Goutham Nanda 2017

Goutham Nanda is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Sampath Nandi. The film is an adaptation of the ANR starrer 1961 film Iddaru Mitrulu. It stars Gopichand in a dual role as hero and villain along with Hansika Motwani and Catherine Tresa while Mukesh Rishi, Sachin Khedekar, and Nikitin Dheer appear in supporting roles. The film has music composed by S. Thaman. The plot follows two lookalikes, Goutham and Nanda, who meet while trying to end their lives. Goutham is a billionaire's spoiled son who wants to feel emotions and Nanda is a poverty-stricken software engineer who wants to become a billionaire. They decide to swap their identities for a month and eventually face challenges from each other as they both start savoring the lives they wanted to live. The film was released theatrically on 28 July 2017 where it received positive reviews with praise for the production values, action sequences, performances, soundtrack and dialogues. Despite failing commercially, over the years it has found more acceptance and became more popular, especially receiving accolades from audience regarding films theme and message of the movie and thrill elements.