Officer (2018 film) explained

Officer
Story:	Ram Gopal Varma
Screenplay:	Ram Gopal Varma
Director:	Ram Gopal Varma
Starring:	Nagarjuna Akkineni Myra Sareen
Music:	Ravi Shankar
Cinematography:	Bharat Vyas N. Rahul Penumatsa
Editing:	Anwar Ali R. Kamal
Studio:	R Company Production^[1]
Runtime:	124 mins
Country:	India
Language:	Telugu
Budget:	₹8 Crore
Gross:	₹1 Crore 19 Lakh ^[2]

Officer is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language action film produced and directed by Ram Gopal Varma^[3] on his R Company Production banner. The film stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Myra Sareen in the lead roles and music composed by Ravi Shankar.^[2] The Tamil dubbed version, Simtaangaran was released on 1 January 2021.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Plot

Sivaji Rao is a Hyderabad-based IPS officer who is posted as an SIT officer in Mumbai to handle the case of a corrupted cop called Narayan Pasari. Sivaji successfully manages to arrest Pasari, but the latter uses his influence, comes out of jail, and joins back in his duty. This time, he becomes even more lethal and starts targeting Sivaji. Sivaji killed Narayan Pasari pet rat in retaliation. Narayan Pasari killed Sivaji pet racoon. Red cross society put both of them behind bars.The film ends with Sivaji becoming the racoon and Narayan becoming the rat.

Cast

• Nagarjuna Akkineni as Sivaji Rao
• Myra Sareen as Meena Narang ^[7]
• Anwar Khan as Narayan Pasari
• Sayaji Shinde as JCP Ramdas
• Ajay as Prasad
• Srikanth Iyengar as Bajrangi
• Ankur Ratan as John
• Baby Kavya as Shaalu
• Vizag Prasad as Producer (cameo appearance)

Production

The film shooting started on 20 November 2017 at the Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad. Nagarjuna & Ram Gopal Varma are pairing up almost after 25 years,^[8] this is the fifth film in their combination, their previous works being Siva (1989), Shiva (1990), Antham/Drohi (1992) and Govinda Govinda (1994).^[9] The motion poster of the film released on 28 February 2018^[10] and its teaser was released on 9 April 2018.^[11] The second teaser released on 4 May while the theatrical trailer released on 12 May.^[12]

Soundtrack

Officer
Type:	film
Artist:	Ravi Shankar
Recorded:	2018
Genre:	Soundtrack
Length:	10:20
Label:	Mango Music
Producer:	Ravi Shankar

Music composed by Ravi Shankar. Lyrics were written by Sira Sri. The music was released on Mango Music Company.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Officer (Overview) . IMDb.
2. Web site: Officer Final Total WW Collections. Andhra Box Office. 13 June 2018.
3. News: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Ram Gopal Varma to collaborate again for upcoming film; see first look. Firstpost. 2018-04-20. en-US.
4. Web site: Simtaagaran. YouTube.
5. News: Simtaangaran Movie: Showtimes, Review, Songs, Trailer. The Times of India.
6. News: Ram Gopal Varma,King Nagarjuna's film titled Officer; has a release date. 2018-02-28. 2018-04-20. en.
7. News: RGV's new girl for King Nag's Next. Telugu360. 2017-11-30. Telugu360.com. 2018-04-20. en-US.
8. News: Ram Gopal Varma's movie Officer update: Nagarjuna announces its release date. Hooli. Shekhar H. International Business Times, India Edition. 2018-04-20.
9. News: Ram Gopal Varma, Nagarjuna to reunite for new movie after 25 years - Express Dots.. 2017-10-04. Express Dots.. 2018-04-20. en-US.
10. News: Motion poster for Nagarjuna-RGV's film 'Officer' unveiled. 2018-02-28. The News Minute. 2018-04-20.
11. News: RGV's Nagarjuna and Myra Sareen starrer 'Officer's teaser released! . The Times of India. 2018-04-20.
12. Officer trailer: Nagarjuna shines as a tough cop in this Ram Gopal Varma film . 12 May 2018 . India Today . 24 March 2019 .