2021 Best Film – Telugu PVP Cinema, Vyjayanthi Movies,
Sri Venkateswara Creations 		Nominated [133]
[134]
Best Director – Telugu Vamshi Paidipally Won
Best Actor – Telugu Mahesh Babu Won
Best Actress – Telugu Pooja Hegde Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Telugu Allari Naresh Won
Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu Jagapathi Babu Nominated
Best Music Director – Telugu Devi Sri Prasad Won
Best Lyricist – Telugu Sri Mani – (for "Idhe Kadha Nee Katha") Won
Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu Shankar Mahadevan – (for "Padara Padara") Nominated
Best Cinematographer – Telugu K. U. Mohanan Nominated
Zee Cine Awards Telugu 11 January 2020 Favorite Actor Mahesh Babu Nominated [135]
Best Actor – Male Nominated [136]
Best Actor in Supporting Role Allari Naresh Won [137]
Favourite Actress Pooja Hegde Won

Impact

Although Maharshi received mixed reviews from critics, it was featured on the various year-end best film charts.[138] Hindustan Times considered Allari Naresh's performance in the film as one his five best performances in his career.[139] Several popular personalities in India praised the film including Chiranjeevi,[140][141] Sudheer Babu, AR Murugadoss, Sukumar, Ileana D'Cruz, Harish Shankar, Srinu Vaitla, Karan Johar, Samantha Akkineni, Shruti Haasan.[142][143][144][145] On 14 May 2019, Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu, has lauded the film through his Twitter account, and wrote that "By portraying a rural theme, the film highlights the need for farm conservation and support for the elderly. Maharshi is a remarkable film that everyone needs to watch. It showcases the glory of the rural population and the importance of agriculture."[146][147][148]

After the release of the film, the concept of weekend farming (also known as weekend agriculture) gained more attention.[149][150][151][152] A new internet challenge. i.e. Agriculture Challenge was started, with several people do farming in the weekends.[153] The Statesman reported that the film has created a social impact on the youth and raised awareness about the issues faced by farmers in the rural heartland.[154] In February 2020, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies organized the contest "Campus Farming". 250 students of the university participated in this contest.[155]

At an event in May 2019, Mahesh Babu revealed that the character he played and the film made a huge impact on his life.[156] He further said that "Once you live in a village, it becomes a part of you. Two years ago, when I first heard the script, I was a different man, the film has changed me and helped me reconnect with my roots. I’m a new Mahesh Babu today".[157]

Notes

  1. ^ International Business Times,[3] Sakshi Post[4] and India Today[5] estimate the budget as ₹100 crore while Sakshi Telugu[6] and Deccan Chronicle[7] report the budget to be ₹130 crore
  2. ^ Sakshi Telugu estimates the film worldwide gross to be ₹175 crore.[6] Deccan Herald estimates the film worldwide gross to be over ₹187 crore.[8] Sakshi Post and Hindustan Times estimate worldwide gross to be ₹200 crore.[4][9]
  3. ^ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
  4. ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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maharshi, 2019, film, maharshi, transl, great, sage, 2019, indian, telugu, language, action, drama, film, directed, vamshi, paidipally, produced, venkateswara, creations, vyjayanthi, movies, cinema, stars, mahesh, babu, pooja, hegde, allari, naresh, music, com. Maharshi transl Great sage is a 2019 Indian Telugu language action drama film 10 11 directed by Vamshi Paidipally and produced by Sri Venkateswara Creations Vyjayanthi Movies and PVP Cinema It stars Mahesh Babu Pooja Hegde and Allari Naresh The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad The film was released on 9 May 2019 12 MaharshiTheatrical release posterDirected byVamshi PaidipallyWritten byVamshi PaidipallyHariAhishor SolomonProduced byDil RajuSirishC Aswani DuttPrasad V PotluriParam V PotluriKavin AnneStarringMahesh BabuPooja HegdeAllari NareshCinematographyK U MohananEdited byPraveen K L Music byDevi Sri PrasadProductioncompaniesSri Venkateswara CreationsVyjayanthi MoviesPVP CinemaDistributed byGreat India films USA Release date9 May 2019 2019 05 09 1 Running time178 minutes 2 CountryIndiaLanguageTeluguBudget 100 130 crore a Box office 175 200 crore b Maharshi received mixed reviews from critics 13 Although cast performances action sequences plot emotional quotient and technical aspects were praised the film was criticized for its predictable and lengthy narrative 14 With a worldwide gross of 175 200 crore worldwide Maharshi is the third highest grossing Telugu film of 2019 and one of the highest grossing