Babu Bangaram
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Maruthi |
| Written by | Darling Swamy (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Maruthi |
| Story by | Maruthi |
| Produced by | S. Naga Vamsi P. D. V. Prasad S. Radha Krishna (Presenter) |
| Starring | Venkatesh Nayanthara |
| Cinematography | Richard Prasad |
| Edited by | S. B. Uddav |
| Music by | Ghibran |
Production company | Sitara Entertainments |
| Distributed by | Haarika & Hassine Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹28 crore (US$3.4 million) |
| Box office | ₹46.2 crore (US$5.5 million)[1] |
Babu Bangaram ([Golden Boy] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a 2016 Telugu action romantic comedy film, produced by S. Naga Vamshi, P. D. V. Prasad on Sitara Entertainments banner, written and directed by Maruthi.[2] Starring Venkatesh, Nayanthara in the lead roles[3][4][5] and music composed by Ghibran.[6]
The film was launched on 16 December 2015 in Hyderabad and principal photography began the following day.[7][8] The first look poster of the film was released on 7 April 2016 on the eve of Ugadi.[9]
Babu Bangaram obtained a U/A from the censor board.[10] The film had a worldwide release on 12 August 2016 amid much fanfare.[11] The film was simultaneously released with a Tamil dubbed version titled Selvi.[12] In 2017, it was dubbed into Hindi as Revolver Raja.[13]
Plot
ACP Krishna (Venkatesh) who is a kind-hearted man who has a lot of empathy even towards criminals. Sailaja (Nayanthara) is the daughter of an accused person Sastry (Jaya Prakash) for a murder, wanted by the police and hiding somewhere. Sailaja runs her family with a catering business and struggling for her 4 sisters and grandmother (Shavukar Janaki) on one side and on another side she is facing an existential threat from Mallesh Yadav (Sampath Raj) a big goon who is a henchman of MLA Puchappa (Posani Krishna Murali) who are after Sastry. One more thing that suffers her is Bathayi Babji (Pruthvi) her maternal uncle’s son who tortures her every day to marry him.
Once Krishna meets Sailaja when she is in sorrow mood and the sympathy inside him works out and falls in love with her at first sight itself. Afterward, he comes to know regarding her problems and Sailaja hates the police. So he hides his identity, targets Bathayi Babji, traps him with some comic tricks, introduces himself to Sailaja as a common man with Babji's help and starts helping her & family. In this process, they develop a bond and Sailaja also starts loving him. But Krishna’s real agenda is completely different. He has been appointed by Commissioner (Murali Sharma) to catch Sailaja father Sastry. That’s why he had made this entire plan.
Meanwhile, Sailaja’s grandmother collapses with the heart attack and she wants to see her son Sastry, Krishna forces Sailaja to call her father, by giving an assurance he makes her do so. But his actual motive is to catch him. Sastry visits to the hospital when Krishna tries to arrest he listens to the good impression that Sailaja & family having on him, so he is not able to arrest him but suddenly a C.I. (Brahmaji) assistant to Krishna enters the scene and surrounds Sastry and reveals the entire truth regarding Krishna. Sastry escapes from there but he is suddenly attacked by goons of MLA Puchappa & Mallesh Yadav and he is seriously injured and goes into the coma, Krishna protects him and joins in the hospital. But when Sailaja comes to know the real motive of Krishna, she starts hating him and asks him to never show his face, things get upset between the couple and they break up with each other.
Then onward Krishna starts a serious investigation to explore the hidden truth in which he comes to know Sastry is an income tax officer, in a raid at MLA Puchappa’s house he and his superior officer gets a pen drive which contains life secrets of MLA Puchappa & Mallesh Yadav. The superior officer tries make a deal with Mallesh Yadav. Knowing this Sastry keeps the pen drive under wrap. So they kill the superior officer put the blame on Sastry and for the pen drive, they are behind his family. Rest of the story is all about how Krishna protects Sailaja’s family, proves her father’s innocence, catches the culprits and gets back his love.
Cast
- Venkatesh as A.C.P. Krishna alias Babu Bangaram
- Nayanthara as Sailaja
- Sampath Raj as Mallesh Yadav
- Murali Sharma as Commissioner
- Jayaprakash as Sastry
- Brahmanandam as Magic Mangamma
- Posani Krishna Murali as M.L.A. Puchappa
- Vennela Kishore as S.I.Kishore
- Raghu Babu
- Prudhviraj as Battayi Babji
- Brahmaji as C.I.
