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Pokiri
MEANRANK
84/100
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Lowest is Letterboxd on 79, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 92.
See the most agreed on films →Pandu is a contract killer and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Pandu who knows his real identity, and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone.
Details
- Director
- Puri Jagannadh
- Writer
- Puri Jagannadh
- Studio
- Vaishno Academy, Indira Productions
- Released
- 27 April 2006
- Country
- India
- Language
- Telugu
- Runtime
- 163 min
- Box office
- $8.4M
- Awards
- 9 wins, 0 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (22) →
Awards & nominations
See all 9 →9 wins from 9 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Vamsee Film Awards 2007 2007 | Best Actor – Male | Mahesh Babu | Winner |
| 54th Filmfare Awards South 2006 | Best Director – Telugu | Puri Jagannadh | Winner |
| 54th Filmfare Awards South 2006 | Best Actor – Telugu | Mahesh Babu | Winner |
| Nandi Awards 2006 | Best Male Dubbing Artist | P. Ravi Shankar | Winner |
| Nandi Awards 2006 | Best Popular Feature Film | Puri Jagannadh & Manjula Ghattamaneni | Winner |
| Nandi Awards 2006 | Best Audiographer | Radha Krishna | Winner |
| Nandi Awards 2006 | Best Editor | Marthand K. Venkatesh | Winner |
| Nandi Awards 2006 | Best Fight Master | FEFSI Vijayan | Winner |
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9 awards — Pokiri
×| Best Audiographer | Radha Krishna | Winner |
| Best Editor | Marthand K. Venkatesh | Winner |
| Best Fight Master | FEFSI Vijayan | Winner |
| Best Male Dubbing Artist | P. Ravi Shankar | Winner |
| Best Popular Feature Film | Puri Jagannadh & Manjula Ghattamaneni | Winner |
| Best Actor – Telugu | Mahesh Babu | Winner |
| Best Director – Telugu | Puri Jagannadh | Winner |
| Santosham Film Award Best Actor - Male | Mahesh Babu | Winner |
| Best Actor – Male | Mahesh Babu | Winner |