Telugu films 15 At 67th National Film Awards Maharshi won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Choreography 16 The film also won five SIIMA Awards and two Zee Cine Awards Telugu Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Filming 4 Soundtrack 5 Release 5 1 Distribution 5 2 Marketing 5 3 Home media 6 Reception 6 1 Critical reception 6 2 Box office 7 Accolades 8 Impact 9 Notes 10 References 11 External linksPlot EditK Rishi Kumar is announced as the chief executive officer of Origin a flourishing company based in United States of America He brings his mother from India to stay with him Priya his colleague organizes a party to surprise him which would be attended by his close childhood friend Kanna who had not met him for a few years professor Chandrashekar and college friends The story flashes back Seven years ago Rishi belonged to a middle class nuclear family in Hyderabad his father Satyanarayana a clerk in a private corporation incurred debts as a result of his low earnings whose failure caused Rishi to be not on good terms with him Rishi secured an admission to complete his post graduation in IIET an esteemed university situated in Vizag and hence had to move Rishi his roommate Ravi Shankar and Pooja all of them being classmates became best friends to each other Ravi is the son of a poor farmer whose innocent expectations about his son inspired and in reality pressured him to aim at getting a well earning job in America Ajay a classmate of them was envious of Rishi as the latter had surpassed him in studies while Pooja by introducing Rishi to her typical Indian joint family expressed her feelings for him receiving positive response Ravi failed in first semester examinations while Rishi secured first rank in it Ravi became depressed when he got two backlogs in first semester examinations but Rishi encouraged him to trust himself and get inspired from his father but not to feel bulldozed by it During campus placements Ravi secured a good job making his father girlfriend Pallavi and the latter s father a good friend of Ravi s father delighted Pooja rejected a job at Infosys to be with Rishi in the US as he had thrown an offer for his AI operating system idea to Origin which was accepted However Rishi suggested that he and Pooja should put an end to their relationship mutually as he felt that she would become an obstacle to his career and said her is a burden in his heart and hearing that she left When Ravi tried to apprehend Rishi to not break up with pooja but it led to a fallout between them As the last semester examinations approached Rishi was accused of stealing the question papers which was actually a conspiracy engineered by Ajay to stop him from attempting his exams However upon getting a clue that proved the allegation against Rishi wrong the Police let go of him After completing his examinations Rishi moved to New York City and rose through ranks becoming a leading executive in Origin During his presentation about his project Rishi learnt that his father succumbed to his illness in his sleep and he returned to India only to realize that his father loved him more than anything and missed him as Rishi barely spoke to him Rishi remained distraught over not being able to talk to his father heartfully At present Rishi inquires Chandrashekar about Ravi post which the former discloses that Ravi was rusticated from the university as he had taken the blame for allegation against Rishi to protect him that caused his father to commit suicide Devastated and guilty and upon being advised by his mother Rishi takes a long term leave and flies to India with her and Kanna to take Ravi with him to the USA He meets Ravi in his native village Ramavaram protesting alone against a pipeline transport project that requires demolition of Ramavaram While Pallavi s father the village s representative who doesn t want to leave the village but is helpless tries negotiating for fair prices for the land the villagers are supposed to leave Ravi never wants the project to take place but receives no support for his protest Rishi realizing that Ravi would never go with him decides to get him what he wants He meets the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who claims that he is helpless as one of the most influential businessmen Vivek Mittal is handling the project Rishi meets Vivek requesting him to exclude Ramanavaram but he refuses to oblige Rishi attracts the media by setting up an office in Ramavaram to manage his schedule and Pooja a team leader in a reputed Video gaming company is sent along with her colleague to Ramavaram for meeting Rishi and negotiating a collaboration but by making excuses Rishi asks her and her colleague stay in Ramavaram and work on her video game idea intending to reconcile but Pooja has no intentions