Dear Comrade
| Dear Comrade | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Bharath Kamma |
| Produced by | Yash Rangineni |
| Starring | Vijay Devarakonda Rashmika Mandanna Shruti Ramachandran |
| Cinematography | Sujith Sarang |
| Edited by | Sreejith Sarang |
| Music by | Justin Prabhakaran |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Big Ben Cinemas |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Box office | est. 70 crore[2] |
Dear Comrade is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Bharat Kamma which is produced by Mythri Movie Makers and Yash Rangineni. The film stars Vijay Devarakonda, Rashmika Mandanna and Shruti Ramachandran.[3] Principal photography of the film commenced on August 2018.[4] A teaser of the film was released on 17 March 2019. The film was made in Telugu and simultaneously dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.[5] It was theatrically released on 26 July 2019 in all four languages.[6][7][5]
Plot
The movie begins with Bobby drunk and angry. Bobby has severe anger management issues. He is the student union leader. He constantly get into fights for the right cause. One day when he is returning from the police station after one such fight, he encounters a girl. They find her walking in the middle of the road and to avoid her, they head sideways and gets injured.
As compensation, Bobby takes away her money to fix his bike. When he gets home that day, his mother introduces him to Lilly who was his childhood friend and the sister of his neighbour's niece Jaya (on whom he had a crush before) who has come to visit. Her mother tells him that some idiot took her money. Bobby is shocked to find that Lilly is the same girl whom he had met earlier. They tell him to help her find the guy who took it, not knowing Bobby was “the idiot”. Lilly teases him about it and he discovers she is a professional cricket player. He slowly starts to fall for her. Then it’s time for Jaya’s marriage. During the marriage Lilly is told to go get something. Bobby follows her, and confesses his love for her. She tells him she’ll have to leave anyways and that he’ll probably forget her as soon as she goes, and that he probably doesn’t truly love her anyways. She leaves without looking back. Afterwards she goes back to her city, and Bobby can’t stop thinking about her. He goes to the city on his bike to follow her. They meet, and discover she likes him too. Then he starts fighting and Lilly tells him how her brother was a rebel like him but died in a fight and asks him to stop fighting. Later he fights again and gets seriously injured. When he wakes up, Lilly starts yelling at him about how scared everybody was and does he like to see them like that? Bobby loses his temper and physically throws her out of the hospital and tells her not to come back.
She leaves and he realises what he had done and becomes depressed. Then it goes back to the original scene. Then he travels for three years to try to forget her. He joins a group of people testing certain things about sound. They go to present to a doctor in a hospital. As he’s waiting he sees Jaya and her husband. They ask him whether he came to visit Lilly.He asks why, and they tell him that she had an accident. He goes to see her, and is distressed by her condition. He sneaks her out of the hospital one night with the help of his friends. He takes her on a trip to where he went, and slowly she goes back to herself. He drops her back at her house while her dad is very mad at him. He meets the doctor who had been taking care of her. The doctor tells him she may appear to be happy, but in reality she is in pain. As Bobby leaves to go back home, he gives her a recording to listen to when she’s in pain. Bobby and Lilly are then invited to one of their friends’ marriage. There , Lilly requests Bobby to marry her . Bobby denies as he doesn’t want her cricket life to get affected.
One day, Bobby spots one of Lilly’s team players and discovers that she is working in a tailoring shop . She tells him why their team spelt; After Bobby and Lilly’s breakup , Lilly wanted cricket to be her whole life . At one of the tournaments , Lilly was named as the “best player”. Falling for Lilly, one of the male coaches appreciated her and tells her that if she doesn’t sleep with him he will take her out of the team . He even threatened her not to complain to the police . As time went, Lilly’s friend Rubina complained for her. Learning about this the coach removed Lilly out of the team . A sad Lilly then meets with an accident. This makes her unable to play cricket at all. A furious Bobby goes to the coach and beats him up . He, his friends with Lilly go to the police station to complain for Sexual harassment. Lilly denies to sign an FIR. Her father also discouraged her when she told him about the incident as he believed it would ruin the family's reputation. Lilly’s marriage is then fixed with another man. Bobby continues to advice Lilly about the case. This news goes to the media who then speak about it in “Breaking news”.
