Kantri (Telugu: కంత్రి) is a 2008 film starring Jr. NTR, Hansika Motwani, Tanisha Mukherjee, and Prakash Raj. The film is directed by Meher Ramesh, who is a protege of Puri Jagannadh. Recently dubbed into Hindi as "Ek Aur Qayamat". The movie is produced by the prestigious Vyjayanthi Movies banner, being produced by C. Ashwini Dutt. The music of the film was launched on 29 March 2008 and the film was released on 9 May 2008.

The opening scenes give you an indication of how the movie is going to shape up. NRI Krishna returns to his village with his wife and child to work for the upliftment of the village folk. However, when the family along with his old father is on its way home with the money, fellow villager PR backstabs, kills all and runs away with the money leaving his wife and son behind.

PR is head of a huge empire (with his friend Sheshu as partner) and is into all kinds of nefarious activities. Enters out hero, Kranti who flexes his muscles, shakes his leg and gets into the gang of PR to earn money for his orphanage, where he grew up (he's orphaned at a very young age). Kranti falls in love with Varalakshmi (Hansika Motwani) who is such a lucky girl that she wins a foreign trip, a house and household gadgets for her family. Varalakshmi initially does not like Kranti.

An ambitious Kranti, meanwhile rises up pretty fast in life and meets PR in Hong Kong. The director takes the audience to believe that Kranti is PR's son till the twist in the tale. The story has the usual elements of gang fights and violence

Cast

• Jr. NTR ... Kranthi
• Ashish Vidyarthi ... Seshu
• Prakash Raj ... Pothu Raju
• Hansika Motwani ... Varalakshmi
• Raghu Babu ... Acid Durga
• Mukesh Rishi ... Kanthi's grandfather
• Ali ... Lee
• Sayaji Shinde ... Das
• Murali Sharma
• Sunil ... Rajni Haasan
• Brahmanandam ... Brahmi
• Krishna Bhagawan ... Sinagpore Tour Guide
• Subbaraju ... Bhyraagi
• Kota Srinivasa Rao ... Daiva Sahayam
• M. S. Narayana
• Tanisha Mukherjee ... special appearance

Release

The movie Kantri was released on the 9th of May 2008 in more than 1080 theatres worldwide with 430 prints. It had a superb run at box office.

Reception and awards/nominations

• The film took an outstanding opening.

This film received many nominations for awards:

• FilmfareTelugu best actor Jr NTR
• FilmfareTelugu best lyric Vayasunami by Veturi

• won Nandi Awards best choreography by Prem Rakshit for the song "Vayasunami"
• won South Scope best stylish actor Jr NTR
• won South Scope best stylish choreographyRaju Sundaram (123 Nenoka Kantri)

Crew

• Direction: Meher Ramesh
• Music : Mani Sharma
• Cinematography: Sameer reddy
• Editing: Marthand . K.Venkatesh
• Art: A.S.Prakash
• Script Associates: Thota Prasad & Mohan Dixit Music

Released on 29 March 2008, Kantri's soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma whilst lyrics were penned by five different lyricists: Meher Ramesh, Ananth Sreeram, Sirivennela, Veturi Sundararama Murthy, and Ramajogayya Sastry.