of doing so as she was heart broken already and stays there under compulsion When RIshi divulges to the media that he has set up his office for his friend the media asks Ravi about his intentions behind refusing to go with Rishi Ravi reveals his attachment to the native village inspiring several other villagers to take up an initiative to join the protest amassing great attention nationwide Pallavi s father who blames Ravi for his father s death is now against his relationship with Pallavi Upon learning about this Rishi talks to Pallavi s father making him aware of Ravi s sacrifice post which Pallavi s father decides to accept her relationship with Ravi Due to this act of him Pooja decides to reconcile with Rishi while several other villages join the protest Vivek upon sensing trouble due to the protest arrives at Ramavaram and out of ego decides to quote a higher compensation attracting a group of people amongst the protestors As a result Ravi is stabbed by the henchmen of a neighbouring village s head who is bribed by Vivek but Rishi rescues him from being murdered and he is hospitalized Vivek in an interview accuses Rishi of demanding a share in the project from him and claims that as a result of his rejection started making use of Ravi He questions where Rishi was all these years and why Ravi is remembered when he is protesting Pooja too suspects Rishi s intentions and blames him for Ravi s situation and told he has not change a bit which broke his heart the most and he decided to leave the village However his mother encourages Rishi by revealing that Satyanarayana was not a failure passed his UPSC examinations and got selected for the interview but was arrested for protesting in favour of suppressed farmers leading to him being disqualified but he never regretted and treated it as a failure because it was for a good cause Rishi goes back to Ramavaram to finish what he started and a farmer inspires him to cultivate Rishi also leases lands to the farmers encouraging them to get into agriculture quoting a higher price than Vivek Later in a press meet Rishi delivers a heart wrenching speech about how farmers are mistreated and taken advantage of leading to several suicides The farmers realize the value of their lands and refuse to go with the pipeline project and Pooja reconciles with Rishi after seeing his speech Ajay who has now realized his mistake and is a leading bank official exposes Vivek s fraudulent intentions to evade debts behind initiating the project and acquiring the lands As a consequence the project is shelved and Vivek is arrested It s time for Rishi to go to the USA back to his job but he decides not to realizing that his happiness lies in the village and resorts to getting into agriculture Cast EditMahesh Babu as K Rishi Kumar a US based businessman Pooja Hegde as Pooja Mahalakshmi Rishi s love interest Allari Naresh as Ravi Shankar Rishi s best friend Jagapathi Babu as Vivek Mittal a Mumbai based businessman Kaikala Satyanarayana as Trivikram Pooja s paternal grandfather Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kasthuri Ram Pooja s maternal grandfather Prakash Raj as K Satyanarayana Rishi s father Jayasudha as Yashoda Rishi s mother Meenakshi Dixit as Priya Ananya as Pallavi Ravi s love interest Nassar as Chief Minister Jaidev Das Sai Kumar as Ramesh Pallavi s father Rao Ramesh as Chandrasekhar Roy Rishi s professor Mukesh Rishi as MP Bhanu Prasad Ajay s father Tanikella Bharani as Shivaan Shankar Ravi s father Posani Krishna Murali as Murali Krishna Vivek s supporter Srinivasa Reddy as Ramakrishna Rishi s personal assistant Vennela Kishore as Kanna Rishi s childhood friend Kamal Kamaraju as S Ajay Babu Rishi s college mate Brahmaji as Babu Pooja s manager Rajiv Kanakala as Farmer Prudhviraj as Journalist Anish Kuruvilla as Venkatraman the college dean Ravi Prakash as Police Officer Vidyullekha Raman as Sunamwari Pooja s friend Meenakshi Dixit as Nidhi Jhansi as TV Host Annapoorna as Devi Pooja s grandmother Sameer as Interview Panel Member Randhir Gattla as Rahul Anand as District Collector of Ramavaram Shanoor Sana Sivannarayana as Jaikant Pooja s uncle Divi Vadthya as Geetha Sravan as Shravan Ishika Varma Patricia Pinto Nicholas Pinto Ashrita Vemuganti Getup Srinu as a villager in Ramavaram Mahesh Achanta as a villager in RamavaramProduction EditDevelopment Edit After successfully producing three films Munna 2007 Brindavanam 2010 and Yevadu 2014 Dil Raju announced his fourth collaboration with Vamshi Paidipally in early 2018 under Sri Venkateswara Creations The film was launched under the tentative title SSMB25 before the title Maharshi was confirmed on 9 August 2018 17 Speaking to Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost about the script writing Vamshi said One of the toughest parts while