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Naa Peru Surya

2018 film by Vakkantham Vamsi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ30645209 ↗
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Naa Peru Surya Naa Illu India is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Vakkantham Vamsi in his directorial debut. Produced by Ramalakshmi Cine Creations, the film stars an ensemble cast including Allu Arjun as the titular character, with Arjun Sarja, R. Sarathkumar, Anu Emmanuel, Boman Irani, Thakur Anoop Singh, Sai Kumar, Pradeep Rawat, Harish Uthaman, Rao Ramesh, Nadhiya Moidu and Vennela Kishore in pivotal roles. In the film, a soldier struggling with anger issues is challenged to change his behaviour in order to fulfill his dream of serving at the borders. The music was composed by Vishal–Shekhar with editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao.

The film was released on 4 May 2018. The reception was mixed, with praise towards the performances of Allu Arjun, R.Sarathkumar and Arjun Sarja and production values, but criticism towards the script, runtime, pace, and direction. R. Sarathkumar won SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role (Telugu) for his role in the film.

Plot

Surya is a soldier in the Indian Army who suffers from anger management issues and dreams of being posted at the LOC. After getting into a brawl at a local club and attacking Inspector Himanshu Negi and stealing the latter's gun, Surya uses it to shoot a terrorist dead right when the officer comes to ask for the gun from Surya's senior Lt Gen Sanjay Shrivastav. Surya's dreams are now shattered after being court-martialled for disciplinary action. His godfather requests Shrivastav to give Surya a final chance.

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