Raju Gari Gadhi 2

Raju Gari Gadhi 2 is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language comedy horror film directed by Ohmkar and produced by Prasad V. Potluri under PVP Cinema, Matinee Entertainment, and OAK Entertainments banner. The film is a sequel to Raju Gari Gadhi (2015), the second installment in Raju Gari Gadhi franchise, and a remake of the Malayalam film Pretham (2016). It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Seerat Kapoor, and Ashwin Babu (reprising his role from the first film), while Abhinaya, Vennela Kishore, Praveen, and Rao Ramesh playing supporting roles. The music is composed by S. Thaman with cinematography by R. Diwakaran and editing by Madhu. The film released on 13 October 2017.

Plot
The film begins with three youngsters - Ashwin, Kishore, and Praveen - who are friends from college days, deciding to lead a life by investing in a resort business. As they start the business, everything goes smoothly until they begin to witness paranormal activities in the resort, making their lives tougher. Immediately, they contact a nearby church father, but it fails miserably, and their fear of that ghost increases. The Father suggests they approach a world-renowned mentalist named Rudra who has parlor tricks, mental tenacity to make clever guesses, special powers of contacting with the spirits, and also assists the Police Department as a human lie detector with his cold reading techniques. Rudra decides to solve the mystery in the resort. Beyond a shadow of doubt, he finds that it is a soul of a girl Amrutha, who is seeking answers for her death. Rudra assures Amrutha that he will help her.

Amrutha starts revealing her past. She was an intelligent student who has grown up with values and norms given by her father Parandhamaiah. Once, she goes out on a college excursion when someone secretly films her while bathing in the same resort, which is purchased by three youngsters and uploaded on the internet, which led to her father’s suicide. After this, Amrutha also committed suicide out of humiliation. Now, Rudra starts his investigation to catch the real culprit. At last, he finds that the culprit is Kiran, the daughter of Chandra Shekar, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Institution. The reason behind Kiran's deed is jealousy about Amrutha's popularity and her love interest Nandu's fondness towards Amrutha. After knowing the truth, Amrutha tries to kill Kiran, but Rudra stops her way by reminding the morals taught by her father and making her soul rest in peace. Finally, the movie ends with the three youngsters running their resort successfully with a caution that cell phones are not allowed and Rudra moving towards a new mission.

Cast

 * Nagarjuna Akkineni as Rudra
 * Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Amrutha
 * Seerat Kapoor as Suhanisa
 * Ashwin Babu as Ashwin
 * Abhinaya as Kiran
 * Vennela Kishore as Kishore
 * Praveen as Praveen
 * Rao Ramesh as Parandhamaiah
 * Vidyullekha Raman as Bellam Sridevi
 * Shakalaka Shankar as Bala Yesu
 * Naresh as Father
 * Avinash as Priest
 * Devan as Vice Chancellor Chandra Shekar
 * Nandu as Nandu
 * Tejaswi Madivada as Bala
 * Narayana Rao as Master
 * Annapurna as Varalakshmi
 * Satya Krishnan as Lecturer
 * Mukhtar Khan as Commissioner Sarathchandra
 * Ravi Varma as Satti
 * Shatru as Land Grabbing Head
 * Geetha Singh as Nimmy
 * Baby Lasya as Young Amrutha

Production
Raju Gari Gadhi 2, a new project with Nagarjuna Akkineni in the lead was launched on 27 November 2016 at Annapurna Studios, K. Raghavendra Rao gave the clap for the first scene, producer Prasad V Potluri switched on the camera while Omkar directed the first shot. The principal photography commenced in February 2017 in Hyderabad. The first look of the film was launched on 29 August 2017 on Nagarjuna's birthday and the trailer has launched on 20 September 2017, on eve of ANR's birthday. The resort shown in the film is Le Pondy at Pondicherry.

Critical reception
Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "The linear narrative and lack of spooks in what’s touted to be horror-comdey [sic] not withstanding, Raju Gari Gadhi 2 makes for a passable weekend watch".

Sequels
It is sequel to Raju Gari Gadhi which was released in 2015. Eventually the third installment Raju Gari Gadhi 3 was released on 18 October 2019.