Maharshi

Maharshi Movie Details:

Country	India
Language	Telugu
Genre	Action, Drama
Release date	May 9, 2019
Running time	2hr 56min
Certificate	U
Starring	Mahesh Babu Pooja Hegde Allari Naresh
Directed by	Vamshi Paidipally
Written by	Vamshi Paidipally Hari Ahishor Solomon
Produced by	Dil Raju Sirish C. Aswani Dutt Prasad V. Potluri Param V. Potluri Kavin Anne
Cinematography by	K. U. Mohanan
Edited by	Praveen K. L.
Music by	Devi Sri Prasad
Production Companies	Sri Venkateswara Creations Vyjayanthi Movies PVP Cinema
Distributor	Great India films (USA)

Maharshi Movie Cast & Characters:

• Mahesh Babu as S. Rishi Kumar
• Allari Naresh as Ravi Shankar, Rishi’s best friend
• Pooja Hegde as Pooja, Rishi’s love interest
• Prakash Raj as K. Satyanarayana, Rishi’s father
• Jayasudha as Yashoda, Rishi’s mother
• Vennela Kishore as Kanna, Rishi’s childhood friend
• Kamal Kamaraju as B. Ajay Babu, Rishi’s rival turned friend, Director of IMF
• Jagapathi Babu as Vivek Mittal, a Mumbai-based businessman
• Rao Ramesh as Chandrasekhar Roy, Rishi’s professor
• Mukesh Rishi as MP Bhanu Prasad, Ajay’s father
• Meenakshi Dixit as Nidhi
• Ananya as Pallavi, Ravi’s love interest
• Nassar as Chief Minister Jaidev Das
• Sai Kumar as Ramesh, Pallavi’s father
• Rajiv Kanakala as Farmer
• Kaikala Satyanarayana as Trivikram, Pooja’s paternal grandfather
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kasthuri Ram, Pooja’s maternal grandfather
• 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

Storyline:

Rishi, a US-based millionaire businessman, returns to his homeland, where he becomes the champion of poor and downtrodden farmers.

Maharshi Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	₹100–130 crore
Worldwide Collection	₹175–200 crore

About Maharshi Movie:

Maharshi is a Telugu action drama film directed by Vamshi Paidipally and starring Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde, Allari Naresh, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Kamal Kamaraju, Jagapathi Babu and Rao Ramesh.

The film was launched under the tentative title #SSMB25, before the title Maharshi was confirmed on August 9, 2018. This is the 25th film as a lead actor for Mahesh Babu.

Principal photography of the film began in June 2018. A brief first schedule took place in Hyderabad, Goa, and Dehradun. The team then headed to the United States for a two-month schedule, with a major part shot in New York. Despite delays, filming in the U.S. was completed by November 2018. Filming was wrapped up on April 18, 2019.

Maharshi was released on May 9, 2019. Initially scheduled for release on April 25, 2019, it was postponed due to delays in post-production work. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the cast performances, action sequences, emotional quotient, and technical aspects.

The film was also dubbed and released in 2020 in Tamil as Ungalukkaga Oruvan, in Kannada as Veera Maharshi, and in Malayalam. The Hindi dubbed version was directly premiered on Goldmines TV channel on June 16, 2024.

Mahesh Babu, Allari Naresh, and Jagapathi Babu’s voices are dubbed by Aashish Chaudhary, Avinash Sachdev, and Eijaz Khan respectively in the dubbed Hindi version.

With a worldwide gross of ₹175−200 crore, Maharshi was the third highest-grossing Telugu film of 2019 and one of the highest-grossing Telugu films. At the 67th National Film Awards, Maharshi won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Choreography. The film also won five SIIMA Awards and two Zee Cine Awards Telugu.

The satellite rights of the film were purchased by Sun TV Network for ₹250 million (US$3.0 million), and the Telugu version was sold for Gemini TV for ₹165 million (US$2.0 million). The film’s Telugu version television premiere took place on Gemini TV on October 6, 2019, coinciding with Dussehra. The film’s digital rights were acquired by Amazon Prime Video for ₹110 million and it premiered on July 3, 2019, 54 days after the film’s theatrical release.

On opening day, Maharshi collected a gross collection of ₹590 million (US$7.1 million) worldwide. In the first extended weekend, the film grossed ₹1 billion (US$12 million) worldwide and entered the ₹1 Billion Club.