Bava Nachadu (transl. Brother-in-law liked it) is a 2001 Indian Telugu-language romantic film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Simran and Reema Sen, with music scored by M. M. Keeravani. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Hello Mama.[1] The film is loosely based on the Malayalam film Life Is Beautiful (2000).[2] The film was released to mixed-to-negative reviews. The film was a box office failure.[3]
| Bava Nachadu | |
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| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Screenplay by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Story by | Janardhana Maharshi |
| Produced by | M. Arjuna Raju |
| Starring | Nagarjuna Akkineni Simran Reema Sen |
| Cinematography | Shyam K. Naidu |
| Edited by | Kola Bhaskar |
| Music by | M. M. Keeravani |
Production company | Roja Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
editAjay (Nagarjuna Akkineni) is an adman (director and actor) who has a definite idea about how his future wife should be. He marries a village belle Meenakshi (Simran), handpicked by his mother from her native town Kovvuru. Ajay and Meenakshi have sex during their nuptial night at Meenakshi's house in Kovvuru resulting in Meenakshi's pregnancy. Sometime later, Meenakshi meets with a hairline fracture. Her entire family lands up at Ajay's house to take care of Meenakshi.
She has a beautiful and greedy sister called Lahari (Reema Sen). During that period Suma (Suman Ranganathan), the regular model of Ajay meets with a fracture and Lahari replaces her as the model opposite Ajay. Lahari is lured by the modeling profession and then falls in love with Ajay. But Ajay does not have any feelings for her. Meenakshi gets well and her family returns to their village.
Lahari tells Meenakshi about her desire to marry Ajay. Meenakshi gets mad and returns home to her husband. Meanwhile, Lahari attempts suicide. Meenakshi, being very close to Lahari, promises Lahari that she will get her married to Ajay. The rest of the film is about how Ajay manages to save his marriage without hurting Lahari.
Cast
edit- Nagarjuna Akkineni as Ajay
- Simran as Meenakshi (Voice Dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
- Reema Sen as Lahari (Voice Dubbed by Sunitha)
- Suman Ranganathan as Suma
- Tanikella Bharani
- Mallikarjuna Rao
- M. S. Narayana
- Sudha
- Raja Ravindra
- Janardhana Maharshi
- Manorama
- Rajitha
- Gundu Sudarshan as Priest
- K. S. Ravikumar (cameo in "Anuragam Anuragamlo")[4]
Production
editThe film was shot in about thirty days on a low budget.[3][5]
Soundtrack
edit| Bava Nachadu | ||||
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| Released | 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 30:37 | |||
| Label | Supreme Music Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | M. M. Keeravani | |||
| M. M. Keeravani chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani.[6] The music was released on Supreme Audio company. The songs "Anuragam Anuragamlo", "Chandamama Chandamama" and "Bang Bang" were shot in New Zealand.[4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anuragam Anuragamlo" | Chandrabose | Hariharan, Sujatha | 5:22 |
| 2. | "Chandamama Chandamama" | Chandrabose | Udit Narayan, K.S. Chithra, Harini | 4:49 |
| 3. | "Matotundhi Magada" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram | 5:31 |
| 4. | "Akka Bava Nachada" | Veturi | Harini | 4:34 |
| 5. | "Bang Bang" | Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry | Shankar Mahadevan, Suneeta Rao | 5:09 |
| 6. | "Very Sexy" | Chandrabose | Shankar Mahadevan, Ganga | 5:12 |
| Total length: | 30:37 | |||
Reception
editJeevi of Idlebrain.com rated the film three-and-a-half out of five and wrote that "This film is a sophisticated version of EVV's film sans vulgarity".[4] A critic from Sify wrote that " On the whole the film just drags".[2]
References
edit- ^ "Hello Mama (4K) Tamil Dubbed Full Love Action Movie | Nagarjuna, Simran, Reema Sen, K. S. Ravikumar," – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ a b Moviebiz. "Review: Bava Nachadu". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 January 2005. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Number Three Blooper of the year 2001 - Bava Nachadu". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Jeevi (7 June 2001). "Movie Review: Bava Nachadu". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ Budugu. "Budugu Blah Blah - Bava Nachadu". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Bava Nachadu - Jukebox". Idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links
edit- Bava Nachadu at IMDb