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Highway is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language mystery crime thriller film written and directed by K. V. Guhan and, produced by Venkat Talari through Sree Iswarya Lakshmi Movies and Northstar Entertainment. The film features Anand Deverakonda, Manasa Radhakrishnan (in her Telugu debut) and Abhishek Banerjee (in his Telugu debut) in primary roles. Highway was premiered on Aha on 19 August 2022.[1]

Highway
Directed by	K. V. Guhan
Written by	K. V. Guhan
Dialogue by	Mirchi Kiran Sai Kiran
Produced by	Venkat Talati
Starring	Anand Devarakonda Manasa Radhakrishnan Abhishek Banerjee
Cinematography	K. V. Guhan Arun Kumar Selvaraj
Edited by	Tammiraju
Music by	Simon K King
Production companies	Sree Iswarya Lakshmi Movies Northstar Entertainment
Distributed by	Aha
Release date	19 August 2022 (2022-08-19)
Running time	123 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Plot

This article needs a plot summary. (August 2022)

Cast

• Anand Deverakonda as Vishnu
• Manasa Radhakrishnan as Tulasi
• Abhishek Banerjee as D
• Saiyami Kher as Asha Bharath
• John Vijay
• Reshma Pasupuleti
• Satya as Samudram

Production

After watching Abhishek Banerjee's performance in the Hindi web series Paatal Lok, Guhan cast him for the role of a serial killer.[2] The film's launch event with a puja ceremony was held in May 2021.[3] It was extensively shot on the highways near Hyderabad, Araku Valley and Chikmagalur in approximately forty days.[4] Filming was wrapped up in October 2021.[5][6]

Soundtrack

The film score and soundtrack album of the film is composed by Simon K. King. The music rights were acquired by Aditya Music.

Release and reception

Highway was premiered on Aha on 19 August 2022.[7][8]

Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India gave a rating of 2 out of 5 and wrote that "Highway is passable fare at best, but given the kind of talent involved in the project, you can’t help but wonder if the story had the potential to be fleshed out better".[9] Balakrishna Ganeshan of The News Minute also gave same rating and wrote that "Highway sticks true to the crime thriller genre without meandering into unnecessary details or scenes".[10] Pinkvilla too rated the film 2 out of 5 and stated "Highway is barely clued into the emerging plot devices in the Indian OTT space, especially those concerning crime thrillers, which have long ceased to present obvious formats".[11]

Writing for The Hindu, Sangeetha Devi Dundoo opined that the film "unfolds on familiar lines and delivers thrills from time to time. However, it falls short in the final portions that seem stretched and dilute the potential for a nail-biting finish".[12] India Today's Roktim Rajpal stated: "Highway had the potential to be a dark and disturbing thriller but it ends up being a damp squib".[13]

References

External links

• Highway at IMDb
• Highway on Aha

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