The Birthday Boy

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The Birthday Boy
The Birthday boy.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byWhisky
Written byWhisky
Produced byBharat Immallaraju
Whisky
Starring Ravi Krishna
Sameer Malla
Vikranth Ved
Raja Ashok Vallamsetty
Sai Arun
Rahul Chilampalli
Mani Vaaka
CinematographySankirth Raahul Macheneni
Edited byNaresh Adupa
Music byPrashanth Srinivas
Production
company
Bomma Borusa Productions
Release date
  • 19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

The Birthday Boy is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language thriller film written and directed by Whisky. The film has an ensemble cast of Ravi Krishna, Sameer Malla,Vikranth Ved, Raja Ashok Vallamsetty, Sai Arun, Rahul Chilampalli and Mani Vaaka. The Birthday Boy was released on 19 July 2024. [1]

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Plot

Five childhood friends went abroad to pursue higher education. While celebrating their friend's birthday, an incident turns their lives upside down. The whole story revolves around the incident.

Cast

Production

During a media interaction, director Whisky told that the film was inspired from the events that occurred in 2016, and took four years to begin working on the film, starting in 2020. [2] [3]

Music

The film's soundtrack album and background score were composed by Prashanth Srinivas. The promotional song "The Birthday Boy Ki Jathare" was composed by Manish Kumar. Audio rights of the film were acquired and distributed by Madhura Audio.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Taking Me"Lakshmi PriyankaPrashanth SrinivasVivek Hariharan, Sharanya Natrajan, Prashanth Srinivas4:11
2."The Birthday Boy Ki Jathare"Pavan Kumar KonduriManish KumarRenu Kumar, Manish Kumar, Pranathi4:08

Release and reception

The Birthday Boy was released on 19 July 2024. [4] Post-theatrical digital streaming rights were acquired by Aha and was premiered on 9 August 2024. [5]

Idlebrain.com gave a rating of 2.75 out of 5 and wrote that " The Birthday Boy film narrates a crime that was never reported". [6]

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