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Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.

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{{Infobox film
| name = Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
| image = Shankar Dada MBBS Poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jayanth C. Paranjee]]
| producer = Akkineni Ravi Shankara Prasad
| writer = {{plainlist|
*[[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]
*[[Paruchuri Brothers]] (dialogues)
}}
| story = [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Chiranjeevi]]
*[[Sonali Bendre]]
*[[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]
*[[Girish Karnad]]
*[[Paresh Rawal]]
}}
| distributor = [[Gemini Film Circuit]]
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| editing = [[Marthand K. Venkatesh]]
| cinematography = K. Dattu
| released = {{film date|2004|10|15|df=y}}
| runtime = 172 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.''''' is a 2004 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy drama]] film directed by [[Jayanth C. Paranjee]]. A remake of the [[Hindi]] film ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S]]'' (2003), the film stars [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Sonali Bendre]], [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]], [[Girish Karnad]], and [[Paresh Rawal]]. It received positive reviews and was commercially successful completing 100 days run at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-16|title=The film's phenomenal 100-day run|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/14-years-for-shankar-dada-mbbs-interesting-facts-about-the-chiranjeevi-starrer/photostory/66248141.cms|access-date=2020-08-06|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

Chiranjeevi and Srikanth both won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu]] awards respectively at South Filmfare Awards in 2005. In 2007, its sequel, ''[[Shankar Dada Zindabad]]'' was released.

== Plot ==
Shankar Prasad ([[Chiranjeevi]]), nicknamed "Shankar Dada" (literally "Brother Shankar") is a bhai or goonda: a crime don in Hyderabad. Given that his father Satya Prasad ([[Girish Karnad]]) had wished him to be a medical doctor, he creates the faux Sri Satya Prasad Charitable Hospital (named after his father) and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father and mother ([[Venniradai Nirmala]]) visit him in Hyderabad.

One year, however, Shankar's plan goes awry when his father meets an old acquaintance, Dr. Ramalingeswara Rao ([[Paresh Rawal]]), and the two older men decide to marry Shankar to Ramalingeswara Rao's daughter Dr. Sunitha "Chitti" ([[Sonali Bendre]]). At this point the truth about Shankar is revealed. Ramalingeswara insults Shankar's parents and calls them "fools" for being ignorant of Shankar's real life. Shankar's parents, aghast and later heartbroken, leave for their village. Shankar, in grief and despair, decides that the only way to redeem himself and to gain revenge for the humiliation suffered by his father at the hands of the spiteful Ramalingeswara is to become a doctor. He decides to go to a medical college to obtain an MBBS degree, the graduate medical degree in South Asia.

With the help of his right-hand man ATM ([[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]) and others, Shankar "gains admission" to the Osmania College of Medical Sciences, where he again encounters Ramalingeswara, who is the dean. His success there becomes dependent upon the (coerced) help of faculty member Dr. Mohammad Rafi ([[Surya (Telugu actor)|Surya]]). While Shankar's skills as a medical doctor are minimal, he transforms those around him with the "Jantar Mantar" (heartful hug) — a method of comfort taught to Shankar by his mother — and the compassion he shows towards those in need. Despite the school's emphasis on mechanical, Cartesian, impersonal, often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and patients, Shankar constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic, almost holistic, regimen. To this end, he defies all convention by treating a brain-dead child named Sriramachandra Murthy alias Sriram (Vaishnav Tej) as if the kid were able to perceive and understand normally; interacts on familiar but autocratic terms with patients; humiliates school bullies; effusively thanks a hitherto-underappreciated janitor; and encourages the patients themselves to make changes in their lives, so that they do not need drugs or surgery.

Ramalingeswara, who perceives all this as symptoms of chaos, is unable to prevent it from expanding and gaining ground at his college. He becomes increasingly irrational, almost to the point of insanity. Repeatedly, this near-dementia is shown when he receives unwelcome tidings and begins laughing in a way that implies that he has gone mad. This behavior is explained early on as an attempt to practice laughter therapy, an attempt that seems to have backfired — Ramalingeswara's laughing serves more to convey his anger than diffuse it. Meanwhile, Sunitha becomes increasingly fond of Shankar, who in his turn becomes unreservedly infatuated with her. Some comedy appears here because Shankar is unaware that Sunitha and his childhood friend "Chitti" are one and the same; an ignorance that Sunitha hilariously exploits. Ramalingeswara tries several times to expel Shankar but is often thwarted by Shankar's wit or the affection with which the others at the college regard Shankar, having gained superior self-esteem by his methods.

