Bheeshma (2020 film)

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Bheeshma
Bheeshma Poster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Venky Kudumula
Written byVenky Kudumula
Produced bySuryadevara Naga Vamsi
Starring
CinematographySai Sriram
Edited by Naveen Nooli
Music byMahati Swara Sagar
Production
company
Sithara Entertainments
Distributed bySithara Entertainments
Release date
  • 21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) [1]
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Box office₹40 crore [2]

Bheeshma is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Venky Kudumula and produced by Suryadevara Naga Vamsi. The film stars Nithiin and Rashmika Mandanna in the lead roles, while Anant Nag, Jisshu Sengupta, Vennela Kishore and Sampath Raj appear in supporting roles. The music was composed by Mahati Swara Sagar, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Sai Sriram and Naveen Nooli.

Contents

Bheeshma was released on 21 February 2020 to positive reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office. [2]

Plot

Bheeshma is the CEO of "Bheeshma Organics" who wants farmers to shift from using chemicals in farming to organic practices. Bheeshma gets them to shift in organic farming and announces to the media that he will announce the next CEO on the company's 50th anniversary. Meanwhile, Bheeshma Prasad is a single man who seeks to find love, where he attends his friend Parimal's boss' pre-wedding party and meets Sarah. Bheeshma introduces himself as Bheeshma I.A.S. (I am Single) to Sarah and gets her to elope with him, but Sarah gets him stuck with the police and Parimal gets fired. Bheeshma's uncle JP has to bail him out by calling his classmate ACP Deva, who later asks JP to bring Bheeshma in order to teach him a lesson as he believes Bheeshma is a "loser" since he lives his life as a meme creator.

Later, JP tells Bheeshma's father Anand Prasad that Bheeshma is serving a punishment with Deva and it is revealed that Anand and Deva were classmates and Bheeshma touched his daughter when they were little, which caused a split between both of them. One day, Bheeshma meets Chaitra and introduces to her as ACP Bheeshma as he is in a police vehicle and Chaitra introduces herself as an employee of Bheeshma Organics. Bheeshma decides to go with her and he ends up learning about organic farming. Raghavan, who is the CEO of Field Science, introduces a product called "Instant" which produces a six-month yield in four months by the use of chemicals and tries to influence some of Bheeshma's farmers by setting up a live interaction with Bheeshma.

After a few hilarious twists, Bheeshma finds out that Chaitra is Deva's daughter. Deva soon develops a good opinion about Bheeshma, but Chaitra doesn't like him. Chaitra and Bheeshma leave for the interaction, where Bheeshma finds his friend Parimal and that he works for Field Science. Bheeshma talks about the greatness of organic farming during the interaction and wins over Chaitra. Suddenly, Deva's constable sends a picture of them hugging. Deva gets enraged and goes to Bheeshma's house, where he finds that Anand is Bheeshma's father and holds Bheeshma at gunpoint. Anand reveals that Bheeshma is the grandson of Sr. Bheeshma and he is the next CEO of Bheeshma Organics. Deva and Bheeshma are shocked and the media soon learn about this.

When Bheeshma is ready to leave to take care of his grandfather, it is revealed that Anand lied to Deva in order to keep his son alive. Bheeshma is shocked and Chaitra breaksup with him saying that her father wants her to marry him since he is the grandson of Sr. Bheeshma and tells that she knows that he is not Bheeshma's grandson. Bheeshma decides to tell the truth to Deva, but is surprised when Sr. Bheeshma announces him as an operational CEO of the company for 30 days. Bheeshma is shocked by this decision and Chaitra despises him even more. Bheeshma also finds out that Parimal lost his job at Field Science due to Raghavan learning that Parimal is Bheeshma's friend and he joins as a driver for Bheeshma.

Bheeshma is shown around the office and he quickly wins over the employees, where he also saves a village from signing from Field Science enraging Raghavan and also rewins Chaitra's love. Raghavan decides to make sure Bheeshma is not the next CEO by giving a poisonous hybrid plant to Sr. Bheeshma, who later gets hospitalized and also plants chemically made plants in Bheeshma's warehouse to further make the company lose reputation with a police raid. Raghavan invites Agricultural Minister Ajay Varma, to launch Instant to the world, but Ajay tells that the product is made with harmful chemicals and cancels the license of Field Science which surprises Raghavan and gets admitted to the hospital.

