IIT Krishnamurthy
2020 film directed by Sree Vardhan
IIT Krishnamurthy is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language mystery film, written & Directed by Sree Vardhan and produced by Nekuri Prasad, Akki. Dandamudi Pruthvi and Maira Doshi play lead roles in the film, while Vinay Varma appears in a pivotal role. The film premiered on 10 December 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. The film was dubbed in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam with the same name.
Plot
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
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
Reception
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."
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.
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