Bejawada (film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Bejawada
| image = Bejawada Poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Vivek Krishna
| producer = [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| story = Ram Gopal Varma
| starring = [[Naga Chaitanya]]<br />[[Amala Paul]]
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = Varma
| studio = Shreya Productions, reliance group overseas.
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2011|12|01}}
| country = India
| language = Telugu
}}

'''''Bejawada''''' or '''''Bezawada''''' is a 2011 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action crime]] film based on the [[Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga|Vijayawada Gang Warfare]], directed by Vivek Krishna and produced by [[Ram Gopal Varma]]. The film features [[Naga Chaitanya]] and [[Amala Paul]] in the lead roles. The movie was received negatively at the box office but positively at the telivision and ott as it accurately depicted the historical gang war in Vijayawada. Later it was dubbed in Hindi as ''Hero: The Action Man'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southymania.blogspot.in/2013/07/new-south-movie-hero-action-man.html|title=Bejawada Dubbed in Hindi as Hero The Action Man. |publisher= Southy Mania |access-date=30 July 2013}}</ref> and also in Tamil as ''Vikram Dhadha''.

==Plot==
Kali Prasad, aka Kali ([[Prabhu Ganesan|Prabhu]]), is the man of the masses in Bejawada. His group has a stronghold on the temple city. Vijay Krishna ([[Mukul Dev]]) is the right hand to Kali. Kali's brother Shankar Prasad aka Shankar ([[Abhimanyu Singh]]), does not like the supremacy of Vijay Krishna. Due to this personal grudge, Shankar plays the spoil sport of brutally killing his brother Kali and then spreads the rumor in Bejawada about Vijay Krishna as the man behind this murder. With the help of politician Ramana ([[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]), Shankar plans to become a politician but fails due to Vijay Krishna's authority on Student and Labor Unions. Vijay Krishna has two brothers Jaya Krishna ([[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]]) and Siva Krishna ([[Naga Chaitanya]]). Shankar assassinates Vijay Krishna for building his own identity. It is time now for cool, daring and dashing Siva Krishna to enter the scene for completing the revenge saga. How the love life of Siva Krishna with college-mate Geeta ([[Amala Paul]]), daughter of top brass policeman Adi Vishnu ([[Ahuti Prasad]]), is affected in the process forms another angle in the story.

==Cast==
* [[Naga Chaitanya]] as Siva Krishna
* [[Amala Paul]] as Geethanjali
* [[Prabhu Ganesan|Prabhu]] as Kali Prasad
* [[Abhimanyu Singh]] as Shankar Prasad
* [[Mukul Dev]] as Vijay Krishna
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Ramana
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Sketch Gopi
* [[Ajay (actor)|Ajay]] as Jaya Krishna
* [[Ahuti Prasad]] as Adi Vishnu
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Veera Venkata Durga Prasad
* [[Subhalekha Sudhakar]]
* [[Prudhvi Raj]]
* [[Shravan]]
* Bharath Raju
* [[Satya Prakash (actor)|Satya Prakash]]

==Production==
[[Ram Gopal Varma]] announced that he was to direct a Telugu film titled ''Bejawada Rowdilu'' in a press note in September 2010, which would revolve around the rowdy wars of [[Vijayawada]], also known as Bejawada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rgvs-next-bejawada-rowdilu-news-telugu-kkgu9bagjdb.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617002418/http://www.sify.com/movies/rgvs-next-bejawada-rowdilu-news-telugu-kkgu9bagjdb.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2011|title=Chaitanya's Bejawada Rowdilu rolls on |publisher=Sify |access-date=16 May 2011}}</ref> The title started a controversy from vijayawada locales who felt that title wrongly defamed their city, so Varma in August 2011 announced that the film would simply be known as ''Bejawada''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/70249.html|title=Bejawada to be a sensational movie from RGV|publisher=Indiaglitz |access-date=26 August 2011}}</ref> The film was officially launched on 12 May 2011 with Ram Gopal Varma's protégé, Vivek Krishna, announced as the director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/chaitanya-s-bejawada-rowdilu-rolls-on-news-news-lfqoQufgahb.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521043353/http://www.sify.com/movies/chaitanya-s-bejawada-rowdilu-rolls-on-news-news-lfqoQufgahb.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 May 2011|title=RGV's next: Bejawada Rowdilu |publisher=Sify |access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref> The team held a photo shoot and filmed for two days in Vijayawada with [[Preetika Rao]], before removing her from the project with the producer citing that she looked older than the lead actor, Naga Chaitanya.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/tollywood/amala-paul-ousts-preetika-rao-049|title=Amala Paul ousts Preetika Rao|publisher=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=20 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121113635/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/tollywood/amala-paul-ousts-preetika-rao-049|archive-date=21 November 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was subsequently replaced by [[Amala Paul]].

