Pokiri (2006) Review – Rating, Verdict & Box Office | Tollybo
Last updated: 5 May 2026
Pokiri(2006)
Telugu · Action, Crime, Thriller
2h 43m · 27 Apr 2006
Music: Mani Sharma | Writer: Puri Jagannadh
Ratings
Our Rating
3.75
📖 Story
Pokiri is an action thriller centered on an undercover cop who infiltrates the criminal underworld to dismantle a powerful mafia network. The story follows his intense battle against crime while maintaining his cover, with twists involving love, loyalty, and justice.
Mahesh Babu: Powerful and charismatic portrayal of the undercover cop, balancing action and emotion effectively.
Ileana D'Cruz: Strong debut performance with charm and grace as the female lead.
Prakash Raj: Menacing and impactful as the antagonist, adding depth to the villain role.
Puri Jagannadh: Comedic relief with impeccable timing, enhancing the entertainment quotient.
💪 Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- ✓Engaging screenplay with a gripping narrative
- ✓Mahesh Babu's charismatic performance
- ✓Stylish action sequences
- ✓Catchy music by Mani Sharma
- ✓Strong villain characterization
Weaknesses
- ✕Predictable plot twists
- ✕Some pacing issues in the second half
🎬 Direction & Writing
Puri Jagannadh delivers a fast-paced, stylish action entertainer with a mix of mass appeal and commercial elements. The direction keeps the audience engaged with crisp narration and impactful scenes.
- - Music by Mani Sharma
- - Cinematography capturing urban and action scenes effectively
- - Editing that maintains pace
- - Action choreography
📰 Ratings Sources
No rating sources available.
Our Rating
💰 Box Office Collection
No collection data available yet.
🏛️ Centers & 🏅 Awards
| Run | Centers |
|---|---|
| 50 Days Centers | 299 |
| 100 Days Centers | 200 |
| 175 Days Centers | 63 |
No awards data available.
🏆 Records & Box Office
- - Strong box office performance across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
- - Completed 100 days in multiple centers
- - Set new benchmarks for action films in Telugu cinema
😊 Sentiment Breakdown & 🧠 Critics
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Positive | 70% |
| Neutral | 20% |
| Negative | 10% |
Critics
Critics praised Pokiri for its high-octane action, Mahesh Babu's performance, and Mani Sharma's music. Some noted the formulaic storyline but appreciated the film's mass appeal and entertainment value.
Final Box-Office Result
🏟 Theatrical Centers Run
100 Days - Centers
| # | City | Theater | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Prince Mahesh Babu's Pokiri completed 100 days in 200 centers(140+ direct centers and remaining are late run centers). | _ | — |
| 1 | Vijayawada | Alankar | — |
| 2 | Vijayawada (One Town) | Srinivas | — |
| 3 | Gunadala | Vinayak | — |
| 4 | Poranki | Srinivas | — |
| 5 | Machilipatnam | Siri Venkat | — |
| 6 | Gudiwada | Sarath | — |
| 7 | Uyyuru | Deepak | — |
| 8 | Tiruvooru | Sri Venkateswara | — |
| 9 | Noojiveedu | Satyanarayana | — |
| 10 | Kankipadu | Mayuri | — |
| 11 | Hanuman Junction | Krishna | — |
| 12 | Kaikalooru | Maganti | — |
| 13 | Jaggayyapet | Kamala | — |
| 14 | Guntur | Bhaskar | — |
| 15 | Tenali | Sangameswara | — |
| 16 | Ongole | Satyam | — |
| 17 | Cheerala | Sangam | — |
| 18 | Narsaraopet | Vijetha | — |
| 19 | Chilakalooripet | Ramakrishna | — |
| 20 | Ponnuru | Subbaraya | — |
| 21 | Sattenapally | Surya | — |
| 22 | Addanki | Bhavani | — |
| 23 | Repalle | Padmavathi | — |
| 24 | Vinukonda | Venkateswara | — |
| 25 | Tangutooru | Apsara | — |
| 26 | Mangalagiri | Gopalakrishna | — |
