Brindavanam (film)

Brindavanam
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Directed by	Vamsi Paidipally
Produced by	Dil Raju Sirish Laxman
Written by	Vamsi Paidipally Koratala Siva
Starring	N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Samantha Kajal Aggarwal Prakash Raj Srihari
Music by	S.S. Thaman
Editing by	Marthand K Venkatesh
Studio	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Distributed by	Sri Venkateswara Creations
Release dates	October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14)
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	30 crore (US$4.8 million).[1]
Box office	50 crore (US$8.0 million)(100 days gross)[2][3][4]

Brindavanam is a 2010 Telugu film starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal Aggarwal and Samantha in the lead roles while actors Kota Srinivasa Rao, Prakash Raj and Srihari play other pivotal roles. It was directed by Vamsi Paidipally, who directed Munna, also produced by Dil Raju. The film was released on October 14, 2010.

Brindavanam was a critical and commercial success.^[5] It is being remade in Bengali by the name Khoka 420 with Dev, Nusrat Jahan and Subhashree Ganguly reprising the roles of N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Kajal Aggarwal and Samantha respectively, remade in Oriya as Love Master, in Hindi with Salman Khan by Sohail Khan with the other star casts yet to be confirmed. In Kannada it was Remade as Brindavana with actor Darshan and it was a massive Hit.^[6] It has been dubbed into Hindi as "The Super Khiladi". Also remade in Bangladesh as Buk Fatey To Mukh Foteyna.

Plot

Krishna alias Krish (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.) is the son of a multimillionaire in Hyderabad (Mukesh Rishi). He is in a relationship with Indu (Samantha Ruth Prabhu), who has a friend Bhoomi (Kajal Aggarwal). Bhoomi's father Bhaanu Prasad (Prakash Raj) wants to get her married to her cousin suitor (Ajay), who is a rowdy, which Bhoomi doesn’t like. Naturally, her grand father Durga Prasad (Kota Srinivasa Rao) tells to the family that she has already fallen in love with a guy in the city to halt the marriage. But, Bhaanu Prasad asks Bhoomi bring her boyfriend home with her. Indu sends Krish as Bhoomi's lover just to let her escape the wedding situation.

Upon arriving in Bhoomi's village, Krish learns through Bhoomi about everyone in her family. He thinks that the people in her home are living as individuals and not as an actual family with bonds and emotions. Krish changes the attitudes of Bhoomi's uncles who are lazy at home doing nothing, and successfully wins the heart of family numbers. Then Durga Prasad reveals to Krish that Bhaanu Prasad and his step-brother Sivudu (Srihari) have been rivals for twenty-five years. This is because Durga Prasad married a second time when his first wife died, against Bhaanu Prasad's wishes, and Sivudu is born to the new couple. This is the reason for Bhaanu Prasad's hatred towards Sivudu. Upon splitting their inherited wealth in half, the two brothers have their father Durga Prasad live in each of their households for six-month periods. Krish decides to reunite the two brothers, and succeeds, much to the happiness of the two families.

Bhaanu Prasad, impressed by Krish, accepts Bhoomi's love and decides to get them married. This worries Krish and Bhoomi as the initial plan was to only cancel the marriage of Bhoomi and her suitor, not to have Bhaanu Prasad accept their "relationship". Bhoomi's suitor, our of lust for Bhoomi and anger on the wedding's cancelation, vows to get Bhoomi by any means. The story takes a turn when Indu, who is none other than Sivudu's adopted daughter, arrives in the scene. Sivudu decides to get Indu married to her lover alongside Bhoomi's marriage, not aware of Krish's real identity. Indu then lies to Sivudu that her lover has ditched her, in order to save Krish's act. Sivudu orders his men to find Indu's lover's a.k.a. Krish's parents and bring them to him. Bhaanu Prasad also asks Krish to bring his parents to settle the marriage alliance. Indu sets up a fake father (Brahmanandam) and mother for before his parents arrive at the place. But when Krish's parents arrive at the scene, they are shocked to see Krish there (who they thought was on a world tour). Krish explains them the whole situation and has them play the game.

