Adhugo

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Adhugo
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ravi Babu
Written byRavi Babu
Produced byRavi Babu
Suresh Babu
Starring Nabha Natesh
Rakesh Rachakonda
Abhishek Varma
CinematographyN. Sudhakar Reddy
Edited byBalla Sathyanarayana
Music by Prashanth R Vihari
Production
companies
Distributed by Suresh Productions
Release date
  • 7 November 2018 (2018-11-07) [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Adhugo is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language fantasy comedy film written and directed by Ravi Babu. [2] [3] It stars Nabha Natesh, Rakesh Rachakonda, and Abhishek Varma. The film follows a piglet named Bunty as the protagonist.

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It is India's first film featuring a live-action 3D animated title character. [4]

Plot

Bunty a Cute Piglet Gets Misplaced through a courier and lands in the hands of a girl Nabha Natesh and a Guy Rakesh Rachakonda looking for their lost puppy, A gang led by Sixpack Shankar (Ravi Babu) and a few other Gangsters are also after the piglet things go out of hand, how the piglet evades them all forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

Adhugo
Soundtrack album by
Released2018
Recorded2018
Genre Soundtrack
Length8:47
Label Mango Music
Producer Prashanth R Vihari
Prashanth R Vihari chronology
Mental Madhilo
(2017)
Adhugo
(2018)
Chi La Sow
(2018)

Music was composed by Prashanth R Vihari and released on Mango Music.

All lyrics are written by Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar

Track List
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Adhugo"Riddhi2:17
2."Stupid Stupid Boyfriend"Riddhi3:15
3."Raji Raji" L. V. Revanth 3:15
Total length:8:47

Reviews

The film generally received poor reviews with critics labelling it as poorly executed and not living up to the hype. [5] [6] [7]

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