writing the script was adding multiple layers to the protagonist s journey We were quite clear that we weren t going to tell a story It had to be like a semi biopic We didn t want to treat the character like a hero right from the beginning It s about a character who becomes a hero in the end 18 Filming Edit After the script work was done for a long time principal photography of the film began in June 2018 A brief first schedule of the filming took place in Hyderabad Goa and Dehradun 19 The team next headed to the United States for a two month long schedule 20 21 The major part of the film in the second schedule was shot in New York 22 After a delay in the U S schedule filming in the region was completed by November 2018 23 Soon the team resumed the shoot in Hyderabad at Ramoji Film City where a fictional village set was constructed 24 25 Vamshi initially planned to shoot the film at a real village but later decided to shoot it in a set as they realized that controlling the crowd in real places is tough and risky 26 It was reported that the set was constructed at a cost of 8 crore 27 28 The schedule lasted until the third week of December 2018 The team then took brief break with Mahesh Babu and his family going to Dubai for a short holiday 29 30 Filming was resumed in the second week of January 2019 31 The schedule took place in Pollachi Tamil Nadu and was completed within the same month 32 33 The next schedule took place in February 2019 34 In February Sri Venkateswara Creations announced that the filming would be completed by 15 March 2019 except for two songs 35 However the shooting of the film was wrapped up on 18 April 2019 36 37 38 Soundtrack EditMain article Maharshi soundtrack The film s soundtrack album and background music were composed by Devi Sri Prasad 39 All lyrics were written by Sri Mani 40 The complete soundtrack album was released on 1 May 2019 at the film s pre release event where various music artistes performed the songs 41 Release EditThe film was originally scheduled to release on 25 April 2019 42 43 44 45 On 6 March 2019 Dil Raju announced that the film would be postponed due to delay in the post production work 46 47 The film was released theatrically on 9 May 2019 1 Maharshi was released on 8 May 2019 a day before its official release in India across 2500 screens in the United States 48 49 50 In Bengaluru the film was released across 400 screens thus becoming the first Telugu film to have a high screen count of the time 51 On 8 May 2019 a day before the release of the film a few officers from the Income Tax Department made a raid at Dil Raju s office and his house in Hyderabad 52 53 The film was also dubbed and released in 2020 in Tamil as Ungalukkaga Oruvan Kannada as Veera Maharshi and Malayalam 54 non primary source needed Distribution Edit The film s pre release business which includes theatrical overseas satellite digital music and dubbing rights were sold for 150 crore 55 The worldwide theatrical rights of the film were sold for 100 crore The region wise breakdown of the rights are 24 crore Nizam 12 60 crore ceded 9 60 Uttarandhra 7 70 Guntur 7 20 East Godavari 6 crore West Godavari 6 crore Krishna 2 90 Nellore 8 3 crore Karnataka 1 7 crore rest of India and 14 crore overseas 56 Hindi dubbing rights of the film were sold to Goldmines Telefilms for 20 crore 57 The other area wise distributors are Narasimha Reddy ceded region 58 Great India Films United States Southern Star International Australia and New Zealand 59 Vintage Creations East Godavari Adhitya Films West Godavari Phars Film United Arab Emirates Sri Venkateswara Creations Nizam and Uttarandhra V Movies Guntur Rising Star Entertainment United Kingdom G3 Movies Krishna and Swagath Enterprises Karnataka Marketing Edit A 43 second video titled MeetRishi was released on 9 August 2018 coinciding with Mahesh Babu s birthday 60 The video revealed the character played by Babu in the film 61 On 10 March 2019 Mahesh Babu shared a few behind the scenes pictures in the social media 62 63 The official teaser of the film titled JoinRishi was released on Ugadi 6 April 2019 64 65 66 To promote the film a pre release event was held on 1 May 2019 at People s Plaza Necklace Road Hyderabad 41 67 68 The official trailer and complete audio album of the film were released at the event 69 70 71 Various music artistes of the soundtrack album performed songs from the film 72 73 Vijay Deverakonda and Venkatesh were the chief guests of the event 74 75 76 On 16 May 2019 an interactive event titled Maharshulatho Maharshi was held in Hyderabad in which Paidipally and Babu had an interaction interview with the farmers 77 78 Later a similar event titled Repati Maharshulatho Maharshi was held in which both of them interacted with the school students of The Hyderabad Public School 79 