Teja Bhai & Family

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Teja Bhai & Family
Tejabhai Cover.jpg
Theatrical poster
Directed by Deepu Karunakaran
Written byDeepu Karunakaran
Produced by
  • Muralidharan
  • Santha Murali
Starring
Cinematography Shamdat Sainudeen
Edited by Manoj
Music by Deepak Dev
Production
company
Anantha Visions
Distributed by
  • Murali Films
  • PJ Entertainments Europe
Release date
  • 30 August 2011 (2011-08-30)
Running time
147 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Teja Bhai and Family is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Deepu Karunakaran, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Akhila Sasidharan in the lead roles. [1] [2] One of the songs, Oru Madhura Kinavin (remix version), was sung by Vijay Yesudas. The original version of this song from the movie, Kanamarayathu , was sung by his father, K. J. Yesudas. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Plot

Teja Bhai, a well known don in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and his sidekicks are the top news of major dailies. One day, he happens to fall in love with Vedhika, a girl who happens to pass through his life. Vedhika also lives in Kuala Lumpur and volunteers in an orphanage and is involved in several philanthropic activities. Teja under the name Roshan befriends her. The film revolves around on the love between them, without Vedhika knowing the real job of Teja.

Vedhika's father Damodarji wants his daughter to be married to a man with high social status and family heritage. The power of love makes Teja change from his way of life as an underworld don and he decides to make a good family and for this, he flies to Kerala. Teja tries to find his estranged family. He also enlists the help of a pseudo Swami Rajaguru Veshya Vachassu. The thread takes hilarious turns with the arrival of Vedhika and her father to join in Teja's family. Unable to find his real family, Guru helps Teja by hiring drama artists and small-time con artists to pose as his relatives. Meanwhile, some of Teja's enemies are also after him and his gang. There is also a struggle of hiding his real identity from Vedhika and her father. The hilarious consequences of these actions and the story that ensues and how Teja manages to win the hand of his love amidst all this chaos form the crux of the movie.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Thiruvananthapuram and Malaysia.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features 3 songs composed by Deepak Dev, 1 tracks composed by Abu Murali and a Retro Mix version of "Oru Madhurakinaavin Lehariyil" from the 80s film Kaanamarayathu .

No.SongSinger(s)
1"Pranaya Nilaa" Shaan Rahman
2"Punjiricke Punjiricke" Benny Dayal, Rimi Tomy
3"Pranaya Nilaa" (Remix)Shaan Rahman, Deepak Dev, Aalaap Raju, Rahul Nambiar
4"Verum Naadakam Jeevithangal"Franco
5"Oru Madhurackinaavin" (Remix) Vijay Yesudas

Reception

Teja Bhai opened to mixed to positive reviews and became a commercial success at the box office. Metro matinee, reports the movie to have collected 2.6 crores within 10 days while cinebuzz.co.in says the movie to have grossed 5 crores in 30 days.

Box office

The film collected US$5,664 from UK box office. [7]

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