Eventually, Shankar is shamed into leaving the college: his guilt for not being able to help a dying friend gets the better of him. In the moments immediately following Shankar's departure, Sriram miraculously awakens from his vegetative state; at this point, Sunitha gives a heartfelt speech wherein she criticizes her father for having banished Shankar, saying that to do so is to banish hope, compassion, love, and happiness, etc. from the college. Ramalingeswara eventually realizes his folly. Shankar later marries Sunitha, learning for the first time that she is "Chitti". Finally his parents reconcile, and now, Shankar Prasad is Shankar Dada MBBS.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Chiranjeevi]] as Shankar Prasad / Shankar Dada
* [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]] as Madhusudhan / ATM
* [[Sonali Bendre]] as Dr. Sunitha "Chitti"
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Dr. J. Rama Lingeshwara Rao
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Satya Prasad, Shankar Prasad's father
* [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] as Shankar Prasad's mother
* [[Sharwanand]] as Vijay
* [[MS Narayana]] as Dr. Chidambaram MBBS, FRCS in London
* [[Deepthi]] as Meena
* [[Surya (Telugu actor)|Surya]] as Dr. Mohammed Rafi
* [[Panja Vaishnav Tej]] as Sriramachandra Murthy
* Rohit as Thomas, cancer patient
* [[Bhupinder Singh (actor)|Bhupinder Singh]]
* [[Chalapathi Rao]]
* [[Ahuti Prasad]]
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
* [[Narsing Yadav]]
* [[Banerjee (actor)|Banerjee]]
* [[Gautham Raju]]
* [[Tirupathi Prakash]]
* Thotapally Madhu
* Attili Lakshmi
* [[Duvvasi Mohan]]
* Rammoorthy
* Deepti Nallamothu
* [[Karate Kalyani]]
* [[Anjala Zaveri]] in the song "Chaila Chaila" song (cameo)
* [[Gauahar Khan]] in an [[item number]] in the song "Naa Pera Kanchan Mala"
* [[Pawan Kalyan]] in a [[cameo appearance]] in the song "Naa Pera Kanchan Mala"<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-16|title=14 years for ‘Shankar Dada MBBS’: Interesting facts about the Chiranjeevi starrer|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/14-years-for-shankar-dada-mbbs-interesting-facts-about-the-chiranjeevi-starrer/photostory/66248141.cms|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| cover =
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2004|09|04}}
| recorded = 2004
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 33:22
| language = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| label = Supreme Music [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| prev_title = [[Arya (2004 film)|Arya]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Mass (2004 film)|Mass]]
| next_year = 2004
}}
The sound generated at Taramati - Baradri used to be audible to the entire fort of Golkonda because of its strategic location. The producers of ''Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.'' obtained special permission to hold this event at such an historical venue. But rain played the spoilt sport and it rained cats and dogs for 3-4 continuous hours in Hyderabad. The organizers changed the venue to Shilpakalavedika, Madapur.

The celebrities who graced this occasion include K Raghavendra Rao, D Rama Naidu, C Aswini Dutt, KL Narayana, KS Rama Rao, Allu Arvind, Vijaya Bapineedu, Shyam Prasad Reddy, C Kalyan, KC Sekhara Babu, Tagore Madhu, Dil Raju, Ashok Kumar, Chanti Affala, Arjuna Raju, Burugapally Sivarama Krishna, VV Vinayak, Seenu Vytla, Satya Murthy, Allu Arjun, Ali, Rohit etc. Raghu Kunche and Bhargavi anchored this event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/audio-shankardadambbs.html|title=Telugu Cinema function - Audio Launch - Shankar Dada MBBS - Chiranjeevi - Devi Sri Prasad|work=idlebrain.com}}</ref>

