Bhalevadivi Basu
| Bhalevadivi Basu | |
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| Directed by | P.A. Arun Prasad |
| Written by | Ramesh-Gopi (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | P.A. Arun Prasad |
| Story by | P.A. Arun Prasad |
| Produced by | Smt N. Anita Krishna |
| Starring | Nandamuri Balakrishna Anjala Zhaveri Shilpa Shetty |
| Cinematography | Jayanan Vincent |
| Edited by | Nandamuri Hari |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Sridevi Arts |
Release date |
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Running time | 156 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Bhalevadivi Basu is a 2001 Telugu, drama film produced by Smt Anita Krishna on Sridevi Arts banner, directed by P.A. Arun Prasad. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Anjala Zhaveri, Shilpa Shetty in the lead roles and music composed by Mani Sharma. The movie created a lot of hype since it followed the stupendous hit of Narasimha Naidu and was intended to be an image make-over for Nandamuri Balakrishna from Action Hero to Family Hero. However, the movie met with negative reviews from critics. The film recorded as Average" at box office.
Plot
Sagar (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is a forest ranger. Swetha (Shilpa Shetty) is Sagar's boss. Nemali (Anjala Zhaveri) is a tribal woman. The first half of the film revolves around how Nemali and Swetha try to impress Sagar, but a mysterious woman appears and reveals that the forest ranger's name is not Sagar and he is an imposter.
The second half of the film starts with the imposter relating in the flashback that his real name is Prabhu and he is a petty thief who gets to know a person called Sagar, an intelligent unemployed graduate. Sagar has a mother and sister, who made sacrifices to enable him to graduate. Sagar, now a forest ranger becomes close to Prabhu. When Sagar's mother falls ill and she needs one lakh as medical fee Prabhu arranges to get the money by giving a false testimony in court but this misfires and ends in him being imprisoned for life. But he escapes from the police and enters the forest where he sees Sagar severely injured in a car accident. Sagar asks Prabhu to take care of his mother and sister.
Since nobody knows the identity of the real Sagar, Prabhu impersonates him as forest ranger where he tries to improve the life of tribal people and ensures that poachers and animal killers are kept at bay. At the same time, pretending to be Sagar he keeps in touch with the Sagar's family.
The rest of the story revolves around how the false Sagar arranges the marriage of Sagar's sister before fighting in a routine climax.
Cast
- Nandamuri Balakrishna as Sagar/Prabhu
- Shilpa Shetty as Swetha
- Anjala Zaveri as Nemali
- Venkat as Sagar
- Prakash Raj as Benerjee
- Brahmanandam as Cook Bhima Rao
- Sudhakar as Balu / Jaggu
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Ammi Raju
- Bhupinder Singh as Anji
- Satya Prakash as C.I. Bhushan
- M. Balayya as Judge
- Raghunath Reddy as Judge
- Sivaji Raja as Kamal
- Gowtham Raju
- Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- Kallu Chidambaram as Manmadha Rao
- Juttu Narasimham as Kodi Rammurthy
- Sumitra as Lalithamma (Sagar's mother)
- Swathi as Sunitha
- Vichitra as Pushpa
- Indu Anand
Soundtrack
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Music composed by Mani Sharma. Music released on Supreme Music Company.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Yahi Hai Right Choice" | Kulashekar | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Ammammo Brahma" | Bhuvanachandra | Shankar Mahadevan,Gopika Poornima | 4:19 |
| 3. | "Ayyare Ayyare" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | SP Balu, Chitra | 5:06 |
| 4. | "Rayyi Rayyi Mandi" | Bhuvanachandra | Udit Narayan, Swarnalatha | 4:18 |
| 5. | "Kukuku Ante" | Bhuvanachandra | SP Balu, Kavita Subramaniam | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Bava Bava" | Vennelakanti | SP Balu,Chitra, Sujatha | 5:37 |
| Total length: | 28:38 | |||
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