11 Years for Kick: A look back at the film that cemented Ravi Teja's superstardom

Kick can be considered as one of the career-defining films in the career of Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja. It is the film which showed the actor in the most stylish way possible. The film had hit screens on May 8, 2009. Kick perhaps will remain one of the most extraordinary films in Surender Reddy's career as a director. The film celebrates its 11th release anniversary today. On this occasion, let us have a look back on this action comedy-drama.

Kick tells the story of a typical youngster Kalyan who has a care-a-damn attitude decides to become a thief for children's health protection after a kid dies from heart disease. However, he turns a cop for Love of his life and home minister hands over him the robbery cases finally. This film was a blockbuster, and the music album is something which is still enjoyed by all. Fans of the movie that released in 2009 made it trend on Twitter with keyword #11YearsForKick.

Ileana D'Cruz sank her teeth into the character of a courageous girl Naina or Kalyan's love interest and made us fall in love with her performance. The actor will be sharing the screen with Ravi Teja after their previous work, Khatarnak. She grabbed eyeballs with her performance in the movie where she essayed Naina, who falls in love with a guy with a typical attitude. She feds up with his strange behaviour and decides to break up with him. She totally takes the limelight on herself in the songs.

Audience enthralled by Ravi Teja's power-packed performance in the movie. His fans were super thrilled to witness him in this different avatar. People started loving him and became fond of the character because of the actor's brilliant performance. Since then Ravi Teja has ruled the industry for years and made it so big. His journey has been inspirational as he has struggled a lot to reach this level of success. It's one of best Ravi Teja's performances from all the fantastic work he's done.

Kick managed to become a super hit film at the box office that year. The film was such a massive hit that today, it has become a franchise and a sequel – Kick 2 (2015) has already been released and was an average fare at the box office. However, Ravi Teja's portrayal of the loveable yet typical youth, Kalyan, enthralled the audiences twice. In fact, in the second part, the actor played the dual role; father Kalyan and song Robin Hood. The first part was a major blockbuster and went on to become the 9th highest-grossing Telugu film of 2015 in the United States.

The background score and soundtrack for the film was composed by SS Thaman who made debut as a music composer with this film. We may not have had all blockbuster tracks in the album, but we've definitely had a fair share of great songs to hum to. However, Thaman has belted out some of the biggest foot-tapping hits including Gore Gore, Dhim Thana and I Don't Want Love. All in all, the director tactfully blends good comedy with his hide-and-seek plot and leaves the audience in splits. Kick was later remade into Hindi with the same name and Salmaan Khan, and Jacqueline Fernandez played the lead pair.