Badrinath (film)
| Badrinath | |
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| File:Badrinath Poster HD.jpg Movie poster | |
| Directed by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Written by | Chinni Krishna[2] |
| Screenplay by | V. V. Vinayak |
| Story by | Chinni Krishna |
| Produced by | Allu Aravind |
| Starring | Allu Arjun Tamannaah Bhatia Prakash Raj Kelly Dorjee Ashwini Kalsekar Santhanam |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Edited by | Gowtam Raju |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Geetha Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹42.5 crore (US$5.1 million)[3] |
| Box office | ₹48 crore (US$5.8 million)(gross)[4] |
Badrinath (బద్రీనాథ్) is a 2011 Telugu Action film directed by V. V. Vinayak and produced by Allu Aravind. The film stars his son Allu Arjun in leading role along with Tamannaah Bhatia and Prakash Raj. It released on 10 June 2011 simultaneously in Telugu and Malayalam. The Tamil version will have additional scenes of Santhanam and expected to release in July.[5] The movie was released in 1,400 screens worldwide. It ran for 50 days in 187 theatres. According to an article in The Times of India, "Despite mixed record tendered by critics, the acceptable storyline and script work, the thrills and stunts, the gyrations of choreography by Allu Arjun have lured the audience to the screens."and the film proved to be a big success.[6] The Movie has been Dubbed in Hindi as "Sangharsh Aur Vijay."
Plot
Bheeshma Narayan (Prakash Raj) is a religious guru who prepares an army for the protection of all the ancient Hindu temples from terrorists. Of all the valiant and talented warriors in this elite army, Badrinath (Allu Arjun) is one who is groomed by Bheeshma Narayan and wishes to make Badri his successor. Once, a group of terrorists attacked Amarnath Temple and killed some devotees, Badri fought and killed those criminals, saving both the temple and the devotees.
Meanwhile Alakananda (Tamanna), who is a staunch agnostic due to certain circumstances, along with her family is visiting Badrinath Temple, to which Badri is appointed as the protector. Her grandfather explains to Badri that she is in danger as Sarkar (Kelly Dorjee), a dreaded don, is trying to force her marriage with his son. On the request of her grandfather, Badri helps Alaknanda to gradually believe in God's existence.
Eventually Alakananda falls deeply in love with Badri, unbeknownst to him, and is not willing to lose him at any cost. Sarkar and his men follow Alaknanda to Badrinath, and try to kidnap her. Although Badri manages to save her, he is heavily injured and goes under medication. Meanwhile Bheeshma Narayan is shocked upon seeing Alakananda's affectionate behaviour towards Badri when he lay injured. As it is a strict rule that only an unmarried man must be the next guru who would lead the elite warriors, Bheeshma Narayan becomes highly suspicious that Badri is in love with Alakananda, which is not the real situation. Badri promises Alakananda that he would bring her back to Badrinath Temple for success in her love, unaware that he is the object of her love in the first place.
As per the promise, Badri goes to Bellary to free Alakananda from the clutches of Sarkar, who is planning to fix the marriage, and escort Alaknanda back to the holy shrine. He fights with all the goons and escorts her to Badrinath. Sarkar vows revenge on Badri as Sarkar's son is severely hurt in the process by Badri. Subsequently Sarkar leads his goons to Badrinath and destroys Bheeshma Narayan's ashram.
Feeling that Badri is the real traitor and loves Alakananda, Bheeshma Narayan orders Badri to vacate Badrinath Temple. Meanwhile Alakananda is being taken away by Sarkar's men, and Alakananda proposes to Badri to which he rejects as he has dedicated his life to his guru. After seeing Alakananda's pure love for Badri, Bheeshma Narayan is moved and orders Badri to bring her back and marry her. Following his guru's orders, Badri saves Alakananda and finally marries her. In the end, Bheeshma Narayan asks them to hand over one of their children so that he can make him his successor to which they agree happily.
Cast
- Allu Arjun as Badrinath
- Tamannaah Bhatia as Alakananda
- Prakash Raj as Guru Beeshma Narayana
- Kelly Dorji as Sarkar
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Sarkar's wife
- Pragathi as Alakananda's maid
- Rao Ramesh
- Tanikella Bharani as Badrinath's father
- Kovai Sarala as Badrinath's mother
- Bramhanandam as Batting Baba
- Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam
- M. S. Narayana
- Krishna Bhagavan
- Raghu Babu
- Venu Madhav
- Geetha Singh
- Rakesh Varre as Nani
- Karate Kalyani
- Shankar
- Master Bharath
- Kiran Raj as UTP builder
Filming
Most of the scenes were shot in Badrinath.
Reception
Badrinath got positive reviews. Idlebrain.com gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "A film of this grandeur needs emotional support to make it likable. V. V. Vinayak who proved himself as a highly successful mass director with his earlier films falter this time to handle a subject of such a huge canvas."[7]Filmibeat also similarly rated 3/5 for the film.[8] The audience responded positively. The Hindi Version, which released on TV, was popular among viewers, and had an average user rating of 4.8/5 at the Times Of India site. [9]Despite mixed record tendered by critics, the acceptable storyline and script work, the thrills and stunts, the gyrations of choreography by Allu Arjun have lured the audience to the screens. Thus it was declared as success grosser at the box-office and proved to be a blockbuster.