Later after the completion of 50 days, two songs "Sande Poddu" (performed by [[Shankar Mahadevan]] & Kalpana, written by Sahithi) and "Tellarindo Maava" (performed & written by [[Devi Sri Prasad]]) were added to the official track list and The Audio was Re-Released. Both versions were well received.
{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 33:22
| title1 = Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra1 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
| length1 = 5:46
| title2 = Naa Pere Kanchanmala
| lyrics2 = [[Veturi Sundararama Murthy]]
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Malathy Lakshman|Malathi]]
| length2 = 5:22
| title3 = Chaila Chaila
| lyrics3 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| extra3 = [[Chiranjeevi]], [[KK (singer)|K.K.]]
| length3 = 6:07
| title4 = Ye Jilla
| lyrics4 = Chandrabose
| extra4 = [[Adnan Sami]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]]
| length4 = 5:03
| title5 = Pattu Pattu
| lyrics5 = Sahithi
| extra5 = [[Manicka Vinayagam]] & Sumangali
| length5 = 5:11
| title6 = Sande Poddu
| lyrics6 = Sahithi
| extra6 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]]
| length6 = 5:34
}}

==Awards==
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Category
!Recipient(s) and nominee(s)
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| 2004
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu|Best Actor – Telugu]]
| [[Chiranjeevi]]
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/10/stories/2005071001581100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050805080646/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/10/stories/2005071001581100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2005|location=Chennai, India|title="Autograph" bags 3 Filmfare awards|author=S.R. Ashok Kumar|date=10 July 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=6 October 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2004
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu|Best Supporting Actor – Telugu]]
| [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]
| {{won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/filmfareawards2005.html|title=Filmfare Awards 2005|publisher=idlebrain.com|accessdate=2009-08-05}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0408181}}

{{Films inspired by the Munna Bhai series}}
{{Jayanth C. Paranjee}}

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[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:Indian crime comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Medical-themed films]]
[[Category:2000s crime comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jayanth C. Paranjee]]
[[Category:2004 comedy films]]
[[Category:2004 drama films]]

Shankar Dada Zindabad

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Shankar Dada Zindabad
| image = Shankar Dada Zindabad poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Prabhu Deva]]
| producer = Akkineni Ravishankar Gemini Kiran
| story = [[Rajkumar Hirani]] [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]
| screenplay = [[Rajkumar Hirani]] [[Parchuri brothers]]
| starring = [[Chiranjeevi]] [[Meka Srikanth|Srikanth]] [[Karishma Kotak]] [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] [[Sayaji Shinde]]
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| cinematography = [[Chota K. Naidu]]
| editing = [[Marthand K Venkatesh]]
| released = {{Film date|2007|7|27|df=y}}
| runtime = 152 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Shankar Dada Zindabad''''' ({{translation|Long Live Shankar Dada}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy drama film]] directed by [[Prabhu Deva]]. Starring [[Chiranjeevi]] and [[Karishma Kotak]], the film is a remake of the 2006 Hindi film ''[[Lage Raho Munnabhai]]'' and a sequel to ''[[Shankar Dada MBBS]]'' (2005). In addition, [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] reprises his role as [[Mahatma Gandhi]], while [[Meka Srikanth|Srikanth]] and [[Sayaji Shinde]] play other supporting roles. The music is scored by [[Devi Sri Prasad]] and filmed by [[Chota K. Naidu]].<ref name="Devi Sri Prasad to give music">{{cite web| title=indiaglitz.com| work= Devi Sri Prasad to give tunes to Shankar Dada Zindabad|url= http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/27954.html
|accessdate=1 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="Devi Sri Prasad music for Shankar Dada Zindabad">{{cite web| title=nonstopcinema.com| work= Devi Sri Prasad music for Shankar Dada Zindabad|url= http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=225
|accessdate=1 January 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070105160225/http://www.nonstopcinema.com/nsc/headlines/news_content.php?fileName=225  |archivedate = 5 January 2007}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Shankar Dada ([[Chiranjeevi]]) is a local goon, and ATM (Any Time Murder) ([[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]]) is like his brother. Shankar is in love with Jahnavi ([[Karishma Kotak]]) who works at a radio station. She also owns the second innings house. The only problem is that she does not know that Shankar is a goon and believes that he is a professor. When Rajalingam ([[Sayaji Shinde]]) takes the second innings house, Jahnavi, Shankar, and the residents of the second innings decide to camp in front of his house. What happens when Jahnavi finds out who Shankar really is?

