Kick 2

Kick 2 is a 2015 Telugu action comedy film written by Vakkantham Vamsi and directed by Surender Reddy. It features Ravi Teja as the protagonist and is the sequel of the 2009 Telugu film Kick starring Ravi Teja, which was also directed by Surender Reddy. The film is produced by actor Nandamuri Kalyan Ram on the N.T.R. Arts banner. The film was officially launched on 20 August 2014, and the principal photography began on the same day. The audio soundtrack of the movie was composed by S. Thaman and was released on 9 May 2015. The film was released worldwide on 21 August 2015 and was produced on a budget of ₹40 crore (US$5.9 million). The movie collected around ₹145 crore (US$21 million) in its 14-day run.

It also became the 9th highest grossing film of 2015 at US Box office collecting ₹2.04 crore (US$300,000).

Plot

Kalyan Krishna (Shaam) comes to meet his old friend, Kalyan (Ravi Teja), who is now married to Naina (Ileana), settled in Virginia, and has become very rich but still looking for a kick in life. When Krishna asks Kalyan about his son, Kalyan gets angry and says his son is worse than him. Robin Hood (Ravi Teja) is Kalyan's son and despite his father saying, Robin looks for "comfort" more than Kick. Robin was taken out of his mother's womb in only seven months because he felt it was uncomfortable. Robin became a doctor so that if he gets injured, he can treat himself immediately. Robin wishes to start a hospital in Hyderabad with their land, but Kalyan says that it has been grabbed by a goon, Settlement Durga (Ashish Vidyarthi). Robin arrives in India and stays in the rented house of Pandit Ravi Teja (Brahmanandam), but Pandit is continuously tortured by Robin. Robin also challenges Durga that he will get back his land without taking out a hand on him.

Ravi Teja

Ravi Teja (born Ravi Shankar Raju Bhupatiraju and popularly referred to as MassMahaRaja) is an Indian film actor known for his work in Telugu cinema. He won the Nandi Special Jury Award in 1999 and 2002 for his performance in the films Nee Kosam and Khadgam and also won the state Nandi Award for best actor in his film Neninthe in 2008.

He started his career as a supporting artist in Karthavyam (1990) and subsequently played small roles in the films Chaitanya (1991), Aaj Ka Goonda Raj (1992), Allari Priyudu (1993) and Ninne Pelladata (1996). Teja also became an assistant director and worked in several Bollywood and Telugu projects.

His other notable works include Sindhooram, Idiot, Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru, Khadgam, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi, Venky, Naa Autograph, Bhadra, Vikramarkudu, Dubai Seenu, Krishna, Kick and its sequel, Don Seenu, Mirapakay, Balupu, Power and Bengal Tiger.

In 2012 he was listed 50th in the Forbes India list of top 100 Celebrities with an annual income of ₹15.5 crore (US$2.3 million). In 2013 he was in 68th position with earnings of ₹13 crore (US$1.9 million). In 2015 he was in 74th position with earnings of ₹12.5 crore (US$1.8 million)

Rakul Preet Singh

Rakul Preet Singh (born c. 1990) is an Indian film actress and model, who predominantly works in the Telugu film industry and other South Indian film industries.

Rakul started a modelling career while in college, during which she also made her acting debut in the Kannada film Gilli (2009). In 2011, she participated in the Femina Miss India pageant in which she was placed fifth and won five pageant titles, including 'Miss India People’s Choice'. She subsequently opted to become a full-time actress, making her Telugu debut in Keratam the same year and her Tamil debut in Thadaiyara Thaakka, the following year. 2014 she also made her Bollywood debut in Yaariyan in which her performance was better received.

She was part of the commercially successful Telugu films Venkatadri Express (2013), Current Theega (2014) and Loukyam (2014), leading her to being referred to as Telugu cinema's "new age super star" and land bigger projects in the industry.

Early life

Born in a Punjabi family from New Delhi, Rakul did her schooling from Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and later studied Mathematics at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. She has been an active golf player and played nationals.

Preetmohan Singh

Preetmohan ("Preet") Singh was involved in American politics at The Interfaith Alliance (TIA), a non-profit advocacy organization based in Washington, DC from 2005-2008.

From 2002-2005, Singh was National Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SALDEF). Singh, a Sikh, has made over 100 public presentations about post-9/11 civil liberties issues, Sikh-American culture, and civil rights history at conferences, universities, and law enforcement agencies. He also produced The Sikh Next Door, a multi-media film project that encourages students to celebrate diversity. He co-produced the award-winning PBS documentary film "A Dream in Doubt" with Tami Yeager. The film explores the aftermath of the first post-9/11 hate crime fatality of a Sikh gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona on September 15, 2001.

Singh serves on the National Board of Directors of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Healy Fellows at Georgetown University. He is the recipient of Sikh Council of Religion and Education’s Leadership and Service Award (2006) and the Men Can Stop Rape’s “Man of Strength” Leadership Award (2006).

Kick

A kick is a physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This type of attack is used frequently by hooved animals as well as humans in the context of stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as savate, Combat Hopak, taekwondo, sikaran, karate, Pankration, Kung fu, Vovinam, kickboxing, Muay Thai, capoeira, silat, and kalaripayattu.

Kicking is also prominent from its use in many sports, especially those called football. The best known of these sports is association football, also known as soccer.

History

The English verb to kick appears only in the late 14th century, apparently as a loan from Old Norse, originally in the sense of a hooved animal delivering strikes with his hind legs; the oldest use is Biblical.

Kicks as an act of human aggression have likely existed worldwide since prehistory. However, high kicks, aiming above the waist or to the head appear to have originated from Asian martial arts. Such kicks were introduced to the west in the 19th century with early hybrid martial arts inspired by Asian styles such as Bartitsu and Savate. Practice of high kicks became more universal in the second half of the 20th century with the more widespread development of hybrid styles such as kickboxing and eventually mixed martial arts.