73.Bommarillu
Bommarillu (
Telugu:
బొమ్మరిల్లు (help·info),
English: A toy-house) is a 2006
Telugu musical and
romantic film which was directed and co-written by
Bhaskar while
Dil Raju produced the film. Owing to its box office success, it was remade in to the successful
Tamil film,
Santosh Subramaniam.The film primarily revolves around a father and son relationship with the father's dote on his son ironically leaving a bitter taste with the latter.The father has a justification in the form of his dream, that is to build a dream house -
Bommarillu. The film concludes with the father's repentance on his foolishness and the happy marriage of the protagonists.On its way to winning accolades and rave reviews, the film went on to win the
Filmfare Awards among other prominent awards.The film begins with a baby taking his initial steps on a beach while the father is supporting him.As the credits roll, a visibly angry Siddhu (
Siddharth) begins uttering abuses at all the fathers in the world. He cites instances where his choices of dressing, hairdo and many others are stashed away by his father’s. Post-
credits, Satti (
Sunil), the Arvind dutiful household’s servant wakes up Siddhu in the morning.At the dining table, Arvind,
Managing Director of their construction company, inquires if Siddhu will join their office for managing their business. The next week, he returns home to realize that he is going to get
engaged to Subbulakshmi (
Neha) against his wishes. However, with Arvind’s final say, they eventually get engaged.Seeing her chirpy nature and vibrance, Siddhu begins to like her. In the process, he starts liking her cherubic and ever-friendly nature and as someone who does what she loves. He realizes that he has fallen in love with her. When his love for Hasini deepens, he wishes to propose to her. On knowing of him being engaged, Hasini gets dejected, but comes back a day later and asks him to do what he wishes for and accepts his proposal.Siddhu is admonished back home and he expresses his disinterest in marriage with Subbulakshmi. He convinces Hasini to stay at his house after seeking permission from her father, Kanaka Rao (
Kota Srinivasa Rao). As she settles down in the house, one after the other begins to like her.In the meanwhile, Arvind reprimands Siddhu when he knows of his bank loan and his plans, only to further enrage Siddhu.A cheerful Hasini cheers up the ceremony with her playful nature. Hasini realizes her father's presence and quickly exits to avoid his attention.A sad and angry Hasini moves out of the house saying that she does not find Siddhu the same and that she cannot put on an act if she stays in their house.Lakshmi confronts Arvind on Siddhu’s choices and wants. Siddhu requests Subbulakshmi and her parents to call off the impending marriage. In return, Kanaka Rao wants to know more about Siddhu by having him live in house for a week.
Siddharth Narayan as
Siddu. A well-disciplined young man with dreams of achieving something big of his own.
Genelia D'Souza as
Hasini. A very vibrant, effervescent and a happy-go-lucky young woman who loves to live life to the fullest.
Prakash Raj as
Aravind (Siddu's dad). A father who visions of a happy and dream house after several years of toil. This steals the house members, especially
Siddu, of their individual persona and sheen.
Kota Srinivasa Rao as
Kanaka Rao (Hasini's dad).
Jayasudha as
Lakshmi (Siddu's mom).
Sunil as
Satti (Servant).His humorous punchline being
Satti...Oka manchi panodu (
English: Satti...One good servant).
Neha as
Subbulaxmi.
Ravi Varma as
Ravi.
Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as
Kismat Kumar.Another
comic relief.The entire production of the movie took about three and a half months to be completed.On the sets of the film
Arya, Raju offered Bhaskar a movie to direct.Thus,
Bommarillu became the first directorial venture for Bhaskar. However, when the plans of making the film arose, an element of love between the protagonists was added. He cites personal examples of some scenes from the movie such as the choice of clothes for
Siddhu by
Arvind, the head-bump between the lead actors and
Lakshmi singing in the kitchen.For the film, Vijay said that he made use of
Arriflex 435 camera and Hawk lenses.They used to converse in a closed room with a voice recorder, allowing the dialogues in the script to be natural.After filming, the length of the movie reel came to 16,200 feet (4,900 m) which amounted to a runtime of 3 hours and 15 minutes.This meant a reduction of the runtime by 25 minutes.The choice of
Siddharth was because of the sheer relevance to the character in real life.The choice of
Genelia was based on her natural vivacity in real life.More so, she liked the one line story that Raju told and also a few scenes that he narrated to her. The fact that her co-actor, Siddharth and she acted earlier together in
Boys (2003), made them more comfortable to work with.The choice of
Prakash Raj was easy as he befitted the character he portrayed while,
Jayasudha was persuaded to play the role of the lead actor's mother.Several modifications were done by the art director, Prakash.For the film's music and soundtrack, Raju renewed his previous association (
Arya and
Bhadra) with
Devi Sri Prasad. A feature of this film is Siddharth singing one of the tracks from the film.Bommarillu was released worldwide with 72 reels of the film's print. The film was released with a "U" (Universal: Suitable for all ages) certification by the
Central Board of Film Certification of
India. The reception in the
United States was equally impressive.A September 2006 survey done in the United States by a popular entertainment portal revealed that the film was watched by an Indian
expatriate population of 65,000, which generated a revenue of Rs. 30 million at that time.The film received rave reviews right from the story to the performances of the actors.Another such portal suggests the movie to the entire family. Similar reviews were voiced out by other such portals, many of which pointing out no real flaws from the film.A news report showcased the omnipresent
piracy in the
Telugu film industry by quoting the cheap prices at which the movie was being sold.
