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. The movie was loosely based on the 1992 Hindi film Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar which itself was a remake of the 1979 movie Breaking Away.

Thammudu
Promotional poster
Directed byP. A. Arun Prasad
Produced byBurugupalli Sivaramakrishna
Written byChintapalli Ramana (dialogues)
Screenplay byP. A. Arun Prasad
Story byP. A. Arun Prasad
StarringPawan Kalyan
Preeti Jhangiani
Aditi Govitrikar
Music byRamana Gogula
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Edited byMarthand K. Venkatesh
Production
company
Sri Venkateswara Art Films
Release date
  • July 15, 1999 (1999-07-15) (India)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu

Thammudu stars Pawan Kalyan, Preeti Jhangiani and Aditi Govitrikar in the lead roles, while 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 movie begins with the rivalry between Model College and Government College. Subrahmanyam (Pawan Kalyan), the youngest son of a family, is a wastrel, gypsy, and ladies man. He has a bunch of friends, including Kodandarama Manoharam (Ali). His father Vishwanadh (Kitty) always scolds him for his attitude, but his brother Chakri (Achyuth), who is a determined boxer, and friend Jaanu (Preeti Jhangiani) dote on him. Meanwhile, Subbu falls in love with a rich diva, Lovely (Aditi), who is from the rival college, and for this, he keeps on telling lies to her that he is very rich. His brother Chakri and Rohit (Bhupinder Singh) are rivals and are pro boxers. Chakri eventually loses the much-hyped university boxing championship to Rohit. Meanwhile, Jaanu truly loves Subrahmanyam and gives him everything he asks her for, thinking that he is doing these for her, but he does it for Lovely. While the final of the next boxing tournament is coming up against his former opponent Chakri, Rohit realises that Subbu is behind his crush Lovely, beats up Chakri, and injures him fatally, thereby seeking his revenge on Subbu and aborting Chakri's match against him in the next week. The incidents that led Subrahmanyam to change, the way he realized the true love of Jaanu, and the final twist of him becoming a boxing champion by beating Rohit is the real plot to be seen.

Cast

Soundtrack

Thammudu
Film score by
Ramana Gogula
Released1999
GenreSoundtrack
Length34:13
LabelAditya Music
ProducerRamana Gogula
Ramana Gogula chronology
Premante Idera
(1998)
Thammudu
(1999)
Yuvaraju
(2000)

Music composed by Ramana Gogula.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Made in Andhra"Chandra BoseRamana Gogula6:57
2."Pedavi Datani"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryRamana Gogula, Sunitha4:36
3."Yedola Vundi"Surendra KrishnaRamana Gogula5:10
4."Vayyari Bhama"Sirivennela Sitarama SastryRamana Gogula5;16
5."Travelling Soldier"Ramana GogulaRamana Gogula4:27
6."Kalakalu"Chandra BoseSP Balu5:11
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".[1]

Remake

This film was inspired from the Hindi film "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar" (1992). It was remade in Tamil as Badri with Vijay in the lead roles and in Kannada as Yuvaraja with Shivaraj Kumar in the lead role.

References

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