Falaknuma Das is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film written and directed by Vishwak Sen. It is the remake of the 2017 Malayalam cult hit, Angamaly Diaries. The film was produced by Vishwak's father, Karate Raju, under Vanmaye Creations, in association with Vishwak Sen Cinemas, Terranova Pictures, and Media9 Creative Works. The film was presented by D. Suresh Babu, under Suresh Productions. Sen starred alongside Saloni Mishra, Harshita Gaur, Prashanthi Charuolingah, Uttej, Jeevan Kumar, and Tharun Bhascker. The music was composed by Vivek Sagar with cinematography by Vidya Sagar Chinta and ediitng by Ravi Teja Girijala. The film released on 31 May 2019 to negative reviews.

Plot
This is a story about the undesirable outcome that awaits a man with uncontrollable aggression. Das is a young man from Falaknuma, who lives with his mother and sister. He always hangs with his gang of childhood friends, who have been together since grade school. Their role models are Shankar Anna and Peg Pandu. As they grow up, they grew fond of them, looking up to them as their mentors. Meanwhile, Das and Tina, his childhood friend, start a relationship. One day, Shankar gets murdered by two gangsters named Ravi and Raju, which devastates Das and his friends. Ravi and Raju go to jail for murder, and the families of Das and his friends encourage them to move on with their lives.

Fast forward a few years, Das breaks up with Tina and gets into a serious relationship with Sakhi, whose parents are staying in Germany. It is very important to Das to have a decent livelihood so that he can look acceptable to Sakhi's parents. He tries his hands in the cable business and moves on to set up a meat shop, mostly consisting of mutton, with Pandu's guidance. But Ravi and Raju, the gangsters, are the wholesale meat suppliers in Faluknama. Das and his gang approach them to get their permission to set up their shop and name it after Shankar. They slowly start building their own business.

Rinku is Raju and Ravi's brother-in-law, and he gets into a fight with Das in a circumstance and wants revenge for it. Meanwhile, due to competition in their line of business, Ravi threatens Das to close his shop and hurls a bomb at his shop. An enraged Das approaches Mallesham to get crude bombs for himself. Pandu mediates with Ravi and Raju to end the fight and have their own respective shops run peacefully, to which they accept. However, Rinku provokes Das and his friends to fight, which results in the death of Rinku's friend, Anish, when Das hurls a bomb meant for Rinku. The whole fiasco ends up with a serious police case, where Rinku is the prime witness. Das breaks up with Sakhi to avoid dragging her into the situation. Zoya, who is Das' friend's sister, starts feeling sympathetic towards Das.

Later, Ravi and Raju accept to make a deal upon which, Das has to pay 20 lakhs INR to withdraw the police case. The rest of the story is about how Das gets out of the situation alive, along with his friends, whilst also surviving assassination attempts from Rinku.

Cast 

 Vishwak Sen as 'Falaknuma' Das
 Saloni Mishra as Zoya
 Harshita Gaur as Sakhi
 Prasanthi Charuolingah as Tina
 Uttej as Peg Pandu
 Jeevan Kumar as Shankar Anna
 Tharun Bhascker as Saidulu
 Vivek Chepuri as Ravi
 Sunjit Akkinepally as Raju
 Bala Parasar as Das's mother 
 Anmona Chaliha as Das's sister 
 Praneeth Reddy Kallem as Rinku Sharma
 John Kottoly as Mallesh
 Sharath Sreerangam as Mahesh
 Venkatesh Kakumanu as Circuit
 Sonu Shahnawaz as Filament
 Laxman Meesala as Laxman
 Master Aman as Young Das
 Abhinav Gomatam as Psychiatrist (cameo)

Music 
The soundtrack for the film is composed by Vivek Sagar. Lyrics of this film are written by Suddala Ashok Teja, Bhaskarbhatla Ravikumar and Kittu Vissapragada.

Release 
The film is released on 31 May 2019.

Critical reception 
Falaknuma Das received negative reviews from critics. Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Falaknuma Das is like eating mutton biryani. The aroma and taste knocks you out for sometime, and once you get used to the flavour, it loses the very charm that made you crave for it". Neeshita Nyayapati Of The Times Of India gave the film a rating of 2 out of 5 and wrote "The biggest drawback of Falaknuma Das is the lack of structure in its narrative, for it does show potential by shining through in the most unsuspecting moments with its subtle humour".

Krishna Sripada of The News Minute gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "Falaknuma Das is a realistic crime drama that revolves around a testosterone-driven, eternally animalistic, mindless bunch of toxic men forever courting trouble". Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu wrote "A gritty story, native narrative and great performances make ‘Falaknuma Das’ an interesting watch".

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2010s Telugu-language films
Indian action thriller films
Telugu remakes of Malayalam films
2019 films
2019 action thriller films
Films set in Hyderabad, India
Films shot in Hyderabad, India