Kedi (Telugu: కేడి; English: Conman) is a 2010 Telugu language film directed by debutant Kiran Kumar. The film stars Nagarjuna and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles. Ankur Vikal (Slumdog Millionaire fame) plays the role of the antagonist. Music was scored by Sandeep Chowtha, who previously scored music for Nagarjuna's earlier films Ninne Pelladutha (1996), Chandralekha (1998), and Super (2005). The film released on February 12, 2010.It was dubbed into Hindi as " Gambler No. 1".

Plot[link]

Ramesh, nicknamed Rummy (Nagarjuna) loves his childhood friend Janaki, who asks him to grow rich and powerful and then marry her. With this motive, Rummy starts gambling and becomes rich in no time.

ACP Sekhar (Sayaji Shinde) takes notice of his activities and attempts to catch him. Rummy then moves to Goa where he meets Chandra (Ankur), a pub owner who also runs gambling in it. Both of them enter into a big deal. While on the task, Rummy rescues Sara (Paula) from Victor. Sara’s sister Nadia (Linda) falls in love with him. Another woman, Sandhya (Mamta Mohandas), enters his life. She helps him in his task. Meanwhile, differences arise between Rummy and Chandra, and they become rivals. Now, how will Rummy encounter the situations? What happened to Janaki? Will he get back to her and marry her? ^[1]

Cast[link]

• Nagarjuna as Ramesh (Rummy)
• Mamta Mohandas as Janaki (Sandhya)
• Ankur Vikal as Chandra
• Anushka Shetty in an item number
• Mahek Chahal in an item number.
• Vai Sista in a cameo role.
• Srinivas Sai as Childhood Ramesh

Production[link]

The film went through a series of name changes in production from Rummy to Mayagadu to Mosagadu, before the producers agreed on Kedi.^[2] A Tamil dubbed version of the movie was also released and Tamil version was named Singa Vettai.^[3] The film also dubbed in Hindi with name Gambler No1.

The film was released on February 12, 2010, worldwide.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kedi at the Internet Movie Database