Bunny (2005 film)

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Bunny
Bunny Telugu poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by V. V. Vinayak
Screenplay byV. V. Vinayak
Story byV. V. Vinayak
Produced byMallidi Satyanarayana Reddy
Starring
Cinematography Chota K. Naidu
Edited byGautham Raju
Music by Devi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Siri Venkateswara Productions
Release date
  • 6 April 2005 (2005-04-06)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Bunny is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language action film written and directed by V. V. Vinayak, with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. The film was produced by Mallidi Satyanarayana Reddy. This film stars Allu Arjun and Gowri Munjal, while Prakash Raj and Mukesh Rishi play supporting roles with Sarath Kumar in a guest appearance. The music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad with editing done by Gautham Raju and cinematography by Chota K. Naidu. [1] [2] The film released on 6 April 2005 and was received mixed-to-positive reviews, and was commercially successful. [3] [4] Later the film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as Bunny: The Lion was also commercial success. [5]

Contents

The film was remade in Bangladeshi Bengali as Tomar Jonno Morte Pari (2007) starring Shakib Khan. The 2009 Bengali film Challenge , also has some plot elements from this film.

Plot

Somaraju is a leading businessman and crime boss in Visakhapatnam. Mysamma is a close member of Somaraju and his right-hand handles his criminal deals in Hyderabad. Mahalakshmi is Somaraju's daughter, and he dearly loves her. Bunny alias Raja joins the same college as Mahalakshmi. He impresses her on the first day itself. Slowly, she falls in love with him. Somaraju, though reluctant initially, agrees to the marriage. Now, Raja has a condition that Somaraju should give his entire property to Raja as a dowry. The rest of the story explains why Raja asks for Somaraju's property.

Raja's birth father, a king, Ranga Rao Bhupathi Raja, is Mahalakshmi's maternal uncle. Bhupathi Raja was a great man with much land and property, as well as much regard from the government and other people. In the area where he lives, there is a shortage of water for farming. As a result, Bhupathi Raja starts a rally to initiate the Polavaram Project. The rally becomes so widespread, that the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, decides to meet with Bhupathi Raja. Bhupathi Raja decides to give away all of his land, 4,000 acres, to the people who lose land when the project gets initiated. When Mahalakshmi is born, her mother asks Bhupathi Raja to perform the baby naming ceremony and such. On Bhupathi Raja's way there, however, Somaraju attacks him with the help of a bunch of rowdies. Somaraju fraudulently transfers Bhupathi Raju's property to himself. They pretty much kill Bhupathi Raja and leave him to die in the forest. However, Bhupathi Raja manages to live and perform Mahalakshmi's ceremony, but he dies minutes after without telling anyone what happened.

Raja learns of this when his so-called father, Rangaswamy, explains to him that he is his godfather and not his father. While trying to save him, his godfather and godmother give up their son to keep him alive. To regain his rightful property, Raja fights Mysamma and wins his girl.

Cast

Production

Bunny is Allu Arjun's third film as the lead actor after Gangotri (2003) and Arya (2004). [6]

Music

Bunny
Soundtrack album to Bunnyby
Devi Sri Prasad
Released25 February 2005
Recorded2005uy
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length27:07
Language Telugu
Label Aditya Music
Producer Devi Sri Prasad
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
Maayavi
(2005)		Bunny
(2005)		 Sachein
(2005)

All music was scored by Devi Sri Prasad and released by Aditya Music.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maro Maro" Chandrabose Tippu 5:08
2."Jabilammavo"Chandrabose Sagar, Malathy Lakshman 4:34
3."Va Va Vareva" Viswa Karthik, Sumangali4:08
4."Mayilu Mayilu" Suddala Ashok Teja Devi Sri Prasad 4:57
5."Kana Padaleda"Suddala Ashok Teja S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 3:33
6."Bunny Bunny"Chandrabose Srilekha Parthasarathy, Murali,4:47
Total length:27:07

Reception

B Anuradha of Rediff.com criticized the plot for being a "age-old revenge drama" while praising Allu Arjun's performance. "Allu Arjun's effortless dancing and fights could be in vain, thanks to the boring theme," she added. [7] A reviewer from Sify who rated 3/5 also echoed the same. "The story and presentation is old wine in a new bottle, but the performance of Allu Arjun, Prakash Raj and Raghu Babu saves the film to a very large extent," the reviewer stated. [8]

Release

Sagar was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu at 53rd Filmfare Awards South. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ M. L., Narasimham (30 December 2005). "Dubbed films rule yet again". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Junior N.T.R's two attempts (Naa Alludu and Narasimhudu) proved disasters.
  3. ↑ "Bunny The Hero Movie". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ↑ M. L., Narasimham (30 December 2005). "Dubbed films rule yet again". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Junior N.T.R's two attempts (Naa Alludu and Narasimhudu) proved disasters.
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