Naa Bangaaru Talli

Naa Bangaaru Talli
Directed by Rajesh Touchriver
Produced by Sunitha Krishnan
M. S. Rajesh
Screenplay by Rajesh Touchriver
Anantharam (dialogue)
Garlapati Venkat Raghu (lyrics)
Story by Sunitha Krishnan
Starring Siddique
Anjali Patil
Rathna Shekar Reddy
Lakshmi Menon
Neena Kurup
Anup Arvindan
Warren Joseph
Sunil Kudvattoor
Music by Sharreth
Background Score :
Shantanu Moitra
Cinematography Rama Thulasi
Edited by Don Max
Production
company
Sun Touch Productions
Prajwala
Release date
  • 2013 (2013) (Indonesian Film Festival)
  • 21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
Country India
Language Telugu

Naa Bangaaru Talli is a 2013 Telugu, social problem film released worldwide on 21 November 2014 with public funding.[1] Based on a real life story, the film was written and directed by Rajesh Touchriver and star Siddique, Anjali Patil, Rathna Shekar Reddy, Lakshmi Menon, and Neena Kurup. The film was co-produced by M. S. Rajesh and Dr. Sunitha Krishnan, an internationally known anti-trafficking crusader. It explores the consequences of sex trafficking, testing the vulnerability of trust in human relations. The film was simultaneously produced in Malayalam as Ente.[2]

The film received highly positive reviews, with awards such as Best Film at the Trinity International Film Festival in Detroit, and four Awards at the Indonesian Film Festival.[3][4] At the 61st National Film Awards, Na Bangaaru Talli won three awards including the award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.[5][6]

Plot

Srinivas (Siddique) is a social worker from Amalapuram. His daughter Durga (Anjali Patil) is a studious girl and constantly performs well in her academics. She is also active in protesting about atrocities against women. Srinivas always feels proud of her. Srinivas frequently visits Hyderabad on the pretext of some work. Nobody knows what he does. After completing her Intermediate with flying colors, she wish to go to Hyderabad for her graduation. Srinivas initially opposes her decision because of strange reasons and tries to convince her to study in a near by town, but when she persists to go to Hyderabad, he reluctantly agrees.

Srinivas travels to Hyderabad along with her daughter and take accommodation in a Hotel. He receives a phone call from someone and he immediately starts by cautioning her daughter. It is revealed that Srinivas is actually a broker who lures innocent girls into flesh trade. One lady who was once deceived by Srinivas wants to take revenge on him, kidnaps his daughter and sells her to a brothel. Srinivas gets shocked after finding that Durga is missing from the hotel and start frantically searching wherever he knows, but in vain.

Durga comes to know that she is now trapped and protest her best to escape from there. But the strong network of brothel prevents her from escaping in all her trials. One day she was taken a costly resort where she is supposed to sleep with a wealthy businessman. There, she accidentally runs into his fiance and explains him every thing. He helps her escaping from there and takes her to their village. Dejected Srinivas returns home without his daughter. Unable to digest the fact that her father is a broker, she spits on his face. Srinivas commits suicide thinking that his mistake is unpardonable.

Cast

Awards

National Film Awards (2014)[7]
Nandi Awards (2013)[8]
Trinity International Film Festival (2013)
Indonesian Film Festival (2013)[9]
Beijing International Film Festival (2014)
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival (2014)
Asia Pacific Screen Awards (2014)
Indian Film Festival of Ireland (2014)
20th Kolkata International Film Festival (2014)

Reviews

Review site 123telugu.com[10] mentioned that "Naa Bangaaru Talli is a film straight from the heart. It opens your eyes and shows the harsh realities of life quite convincingly. Anjali Patil’s performance and some thrilling moments stand out. All those who want to see films with a message and sensibility need to definitely give this film a shot." Since this is a serious issue based film, the site didn't rate the movie in a commercial format. A reviewer at HOURDOSE [11] mentioned "Overall ‘Naa Bangaaru Talli’ is one of the very few Telugu films that touched a delicate point in the recent times and yet made sure that it’s an interesting watch to the theatrical audiences. You can surely give it a shot if you are interested in some meaningful movies which make some sense."

References

  1. ↑ IANS. "Public helped us release Naa Bangaaru Talli : Director". The Hindu.
  2. ↑ Caught on the wrong side - The Hindu
  3. ↑ Na Bangaru Talli as Best film at Trinity International Film Festival
  4. ↑ 'The story of Naa Bangaru Talli is quite shocking' - Rediff.com Movies
  5. ↑ National Film Awards: And the winners are - IBNLive
  6. ↑ ‘Naa Bangaru Talli’ made it big in the TIFF 2013
  7. ↑ "61st National Film Awards Announced" (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Nandi Awards 2012 and 2013: Rajamouli, Ilayaraja, Samantha and Prabhas emerge winners". 1 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Indonesian Film Festival’s Award of Excellence for Na Bangaaru Talli". All Lights Film Services. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Review by 123telugu.com for "Naa Bangaaru Talli"".
  11. ↑ "13 interesting things about "Naa Bangaaru Talli"".
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