Bhaanu Prasad engages Bhoomi with Krish and tells them to decide when they want to marry. Just as when Krish thinks that all is settled and prepares to walk out of Bhoomi's life, Bhoomi reveals that she has fallen in love with Krish, which Indu overhears. Fate takes another turn when Bhoomi's suitor finds out about the real identities and reveals this to Sivudu, who confronts Indu. Bhaanu Prasad too learns of the act and, along with Sivudu, beats up Krish before Durga Prasad intervenes. Durga Prasad reveals to them that the act was created by him in order to save Bhoomi from her ruthless suitor. He also reveals that Krish did not cheat Indu (which is what Sivudu thinks), and in fact it was Indu who sent Krish. He also reveals to Bhaanu Prasad that Bhoomi is also in love with Krish.

Just as things cool down, Bhoomi's suitor takes Bhoomi away by force, only to be chased by Krish. Krish finally beats up Bhoomi's suitor into submission and leaves with Bhoomi. But another problem arises when Krish has to decide between Indu, whom he loves, and Bhoomi, who loves him. Suddenly Lord Krishna appears in front of him to tell Krish that it is part of his life. But when Krish asks for a solution, Lord Krishna disappears, leaving Krish's fate to the audience.

Cast

• N. T. Rama Rao Jr. as Krishna alias Krish
• Kajal Aggarwal as Bhoomi
• Samantha as Indu
• Srihari as Shiva Prasad alias Shivudu
• Prakash Raj as Bhaanu Prasad (Bhoomi's father)
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Durga Prasad (Bhoomi's grandfather)
• Tanikella Bharani
• Ajay (the main villain)
• Brahmanandam as "Bommarillu" father
• Venu Madhav as Chitti
• Mukesh Rishi as Surendra (Krish's father)

Production

The shooting of Brindavanam was launched on August 16, 2009.^[7] A huge set of a palatial bungalow was erected in Hyderabad for the movie. This was the biggest set for any Telugu film to date.^[8] The film had to be delayed because one of the senior actors Kota Srinivasa Rao lost his son in an accident and could not attend the shoot. The lead actor Jr. NTR had an accident shooting for a fight scene, and the shoot had to be stalled for several more days.^[9]

Reception

The film opened to mostly positive reviews. Sify gave a three star rating and noted "The major plus point is that Brundavanam has been shot well. The comedy is hilarious, though parts of it are outdated. Though NTR plays a role that doesn't suit his image, he does it with elan. His dialogues are simply superb. For the first time, NTR tried to play a lover boy - Whether the audience will accept that remains to be seen. Kajal's role is dull from the start to finish, while Samantha too cannot enliven the mood." Rediff gave a two star rating says "Everything about the film is formulaic which may appeal to family audiences".^[10] NDTV stated "NTR's performance is unquestionably the highlight of the film. He tries to show some novelty in his performance through action scens that are done with ease and maintaining excellent comic timing. Kajal and Samanta filled the glamour slots and Kajal got a chance to perform better than Samanta, dominating the female lead. Complete in entertainment value, the film is a family affair.^[11]

Brindavanam earned huge theatrical revenue in its first week and was expected to earn 30 crore.^[12]

Box office

Jr.NTR starrer Brindavanam grossed over 50 crore (US$8.0 million)^[13]in 100 days worldwide gross.Thus,tarak started 50 crore club in Telugu film industry taking Ttown into new heights.Ntr started 40 crore club with Brindavanam in 50 days itself^[14]Brindavanam had a successful 50 days run in more than 100 centres.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. S. Thaman. The music was released on September 12, 2010. The audio function was held at Silpa Kala Vedika; Venu Madhav and Udaya Bhanu hosted the function. Telugu film personalities including K Raghavendra Rao, S S Rajamouli, Siddharth, M. M. Keeravani, Prabhas, Samantha, Kajal Aggarwal, Koti, Boyapati Srinu, Brahmaji, K S Rama Rao, Chota K Naidu, Meher Ramesh, Sri Hari, Ashwini Dutt, Brahmanandam and Vijayan attended the audio release function. The audio rights of the soundtrack were purchased by Aditya Music.

References

External links

• Brindavanam at the Internet Movie Database