Sudigadu

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{{Infobox film
| name = Sudigadu
| image = Sudigadu Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Bhimaneni Srinivasa Rao]]
| producer = Chandrasekhar D Reddy
| writer = [[C. S. Amudhan]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Allari Naresh]]
*[[Monal Gajjar]]
}}
| music = Sri vasanth
| cinematography = [[Vijay Ulaganath]]
| editing = Gowtham Raju
| studio = Arundathi Movies
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|08|24|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofap.com/cinema/allari-naresh-sudigadu-movie-release-date/ |title=Allari Naresh Sudigadu Release Date, Sudigadu Movie Trailers |publisher=Timesofap.com |date=2 August 2012 |accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref>}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget = {{INRConvert|80|m}}<ref name="imdb.com">https://www.imdb.com/list/z1BNUchKVnY/</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|330|m}}<ref name="imdb.com"/>
}}
'''''Sudigadu''''' ({{translation|lucky-man}}) is a 2012 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[Action film|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 cinema|Tamil]] movie [[Thamizh Padam]].<ref name="indiaglitz1">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/83371.html |title=Allari Naresh as son, father in Sudigaadu - Telugu Movie News |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=1 July 2012 |accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref> The film features [[Allari Naresh]] and [[Monal Gajjar]] in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/news/allarinaresh_may052012.php |title=News : Allari Naresh's 'Sudigadu' offers 100 films per single ticket |publisher=Telugucinema.com |accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sudigadu Movie |url=http://www.sudigadumovie.blogspot.in/ |title=Sudigadu Telugu Movie - Allari Naresh, Bheemineni Srinivasa Rao |publisher=Sudigadumovie.blogspot.in |accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref> Allari Naresh plays double roles in this movie as father and son.<ref name="indiaglitz1"/>

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 (actress)|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==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Allari Naresh]] as Kamesh Suresh Naresh / Siva Manohar I.P.S. a.k.a. Siv
* [[Monal Gajjar]] as Priya
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Priya's father
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Jaffa Reddy / CBI officer Jaffa Rai
* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] as Thikkal Reddy
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Doctor
* [[M. S. Narayana]] as Rambo
* [[Krishna Bhagavaan]] as Priya's Father's P.A.
* [[Raghu Babu]] as Thikkal Reddy's henchman
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]] as Car Driver (Special Appearance)
* [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] in a Cameo appearance
* [[Chalapathi Rao]] as Commissioner of Police of Hyderabad
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]] as Rayudu
* [[Posani Krishna Murali]] in a Cameo Appearance
* [[L.B. Sriram]] as Remo
* [[Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao|Kondavalasa]] as Robo
* [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as D.G.P. of Andhra Pradesh
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Siddha
* [[Shankar Melkote]] as Judge
* [[Dhanraj (Telugu comedian)|Dhanraj]] in a Cameo Appearance
* [[K. Sivasankar (choreographer)|Siva Shankar Master]] as himself
* [[Suman Setty]] as Rambo's Father
* [[Narsing Yadav]] as Narsing
* [[Jabardasth (comedy show)|Chammak Chandra]] as Reality Show Host
* [[Kovai Sarala]] as Kamesh's Mother / Don D
* [[Hema (actress)|Hema]] as Kamesh's wife
* [[Thagubothu Ramesh]]
* [[Fish Venkat]]
* [[Prudhvi Raj]] as 30 years corporator
* Sri Latha as Hasini
* Yadagari Rodda as Enemy of Thikkal Reddy
* Kishore Daas as Thodagottudu school principal
*[[Jyothi (Telugu_actress)|Jyothi]] as Kamesh's keep
{{colend}}

==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|date=April 2013}} The audience response for the movie on the first day was better than that of recent releases like [[Devudu Chesina Manushulu (2012 film)|Devudu Chesina Manushulu]], [[Onamalu]], [[Uu Kodathara? Ulikki Padathara?]] and [[Adhinayakudu]]. Excluding ''[[Julayi]]'', ''[[Eega]]'', ''[[Rachcha]]'' and [[Gabbar Singh (2012 film)|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 (2012 film)|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 {{INRConvert|700|m}}till end of its run(worldwide)<ref name="imdb.com"/>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Sudigadu
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Sri Vasanth
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2012|7|24}}
| recorded = 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length = 21:29
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Sri Vasanth
| prev_title = Ryee Ryeee
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Rama Dandu
| next_year =2013
}}
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]]