Bobby is then under the custody of a policeman who turns out to be the coach’s best friend. Lilly is then called to tell the truth about what really happened. At first, Lilly tells it is a lie that she wasn’t sexually harassed. Then Bobby had to lie that he had some personal vengeance against the coach and he only knew Lilly as a neighbour’s cousin. The police continues to harm Bobby. They take Bobby away into the prison even though Lilly asks him to stay. The coach goes on to insult both Bobby and Lilly in the court. Aroused by this and hurt by Bobby's departure,Lilly starts hurting the coach and shout at him and eventually confesses the truth. after coming out of the court when questioned by the media, she says that,every woman should have a comrade and calls Bobby as her true “COMRADE” . Bobby and Lilly rejoin after that. This film delivers a beautiful message that women should speak up for themselves and should have a true “COMRADE” with them. Though the film showcases a simple love story & problems comes with it and convey a familiar message, the film gives a very good vibe to any one who watches it.
Cast
- Vijay Devarakonda as Chaitanya Krishnan aka Bobby
- Rashmika Mandanna as Aparna Devi aka Lilly
- Shruti Ramachandran as Jaya, Lilly's cousin
- Suhas as Martin
- Vikas as Raghu
- Divya as Anitha, Raghu's girlfriend
- Charuhasan as Bobby’s grandfather
- Anand as Bobby’s father
- Kalyani Natarajan as Bobby's mother
- Raj Arjun as Ramesh Rao
- Pratyusha Jonnalagadda as Rubina
- Tulasi as Jaya's mother
- Sanjay Swaroop as Lilly's father
- Ashrita Vemuganti as Lilly's mother
Production
The film announcement regarding the making of the film was revealed in around May 2018 and the first look poster of the film was unveiled on 9 May 2018 on the eve of the lead actor Vijay Devarakonda's birthday.[8][9] The film was earlier planned to start its shooting procedures by the filmmakers in around June 2018 during its pre-production stage as of May 2018 but was delayed until August 2018 due to various reasons. The film was ceremoniously launched during July 2018.[10]
Casting
Vijay Devarakonda plays the lead role, of a student leader, while Rashmika Mandanna plays the female lead as a cricketer.[11] Putting down speculations, director Bharat confirmed that it is not a remake of Malayalam movie Comrade in America starring Dulquer Salman as the protagonist, Deverakonda himself would later confirm the same.[12][13]
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2019 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Language | Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada | |||
| Label | Lahari Music | |||
| Producer | Justin Prabhakaran | |||
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| Singles from Dear Comrade | ||||
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The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Justin Prabhakaran, while Sid Sriram is part of the album.[14]
Track listing
in Telugu
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nee Neeli Kannullona" | Rehman | Gowtham Bharathwaj V | 2:28 |
| 2. | "Kadalalle" | Rehman | Sid Sriram, Aishwarya Ravichandran | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Gira Gira" | Rehman | Gowtham Bharathwaj V, Yamini Ghantasala | 4:48 |
| 4. | "The Canteen Song" | Rehman | Karthik Rodriguez | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Comrade Anthem" | Chaitanya Prasad | Vijay Deverakonda, Stony Psyko, Mc Vickey | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Maama Choodaro" | Rehman | Naresh Iyer | 4:29 |
| 7. | "O Kalala Kathala" | Rehman | Sathyaprakash, Chinmayi | 5:05 |
| 8. | "Yetu Pone" | KK | Kaala Bhairava | 4:09 |
in Tamil
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aagaasa Veedum Kattum" | Karthick Netha | Gowtham Bharathwaj | 2:28 |
| 2. | "Pularaadha" | Karthick Netha | Sid Sriram, Aishwarya Ravichandran | 4.21 |
