{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox film | name = Okate Life | image = Okate Life.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = M. Venkat | writer = Satish Bandoji | screenplay = | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | producer = Narayan Ram <br /> Dwarakanth Reddy | starring = Ramesh Choudary<br />Shruti Yugal | narrator = | cinematography = D. Yadhagiri<br />Romti Vijay Kumar | editing = | music = <small>'''Songs:'''</small><br />Amresh Ganesh<br /><small>'''Score:'''</small><br />Sunil Kashyap | studio = Lord Venkateswara Films | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|5|3}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Telugu | budget = | gross = }} '''''Okate Life''''' ({{Translation|Only one life}}) is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language romantic thriller film directed by M. Venkat and starring Ramesh Choudary and Shruti Yugal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/actor-jiiva-unveils-the-first-look-of-okate-life/articleshow/63429667.cms|title=Actor Jiiva unveils the first look of 'Okate Life'|date=23 March 2018|work=The Times of India|access-date=29 December 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228210631/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/actor-jiiva-unveils-the-first-look-of-okate-life/articleshow/63429667.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Premise== The film is about Blue Whale and how youngsters are addicted to technology and care less for human emotions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Tollywood/2019-02-28/Jiiva-unveils-Okate-Life-poster/503610?infinitescroll=1|title=Jiiva unveils 'Okate Life' poster|date=28 February 2019|work=The Hans India|accessdate=29 December 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228210634/https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Tollywood/2019-02-28/Jiiva-unveils-Okate-Life-poster/503610?infinitescroll=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/okate-life-movie-1039591|title=హ్యాండిల్ విత్ కేర్|date=3 February 2018|language=te|work=Sakshi|accessdate=26 September 2024}}</ref>
== Cast == {{Cast listing| *Ramesh Choudary as Ram *Shruti Yugal as Charu *Suman as ACP Mahindar *Rishi as Prem *Disha as Priya *Venu Yeldandi as Vicky *Jabardasth Bobby as Suresh }}
== Production == The film began production in 2018. The film marks Ramesh Choudary's return to Telugu cinema after a fourteen-year gap.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/030219/jithan-ramesh-to-debut-in-tollywood.html |title=Jithan Ramesh to debut in Tollywood |work=Deccan Chronicle|date=3 February 2019 |accessdate=29 December 2023 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301062733/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/030219/jithan-ramesh-to-debut-in-tollywood.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The trailer was released in the presence of Minister T. Harish Rao.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/okate-life-trailer-launched-minister-t-harish-rao-1109159|title=ఉన్నది ఒకటే జీవితం|date=20 August 2018|language=te|work=Sakshi|accessdate=29 December 2023|archive-date=28 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231228210659/https://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/okate-life-trailer-launched-minister-t-harish-rao-1109159|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Soundtrack == {{Infobox album | name = Okate Life | type = Soundtrack | artist = Amresh Ganesh <br /><small>'''Background Score:'''</small><br />Sunil Kashyap | cover = | alt = | released = 2018 | recorded = 2018 | venue = | studio = | genre = Feature film soundtrack | length = 17:54 | language = Telugu | label = iDream Music | producer = | chronology = Amresh Ganesh | prev_title = Sathru | prev_year = 2019 | next_title = En Kaadhali Scene Podura | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Sunil Kashyap | type = Soundtrack | prev_title = Rogue | prev_year = 2017 | title = Okate Life | year = 2018 | next_title = Bewars | next_year = 2018 }} }} The songs were composed by Amresh Ganesh in his Telugu debut,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/oct/17/charlie-chaplin-2-music-director-amrish-thrilled-with-adulation-for-chinna-machan-sevatha-machan-son-1886387.html|title=Charlie Chaplin 2 music director Amrish thrilled with adulation for Chinna Machan Sevatha Machan song|date=17 October 2018|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=29 December 2023|archive-date=12 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712055735/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2018/oct/17/charlie-chaplin-2-music-director-amrish-thrilled-with-adulation-for-chinna-machan-sevatha-machan-son-1886387.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the score was composed by Sunil Kashyap.
{{Track listing | headline = Track listing<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moviegq.com/movie/okate-life-9900/songs|title=OKATE LIFE (2019) SONGS|work=MovieGQ|access-date=29 December 2023}}</ref> | extra_column = Singer(s) | title1 = Dub Dub Dabbu | lyrics1 = Viswa | extra1 = Sarath Santhosh | length1 = 4:09 | title2 = Em Maya Chesave | lyrics2 = Sathish Bandoji | extra2 = Manasa, Amresh | length2 = 5:47 | title3 = Whatsapp Baby | lyrics3 = Bhashya Sree | extra3 = Suchitra | length3 = 4:21 | title4 = Ohh Meri Dhimtak Nari | lyrics4 = Sathish Bandoji | extra4 = Suchitra, Tippu | length4 = 3:37 | total_length = 17:54 }}
==Release== The film was initially scheduled to release on 22 August 2018 and later 8 February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/movies/okate-life-releasing-august-22-1101929|title=టెక్నాలజీ పేరుతో పరుగులు|date=20 August 2018|language=te|work=Sakshi|accessdate=26 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Cinema/2019-02-02/Youngsters-lost-in-virtual-world/486435|title=Youngsters lost in virtual world|date=2 February 2019|work=The Hans India|accessdate=26 September 2024}}</ref>
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== External links == *{{IMDb title|10300302}}
Category:Indian romantic thriller films Category:2019 Indian films Category:2019 Telugu-language films Category:Films scored by Amresh Ganesh