Sudigadu

Sudigadu
Film poster
Directed by	Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao
Written by	C. S. Amudhan
Produced by	Chandrasekhar D Reddy
Starring	Allari Naresh Monal Gajjar
Cinematography
Edited by	Gowtham Raju
Music by	Sri vasanth
Production company	Arundathi Movies
Release date	24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)[1]
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹80 million (US$1.1 million)[2]
Box office	₹330 million (US$4.6 million)[2]

Sudigadu (transl. lucky-man) is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language action parody film directed by Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao and produced by Chandrasekhar D Reddy under Arundathi Movies. It is the remake of C. S. Amudhan's debut Tamil movie Thamizh Padam.^[3] The film features Allari Naresh and Monal Gajjar in the lead roles.^[4][5] Allari Naresh plays double roles in this movie as father and son.^[3]

The film was released on 24 August 2012, The film received mixed reviews, who appreciated comical performances of the cast, humor, and drama, but criticized for screenplay, unrealistic situations, narration, and Rao's direction.

Plot[]

Kamesh (Allari Naresh) and his wife (Hema) become the proud parents of a dynamic and powerful new baby who is born with a six pack body. Just when the baby is born, Thikkal Reddy (Jaya Prakash Reddy) comes in as the villain in search of his enemy who runs into New Born Baby's room. He prays to god to save him and hides in the room. The New Born Baby does urination for a long time which leads to the death of Thikkal Reddy's elder son and he becomes a sworn enemy of the baby. To save the baby from Thikkal Reddy, Kamesh gets his mother (Kovai Sarala) to escape to Hyderabad. The baby grows up into Siva (Allari Naresh), a powerful and dynamic young guy with seemingly invincible powers like a Telugu Cinema hero.

Siva can make bullets stop, challenge time and even make Posani Krishna Murali speak intelligently. On a side note, Siva meets Priya (Monal Gajjar) over the course of time and falls in love with her. Thikkal Reddy's gang members keep hunting for Siva and he decides to fight back. He also faces resistance from the mysterious Don D.

He fights them all with his powers and it is revealed that he is Siva Manohar I.P.S., a Young Cop in Undercover Operation. He has all the villains dead and when it comes to Don D, it is none other than his Grand Mother. She does so as to elevate Siva as a powerful hero and herself as a Don. At the court both are Exonerated and Siva is promoted as D.G.P. of Andhra Pradesh.

Cast[]

Critical reception[]

Sudigadu has received mostly positive reviews from critics and audience. The Times Of India gave a rating of 4/5. The Hindu stating "Sudigadu is definitely worth a watch. The humour, here, is without malice and that itself is a big plus. NDTV gave a review stating "Bhimaneni Srinivas's Telugu film Sudigadu is a laugh riot that keeps the audience entertained right up till the end." Shekhar of Oneindia Entertainment gave a review stating "Sudigadu is a clean entertainer." Teluguone.com gave a review of rating 3/5 stating " Watch Sudigadu for hilarious spoof comedy and witty dialogues." Mahesh Koneru of 123telugu.com gave a rating of 3.25/5 stating "Sudigaadu is a good clean entertainer that will make you laugh out loud. The spoofs are brillent. Sudigaadu is one very enjoyable spoof on TFI and it makes for a good watch this weekend. Don’t miss it." Super Good Movies gave a rating of 3/5 stating "Sudigadu is an entertaining film which will please the audiences that can appreciate a complete spoof.

Box office[]

Sudigadu has rocked the film goers across the globe and proved super hit at the box office. The movie had a strong start in both Indian and overseas market with nearly 70% occupancy. The film has collected approximately Rs 58 million at the Indian Box Office on its 1st day and its performance is far better than that of several Telugu films of 2012.

In the US the movie raked in a storming US$100,000 for 3 days.^{[citation needed]} The audience response for the movie on the first day was better than that of recent releases like Devudu Chesina Manushulu, Onamalu, Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara? and Adhinayakudu. Excluding Julayi, Eega, Rachcha and Gabbar Singh, no other Telugu movie has received such a good response at the USA Box Office in recent months. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film has taken Rs 2,455,000 ($44,255) from its screening in the country on Thursday and Friday.

Ravi Teja's Devudu Chesina Manushulu had collected Rs 348,000 ($6,288) from 29 screens on the first day. Onamalu had grossed Rs 180,000 ($3,243) in the first weekend. Adhinayakudu had raked in Rs 545,000 ($9,844) on its opening day in the country. Sudigadu collected a total collections of ₹700 million (US$9.8 million)till end of its run(worldwide)^[2]

Soundtrack[]

The music launch of Sudigadu was held on 23 July in Hyderabad. Sri Vasanth has scored the music and it was also reported that Allari Naresh also sang a song in this film. The audio was released by Dasari, who handed over the first copy to Tanish, Nikhil, and Uday Kiran. It is the only film which had a Platinum Disc Function before the release of its audio. The song Gajibiji Gathukula Roaddu is copied from the song "Diva Diva" from the Kannada movie Johny Mera Naam Preethi Mera Kaam

List of notable spoofs[]

Sudigadu is a movie made based on many popular films in the past 10 Years and can be termed both a satire & homage to Telugu cinema.

Qualifications of a Telugu cinema hero (by the director)[]

• Heroes worship their mother more than gods and goddesses (even in these days when all send their parents to old age homes).
• Heroes take utmost care of their sisters and save them from any small to big problems.
• Heroes are capable of making heroines fall in love with them although heroines are rich & heroes are poor.
• Heroes punish anyone who does crime and harm to society, even though they are the fathers of heroines (to be frank, heroes always love villain's daughters)
• Heroes (wearing modern costumes) always give lectures to heroines to follow the customs & traditions. (but they dance only with the heroines wearing modern costumes only)
• Heroes feel their friend's sisters to be their sisters (there is a scope of change in opinion if one of their friend's sisters is very beautiful)
• Heroes can fight the crimes & injustice prevailing in the society very easily
• Heroes can ride air planes and helicopters if necessary, although it is the first time they see these.
• Heroes always remain fresh even after long fights with hundreds of men.
• Heroes have a six pack body, and are experts in dialogue delivery and fighting skills.

Parts of a hero (by the director)[]

• Brain – 24x7 solves the problems faced by the people in the society.
• Eyes – get red in color with anger after seeing the injustice done to the people & crimes committed in the society.
• Mouth – speaks hi-fi punch dialogues very easily.
• Shoulders – carry on the Indian financial system.
• Heart – always strives for the poor (when heroine is not beside him).
• Hands – has the capacity to defeat hundreds of powerful villains.
• Feet ��� makes the land prosper with all riches and happiness with its one touch.

Film episodes[]

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Sudigadu at IMDb