Meter OTT release date: When and where to watch Kiran Abbavaram, Athulyaa Ravi’s entertainer

Kiran Abbavaram, who was seen in writer-director Murali Kishor Abburu’s commercially successful thriller Vinaro Bhagyamu Vishnu Katha, is back in action with a commercial entertainer titled Meter. The film, with story and direction by Ramesh Kaduri, hit theatres this Friday (i.e. April 7). Athulyaa Ravi, who was seen in handful of Tamil films, made her Telugu debut with the massy outing.

While Meter’s songs, especially Chammak Chammak Pori, gained popularity prior to its release, the cop saga opened to mixed responses from critics and audiences. Sapthagiri, Posani Krishna Murali, Prudhvi Raj and Vinay Varma essayed other important roles in the film produced by Chiranjeevi (Cherry) and Hemalatha Pedamallu under Clap Entertainment and Mythri Movie Makers.

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Naveen Yerneni and Ravi Shankar Yalamanchili are the presenters of the film. This is the second time Kiran Abbavaram has played a cop after Sebastian PC524. Streaming giant Netflix has acquired the post-theatrical streaming rights of Meter. The cop drama is expected to arrive on Netflix a month after its theatrical release i.e. in the first half of May.

The story unfolds through the eyes of Venkat Rathnam, an honest constable whose career doesn’t progress to great heights owing to his corrupt superiors. He pins hopes on his son Arjun Kalyan (Kiran) to join the police office and make a difference. Arjun, who neither wants to be a cop nor disappoint his father, tries every trick in the book to fail his selection tests. Much to his shock, he’s appointed as an SI and confronts a crooked politician Kantham Byreddy.

“Meter is a dreadful cop saga where nothing works, from Kiran Abbavaram’s empty heroics to a terrible story that doesn’t have good drama, entertainment value or strong performances. Athulyaa Ravi in her Telugu debut is reduced to a prop and the antagonist, an unintentional comedian. The two-hour runtime remains the only respite for the viewer,” OTTplay wrote in its review.

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