Raghavan soon finds out that Sr. Bheeshma is alive and he was only hospitalized due to a high fever. The plant which Raghavan sent was actually destroyed by Parimal, thinking that the plant was for Jr. Bheeshma when it was actually for Sr. Bheeshma. Jr. Bheeshma suggests Parimal to replace the plant with a similar looking plant without the poisonous properties. Bheeshma also reveals that he found Sarah and Ajay in a hotel room and had blackmailed to telecast their relationship to the public in exchange for Ajay to provide a speech about the harmful chemicals present in Instant and the police found out about Raghavan planting the plants. Bheeshma is later appointed as the full-time CEO of Bheeshma Organics where Chaitra and Bheeshma finally marry with the approval of their parents.

Cast

Production

The film was announced on 30 March 2019, by Rashmika Mandanna through social media platforms, coinciding with Nithiin's birthday. [3] The pooja ceremony and the principal photography was done in mid May 2019. Filming was lasted until late December 2019. [4] [5] Kannada actor Anant Nag was signed to play a pivotal role while, Bengali actor Jisshu Sengupta was signed to portray the antagonist. [6] [7] The song "Hey Choosa" was shot in Positano, Italy. [8]

Release

The film initially aimed at 25 December 2019, but was released on 21 February 2020.

Home media

The film was released on Netflix and Sun NXT, (along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam) on 9 April 2020 with English Subtitles. [9] [10] The Hindi dubbed version was directly premiered on Dhinchaak TV channel (now renamed to Goldmines) on 19 February 2022. [11] [12]

Soundtrack

Bheeshma
Soundtrack album by
Mahati Swara Sagar
Released27 Dec 2019
Recorded2019-2020
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Length18:30
Label Aditya Music
Producer Mahati Swara Sagar
Mahati Swara Sagar chronology
Nartanasala
(2018)		Bheeshma
(2019)		 Ishq
(2021)

The music was composed by Mahati Swara Sagar.

No.TitleLyricsSingers(s)Length
1."Singles Anthem" Sri Mani Anurag Kulkarni 3:23
2."Whattey Beauty"Kasarla ShyamDhanunjay, Amala Chebolu 3:55
3."Sara Sari"Sri ManiAnurag Kulkarni4:01
4."Super Cute"Sri Mani Nakash Aziz 3:41
5."Hey Choosa" Krishna Chaitanya Sanjana Kalmanje3:30
Total length:18:30

Reception

Critical response

The film opened to positive reviews from critics on the first day of its release with praise for its performances, comedy, songs and dance numbers. [13]

Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu , appreciated the film's use of humour and wrote: "Director Venky Kudumula places such a character in the centre of a farming war. The result is a partly farcical comedy that’s at times deliberately frustrating and at other times, lends itself to laugh aloud segments." [14] Australian Stars rated it 4/5 "A great entertainer, The whole cast was amazing and Venky's movie is all the way a winner. This is your perfect weekend watch." Koimoi.com editor Rohit Mohan rated the film 3/5 and stated "Nithiin comeback after one and half years is totally natural and a smash hit. The movie strikes right to the audience and Jishu Sengupta, Rashmika Mandanna did complete justice to their role." [15] Times of India editor rated 3/5 star and stated "If you loved Chalo , giving Bheeshma a chance is a no-brainer (pun intended). Just don’t go expecting something even remotely sane or novel and you won’t be disappointed." [16]

Box office

In the overseas the film has collected a gross of $684,000 on its first weekend. [17] [18]

Accolades

Award [lower-alpha 1] Date of ceremony [lower-alpha 2] CategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef.
South Indian International Movie Awards 19 September 2021 Best Film – Telugu Sithara Entertainments Nominated [19]
Best Director – Telugu Venky Kudumula Nominated
Best Actor – Telugu Nithiin Nominated
Best Actor in a Negative Role – Telugu Jisshu Sengupta Nominated
Best Comedian – Telugu Vennela Kishore Won
Best Music Director – Telugu Mahati Swara SagarNominated
Best Cinematographer – Telugu Sai SriramNominated
Best Music Director – Telugu Mahati Swara SagarNominated

Notes

  1. ↑ Awards, festivals and organizations are in alphabetical order.
  2. ↑ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.

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