Eight days after the release an event was held at Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh to celebrate the film s success 80 The event titled Maharshi Vijayotsavam was held on 18 May 2019 81 82 In June 2019 the event Celebrating Maharshi was held at Shilpakala Vedika Hyderabad to celebrate the film s 50 day run in 211 movie theaters across India 83 84 Home media Edit The satellite rights of the film were purchased by Sun TV Network for 25 crore and the Telugu version was sold for Gemini TV for 16 5 crore 85 The film s Telugu version television premiere took place on Gemini TV on 6 October 2019 coinciding with Dussehra 86 Its premiere on television registered a target rating point TRP rating of 9 3 87 whereas its fifth time premiere on the channel registered a TRP rating of 10 28 88 On an average the TRP ratings of other premieres are also more than 4 89 90 The film s digital rights were acquired by Amazon Prime Video for 11 crores 91 92 and it premiered on 3 July 2019 54 days after the film s theatrical release 93 The digital and satellite rights of the Tamil and Kannada dubbed versions of the film were acquired by Star India The Tamil Kannada and Malayalam dubbed versions of the film premiered on Star Vijay Star Suvarna and Zee Keralam respectively on 18 October 2020 Reception EditCritical reception Edit Maharshi received mixed reviews from the critics who praised the cast performances action sequences technical aspects plot and emotional quotent while criticising the predictable and lengthy narration 13 14 94 Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu wrote At the heart of Maharshi is a story that could have been leveraged to make a compelling social drama that also traces the transformative journey of an ambitious man But there s a huge gap between what it could have been and what it is 95 The Times of India s Neeshita Nyayapati gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and wrote that Watch it not just for Mahesh Babu and Allari Naresh s performances but also for the story if you don t mind all the bells and whistles it comes with It might not be entertaining all through thanks to the draggy bits but its heart is in the right place 96 Writing for Hindustan Times Karthik Kumar opined Maharshi is a problematic film with big ideas but it tugs at heartstrings Take out the farming sub plot Maharshi would ve been a tiresome watch in which Rishi just won t shut up with his sermons on success 97 Sify criticized the film s narration and duration The reviewer felt that the film has predictable storyline lacks any shred of originality the second half is totally unsatisfied and the emotional core is not convincing 98 Sakshi Post opined that acting performances of Babu and Naresh and the direction are the film s positives while Devi s soundtrack and poor screenplay are the drawbacks of the film 99 News18 stated Maharshi exudes a sense of comfort and happiness in the midst of the wreckage and targeting 100 India Today gave 2 5 out of 5 stars stating Maharshi has a meaty story in between several sub plots If only it was crisp and to the point If only Mahesh Babu s Maharshi is not about a business tycoon coming back to his motherland He has a bigger purpose here 101 Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost praised cinematography performances of lead actors and film score adding Maharshi is a well intentioned drama and has some beautifully written sequences however it holds back on a lot of things it wants to say for so long that it makes you feel restless at times 102 A critic of Deccan Chronicle too praised cinematography performances of lead actors and film score giving a rating of three and half out of five 103 Gabbeta Ranjith Kumar of The Indian Express cited the film as crowd pleaser giving a final verdict Vamshi Paidipally handles an emotionally intense subject well But the director could have paid more attention to Maharshi s run time He could have chopped two masala songs which act as speed bumps 104 Krishna Sripada of The News Minute gave a rating of 3 out of 5 and opined that the film is strictly for the fans writing that Maharshi has plenty to keep the fans whistling Naresh s character is well written and it is his role that offers the pivotal turning point in the movie Which makes you wonder why he watches a big chunk of the climax from the sidelines as if he were there only for emotion capture like the relative of a KBC contestant He further wrote Prakash Raj Rao Ramesh and Tanikella Bharani we have almost lost the art of making our character artists important in giving more and more space to the hero I mean come on even Iron Man concedes space to others Mahesh does these roles effortlessly and one wonders if there is a pattern behind three successive social message based larger than life