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One of the biggest stars of Telugu cinema, Ravi Teja has appeared in more than 60 movies. He has featured thrice in the Forbes India list of Top 100 celebrities. He made his debut with a small role in the movie Aaj Ka Gundaraj (1992). The two time winner of Nandi Special Jury Award, Ravi is best known for movies like Kick (2009), Bhadra (2005), Vikramarkudu (2006),  Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003), Dubai Seenu (2007) & Dongata (2015).

Ravi Teja

Meenakshi Chaudhary is an Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Telugu movie industry. Meenakshi has worked in popular movies like Khiladi, Ichata Vaahanamulu Nilupa Raadhu. Meenakshi's previous film to hit the theatres was Khiladi in the year 2021.

Meenakshi Chaudhary

Arjun Sarja is a filmmaker and actor, popularly known as the Action King of Kannada cinema. Associated with the entire South Indian film industry, Sarja’s best known works have been in Gentleman, Mudhalvan, ,Kannodu Kanbathellam, Vedham, Vaanavil and Hanuman Junction among others. He has earned several awards and accolades for his work over the years.

Arjun Sarja

Dimple Hayati is an Indian film Actress, who has worked predominantly in Tamil movie industry. She has worked in popular movies like Abhinetri 2, Devi 2.

Dimple Hayati

Mukesh Rishi is an actor who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu cinema. An established character actor, Rishi is known for his versatility. Some of his best known roles have been in films like Judwaa, Kaalia, Loafer, Baazi, Okkadu, Drona, Darling and Namo Venkatesa among others. He has also appeared on several mainstream TV shows and has won several awards and accolades for his work over the years.

Mukesh Rishi

Nikitin Dheer

Born in Ahmedabad, Unni Mukundan is a popular face of Malayalam and Tamil cinema. He made his acting debut with the Tamil film Seedan (2011). His first Malayalam movie was Bombay March 12 (2011). Some of his popular works include Bhaagamathie (2018), I Love Me (2012), Ithu Pathirmanal (2013), Orissa (2013), D Company (2013), Vikramadithyan (2014) ,Style (2016) and Janatha Garage(2016). Unni is also a lyricist and singer.

Unni Mukundan

Murali Sharma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Telugu and Hindi films. He is widely known for portraying a cop on screen. Sharma has starred in over 130 feature films, including Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam cinema.

Murali Sharma

Best known as a TV presenter, Anasuya Bharadwaj is an Indian film and TV actress, mainly working in Telugu film industry. Anasuya started her career as a TV presenter in a comedy show titled Jabardasth, which brought her into the limelight. After which she appeared as a host in TV shows like Bindass, Modern Mahalakshmi, Jabardasth, One - No More Silly Games, A Date with Anasuya, Star Maa Pariwar Awards, Jackpot-2 and as a judge in shows like Drama Juniors season 1 & season 2. She has also hosted and performed at events of several films such as Fitting Master, Rakta Charitra, Wanted, Endukante... Premanta!, Kevvu Keka, Current Theega, Kumari 21F, Dynamite and Jai Lava Kusa.

Anasuya Bharadwaj

The recipient of Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian, Vennela Kishore is a popular name in Tollywood. He made his debut with the superhit movie Vennela in 2005. Some of his popular movies include Inkosaari (2010), Dookudu (2011), Pilla Zamindar (2011), Yevadu (2014), Gopala Gopala (2015), Janatha Garage (2016), Agnyaathavaasi (2018) and Saaho (2018).

Vennela Kishore

Thakur Anoop Singh

Rao Ramesh is an actor who predominantly works in South Indian cinema. Best known for films like Gamyam, Kotha Bangaru Lokam, Avakai Biryani, The Great Warrior,  Duvvada Jagannadham and Magadheera among others, Ramesh has won several accolades for his performances.

Rao Ramesh

Khiladi (2022)

Khiladi is a action entertainer movie directed by Ramesh Varma, with Ravi Teja in the lead role. The film is produced by Satyanarayana Koneru.

Khiladi |Movie Trailer | Ravi Teja, Meenakshi Chaudhary | Dimple Hayathi | Ramesh Varma | DSP

Khiladi |Movie Trailer |Hindi | Ravi Teja, Meenakshi Chaudhary | Dimple Hayathi | Ramesh Varma | DSP

Khiladi |Movie Teaser | Ravi Teja, Meenakshi Chaudhary | Dimple Hayathi | Ramesh Varma | DSP

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Ever seen that adorable video of a golden retriever puppy getting distracted by everything it sees around it? Ramesh Varma’s Khiladi is the cinematic equivalent of that. Problem is that Khiladi is neither adorable nor remotely engaging. The screenplay is so all over the place, you can’t help but wonder if any of it ever made sense, at least on paper. And when even the ‘twists’, mass songs and comedic/punch dialogues it has in spades start getting repetitive – you know you’re in trouble.
Mohan Gandhi (Ravi Teja) is introduced as the wanted criminal who is serving time for a crime he might or might not have committed. Pooja (Meenakshi Chaudhary) is a criminologist who wants to base her thesis on Gandhi’s case. She’s told he has killed his cute little family, consisting of his wife Chitra (Dimple Hayathi) and in-laws (Anasuya Bharadwaj, Murli Sharma). The only surviving family member of this massacre is a child who still seems fond of her supposedly murderous father. “Colour me intrigued,” goes Pooja immediately as her saviour syndrome kicks in and she will now go to any lengths to get this man out of jail. What she doesn’t know however is that there’s a much bigger game at play.
Ramesh Varma tries to pull off an Abbas-Mastan with Khiladi – as in, he will fill up the film with nonsensical dialogues, plot twists that make no logical sense, beautiful women shimmying to songs, basically lots of style over substance. He hopes you will have such a ball watching Gandhi be the titular ‘khiladi’ while CBI officer Arjun Bharadwaj (Arjun Sarja), police officer Jayaram (Sachin Khedekar), Home Minister Guru Singham (Mukesh Rishi), criminals David (Thakur Anoop Singh) and Bala Singham (Nikitin Dheer) follow hot on his heels only to come up looking like clowns. Unni Mukundan is also in this tale, he plays a co-convict called Ramakrishna but the less said about his plotline the better. But none of that happens. And the core plot of all this is a container with obscene amount of money brought in from Italy that everyone is trying to locate. Meah!
The film is bogged down by a bad screenplay, CGI, songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad don’t pass muster and only serve the purpose of (a) interrupting the on-going story and (b) showing off how beautiful Dimple and Meenakshi are (we already know, no need to objectify them just for that). The makeup department makes everyone's skin look bad on-screen. The interval bang is the only thing that lands as intended and as the film progresses, the run-time seems like a chore. A story like Khiladi needed defter writing, not to mention a hook point that keeps you intrigued in the first place. Even the much-hyped action sequence shot abroad is not that cool.
Ravi Teja manages to bring charm to a character that hardly has any. He breezes through his role even if it’s odd (and uncomfortable) to see him romancing women who are clearly much younger than him. Dimple, Meenakshi and Anasuya get characters that give them scope to perform but the director keeps taking detours to make them belly dance in sequinned shorts or be the supportive but cool sidekick. These ladies deserved better. Rest of the cast, including Rao Ramesh and Vennela Kishore make their presence felt. And with all said and done, Khiladi needed to be as self-aware as it does in a particular action sequence at the end featuring Arjun and Gandhi. Some clever writing would’ve saved the day too.
Khiladi is an absurd, sometimes stylish and oddly wacky, disengaging crime thriller – do with that what you will.