Bujjigadu

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Bujjigadu
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Directed byPuri Jagannadh
Written by Puri Jagannadh
Produced by K. S. Rama Rao
Starring Prabhas
Mohan Babu
Trisha
Cinematography Shyam K. Naidu
Edited byM. R. Varma
Music by Sandeep Chowta
Production
company
Distributed by Creative Commercials
Release date
  • 22 May 2008 (2008-05-22)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Bujjigadu: Made in Chennai is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by K. S. Rama Rao. The film stars Prabhas, Mohan Babu and Trisha while Sanjjanaa and Kota Srinivasa Rao play supporting roles. [1] The film released to mixed reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. [2] It was later remade in Bangladesh as Pagla Deewana (2015) with Shahriaz and Pori Moni.

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Plot

Bujji and Chitti are inseparable childhood friends in Vizag and like each other. One day in 1996, they argue and Chitti tells Bujji to leave and never return. When he pleads to her, she asks him to prove his sincerity by staying away from her for twelve years and promises to marry him if he does. Though devastated, Bujji reluctantly agrees to stay away from her and moves to Chennai to keep a distance. Meanwhile, Chitti's family moves to Hyderabad, cutting all ties from Bujji's family.

Bujji grows up in Chennai and becomes a hooligan, though he preserves his soft nature and his love for Chitti. After twelve years in 2008, he returns to meet Chitti but is caught in a brawl and is jailed. There, he meets the sons of Machi Reddy, and they offer him one crore to kill Sivanna. Bujji thinks that he could save money for his married life and agrees, but when Bujji tries to kill Sivanna, he is injured. Sivanna is impressed by his innocence and purity and asks him to stay with him for a while. He stays there under the name of Rajinikanth, Bujji's favorite actor.

Later, Bujji meets Sivanna's sister Meghana, whose real name is Chitti. However, Bujji is unable to recognize her as Chitti. Bujji eventually realises that Meghana was Chitti and tries to reveal that to her, but Sivanna stops him, saying that Meghana would only stay with him until she finds Bujji, as she actually hates her brother since he was responsible for his first wife's death. When Machi Reddy learns that he is part of Sivanna's gang, his sons shoot Chitti, kidnap Sivanna's second sister Kangana, and ask to trade her for Sivanna. Chitti sends Bujji to save Kangana. Bujji and Sivanna head to rescue Kangana, with Sivanna killing one of Machi Reddy's sons. Machi Reddy with Bujji kills Machi Reddy's second son with his shoe blade trick, and Venkat is left beaten, but not killed like some of Machi Reddy's goons. Sivanna is injured but survives and Kangana is rescued. After recovery, he asks Bujji and Chitti what the fight they had in their childhood was about. Bujji states that one time on the beach, Chitti had built a sand temple with a stone as a representation for her God, but Bujji had destroyed it and it made her angry. The film ends with Chitti reuniting with Bujji and living with Sivanna.

Cast

Production

The film marks the third collaboration between Prabhas and Trisha after Varsham (2004) and Pournami (2006). [3] Prabhas plays a man who lived in Chennai and is a fan of Rajinikanth. [4] [5] A song was shot in Annapoorna Studios. [6]

Music

The soundtrack for the film was composed by Sandeep Chowta and released on 18 April 2008 by Aditya Music with Rajinikanth in attendance. [5] [7] In an audio review of the soundtrack, a writer from Idlebrain.com wrote that "most of Chowta’s tunes (Sude Sude, Love Me, Guchhi Guchhi, Dhadak Dhadak) are catchy and his orchestration, imbued with sounds of international quality, is top class but where he falters [...] is with the singing. To some his rendition may sound stylish but to most others, like me, it sounds as if Sandeep was told that he is singing for a robot on the screen". [8]

Bujjigadu
Soundtrack album by
Sandeep Chowta
Released18 April 2008
Recorded2008
Genre Soundtrack
Length24:38
Label Aditya Music
Producer Sandeep Chowta
Sandeep Chowta chronology
Om Shanti Om
(2007)		Bujjigadu
(2008)		 Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
(2008)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Talaiva" Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Mark Lazaro, Anaida 4:03
2."Sudu Sude"Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Sandeep Chowta, Shruti Pathak 4:11
3."Chitti Aayire"Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar Pradip Somasundaran, Sonu Kakkar 4:50
4."Love Me" Kandikonda Sandeep Chowta, Nikita Nigam 4:07
5."Guchchi Guchchi"KandikondaSandeep Chowta, Shruti Pathak 3:14
6."Dhadak Dhadak"KandikondaSandeep Chowta, Nikita Nigam4:13
Total length:24:38

Release and reception

The film was released worldwide with 750 prints. It was dubbed in Malayalam as Rudran and in Tamil as Kumaran Rajini Rasigan. It was dubbed in Hindi as Deewar: Man Of Power and it was dubbed in Bhojpuri as Yeh Deewar.

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "This film is definitely worth a look for Prabhas's characterization". [9] A critic from Rediff.com rated the film 2 1⁄2 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Bujjigadu may perhaps provide Prabhas the much needed hit but it offers nothing drastically new". [4] In a more critical review, a critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "The songs by Sandeep Chowtha are trendy and peppy, and will perhaps help an otherwise insipid movie. Insipid for more reasons than one, including some pretty elementary writing, like that whole 12-year thing, and lines like "I love you saala (transl. brother-in-law)". Watch Bujjigadu if you are at a loss for anything else, and, oh yes, if you are an adult". [10]

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