Baava

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Baava
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Directed byRambabu
Screenplay byRambabu
Story byRambabu
Produced byM. L. Padma Kumar Chowdary
Starring Siddharth
Pranitha
Rajendra Prasad
Cinematography Arvind Krishna
Edited byK. V. Krishna Reddy
Music by Chakri
Production
company
Sri Keerthi Creations
Release date
  • 29 October 2010 (2010-10-29)
Running time
145 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹ 18 crores

Baava (transl.Brother-in-law) is a 2010 Telugu-language romantic comedy-drama film, produced by M. L. Padma Kumar Chowdary on Sri Keerthi Creations banner and directed by Rambabu. The film stars Siddharth, Pranitha, and Rajendra Prasad. [1] The music is composed by Chakri. [2] The film was a disaster at box office. It was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Bhalobasar Rong (2012).

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Plot

Veerababu (Siddharth) is a carefree youth who lives in a village with his parents. His father Seetharamudu (Rajendra Prasad) marries a girl (Pavitra Lokesh) from a big family against her family's wishes, and they do not accept them as part of their family. All his life, Seetharam spends time regretting that he separated his wife from her family and yearns to be part of a big family. Seetharam wants his son Veerababu to marry a girl from a big family and have a status of a son-in-law. Meanwhile, Veerababu falls in love with Varalakshmi (Pranitha), a girl from the nearby village. Later it is revealed that she is Veerababu's maternal relative, and they do not agree to their marriage. Seetharam worries that his son's fate is going to be just like him and tries to dissuade him from marrying Varalakshmi. However, he later helps his son and story. The rest of the story revolves around how Veerababu wins the hearts of his girlfriend's family members and ends with their family accepting both the couples as part of their family.

Cast

Soundtrack

Baava
Film score by
Released2010
Genre Soundtrack
Length31:25
Label Aditya Music
Producer Chakri
Chakri chronology
Aakasa Ramanna
(2010)
Baava
(2010)
Saradaga Kasepu
(2010)

Music composed by Chakri.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Pannendella Praayam" Ananta Sriram M. M. Keeravani 6:14
2."Naa Rama Chilaka" Bhaskarabhatla Vasu4:56
3."Mila Milamani Suryo" Kandikonda Ranjith, Harini 5:00
4."Nagara Nagara" Kandikonda Chakri, Geetha Madhuri 4:50
5."Rudrudu Ramudu" Vanamali Mano 4:31
6."Baava Baava" Ramajogayya Sastry Siddharth5:40
Total length:31:25

Release

Serish Nanisetti of The Hindu gave a negative review and opined that "The dénouement is a dressed up feudal drama masquerading as a cycle race. Even before the beginning you can predict the contrived end". [3] A critic from The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and wrote that "Although, the village backdrop is captivating, but the plot of childhood friends who later re-unite as lovers, has been done-to-death by T-Town dream merchants". [4] Radhika Rajamani of Rediff gave the film the same rating and stated that "All in all, Baava is rather pedestrian fare. It's quite disappointing to see performances by the artistes go waste in a script like this". [5]

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References

  1. Sangeetha Devi Dundoo (30 October 2010). "Siddharth returns as 'Baava'". The Hindu.
  2. "Siddharth's Baava releasing on Oct 29". Archived from the original on 8 December 2010.
  3. Serish Nanisetti (31 October 2010). "All about coincidences". The Hindu.
  4. "BAAVA MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India.
  5. Radhika Rajamani (29 October 2010). "Baava is pedestrian". Rediff.