Janatha Garage

Janatha Garage
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKoratala Siva
Written byKoratala Siva
Produced byNaveen Yerneni
Yalamanchili Ravi Shankar
Mohan Cherukuri (CVM)
Starring
CinematographyTirru
Edited byKotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 1 September 2016 (2016-09-01)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget40–50 crore
Box officeest. 135.45–150 crore

Janatha Garage (transl.People's Garage) is a 2016 Indian Telugu-language vigilante action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva and produced by Mythri Movie Makers. The film stars an ensemble cast including Mohanlal, N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Unni Mukundan, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music for the film, while Tirru and Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao handled the cinematography and editing.

The film follows Anand (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.), an environmental activist who comes to Hyderabad to attend a seminar, where an unexpected encounter with Sathyam (Mohanlal), a mechanic who runs a criminal organisation called "Janatha Garage" for the oppressed, changes his purpose in life.

Janatha Garage was released worldwide on 1 September 2016 and received positive reviews from the critics. The film registered the highest opening day collection for a Telugu film with over ₹41 crore in 2016 becoming the second-highest Telugu opening of all-time behind Baahubali: The Beginning, at the time. It was the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2016.

It won two awards at the 64th National Film AwardsSpecial Jury Award for Mohanlal and Best Choreography for Raju Sundaram. It also won seven Nandi AwardsBest Popular Feature Film, Best Actor ( N. T. Rama Rao Jr.), Best Supporting Actor (Mohanlal), Best Story Writer (Koratala Siva), Best Choreographer (Sundaram), Best Art Director (A. S. Prakash) and Best Lyricist (Ramajogayya Sastry). It also won the state Gaddar Award for Third Best Feature Film.