Achari America Yatra

Achari America Yatra
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	G. Nageswara Reddy
Screenplay by	G. Nageswara Reddy Nivas Varma Vikram Raj Gopal Krishna
Story by	Murthi Malladi Venkata Krishna
Produced by	Kirthi Chowdary Kittu
Starring	Vishnu Manchu Pragya Jaiswal Brahmanandam
Cinematography	Siddharth Ramaswamy
Edited by	M. S. Rajashekhara Reddy (S. R. Shekhar)
Music by	S. Thaman
Release date	27 April 2018 (2018-04-27)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Achari America Yatra (transl. "The Priest's Journey to America") is a 2018 Telugu comedy film directed by G. Nageswara Reddy. The film stars Vishnu Manchu, Pragya Jaiswal, and Brahmanandam. It was produced by Kirthi Chowdary and Kittu.

Kedari Krishnamachari (Vishnu Manchu) is a young pundit working under Applacharya (Brahmanandam), along with two other pundits. In the opening scene, they conduct a hawan at a rich household, where due to smoke, an elderly man dies, apparently due to asthma attack. The relatives blame the four pundits and go for their lives. They try taking refuge at a mosque and a church. When they find no other choice, Krishna insists on fleeing to America. Acharya reluctantly agrees after he reads Bhavishya vani that Krishna has tampered.

In America, they face the harsh realities, working odd jobs and living in a rented apartment. Krishna keeps searching for someone. Acharya manages to find a temple in Las Vegas, where he gets employed as a cleaner. There Krishna hears a female voice singing Krishna Bhajan and chases the singer. He sees a girl, Renuka (Pragya Jaiswal), leaving in a car and cheers, indicating this is the girl he had been looking for. In the temple, Acharya meets a woman (Surekha Vani), who says that her boss needs a pundit for his wedding. Acharya agrees.

They reach the home of the boss, Vikram alias Vicky (Thakur Anoop Singh), for conducting the engagement. There, they see Renuka and get shocked. Renuka sees Krishna and faints. A flashback starts.

Renuka arrives from America. Dadaji (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who is a wheelchair user, is very happy. He says that she is the heiress of all his properties. Her uncles are angry because she refused to marry his son Vicky. There is a four day long pooja in the house, and Acharya is called for that. During that time, Krishna accidentally sees Renuka nude and later confesses and apologizes. Renuka gets angry. She and her friend (Vidyullekha Raman) plot revenge schemes that always fail. But she is impressed when Krishna blesses a maid's daughter for her birthday. Renuka takes Dadaji for a stroll in the fields, when they are attacked. Krishna saves them. He suspects the uncles are behind the attack. Renuka and Krishna become closer. She says that on the final day of pooja she has some thing to say. The flashback ends.

Krishna tells Acharya and the pundits that Renuka left for America before the last day and he came to search for her. Renuka's friend tells them that Renuka had confessed to Dadaji about her feelings for Krishna. Her uncles heard and abused Dadaji and Renuka. Dadaji died of a heart attack when he saw Renuka being mistreated by her uncles and not for asthma. After Dadaji, died the uncles refused to give the ashes over to Renuka and said she had to marry Vicky to get them.

Krishna and the pundits make plans to steal the ashes from Vicky and flee with Renuka. When they manage after two tries, they are chased by Vicky's henchmen. They are accosted at an abandoned factory. The family lawyer (Posani Krishna Murali) tells Krishna to sign some papers. Everyone gets confused. The lawyer reveals that Dadaji had made Krishna his heir before he died, and also leaves a video evidence. Krishna refuses and fight ensues, where he manages to subdue all others.

At the ending, Krishna and Renuka visit Kasi to fulfil Dadaji's last wishes.

• Vishnu Manchu as Krishnamachari
• Pragya Jaiswal as Renuka Devi
• Brahmanandam as Appalachari
• Pradeep Rawat as Subbaraju
• Thakur Anoop Singh as Vikram (Vicky)
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Chakrapani
• Posani Krishna Murali as Chakrapani's family lawyer
• Satya Krishnan as Devasena
• Prudhvi Raj as Padma Rao (Train Passenger)
• Vidyullekha Raman as Vidya, Renuka's friend
• Prabhas Sreenu as Krishna's friend
• Surekha Vani as Vikram's P.A
• Master Bharath as Passenger #2
• Praveen as Appalachari's Assistant

The Hindu wrote that "Nageshwar Reddy had the premise with scope to be developed further, but Achari America Yatra is a lazy effort at whipping up some laughs".^[1] The Times of India gave the film a 1 out of 5 saying, "This Yatra [pilgrimage] will take the audience on a ride they wouldn't want to remember."^[2]

• Achari America Yatra at IMDb