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==Critical reception==

The film received extremely negative reviews, both from critics and audiences. 123telugu rated it 1.75/5, lamenting that the film had "No of heroism in the first half, no villainism in the second half".<ref>[http://www.123telugu.com/reviews/movie-review-bejawada-no-heroism-in-1st-half-no-villainism-in-2nd-half.html Review : Bejawada – No heroism in 1st half, no villainism in 2nd half]. 123telugu.com (1 December 2011). Retrieved on 2017-07-16.</ref> Greatandhra rated it 2/5 and said that the film had "racha to do with the history".<ref>[http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/reviews/bejawada-review-nothing-to-do-with-history-33940.html Bejawada Review: 'Nothing To Do With History']. greatandhra.com (1 December 2011). Retrieved on 2017-07-16.</ref> Rediff.com rated it 1.5/5 and stated that "Bezawada is let down by its script".<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-review-bezawada-is-let-down-by-its-script/20111201.htm Review: Bezawada is let down by its script – Rediff.com Movies]. Rediff.com (1 December 2011). Retrieved on 2017-07-16.</ref> ''The Times Of India'' rated it 1/5 and said that "Despite all the expectations riding on it, "Bejawada" joins the long list of disasters from the RGV factory."<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/Bejawada/movie-review/12145361.cms Bejawada Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 16 July 2017.</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Bejawada
| type = Soundtrack
| longtype = to Bejawada
| artist = Vikram Negi, Bapitutul, Amar Mohile, Pradeep Koneru, Prem
| cover =
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2011|11|07}}
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 36:09
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Ram Gopal Varma
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| misc = {{External media
| audio1 = {{YouTube|HmlTdZsRm-4|Official Audio Jukebox}}
}}}}
The audio songs were released in an FM Studio in Hyderabad. Bejawada's audio release function was a rather low key affair. The songs were released in the market on 7 November. Vikram Negi, Bapitutul, Amar Mohile, Pradeep Koneru, Prem have scored the music for Bejawada.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Track #
!Song
!Singer (s)
!Composition
!Lyrics
!Length
|-
|1
|"Durgamma Krishnamma"
|Jojo Nathaniel
|Vikram Negi
|Rehman
| 05:09
|-
|2
|"Adagaku Nannemi"
|[[Javed Ali]], Chandreyee Bhattacharya
|Bapitutul
|Kaluva Sai
| 03:52
|-
|3
|"Ninnu Chusina"
|[[Javed Ali]], [[Swetha Pandit]]
|Amar Mohile
|Sira Sri
| 05:00
|-
|4
|"Konte Choopulu"
|[[Vedala Hemachandra]], [[Geetha Madhuri]]
|Pradeep Koneru
|Rehman
| 03:38
|-
|5
|"Rammu Ginnu"
|Deepthi Chari
|Praveen Koneru
|Sira Sri
| 05:38
|-
|6
|"Aigiri Nandini"
|[[P. Ravi Shankar|Ravi Shankar]]
|[[Sri Adi Shankaracharya]]
|
| 04:11
|-
|7
|"Beza Beza"
|Jojo Nanathiel
|Amar Mohile
|Sira Sri
| 03:04
|-
|8
|"Le Legara"
|Srikanth
|Prem
|Chaitanya Prasad
| 04:15
|}

==Accolades==

;[[1st South Indian International Movie Awards | SIIMA Awards]]
* Nominated - [[SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut (Telugu)|Best Female Debut (Telugu)]]- Amala Paul

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2071418}}
{{Ram Gopal Varma}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bejawada}}
[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:2011 crime action films]]
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:Films set in Vijayawada]]
[[Category:2010s Telugu-language films]]

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