movies A change maybe One for the actor in him and not just to please the fans 105 Sankeertana Varma of Film Companion opined the same stating Maharshi might just be a delightful movie for a Mahesh Babu fan after all it s mostly him achieving this and that and running to save people left and right but for a fan of the movies it offers nothing 106 The Quint also criticized film s weak narration predictable storyline while appreciated Vamshi s work and DSP s score composition About Vamshi s work the critic wrote Like Vamshi Paidipalli s previous film Oopiri Maharshi oozes with the intense desire to share something of value with the audience The message that farmers need to be valued And that youngsters can achieve anything they set their mind to 107 Murali Krishna CH of The New Indian Express called it an overlong melodramatic journey criticizing its runtime T he journey of Mahesh Babu s Rishi is way too long and demands much patience on our part he added In contrast a critic of The Free Press Journal rated the film four out of five writing Maharshi exudes a sense of comfort and happiness in the midst of the wreckage and targeting 108 Business Standard too gave a rating of 4 out of 5 writing The first half with its quaint college is heartwarming without trying to be excessively cute Mahesh Babu s transformative performance from arrogant conceit to conscientious farmer is arguably his best to date 109 Box office Edit On opening day the film collected a gross collection of 59 crore worldwide In the Telugu speaking states of India it collected a gross collection of 33 3 crore 110 and a distributors share collection of 24 6 crore 111 112 113 On its opening day the film collected a gross of 511 000 3 57 at the United States box office 114 AU 100 000 in Australia 115 and 23 lakhs in Chennai 116 In its second day of release the film earned a distributors share of 32 57 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana 117 118 In three days the film collected a gross of 1 158 000 at the United States box office 119 In the first extended weekend Thursday release the film grossed 100 crore 120 worldwide and entered the 100 Crore Club 121 122 By the end of its first weekend the film had earned a distributors share collection of 3 45 crore in Bengaluru 123 On the fifth day it grossed over 6 crore in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana totalling 75 crore gross and 53 45 share in the region 124 By the sixth day of its release it had collected a gross of 1 500 000 in the United States making it the sixth film to cross the mark in Babu s career 125 In seven days it grossed over 8 crore at the United Arab Emirates box office 126 In 11 days the film collected 72 79 crore in Telugu speaking states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana 127 By the end of its theatrical run the film had grossed between 187 200 crore worldwide 6 4 9 while in the international market the film earned a gross collection of 25 crore 110 and a distributors share collection of 12 50 crore 128 Accolades EditAward c Date of ceremony d Category Recipient s Result Ref Cinegoers Association Awards 8 October 2021 Best Movie Sri Venkateswara Creations Dil Raju Nominated 129 130 Best Director Vamshi Paidipally WonBest Actor Mahesh Babu NominatedBest Actress Pooja Hegde NominatedBest Supporting Actor Male Allari Naresh WonBest Music Director Devi Sri Prasad NominatedNational Film Awards 25 October 2021 Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Producer Sri Venkateswara CreationsDirector Vamshi Paidipally Won 131 Best Choreography Raju Sundaram WonSantosham Film Awards 14 November 2021 Best Supporting Actor Allari Naresh WonSakshi Excellence Awards 17 September 2021 Most Popular Actor of the Year Mahesh Babu Won 132 Most Popular Movie of the Year Maharshi WonDirector Most Inspiring Movie Vamshi Paidipally WonSouth Indian International Movie Awards 18 September 2021 Best Film Telugu PVP Cinema Vyjayanthi Movies Sri Venkateswara Creations Nominated 133 134 Best Director Telugu Vamshi Paidipally WonBest Actor Telugu Mahesh Babu WonBest Actress Telugu Pooja Hegde NominatedBest Supporting Actor Telugu Allari Naresh WonBest Actor in a Negative Role Telugu Jagapathi Babu NominatedBest Music Director Telugu Devi Sri Prasad WonBest Lyricist Telugu Sri Mani for Idhe Kadha Nee Katha WonBest Male Playback Singer Telugu Shankar Mahadevan for Padara Padara NominatedBest Cinematographer Telugu K U Mohanan NominatedZee Cine Awards Telugu 11 January 2020 Favorite Actor Mahesh Babu Nominated 135 Best Actor Male Nominated 136 Best Actor in Supporting Role Allari Naresh Won 137 Favourite Actress Pooja Hegde WonImpact EditAlthough Maharshi received mixed reviews from critics it was featured on the various year end best film charts 138 Hindustan Times considered