Dubbed Versions
The film was dubbed in Malayalam under the same title and released along with the Telugu Original Version. The film was also dubbed in Hindi under the title "Sangharsh Aur Vijay".
Soundtrack
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The grand audio launching event of Badrinath was held at Shilpakala Vedika on 7 May 2011. Allu Arjun, Sneha Reddy, Tamannaah, V. V. Vinayak, Allu Aravind, his wife Nirmala, M. M. Keeravani, K. Raghavendra Rao, A. Kodandarami Reddy, K. S. Rama Rao, Chiranjeevi, his wife Mrs. Surekha, Srija, Sukumar, S. S. Rajamouli, Rama Rajamouli, Boyapati Srinu, B. V. S. N. Prasad, B. Gopal, Srinu Vaitla, Anand Sai, S. Gopala Reddy, Tagore Madhu, K. Atchi Reddy, Chandrabose, Chinni Krishna, Chaitanya Prasad, Pokuri Babu Rao, etc., were the prominent figures in the audio function.
K. Raghavendra Rao and Chiranjeevi released the audio CDs and presented the first copy to S. S. Rajamouli and V. V. Vinayak. Allu Aravind released the trailers.[10]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Omkareshwari" | Veturi | Shankar Mahadevan, M. M. Keeravani | 4:58 |
| 2. | "Ambadari" | Chandrabose | Revanth, Sravana Bhargavi | 4:05 |
| 3. | "In the Night" | Sravana Bhargavi | Baba Sehgal, Sravana Bhargavi | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Nachchavura" | M.M. Keeravani & Anantha Sreeram | Sri Ramachandra, Chaitra | 3:57 |
| 5. | "Nath Nath" | Chandrabose | Jassie Gift, Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:09 |
| 6. | "Chiranjeeva" | Chandrabose | Revanth, Shreya Ghoshal, Geetha Madhuri | 4:39 |
| 7. | "Ambadari (Remix)" | Chandrabose, Achu (Remix) | Anuj Gurwara, Geetha Madhuri, Kala Bhairava | 3:45 |
| 8. | "Vasudhara" | Chandrabose, Balesh (Shehnai) | M.M. Keeravani, Shweta Pandit | 5:00 |
| 9. | "Badrinath Theme" | Chaitanya Prasad | Performed by Twin Cities Choir & Programmed by Dinesh | 2:14 |
| Total length: | 35:49 | |||
Awards
Filmfare Award for Best Dance Choreographer - South - Prem Rakshith - Nath Nath.[11]
Box office
Badrinath was made with a budget of ₹42.5 crore (US$5.1 million), it collected ₹16 crore (US$1.9 million) in its first weekend ₹28 crore (US$3.4 million) on its first week, it finished with a collection of ₹39 crore (US$4.7 million) in its total run. Producer of the film Allu Aravind announced that Badrinath collected ₹32 crore (US$3.8 million)(Share) in 50 Days. At its function he said that none of his son Allu Arjun films have end up with losses. Badrinath managed to collect ₹34 crore (US$4.1 million)(Share) in 100 Days worldwide delivering a gross figure of ₹48 crore (US$5.8 million).
DVD, Blu Ray release and satellite rights
MAA TV bought the satellite rights for a disclosed price along with 100% Love and Teen Maar.[12] The Telugu DVD was released by Aditya Videos on 24 October 2011 with a purchase price of $7.99 in NTSC Video Format and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Format with English subtitles.[13] The Blu-ray Disc was released by Aditya Videos on 17 November 2011 with a purchase price of $24.99 in NTSC Video Format and Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Format with English subtitles.[14] Also the rights of the Malayalam version were sold to Amrita TV and the Hindi version was sold to Hindi channel Colors.The film was certified U/A by the CBFC for video release.
References
- ^ Badrinath – Movie Reviews, Videos, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis on. Popcorn.oneindia.in. Retrieved on 23 June 2011.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ http://www.cinecorn.com/telugu/box-office/badrinath-3-days-collections-allu-arjun-geetha-arts-tamanna-vv-vinayak-manisharma-geetha-arts.html
- ^ http://www.megafanz.in/2011/07/badrinath-25-days-collections.html
- ^ Allu Arjun's Badrinath Tamil version Postponed To July : Current week Reviews, Ratings, Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood News, Gossips. Cinema.currentweek.net (13 June 2011). Retrieved on 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Badrinath completes 50days in 187 theatres - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
- ^ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-badrinath.html
- ^ http://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/badrinath/review.html
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/sangharsh-aur-vijay/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000549760726/channelid-10000000018500000/starttime-201503111500
- ^ http://www.ragalahari.com/functions/4360/badrinath-audio-release-function.aspx
- ^ "The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South)". The Times Of India. 8 July 2012.
- ^ http://telugu.way2movies.com/newssingle_telugu/Maa-Tv-bags-Teenmaar,-Badrinath-&-100-Love-satellite-rights-4-100526.html
- ^ http://www.njmtv.com/tamanna_badrinath-telugu-dvd_allu-arjun-tamannah-prakash-raj-5406.html#link5406
- ^ http://www.njmtv.com/tamanna_badrinath-telugu-blu-ray_allu-arjun-tamannah-prakash-raj-5536.html#link5536