| 27 | Piduguralla | Aswani | — |
| 28 | Macharla | Nagarjuna Kalamandir | — |
| 29 | Eluru | Kranthi | — |
| 30 | Tanuku | Mini Pratyusha | — |
| 31 | Bhimavaram | Venkatrama | — |
| 32 | Tadepalligudem | Seshamahal | — |
| 33 | Palakollu | Annapoorna | — |
| 34 | Jangareddygudem | Tulasimahal | — |
| 35 | Narsapuram | Annapoorna | — |
| 36 | Nidadavoolu | Radhakrishna | — |
| 37 | Aakiveedu | Vijaya | — |
| 38 | Ganapavaram | Mahalakshmi Complex | — |
| 39 | Chintalapudi | Mini Ratna | — |
| 40 | Devarapalli | Ramanath | — |
| 41 | Polavaram | Ganga Bhavani | — |
| 42 | Rajahmundry | Ramba | — |
| 43 | Kakinada | Sri Priya | — |
| 44 | Kakinada | Devi | — |
| 45 | Amalapuram | Sri Lakshmi | — |
| 46 | Mandapeta | Sapthagiri | — |
| 47 | Kothapeta | Lakshminarayana | — |
| 48 | Samarlakota | Jayalakshmi | — |
| 49 | G Mamidada | Srinivasa | — |
| 50 | Ealeswaram | Venkateswara | — |
| 51 | Pithapuram | Satyam | — |
| 52 | Tuni | Srinivasa | — |
| 53 | Ramachandrapuram | Ramadurga | — |
| 54 | Malipuram | Sankar | — |
| 55 | Tatipaka | Srinivasa | — |
| 56 | Anaparthi | Surya Sri | — |
| 57 | Ravulapalem | Srinivasa | — |
| 58 | Peddapuram | Satya | — |
| 59 | Namavaram | V.S.Mahal | — |
| 60 | Vizag | Sarath | — |
| 61 | Gajuwaka | Lakshmikanth | — |
| 62 | Gopalpatnam | Sankar | — |
| 63 | Vizianagaram | Sapthagiri | — |
| 64 | Anakapalli | Jagannath | — |
| 65 | Srikakulam | Saraswathimahal | — |
| 66 | Narsipatnam | Sri Kanya | — |
| 67 | Payakaraopet | Sri Surya | — |
| 68 | Bobbili | Venkatesh | — |
| 69 | Parvathipuram | Balaji | — |
| 70 | Chittivalasa | Sapthagiri | — |
| 71 | Rajam | Apsara | — |
| 72 | Palasa | Bhagavathi | — |
| 73 | Narsannapet | Rejeswari | — |
| 74 | Chodavaram | Srinivasa | — |
| 75 | Cheepurupalli | Srinivasa | — |
| 76 | Kothavalasa | Lakshminarasimha | — |
| 77 | Kancharapalem | Parameswari | — |
| 78 | Gajapathinagaram | Gangaraju | — |
| 79 | Nellore | Leelamahal | — |
| 80 | Naidupeta | Little Krishna | — |
| 81 | Gudooru | G.S. Rayal | — |
| 82 | Kavali | Spandana | — |
| 83 | Kandukooru | Rajmahal | — |
| 84 | Kanigiri | Srinivasa | — |
| 85 | Buchi | Rajkishore | — |
| 86 | Darsi | Sivashankar | — |
| 87 | Kota | Venkateswara | — |
| 88 | Aatmakooru | Srinivasa | — |
| 89 | Pamooru | Ravikalamandir | — |
| 90 | Singarayakonda | Santhi | — |
| 91 | Tirupathi | Jayasyam | — |
| 92 | Ananthapuram | Santhi | — |
| 93 | Nandayala | Sangeeth | — |
| 94 | Kadapa | Murali | — |
| 95 | Kurnool | Sri Rama | — |
| 96 | Adoni | Satyam Complex | — |
| 97 | Chitooru | Raghav | — |
| 98 | Hindupuram | Lakshmi | — |
| 99 | Dharmavaram | Sudarshan | — |
| 100 | Kadiri | Sagar | — |
| 101 | Tadipatri | Varalakshmi Complex | — |
| 102 | Rayadurgam | Madhura Picture | — |
| 103 | Done | Sri Rama | — |
| 104 | Emmiganooru | Srinivasa | — |
| 105 | Markapuram | Vijaya | — |
| 106 | Nandikotkooru | Apsara | — |
| 107 | Aatmakooru | Raghunath | — |
| 108 | Giddalooru | Natraj | — |
| 109 | Railwaykodooru | Siddeswara | — |
| 110 | Proddutooru | Sudha | — |
| 111 | Rajampet | Sudarshan | — |
| 112 | Pulivendula | Rajyalakshmi | — |
| 113 | Srikalahasthi | Sairam | — |
| 114 | Peeleru | S.V.Mahal | — |
| 115 | Palamaneru | V.V. Mahal | — |
| 116 | Puttooru | Vishnumahal | — |
| 117 | Madanapalli | Ravi | — |
| 118 | Ballari | Raghavendra | — |
| 119 | Rayachoti | Prasad | — |
| 120 | Allagadda | Sri Rama Mini | — |
| 121 | Jammalamadugu | T.N.R. | — |
| 122 | Gunthakal | Vasavi | — |
| 123 | Hosepet | Bala | — |
| 124 | Penugonda | Venkateswara | — |
| 125 | Badwel | Lakshminarasimha | — |
| 126 | Gutti | Amrutha Mahal | — |
