Kousalya Krishnamurthy, the daughter of Krishnamurthy, a farmer, is highly fascinated to cricket. In her childhood, Kousalya spots tears in her father's eyes when India crashes defeat in the. Hence, she determines to become an international cricketer to get back the smile on her cricket-loving father's face. At the age of 11, she joins the local cricket team in the village who are mostly her school seniors when everyone appreciates her talent of off-spin technique getting wickets. Parallelly, she also earns the wrath of many villagers for playing cricket with boys, which Krishna Murthy does not care and supports his daughter. Right now, Kousalya appears for team selections. She gets rejected but does not give up. She works hard and gets selected in the . At present, Kousalya moves for training at National Cricket AcademyBangalore, where she is humiliated by seniors due to internal politics, and even the coach demotes her to a large extent. However, the entry of a new coach named Nelson Dilipkumar, an ex-Indian cricketer, develops the team’s spirit and gets the players ready for the upcoming T20 world cup. Nelson discovers spin bowling capabilities of Kousalya and trains her in the right path. He also locks horns with the committee and ensures that Kousalya’s presence in the world cup. Meanwhile, Krishnamurthy faces a tough time with agriculture, and unable to repay the debt of bank, ends up being in a rift with the bank manager. At one point, Nelson decides to rest Kousalya for the league matches as a strategy to hide her talent and give a surprise to opponents, which makes her down. Ultimately, Kousalya is selected in the semifinal against the strongest team, Australia. At the same time, Krishnamurthy’s house is occasioned by the bank; hearing it, Kousalya becomes anguished when Nelson motivates her to make her father proud by winning the match. During the match, Kousalya bowls a hat-trick and again bowls well leading to India’s win. At last, she is declared as Woman of the Match, awarded with Rs. 5 lakhs when she gives an emotional speech describing the situation of farmers in the country. Finally, Krishnamurthy feels proud of his daughter.
, the presenter of the film, saw the trailer of Kanaa on the sets of World Famous Lover and decided to remake it in Telugu. The remake, titled Kousalya Krishnamurthy, was shot in the surrounding areas of Rajahmundry.
Marketing and release
The official teaser of the film was released on 18 June 2019 by Sony Music South. Two months later, the official trailer was released on 19 August 2019 by Sony Music South. The film was released theatrically on 23 August 2019.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas, who composed the original film. All of the film's tunes were reused from Kanaa.
Reception
Critical reception
123telugu gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "An emotional sports drama which has some good moments. Decent family emotions and some interesting cricketing scenes are basic assets. On the flip side, the lengthy runtime, predictable sports-based storyline play spoilsport. If you are okay with these small issues, you can easily give this inspiring film a shot". The Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "An emotional drama centred around cricket. We've seen a lot of Tollywood films based on cricket in recent times, but Kousalya Krishnamurthy has more cricket in it than an actual story". The Deccan Chronicle gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "Kousalya Krishnamurthy has a thought-provoking subject but its clichéd presentation detracts from the film". GreatAndhra gave 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "“Kousalya Krishnamurthy” is a sincere attempt with good messages but it is also filled with clichéd sequences, and predictable narration".
