Broker (2010 film)

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Broker
Directed by R. P. Patnaik
Produced byMaddineni Ramesh & Venkat Vardineni
StarringR. P. Patnaik
Asha Saini
Kota Srinivasa Rao
Cinematography Sarath Mandava
Edited byS. B. Uddhav
Music byR. P. Patnaik
Release date
  • 31 December 2010 (2010-12-31)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
Language Telugu

Broker is a 2010 Telugu film written, composed and directed by R. P. Patnaik who also portrays the lead role in the film. [1] Kannada film Agraja (2014) was loosely inspired from this film. A sequel titled Broker 2 was released in 2014. [2]

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Plot

Ganapati alias Gani is a mediator who has a lot of contacts with politicians and government officers. Several people approach him and offer bribe to the officials to get their things done quickly. He is the right hand of a big politician in dealing with land encroachments. He also saves a corrupt officer Dharmateja when ACB officials rides his house and got suspended. Many people suffer due to this. Once he helps his old teacher to receive his retirement benefits in exchange for a bribe. Being principled, he kills himself when he learns of it. Gani also loses his son in a fly-over collapse incident. Gani helped the contractor in getting the project from officials through bribes. His wife hates him because of his lobbying job. But he continues.

He meets Dharmateja and knows about his charity work. He explains to him why he is a changed man now. Gani feels guilty for all his past actions, and goes to a TV studio to reveal all the connections he had with corrupt officials and the amount of money they had taken as bribes. He reveals a couple of connections which shocks everybody. Then he refuses to reveal all the names, requesting those corrupt officials reveal themselves. Many calls from throughout the state inundate the TV station. The Chief minister declares that there would no cases against those who voluntarily surrendered their illegal money and it would be utilized for the people.

Cast

Production

Srihari signed the film to fulfill a promise after R. P. Patnaik sang in one of his films. He plays a broker. [3] The team of the film requested tax exemption due to its subject and the appreciation it received from the government. [4]

Soundtrack

The album consists of 5 songs composed by R. P. Patnaik.

Track list

Release

The film was initially scheduled to release on 11 December 2010. [5]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ Admin. "Broker Movie Review". supergoodmovies.com. Supergood Movies. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Broker-2 Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 20 May 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Creating a niche image". 25 December 2010 – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ↑ https://www.indiaglitz.com/broker-unit-requests-tax-exemption--news-62978
  5. ↑ "'Broker' slated for release on Dec 11 - Telugu News". IndiaGlitz.com. 8 December 2010.


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