| 127 | Kalikiri | R.N.R. Mahal | — |
| 128 | R.T.C. Cross Road | Sudarshan 35mm | — |
| 129 | Seconderabad | Tivoli | — |
| 130 | NTR Garden | Prasad Multiplex | — |
| 131 | Panjagutta | P.V.R. | — |
| 132 | Kukatpalli | Viswanath | — |
| 133 | Dilshuknagar | Mega | — |
| 134 | Kapra | Sivashakthi | — |
| 135 | Malkajgiri | Raghavendra | — |
| 136 | Jeedimetla | Bhujang | — |
| 137 | R.C.Puram | Jyothi | — |
| 138 | Vanasthalipuram | Sushma | — |
| 139 | Karmanghat | Indra | — |
| 140 | Uppal | Krishna Chitramandir | — |
| 141 | Tolichouki | Galaxi | — |
| 142 | Khairathabad | Sensation | — |
| 143 | Alwal | Lakshmikala | — |
| 144 | Medchal | Mukund | — |
| 145 | Warangal | Sunil | — |
| 146 | Hanmakonda | Sri Devi | — |
| 147 | Nizamabad | Lalitha | — |
| 148 | Karimnagar | Tirumala | — |
| 149 | Khammam | Tirumala | — |
| 150 | Palvancha | Venkateswara | — |
| 151 | Mahaboobnagar | Tirumala | — |
| 152 | Miryalaguda | Lalithamahal | — |
| 153 | Suryapet | Sri Devi | — |
| 154 | Nalgonda | Natraj | — |
| 155 | Kodada | Ranga | — |
| 156 | Narayanapet | Manohar | — |
| 157 | Kamareddy | Priya | — |
| 158 | Shadnagar | Ramakrishna | — |
| 159 | Narsampet | Aravind Kalamandir | — |
| 160 | Tandooru | Chandra | — |
| 161 | Manchiryala | Venkateswara | — |
| 162 | Janagam | Lakshmikrishna | — |
| 163 | Sattupalli | Balaji | — |
| 164 | Kothakota | Sri Devi | — |
| 165 | Adilabad | Natraj | — |
| 166 | Jahirabad | Mohan | — |
| 167 | Jammikunta | Harihara | — |
| 168 | Mahaboobabad | Mukund | — |
| 169 | Bhuvanagiri | Bharath 70mm | — |
| 170 | Jagityala | Vijayalakshmi 70mm | — |
| 171 | Godawarikhani | Urvasi | — |
| 172 | Vanaparthi | Brundavan | — |
| 173 | Bellampally | Ramakrishna | — |
| 174 | Sankarpalli | Saibaba | — |
| 175 | Vaira | Vasavi | — |
| 176 | Manvi | Aparna | — |
| 177 | Nagarkurnool | Raghavendra | — |
| 178 | Hariya | Kalyani | — |
| 179 | Peddapally | Sangeeth | — |
| 180 | Jatcharla | Venkatadri | — |
| 181 | Madira | Lakshmi Srinivasa | — |
| 182 | Hujarabad | Annapoorna | — |
| 183 | Medak | Sangam | — |
| 184 | Karthagi | Lakshmi | — |
| 185 | Achampet | Satyalakshmi | — |
| 186 | Narsapuram | Sai Deluxe | — |
| 187 | Chennai | Jayaprada | — |
| 188 | Bangalore | P.V.R. | — |
| 189 | Bangalore | Aparna | — |
| 190 | Bangalore | Anjan | — |
| 191 | Mullabagal | Varadarajan | — |
| 192 | Pavagada | Alankar | — |
| 192 | Pavagada | Alankar | — |
| 193 | Hubli | Roopam Talkies | — |
| 194 | Siva Mogga | Modran Talkies | — |
| 195 | Madigiri | Santhal | — |
| 196 | Anekal | Lakshmi Talkies | — |
| 197 | Sholapoor | Lakshminarayana Cinema | — |
| 198 | Berhampoor | Siva Shakthi Cinema | — |
| 199 | Rayagada | Ashok Cinema | — |
| 200 | Mumbai | P.V.R. | — |
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
When did Pokiri release in theatres?▾
Pokiri released on 27 April 2006 (2006).
Is Pokiri a hit or flop?▾
Pokiri is declared a INDUSTRY HIT at the box office.
Where to watch Pokiri online? OTT release date?▾
Pokiri is available on Hungama Play, MX Player. OTT date will be updated soon.
Who directed Pokiri?▾
Pokiri directed by Puri Jagannadh. Produced by Manjula Ghattamaneni.
Who are the main cast members of Pokiri?▾
Pokiri stars Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj.
What is the Tollybo rating for Pokiri?▾
Tollybo rates Pokiri 3.75/5. Verdict: INDUSTRY HIT.
Who composed the music for Pokiri?▾
Music for Pokiri composed by Mani Sharma.
What is the genre and runtime of Pokiri?▾
Pokiri — Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller, Runtime: 163 minutes, Language: Telugu.