Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw

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Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw
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Directed byNidhi Prasad
Written by L. B. Sriram (dialogues)
Screenplay byNidhi Prasad
Story by Priyadarshan
Produced byRaju & Praveen
Starring Rajendra Prasad
Richard Rishi
Farjana
CinematographySarath
Edited byShankar
Music by Chakri
Production
company
Silver Screen Movies
Release date
  • 16 November 2006 (2006-11-16)
Running time
139 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Nidhi Prasad. [1] It stars Rajendra Prasad, Richard Rishi, and Farjana with music composed by Chakri. The film is produced by Raju and Praveen on Silver Screen Movies banner. It is a remake of the Hindi film Malamaal Weekly (2006; an adaptation of the 1998 film Waking Ned ). [2] [3]

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Plot

The film begins in a village where various characters appear. Bullebbai is a lottery ticket agent; Pala Pullaiah, the local dairy farmer; Pilli Pentaiah, a hoax political leader; Chanti, the barber; Mallika Sharbat holds a tea stall; Varadaraju, a nominal royal dynasty King. Varadaraju takes some loans from Pullaiah; in return, he accommodates his son Kittu with him, and he falls for Pullaiah's daughter, Bhagyalakshmi. Besides, Ranikasula Renuka Rani, a tyrant who suffers the village by allowing debts, and her brother Aphis, a vagabond, aspire to possess Bhagyalakshmi and forcibly engage with her. So, Kittu & Bhagyalakshmi prepare to elope. As a glimpse, Aphis's buddy Chittibabu forsakes an adjacent village, a horrendous fatty Bullipapa. Renuka Rani verdicts it as futile on Aphis's influence. It enrages Bullipapa's sibling Sarvarayudu, who seeks vengeance.

Meanwhile, Bullebbai realizes that one of the tickets has won the top prize of 10,000,000 (US$120,000), and ploys to obtain it. So, he hosts a dinner for his customers, who mortgage their ancestors' house despite his wife Varalakshmi's refusal. By elimination, he deduces that the town-drunk Yesudas Gotham is the winner and immediately rushes to him. Whereat, Bullebbai spots Yesudas dead with a happy expression, the winning ticket clutched in his hand. Bullabbai attempts to pry the ticket from Yesudas when Pullaiah arrives, and Bullebbai lures him by offering a share. Eventually, Kittu also observes it and intimidates them into pairing up with his love interest. Due to hard luck, a few more villagers notice while disposing of the corpse. Bullebbai wangles them, ordering Kittu to throw Yesudas's body into the river. Just as he is doing so, Bhagyalakshmi arrives when he is divulging the secret. In their romance, they fail to notice Yesudas's corpse falling from the cliff and assume it is drowning.

The next day, when Bullebbai calls the lottery office, he learns that Yesudas managed to contact them before dying. Here, a dead heat situation occurs, but fortuitously, they identify Yesudas's corpse and retrieve it. Following this, they are conscious that Yesudas also informed his sibling Joshua Gotham's family, ex-wife Parvati, and several others to whom he owed money, so Bullebbai assembled them into 20 shares. Now, the lottery inspector lands for an interview. Bullebbai tactically covers up by forging Joshua as Yesudas, which satisfies him. All of them silently bury Yesudas, ritually mingling a patristic Daniel. Spotting it, Aphis scares & compels them for Bhagyalakshmi's hand when a dispute arises. Aphis rushes to notify his sister when they all hunt him. Suddenly, he becomes dumb on that track, which relaxes everyone. They also conduct Kittu & Bhagyalakshmi's engagement when, startlingly, Aphis recoups and provides a caveat. Since zero options all bend to him, Kittu bars it, and he is battered & locked in a room. Heartbroken, Bhagyalakshmi attempts suicide when a transformation occurs, all after soul searching. Hence, they opt to discard this mess and unite turtle doves.

At night, Kittu flees to slay Aphis when Bullabai, Pullaiah, & Joshua move to hinder him. Conversely, Sarvarayudu abducts Aphis for Chittibabu and wrongly knits with Bullipapa, holding him under the veil. Kittu & Bhagyalakshmi's nuptial is in progress when the Lottery Inspector reappears and bestows the prize amount. Soon after his return, Renuka Rani arrives and flares up about Aphis's whereabouts. Until then, Aphis absconds and divulges the totality to his sister when Renuka Rani & Aphis behind the Lottery Inspector to disclose the verity. Bullabbai & the gang's efforts to arrest them resulted in a chaotic chase. Amid, Sarvarayudu & Bullipapa clutch Aphis, and his chapter closes. At the races, when Renuka Rani catches up with the Lottery Inspector's car, he hits her motorcycle, and she plunges to death in the town river. At last, Bullabai orders the Lottery Inspector to quit and never look back again. Finally, the movie ends happily with the entire gang paying homage by inaugurating Yesudas Gotham's statue in the village.

Cast

Soundtrack

Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw
Film score by
Released19 October 2006
Recorded2006
Genre Soundtrack
Length22:51
Label Aditya Music
Producer Chakri
Chakri chronology
Devadasu
(2006)
Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw
(2006)
Satyabhama
(2007)

Music composed by Chakri. [5]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maye Chesindi" Kandikonda Udit Narayan, Shweta Pandit, Aadarshini3:54
2."Aa Tholisari" Kandikonda Hemachandra, Kousalya 5:07
3."Manmadhularaa"BhaskarabhatlaSunanda4:41
4."Chakkani Chukka" Kandikonda Ravi Varma, Teena4:28
5."Bhigi Kowgili"Bhaskarabhatla Shaan, Kousalya4:36
Total length:22:51

Reception

Jeevi of Idlebrain rated the film three out of five and wrote that "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw is a typical entertainer for the frontbenchers." [2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw could have been a much better film and a family entertainer with a lot less vulgarity and better dialogues." [3]

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