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Chiranjeevi]] as Shankar Prasad
* [[Srikanth (Telugu actor)|Srikanth]] as ATM
* [[Karishma Kotak]] as Jahnavi
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Rajalingam
* [[Dilip Prabhavalkar]] as [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
* [[Vennira Aadai Nirmala]] as Shankar's mother
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Astrologer
* [[Sarath Babu]] as Suresh's father
* [[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]
* [[Kanta Rao]]
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
* [[Sachu]]
* [[Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam]]
* Bhanu Prakash
* [[Pawan Kalyan]] as Suresh (cameo)
* [[Allu Arjun]] (cameo)
* [[Sadha]] as Sandhya (cameo)
* [[Janaki Sabesh]] as Sandhya's mother
* [[Ravi Teja]] (cameo)
* [[Nagababu]] (cameo)
* [[Prabhu Deva]] (cameo)
* [[Mugur Sundar|Sundaram Master]] as an old man in old-age home
* Rohit as Azad (cameo)
* Deepthi Nallamothu as Soundarya
* [[Yana Gupta]] in [[item number]]
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Shankar Dada Zindabad
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 9 July 2007
| recorded = 2007
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 31:08
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Devi Sri Prasad
| prev_title = [[Aata (2007 film)|Aata]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Tulasi (film)|Tulasi]]
| next_year = 2007
}}

The Soundtrack was composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]] and Released by [[Aditya Music]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shankardada Zindabad - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn |url=https://www.saavn.com/album/shankardada-zindabad/QeOaSDRwTp0_}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track-List
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 31:08
| title1 = Jagadeka Veerudiki
| extra1 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
| lyrics1 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| length1 = 5:54
| title2 = Good Morning Hyderabad
| extra2 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Divya
| lyrics2 = Devi Sri Prasad
| length2 = 5:14
| title3 = Akalesthey
| extra3 = Naveen Madhav, [[Mamta Mohandas]]
| lyrics3 = Sahithi
| length3 = 4:20
| title4 = Chandamama
| extra4 = [[K. S. Chithra]], Venugopal
| lyrics4 = [[Bhaskarabhatla Ravi Kumar]]
| length4 = 3:42
| title5 = Bhoogolamantha
| extra5 = [[Adnan Sami]], [[Gopika Poornima]]
| lyrics5 = Sahithi
| length5 = 4:19
| title6 = O Bapu Nuvve Raavaali (Vandemataram)
| lyrics6 = [[Suddala Ashok Teja]]
| extra6 = [[Sagar (singer)|Sagar]], [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| length6 = 3:14
| title7 = Good Morning Hyderabad
| note7 = Devi Mix
| extra7 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| lyrics7 = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| length7 = 4:25
}}

== Reception ==
''[[Sify]]'' rated the film 3/5 and called the film "a faithful adaptation of ''Lage Raho Munnabhai"'' and a "clean family entertainer."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shankardada Zindabad|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/shankardada-zindabad-review-telugu-pclwsvgjehieg.html|access-date=2020-12-26|website=Sify|language=en}}</ref> G P Aditya Vardhan of the ''[[Rediff.com]]'' awarded the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote: "The film has style, comedy, colourful dance sequences and megastar's trademark gait."<ref name="good reviews">{{cite web|title=rediff.com|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/27ssshankar.htm|accessdate=27 July 2007|work=Chiranjeevi rocks in Shankardada Zindabad}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0944233}}

{{Films inspired by the Munna Bhai series}}
{{Prabhu Deva}}

[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Telugu remakes of Hindi films]]
[[Category:Indian sequel films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Films directed by Prabhu Deva]]
[[Category:Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]