- Raja Ravindra as Inspector
- Prabhas Seenu as Thief
- Venu
- Giridhar as Constable
- Jabardast Chandra as himself
- Aravind as Mallesh Yadav's goon
- Ananth
- Gundu Sudharshan as Preist
- Fish Venkat as Puchappa henchmen
- Sonam Bajwa as Special appearance in a song[14]
- Sowcar Janaki as Sailaja's grandmother
- Rajitha as Sailaja's mother
- Priya as Mallesh Yadav's wife
- Meena
- Pavala Shymala
- Ragini
- Mast Ali
- Nik Suler as a background dancer
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
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The music was composed by Ghibran. It's released by Aditya music company. The audio launch was held in Hyderabad on 24 July 2016. Top industry celebrities like Dasari Narayana Rao, Nani, Lavanya Tripathi etc., have attended the function.[15]
Original
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mallela Vaanala" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Naresh Iyer | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Snehithudo" | Sri Mani | Ranjith | 4:07 |
| 3. | "Dhandame Ettukuntam" | Bhaskarbhatla | Gold Devaraj | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Dhillunna Vade" | Sri Mani | Dhanunjay,Ramee | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Raaka Raaka" | Ramajogayya Sastry | Yazin Nizar, Chinmayi | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Tikku Tikkantu" | Kasarla Shyam | Narendra,Uma Neha | 1:42 |
| 7. | "Babu Bangaram" | Theme Music | Shabir | 3:14 |
| Total length: | 25:01 | |||
Tamil
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Malligai Pandhale" | Sorkko | Jagadeesh Kumar | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Snehidano Sevagano" | A.M.Ratnam, Siva Ganesh | Ranjith | 4:06 |
| 3. | "Thangame" | Arun Bharathi | Gold Devaraj | 4:07 |
| 4. | "Dil Irundha Vaada" | Meenatchi Sundaram | Dhanunjay, Vallavan | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Kaadil Kaadil" | Viveka | Yazin Nizar, Hari Priya | 4:13 |
| 6. | "Tip Top" | Lokam Bharathi | Gold Devaraj, Hemambiga | 1:43 |
| Total length: | 25:01 | |||
Release
12 August 2016 was announced as the worldwide release date.[16]
Satellite rights
The satellite rights of the movie were bought by Zee Telugu.
Reception
The film has opened to some decent reviews all over. Noted website, 123telugu has rated the film 3.25 stars and quoted that "Venkatesh is the heart of the film which is a complete time pass family entertainer".[17]
Box office
Babu Bangaram collected approximately $177,045 from 97 screens at the U.S. box office in the premiere shows on Thursday.[citation needed] This is the highest collection for a movie featuring Venkatesh and "Babu Bangaram" has become the biggest opener for him.[citation needed] The movie has shattered the record of "Race Gurram", which collected $102,782 at the U.S. premieres.[citation needed] Its collection is on par with that of Allu Arjun's "Sarainodu", which collected $190,679 from 95 locations at paid preview shows in the U.S.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Top 25 highest-grossing Telugu movies of the year Archived 31 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Venkatesh Daggubati to play a cop in Dasari Maruthi's latest directorial venture"
- ^ "Venky to Romance Nayanthara"
- ^ "Nayanthara to Romance Venkatesh again"
- ^ "Venkatesh, Nayan film with Maruthi"
- ^ "Ghibran to compose for Venkatesh's film"
- ^ "Venkatesh’s film launched"
- ^ "Venkatesh, Maruthi new movie launched"
- ^ "First Look: Babu Bangaram"
- ^ "Babu Bangaram obtains U/A from censor board". ulaska.com.
- ^ "'Babu Bangaram' release date out"
- ^ "Babu Bangaram rehash of Nirnayam". greatandhra.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Revolver Raja premiere on Zee Cinema". YouTube.
- ^ "Babu Bangaram (Special Song)". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Babu Bangaram (Audio Launch)". FitNHit.
- ^ "Venkatesh’s ‘Babu Bangaram’ to release on dec 22"[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Babu Bangaram Review". 123telugu. 12 August 2016.
External links
- 2016 films
- Indian films
- Telugu-language films
- 2010s Telugu-language films
- Indian action comedy films
- Films scored by Mohamaad Ghibran
- Masala films
- Films shot in Telangana
- Telugu-language films dubbed in Hindi
- Fictional portrayals of the Telangana Police
- Telugu-language films dubbed in Tamil
- Films featuring an item number