| 3. | "Gira Gira" | Karthick Netha | Nakul Abhyankar, Mohana Bhogaraju | 4:42 |
| 4. | "The Canteen Song" | Justin Prabhakaran | Nivas K. Prasanna | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Comrade Anthem" | Stony Psyko, Dope Daddy | Vijay Sethupathi, Stony Psyko, Dope Daddy | 3:26 |
in Malayalam
Sources[15]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Neerolam Mele Moodum" | Joe Paul | Gowtham Bharathwaj | 2:28 |
| 2. | "Madhu Pole" | Joe Paul | Sid Sriram, Aishwarya Ravichandran | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Thiri Thiri" | Joe Paul | Nakul Abhyankar, Remya Nambeesan | 4:42 |
| 4. | "The Canteen Song" | Joe Paul | Jakes Bejoy | 2:33 |
| 5. | "Comrade Anthem" | Joe Paul | Dulquer Salmaan, Stony Psyko, Dope Daddy | 3:26 |
| 6. | "Thaalam Kottedo" | Joe Paul | Sarath Santhosh | 4:29 |
| 7. | "Ee Kathayo" | Joe Paul | D. Sathyaprakash, Chinmayi Sripaada | 5:04 |
| 8. | "Mazhamegham" | Joe Paul | Sooraj Santhosh | 4:10 |
in Kannada
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nin Neeli Kannaliro" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Gowtham Bharathwaj | 2:28 |
| 2. | "Kadalanthe" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Sid Sriram, Aishwarya Ravichandran | 4.21 |
| 3. | "Gira Gira" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Yamini Ghantasal, Nakul Abhyankar | 4.42 |
| 4. | "The Canteen Song" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Charan Raj | 2.34 |
| 5. | "Comrade Anthem" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Gubbi, MC Vickey | 3.26 |
| 6. | "Thala Aakiro" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Sharath Santhosh | 4.29 |
| 7. | "Oh Kanasa Kathe" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Sathyaprakash D, Chinmayi Sripada | 5.04 |
| 8. | "Kareyuveya" | Dhananjay Ranjan | Sooraj Santhosh | 4.08 |
Marketing and release
The official teaser of the film was released on 17 March 2019.[16][17][18][19][20]
On 9 May 2019, Vijay Deverakonda announced that the film will be released on 26 July 2019 in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam languages.[21] The film was released on 26 July 2019.[6]
Hindi remake
Filmmaker Karan Johar has acquired the rights of producing a Hindi remake of the film. It will be the second film starring Devarakonda to be remade in Hindi language.[22][23]
Reception
Critical response
Dear Comrade received positive reviews from critics.[24] Writing for Times of India, Suhas Yellapantula said that "its’s a film that makes you think, keeps you guessing and plays with your emotions. After the film, there's a good chance you'll walk out with your collar up and ready to raise your voice against anything that doesn't sit right with you — even if it's just for a while."[25] Janani K of India Today wrote that "Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna's Dear Comrade is about the relationship between two contrasting characters. While the film addresses an important message on sexual harassment, it gets hidden under mass moments. Watch it for the performances. Director Bharat Kamma had a solid script in hand, and a relevant one at that."[26] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu writes "Rashmika Mandanna and Vijay Deverakonda shine in director Bharat Kamma’s film that underlines the importance of being a comrade".[6]
Karthik Kumar, in his review for Hindustan Times, gave 3.5 stars out of five and wrote that "Dear Comrade does tumble towards the end with a slightly below par climax, but it's still an effort you want to appreciate. The film, about life, love and facing our worst fears, achieves more than one can imagine and that's what makes it a winner."[27]
Box office
Dear Comrade collected around ₹18 crore in the opening day.[28] The film has collected around ₹ 30 crore in the first weekend.[2]
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External links
- Dear Comrade at IMDb