IIT Krishnamurthy is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language mystery film, written & Directed by Sree Vardhan and produced by Nekuri Prasad, Akki.[1] Dandamudi Pruthvi, Maira Doshi, Vinay Varma plays lead roles in the film.[2] The film premiered on 10 December 2020 on Amazon Prime Video.[3][4] The film was dubbed in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam with the same name.[5]

IIT Krishnamurthy
Official release poster
Directed bySree Vardhan
Written bySree Vardhan
Produced byNekuri Prasad, Akki
StarringDandamudi Pruthvi
Maira Doshi
Vinay Varma
CinematographyYesu
Edited byP. Anil Kumar
Music byNaresh Kumaran
Production
companies
Crystolyte Media Creations
Akki Arts
Mango Mass Media
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 10 December 2020 (2020-12-10)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Plot

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Krishnamurthy, an IIT Bombay student, comes to Hyderabad and gets to know that his uncle is missing. Krishnamurthy then finds his missing uncle which is a mystery.

Cast

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  • Dandamudi Pruthvi as Krishnamurthy
  • Maira Doshi as Jahnavi
  • Vinay Varma as ACP Vinay Varma
  • Anand as Srinivas Rao
  • Satya as Mahesh Babu
  • Alok Jain as Swaminathan
  • Banerjee as Auditor Narayana Rao
  • Swarnakanth as PA Kiran
  • Vinodh Nuvvula as Siddharth
  • Chitti Babu as CBI Officer
  • Bala as Mrs. Srinivasa Rao
  • Pravalika Reddy as Vidha, Jahnavi's friend
  • Sahithi Dasari as News Anchor

Music

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IIT Krishnamurthy
Soundtrack album by
Naresh Kumaran
Released12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) (Jukebox)
Recorded2020
StudioThe Sound Dockk Studio (Hyderabad)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length12:39
LanguageTelugu
LabelMango Music
ProducerNaresh Kumaran
Naresh Kumaran chronology
Run
(2020)
IIT Krishnamurthy
(2020)
Gaami
(2024)
External audio
  Audio Jukebox on YouTube

All music is composed by Naresh Kumaran

Telugu (OST)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Megham Tho Megham"Ramanjhaneyulu SankarpuYazin Nizar4:21
2."Samayam Jaripe"Manapaka NagarjunaHema Chandra3:22
3."Naa Prathi Kala"Ramanjhaneyulu SankarpuSreerama Chandra, Harini Ivaturi4:40
4."IIT K Missing Hip Hop Song (Promotional)"AsuraThe Nawab Gang3:49

Reception

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Thadhagath Pathi of The Times of India wrote that "IIT Krishnamurthy is a film that will not put you to sleep and qualifies as an attempt that is appreciable. To know if an IITian is truly brainier than the most experienced cop is something you need to watch."[6]

Cinema Express wrote that "With patchy narration, which lacks fluidity, and no impacting emotional anchors either, the film reaches a crucial moment when the knots are released. The reveal is one that entirely depends on chance rather than on acumen of the supposed mastermind — it is also full of flaws. Why was it important to overemphasise that the talented, brilliant Krishnamurthy is from IIT? Couldn’t someone from another institution be just as crafty and clever? Considering the emotional anchor that the film poses to have, wouldn’t something on the lines of ‘Deepam Krishnamurthy’ work better as the title and the story’s emblem, without undermining said emotional connect? The only ray of light is Satya Akkala’s comedy. It's a pity that his excellent one-liners are almost overshadowed by the cloud of dismay that the rest of the film evokes."[7]

Vishal Menon of Film Companion wrote that "What doesn’t help either is the film’s over-reliance on the big ending. It’s like the makers decided to explain everything with one long stretch of dialogue. So if something hadn’t made sense until then, they’re just going to attribute even that to the hero’s genius. There’s no room for errors in Krishnamurthy’s plans and the sequence of things that has to fall right in place for his desired result seems annoyingly implausible. In other places, details about financial fraud and the whole police operation are too simplistic to be taken seriously. "[8]

References

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  1. ^ "IIT Krishnamurthy Teaser: Edge-of-the-Seat Corporate Crime-Thriller". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. ^ "IIT Krishnamurthy | Cast & Crew | News | Galleries | Movie Posters | Watch IIT Krishnamurthy Movie Online". Ragalahari. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ "IIT Krishnamurthy review. IIT Krishnamurthy Telugu movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ Staff, Telugu Hungama. "IIT Krishnamurthy 2020 | Prudhvi Dandamudi | Maira Doshi". Telugu Hungama. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. ^ "IIT Krishnamurthy review. IIT Krishnamurthy Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ^ "IIT Krishnamurthy Movie Review: Smart, sensible and lives up to its name", The Times of India, retrieved 18 December 2020
  7. ^ "IIT Krishnamurthy Movie Review: A disappointing thriller with too many let-downs". Cinema Express. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Review Of IIT Krishnamurthy On Amazon Prime Video: A Vague, Unfocussed Thriller That Rides Too Heavily On One Trick Alone". Film Companion. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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