Bobby (2002 film)
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| Directed by | Sobhan |
| Written by | Sobhan |
| Produced by | K. Krishna Mohan Rao |
| Starring | Mahesh Babu Aarthi Agarwal Prakash Raj Raghuvaran Ravi Babu Meher Ramesh Brahmanandam |
| Cinematography | Venkat R. Prasad |
| Edited by | S. Sudhakar Reddy |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
| Distributed by | RK Associates |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Bobby is a 2002 Telugu film produced by K. Krishna Mohan Rao (brother of K. Raghavendra Rao) and directed by Sobhan. The movie stars Mahesh Babu, Aarthi Agarwal, Raghuvaran, Ravi Babu, Brahmanandam, Meher Ramesh and Prakash Raj.This movie is a modern version of Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet . Soundtrack of the movie was scored by Mani Sharma. The film released on 1 November 2002 and was a critical and commercial failure.
In 2010, the film was dubbed into Hindi as Daag - The Burning Fire. Shobu Yarlagadda of Arka Media Works was Executive producer for the movie. It was remake of Shahrukh khan Zamaana Deewana.
Plot
Yadagiri (Prakash Raj) is a handicapped mafia leader in Hyderabad, and KR (Raghuvaran) is a rich businessman. Bhagyamati (Aarthi Agarwal) is Yadagiri's daughter, and Bobby (Mahesh Babu) is KR's son. The story of this film deals with what happens when these two people fall in love with each other. Bobby meets Bhagyamati in a club and falls in love with her. They later find out that their fathers are arch rivals. Bhagyamati's mother was killed in an accident involving their fathers. Knowing this Bobby and Bhagyamati elope, but due to unavoidable circumstances, they come back and are injured in a bomb blast. Then, their fathers apologize and make up and in the end Bobby and Bhagyamati are married.
Cast
- Mahesh Babu as Bobby
- Aarthi Agarwal as Bhagyamati
- Raghuvaran as K.R., Bobby's father
- Prakash Raj as Yadagiri, Bhagyamati's father
- Brahmanandam as AmmiRaju
- Sunil as Hotel Manager
- Pragathi as Bobby's mother
- Meher Ramesh as Sunil
- Rama Prabha as Bhagmati's grandmother
- Ravi Babu as Ravi Shankar
- Posani Krishna Murali as Koti
- Lakshmipati as Home Minister
- L.B. Sriram
- Ramakrishna Veerapaneni
Reception
Jeevi from Idlebrain gave a modest 3.25 out of 5 and praised Mahesh Babu for his acting.[1] The movie was a failure at the boxoffice.
Alternate ending
On release the film climax was such that both the lead actors are killed. With the film receiving negative reviews and to bolster revenues, the climax was changed such that it was a happy ending as Telugu audience in general don't like anti-climax. In spite of this change the film couldn't recover and was termed as a box office bomb.
Music
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| Released | 2002 (India) | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Supreme Music | |||
| Producer | Mani Sharma | |||
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The film has 6 songs composed by Mani Sharma
- Ee Jenda - Shankar Mahadevan
- Vaa Vaa - S.P. Balu & Sunitha Upadrashta
- Lokam - Kalpana
- Pullani Pullattu - Mano
- Adugadugu - Ranjith & Hariharan
- Laalu Darwaja - Mallikarjun & Chitra
References
- ^ "Telugu Cinema - Review - Bobby - Mahesh Babu, Arti Agarwal - Sobhan - RK Associates - Mani Sharma". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.