The film's producer, Dil Raju ensured a special code on each distributed print to track piracy with a warning for copyright violation which would incur a fine or a jail term.The allegation pointed out that the film was made based on a compilation of short stories that was released in 1997.While director, Bhaskar, won awards for the best debutant director and
screenplay, Abburi Ravi won the award for his
dialogues. At the 2007
Filmfare Awards for South Indian cinema, the film won awards for the
Best Film,
Best Actress in a leading role and the
Best Director.The DVD version of the film was released on
June 4,
2007.It is available in
16:9 Anamorphic widescreen,
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround,
progressive 24
FPS,
widescreen and
NTSC format.The film has seven songs composed by
Devi Sri Prasad with the lyrics primarily penned by
Chandrabose, Ravi Kumar Bhaskarabhatla, Kulasekhar and
Sirivennela Sitaramasastri.A repository of Indian songs has recommended the feel-good soundtracks to the audiences.
We have a Romeo sung by
Ranjith &
Andrea.
Bommani Geesthe sung by
Gopika Poornima &
Jeans Srinivas.
Kaani Ippudu sung by
Devi Sri Prasad.
Music Bit sung by
Sumangali. This track is heard for a few times during the film.
Laloo Darwaja sung by
Naveen,
Murali, and
Priya Prakash.It contains the film's tagline in the lyrics as well.
Nammaka Thappani sung by
Sagar &
Sumangali. It speaks of the estranged love between the lead characters.
Appudo Ippudo -
Siddharth Narayan.
74..Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (also known as
NVNV) (
Telugu: నువ్వొస్తానంటే నేవొద్దంటానా) is a 2005
Telugu movie. The film is directed by another Tamilian,
Prabhu Deva.Santosh (
Siddarth Narayan) is a playful young NRI (non-resident Indian) from London, who returns to India to attend his cousin Lalita's wedding. Though they initially clash, after a series of misadventures, they fall in love.When Siri goes back home, Santosh follows her to win her over - however, Siri's over-protecting brother Krishna (Srihari) is less than happy.Santosh accepts the challenge and starts to learn about agriculture.Krishna, however, didn't give his consent.Santosh and Siri's brother follow the kidnappers to prevent them from forcing Siri to marry.When he is released, Siri and Santosh get married.The film was released with 90 prints on January 14 2005 and more number of prints were added later to meet the public demand.
Padaharella Vayasu is a
1978 Telugu film starring
Sridevi Kapoor,
Chandra Mohan, and
Mohan Babu. This film was a remake of Tamil hit
Padunaaru Vayadinile.Malli (Sridevi), a teenager girl who just passed her tenth class, has only one dream from her childhood, which is to become a teacher.She realizes what life really is after the death of her mother and get settled with innocent Chandram (Chandra Mohan) who rescues her from Simhachalam (Mohan Babu).
76.Ram Robert Rahim
Ram Robert Rahim is a
Telugu film is directed by
Vijaya Nirmala and stars her husband
Krishna (actor) as Robert.
Anjali Devi plays their mother.The film is a remake of the
Hindi hit film
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), starring
Amitabh Bachchan.77.Aa Naluguru
Aa Naluguru (
Telugu: ఆ నలుగురు,
English tranlsation:
Those Four People) is a
2004 telugu film starring
Rajendra Prasad and
Amani. Raghu Ramayya (Rajendra Prasad) is a kind hearted idealistic person who spends half of his income on charity work.His children compel him to get money for their career (bribe for job), education (donation fee for engineering seat) and settling in United States which he feels is completely wrong.Unable to bear the defeat of his ideology and moral issues, he commits the suicide the very day he gives money to his children.
Aa Naluguru bagged
Nandi Award for
Best Feature Film in the year 2004.
Kota Srinivasa Rao won
Nandi Award for
Best Character Actor for his role (Kotayya) in the movie.
78.April 1st Vidudhala
April 1st Vidudhala is a
1991 Telugu language comedy film starring
Rajendra Prasad,
Shobhana and Krishna Bhagavan.
79.Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata
Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata is a
comedy Telugu film released in
1990 starring
Bhanumathi,
Rajendra Prasad, Gautami,
Nutan Prasad and
Brahmanandam.
80.Aha Naa Pellanta
Aha Naa Pellanta is a
1987 Telugu language comedy film starring
Rajendra Prasad, Rajani,
Kota Srinivasa Rao and
Brahmanandam. Krishna Murthy (
Rajendra Prasad), son of rich industrialist Satyanarayana (Nutan Prasad) falls in love with Padma (Rajani). Rest of the story is about Krishna's efforts to impress Lakshmipathy by acting like a miser himself.It was released on
Novemnber 27th 1987.
81.Anukokunda Oka Roju
Anukokunda Oka Roju (
Telugu: అనుకోకుండా ఒక రోజు) is a a
Tollywood film released on
June 30,
2005 and was directed by
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti. The movie was a critical success.It was remade as
Sunday in Hindi starring
Ayesha Takia.Sahasra (
Charmme Kaur) is a chorus singer struggling to make a career in playback singing. The next day, life seems as usual for Sahasra, only she is oblivious of one small detail, the next day is actually the day after.She realizes something is amiss only when, a few days later, she is chased by unidentified men who try to eliminate her.
The film was released with 24 prints in
Andhra Pradesh and 2 prints in
U.S.A.
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