Allari Naresh s performance in the film as one his five best performances in his career 139 Several popular personalities in India praised the film including Chiranjeevi 140 141 Sudheer Babu AR Murugadoss Sukumar Ileana D Cruz Harish Shankar Srinu Vaitla Karan Johar Samantha Akkineni Shruti Haasan 142 143 144 145 On 14 May 2019 Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu has lauded the film through his Twitter account and wrote that By portraying a rural theme the film highlights the need for farm conservation and support for the elderly Maharshi is a remarkable film that everyone needs to watch It showcases the glory of the rural population and the importance of agriculture 146 147 148 After the release of the film the concept of weekend farming also known as weekend agriculture gained more attention 149 150 151 152 A new internet challenge i e Agriculture Challenge was started with several people do farming in the weekends 153 The Statesman reported that the film has created a social impact on the youth and raised awareness about the issues faced by farmers in the rural heartland 154 In February 2020 Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies organized the contest Campus Farming 250 students of the university participated in this contest 155 At an event in May 2019 Mahesh Babu revealed that the character he played and the film made a huge impact on his life 156 He further said that Once you live in a village it becomes a part of you Two years ago when I first heard the script I was a different man the film has changed me and helped me reconnect with my roots I m a new Mahesh Babu today 157 Notes Edit International Business Times 3 Sakshi Post 4 and India Today 5 estimate the budget as 100 crore while Sakshi Telugu 6 and Deccan Chronicle 7 report the budget to be 130 crore Sakshi Telugu estimates the film worldwide gross to be 175 crore 6 Deccan Herald estimates the film worldwide gross to be over 187 crore 8 Sakshi Post and Hindustan Times estimate worldwide gross to be 200 crore 4 9 Awards festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year wherever possible References Edit a b Mahesh Babu s Maharshi will not be in theatres on April 25 Here is the new release date Indiatoday in MAHARSHI 2019 British Board of Film Classification 7 May 2019 Maharshi box office collection Mahesh Babu s film set to complete 50 days in 200 theatres International Business Times 24 June 2019 Retrieved 8 August 2020 over Rs 180 crore gross at the worldwide box office made with a budget of Rs 100 crore a b c What Is Mahesh Share In Maharshi Profits Sakshi Post 15 June 2019 Retrieved 8 August 2020 budget of approximately Rs 100 Cr Rs 125 Cr share plus and it has grossed Rs 205 Cr at the worldwide box office Maharshi Movie Review Mahesh Babu gets his own underwhelming Kaththi India Today 9 May 2019 Retrieved 8 August 2020 produced on a lavish budget of nearly Rs 100 crore a b c 2019ల భ ర వస ళ ల ర బట ట న స న మ ల వ Highest grossing films of 2019 Sakshi in Telugu 31 December 2019 Retrieved 6 August 2020 Mahesh Babu s Maharshi to release in deficit Deccan Chronicle 1 May 2019 Retrieved 6 August 2020 Highest grossing Telugu movies at WW box office Deccan Herald 26 June 2020 Retrieved 6 August 2020 a b Maharshi which grossed over Rs 200 crore at the box office Hindustan Times 14 January 2020 Retrieved 8 August 2020 Maharshi teaser out Mahesh Babu sizzles in Vamsi Paidipally s action drama India Today Maharishi is Mahesh Babu s 25th film gulfnews com Retrieved 29 September 2021 Maharshi s New Release Date Mahesh Babu and Pooja Hegde starrer to release on THIS date PINKVILLA 6 March 2019 Retrieved 28 September 2021 a b Vyas 22 May 2019 Maharshi 11 days box office collections report The Hans India Retrieved 30 March 2021 a b Hooli Shekhar H 9 May 2019 Maharshi review Critics say it is a good film if you ignore predictable slow and lengthy narration IB Times Retrieved 22 March 2021 Hooli Shekhar H 22 December 2019 Tollywood Box office report 2019 Highest grossing Telugu movies of the year www ibtimes co in Retrieved 1 October 2021 67th National Film Awards announced Sikkim wins award for Most Film Friendly State Maharshi first look Superstar Mahesh Babu unveils his Rishi look on birthday Times of India The Times of India Retrieved 24 September 2021 Maharshi director Vamshi Paidipally talks about the making of the film and his relationship with Mahesh Babu Entertainment News Firstpost Firstpost 27 May 2019 Retrieved 24 September 2021 Mahesh Babu on a strict shooting schedule for Maharshi Times of India The Times of India Retrieved 24 September 2021 Major portions of Mahesh Babu s Maharishi to be shot in the US The News Minute 29 August 2018 Retrieved 24 September 2021 Mahesh Babu s Maharshi 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