Mirapakay (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, Mirapakay is an action and comedy film directed by Harish Shankar, running about 160 minutes.

What it’s about. Rishi (Ravi Teja) is an inspector in the Intelligence Bureau. His colleagues fondly call him 'Mirapakaay'. The chief of the IB, Narayana Murthy (Nagababu) gets information that Kittu Bhai (Prakash Raj), a mafia don, is trying to spread his tentacles in India and is targeting Delhi first. During the course of the investigation, ACP (Sanjay Swaroop) is killed by Shankar (Kota Srinivasa Rao), a local goon with the help of his son (Supreet). Murthy sends Rishi to Hyderabad and gets him admitted to a college as a Hindi lecturer as part of an undercover operation. Rishi meets Vinamra (Richa Gangopadhyay) at a temple & falls in love at first sight. Incidentally, she studies in the same college and in the same class to which Rishi teaches Hindi. Their love blossoms. At this juncture, Vaishali (Deeksha Seth), daughter of Kittu Bhai, joins the same college. Grabbing the opportunity, the IB chief asks Rishi to extract information about Kittu from Vaishali.

Who’s in it. Mirapakay stars Ravi Teja as Rishi, Richa Gangopadhyay as Vinamra, Deeksha Seth as Vaishali and Prakash Raj as Kittu Bhai, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.2/10, Mirapakay has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Sun Nxt and Eros Now Select Apple TV Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Mirapakay page.

If you liked it. Fans of Mirapakay tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.