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Business Man
File:Mahesh BusinessMan.jpg
Guns don't need agreements
Directed byPuri Jagannadh
Story byPuri Jagannadh
Produced byR R Venkat
StarringMahesh Babu
Kajal Agarwal
Prakash Raj
CinematographyShyam K. Naidu
Edited byS. R. Shekhar
Music byS. Thaman
Distributed byRR Movie Makers,
Hari Venkateswara Pictures (overseas)
Release date
  • January 13, 2012 (2012-01-13)
CountryTemplate:Film India
LanguageTelugu

Business Man (Telugu: బిజినెస్ మాన్) is a Telugu action film co-written and directed by Puri Jagannadh,[1] produced by R.R. Venkat and starring Mahesh Babu and Kajal Agarwal.[2] The film is both produced and distributed by RR Movie Makers. The film was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam languages,[3][4] and is released on January 13th, 2012 to generally positive reviews both from fans and critics.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by RR Movie Makers and has the caption Guns don’t need agreements.[5] Although Shruti Hassan was considered for the female lead, Kajal Aggarwal was cast for the role.[6] Shweta Bhardwaj was roped in to perform an item number.[7]

The film was extensively shot in Mumbai and Goa. The Muhurat shot was pictured in August 2011 and the regular shooting commenced on 2 September 2011 at Shamshabad airport in Hyderabad.[8][9] The second schedule began in Mumbai on September 18, where Mahesh Babu joined the crew.[10] Filming was held for 74 days and completed on 10 December 2011.[11]

Dubbing works were done in Shabdalaya Studios.[12] It was revealed by Puri Jagganadh that the film would be dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam languages and that they will be released 26th January 2012.[13] The first look and teaser trailer of the film were released on 11 November.

Release

The release date was fixed as January 11, 2012 even before filming started. Later the date was brought forward by one day eventually. Finally it was postponed to 13th January. [14] Business Man would be the first direct release in Paris and Japan along with other overseas countries including USA, Canada, UK, Dubai, Singapore, Australia, South Africa and more.[15] The film would also become the first Telugu film to be released overseas with English subtitles.[16] The overseas rights were bagged by Hari Venkateshwara Pictures while RR Movie makers retained the domestical distribution rights.[17] The overseas rights for the film were sold for ₹5.4 crore (US$1 million), making it the highest buyover for any Telugu film in the overseas.[18] The movie is expected to screen in nearly 120 theaters in USA.[19]

Reception

The movie was released to generally positive reviews from various critics and trade pundits of Telugu Film Industry.Idle brain rated the movie with 3/5 and praised its concept and screen play.Times of India has given the rating of 3.5/5 stating "A film like Businessman is the cause for celebration, simply because it does away with forced comic interjections in the narrative and five minutes into the film ,you get the feeling,you are going to enjoy this one and the feeling stays till the end". Greatandhra rated the movie with 3.25/5 rating. Andhraboxoffice gave a rating of 2.75/5.Rediff gave the movie 2.5/5 saying that the movie is feast for Mahesh's fans and criticizing the logic defying sequences.

Soundtrack

Untitled

The music release event was held at Shilpakala Vedika, Hyderabad on 22 December 2011. The television broadcasting rights were acquired by Telugu channels NTV and Gemini TV for a whooping amount.[20] Thaman composed six songs for which Haricharan, Priya Hemesh, Geetha Madhuri, Rahul Nambiar and others had lent their voices.[20] As announced earlier, Mahesh Babu himself sang the theme song along with director Puri Jagannadh in all three languages—Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam[21] The audio was released officially on December 22 through Aditya Music.[22]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Mumbai"BhaskarabatlaRanjith, Rahul Nambiar, Aalap Raju, Naveen Madhav2:43
2."Sir Osthara"BhaskarabatlaSuchitra, Thaman3:57
3."Pilla Chao"BhaskarabatlaRahul Nambiar4.19
4."Chandamama Navve"BhaskarabatlaHaricharan3:04
5."Bad Boys"BhaskarabatlaPriya Himesh, Geetha Madhuri3:53
6."Businessman Theme"BhaskarabatlaMahesh Babu, Puri Jagannadh, Chorus2:49
Total length:20:45

References

  1. ^ "Mahesh Babu-Puri Jagannath's Businessman taking off in Sep". Oneindia.com. Retrieved May 6, 2011.
  2. ^ "Kajal signs Mahesh Babu's Business Man". Sify. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  3. ^ a b Edison Thomas. "Mahesh Babu's Businessman in Tamil and Malayalam too". The Times of India. Retrieved Nov 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "First Look: Puri Jagannadh, Mahesh Babu's 'Business Man'". CNN-IBN.
  5. ^ "RR Movie Makers have registered the title as 'Business Man'". Ibnlive.
  6. ^ "kajal in business man". sify. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  7. ^ "special song". raaganews. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Mahesh's 'Businessman' shoot from September". IndiaGlitz.
  9. ^ "Mahesh Babu's The Businessman in regular shooting". ragalahari. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  10. ^ "mahesh joins shoot". ragalahari. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  11. ^ "filming completed". supergood.
  12. ^ "Businessman dubbing is on". 123telugu.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  13. ^ "3 languages". teluguone. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  14. ^ "jan 11th". ragalahari. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  15. ^ "Businessman releasing in Paris and Japan (first time a Telugu release)". idlebrain.
  16. ^ "Stills: Mahesh Babu's Business Man". NDTV.
  17. ^ "Mahesh Businessman Movie Audio Event Live on NTV and Gemini". Eenaducinema.com. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  18. ^ "Overseas Rights". teluguone. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  19. ^ "businessman release in USA". telugu one. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  20. ^ a b "The Businessman audio to storm the stands tomorrow". Oneindia.in. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  21. ^ "Mahesh Babu, Puri Jagan to sing TBM's theme song!". 123telugu.
  22. ^ "Businessman Movie Audio Songs Track list Out". eenaducinema. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

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