Thammudu (film)
Thammudu (transl. Younger Brother) is a 1999 Indian Telugu-language sports action film produced by Burugupalli Sivaramakrishna under the Sri Venkateswara Art Films banner, written and directed by P. A. Arun Prasad.[1]
| Thammudu | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | P. A. Arun Prasad |
| Written by | Chintapalli Ramana (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | P. A. Arun Prasad |
| Story by | P. A. Arun Prasad |
| Produced by | Burugupalli Sivaramakrishna |
| Starring | Pawan Kalyan Preeti Jhangiani Aditi Govitrikar |
| Cinematography | Madhu Ambat |
| Edited by | Marthand K. Venkatesh |
| Music by | Ramana Gogula |
Production company | Sri Venkateswara Art Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 162 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
The films stars Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani and Aditi Govitrikar.[2] Bhupinder Singh, Achyuth, Brahmanandam, Ali, and Kitty play supporting roles. The music is composed by Ramana Gogula with cinematography by Madhu Ambat and editing by Marthand K. Venkatesh.
The film released on 15 July 1999 and went on to become a BlockBuster with the movie's soundtrack by Ramana Gogula becoming a trendsetter. The film was remade in Tamil as Badri (2001), in Kannada as Yuvaraja (2001) and in Bengali as Champion (2003).
Plot
The film begins with the rivalry between Model College and Government college. Subrahmanyam aka Subbu aka Subhash is the youngest son of a family. He is a wastrel and gyspy and spends his days roaming around with girls, hanging around with his friends, and constantly failing his exams. Subbu's behavior always shows hatred towards his father. Subbu's elder brother, Chakri, on the other hand is a college level kickboxer and Vishwanadh's favorite son. Chakri spends his days rigorously training for the inter college kickboxing championship, but ends up losing to his kickboxing arch rival, Rohit, who is from the elite Model College. While training, he and Rohit end up running into each other and Chakri always is shamed for his poor background as Chakri attends Government College. Jaanu aka Janaki is Subbu's neighbor and secretly in love in Subbu. Subbu is unaware that Jaanu is in love with him. Subbu usually considers Jaanu as a source of money and cars to impress girls and constantly borrows money and cars. Jaanu's father is a garage owner.
Subbu starts going out and meets a girl named Lovely, who is a rich college girl from the Model College, and poses as an engineering college student and a wealthy family's son to impress her and love her. Lovely falls for his lies and soon begins to express her love to Subbu. Eventually, she learns the truth and insults and breaks up with Subbu in front of his father and his brother. Vishwanadh finds out that Subbu has taken large amounts of money from Jaanu and kicks Subbu out of the house, disgusted with his behavior.
Subbu is now homeless and gets support from Jaanu. Jaanu tells Subbu that he should be more responsible of himself and redeem himself towards his father. In the meantime, Chakri is beaten up and seriously injured by Rohit, who now happens to be Lovely's new boyfriend and Subbu's enemy as well, and this results in Chakri to being hospitalized. This rules him out of the final match of the inter college kick boxing championship. Remembering what Jaanu said, Subbu decides to fight for the match by taking Chakri's place. Subbu trains and works really hard to prepare for the inter college kickboxing championship. He defeats Rohit in the kickboxing match and wins the final intercollege kickboxing championship, dedicates the trophy to Chakri, reconciles with his father, and finally accepts Jaanu's love.
Cast
- Pawan Kalyan as Subrahmanyam / Subhash / Subbu
- Preeti Jhangiani as Janaki 'Janu'
- Aditi Gowitrikar as Lovely
- Bhupinder Singh as Rohit
- Achyuth as Chakri
- Brahmanandam as Telugu lecturer Avadhanalu
- Ali as Kondandarama Manoharan / Tamili Manohaudur
- Kitty as Vishwanadh
- Chandra Mohan as Kutumba Rao
- Venniradai Moorthy as Lecturer
- Tanikella Bharani as Drunkard
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Malli
- Venu Madhav as Subbu's friend
- Varsha as Shanthi
- Ironleg Sastri as Malli's matchmaker
- Dominic Chung as Chinese boy/Sparring partner
- Raghunatha Reddy
Soundtrack
| Thammudu | ||||
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| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 34:13 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Ramana Gogula | |||
| Ramana Gogula chronology | ||||
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Music composed by Ramana Gogula.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Made in Andhra" | Chandra Bose | Ramana Gogula | 6:57 |
| 2. | "Pedavi Datani" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Ramana Gogula, Sunitha | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Yedola Vundi" | Surendra Krishna | Ramana Gogula | 5:10 |
| 4. | "Vayyari Bhama" | Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry | Ramana Gogula | 5;16 |
| 5. | "Travelling Soldier" | Ramana Gogula | Ramana Gogula | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Kalakalu" | Chandra Bose | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 5:11 |
| Total length: | 34:13 | |||
Reception
Deccan Herald wrote, "While the first half is full of fun-frolic situations, the second half of the movie brims with heart-wringing moments" but criticized the dubbing of film's actresses and called Ramana Gogula's score "Finger-snapping and peppy".[3]
Remake
This film was inspired from the Hindi film "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar" (1992). It was remade in Tamil as Badri and in Kannada as Yuvaraja.