{{tracklist
| headline = Track-List
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 21:29
| title1 = Twinkle Twinkle
| lyrics1 = [[Ramajogayya Sastry]]
| extra1 = [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]] & Chorus
| length1 = 4:17
| title2 = Inky Pinky
| lyrics2 = Bhimaneni Roshita Sai
| extra2 = [[Allari Naresh]], [[Rahul Sipligunj]] & Chorus
| length2 = 2:03
| title3 = Yenduke Cheli
| lyrics3 = [[Ananta Sriram]]
| extra3 = [[Haricharan]] & Chorus
| length3 = 4:11
| title4 = Jagaalu Mottham
| lyrics4 = [[Sirivennela Sitaramasastri]]
| extra4 = Revanth
| length4 = 1:59
| title5 = Gajibiji Gathukula Roaddu
| lyrics5 = Ramajogayya Sastry
| extra5 = Sahithi, Sri Krishna, Revanth, Pruthvi Chandra
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 = Zara Zara
| lyrics6 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| extra6 = Allari Naresh, [[Geetha Madhuri]], [[Vedala Hemachandra|Hemachandra]], Haritha, Chorus
| length6 = 4:26
}}

==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===
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* ''[[Eega]]'' – the style of opening & closing credits are adapted from S.S. Rajamouli's [[Eega]] i.e. the whole story is a narrative of a father to his daughter.
* ''[[Chhatrapati (film)|Chatrapati]]'' – Bhavani scene
* ''[[Rachcha|Racha]]'' – in the first fight scene the hero spoofs a dialogue from "Racha".
* ''[[Businessman (film)|Businessman]]'' – most of the dialogues of the film "Business Man" are uttered by the hero, but in hilarious situations.
* ''[[Simha (film)|Simha]]'' the villain's son, upon getting kicked by the hero as infant goes into a coma and the doctors suggest he can be revived only after he gets kicked again by the hero.
* ''[[Jalsa]]'' – the villain's son responds from the wheelchair when the hero passes by him.
* ''[[Chandramukhi]]'' – the hero's entrance in the first fight scene
* ''[[Maryada Ramanna]]'' – The villain cannot kill people outside his house – only within. (As compared to the opposite condition in the original movie.)
* ''[[Pokiri]]'' – the hero's real identity being that of a police officer.
* ''[[Boys (2003 film)|Boys]]'' and ''[[7G Rainbow Colony|7G Brundhaavan colony]]'' – the hero's gang is hanging out on a wall and a friend's dad (Suman Shetty reprises the role of Chandra Mohan) admonishes him for 'wasting his (blood) money on cigarettes'.
* ''[[Kadhalan|Premikudu]]'' – the hero attempts to impress the heroine through dance. The funny side comes as Naresh draws face of a monkey rather than heroine.
* ''[[Athadu]]'' - All the scenes' location and time appears in the typical Athadu style at the bottom of the screen. Eg: Time vaachipoyindi, Gabbar Singh release ayyi collections tsunami srusthistunna time lo..
* ''[[Mass (2004 film)|Mass]]''– another attempt of the hero to impress the heroine by telling her to spend 10 minutes time with her during which he takes her to a home where he has adopted failed-love people.
* ''[[Enthiran|Robo]]'' – hero scans various dance books at a time in no time to learn dance and impress his lover. Also he kills a villain by catching the bullet left by his gun, made a lot of bullets and firing them on the goons stating "Happy Diwali Folks".
* ''[[Dookudu]]'' – the hero utters the famous dialogue "Mind lo fix aithe blind ga velipotha" (I go blindly if I am fixed in my mind) but following the dialogue, he hits a rack in his room.
* ''[[Nuvvu Nenu]]'' - MS Narayana tells the famous dialogue " Mee peddolu unnare...Maa youth feelings yeppatiki artham kesukoru" in a sad and comical way after getting scolded by his father.
* ''[[Ye Maaya Chesave]]'' – the heroine refuses to court the hero on accounting of being older to him by a day.
* ''[[Tagore (film)|Tagore]]'' – hero murders a lady "adam teaser" who rapes several men with the help of a banana peel
* ''[[Indian (1996 film)|Bharateeyudu]]'' – hero murders a criminal by showing him a scene from a daily serial Pootha Rekulu (Parody of [[Mogali Rekulu]]) in large no. of televisions at a time as the criminal was the main reason for water problems in the city.
* ''[[Magadheera]]'' & ''[[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]]'' – heroine gets a shock during her childhood when a boy touches her. In the present hero touches the hand of heroine's hand which gives her a shock. She hugs him and confesses that she loves him, but the unknown truth to her is that the shock was due to an electric battery kept in the hero's mouth. A sorcerer finds the location of hero through google which is the satire of sorcerer character in Magadheera.
* ''[[Anniyan|Aparichitudu]]'' – hero takes a criminal to a buffalo shed but fails to create a buffalo stampede, which happens in Aparichitudu. Seeing this the criminal dies laughing as he was a heart patient, which was hero's main motive.
* ''[[Khaleja]]'' – Srinivas Reddy plays a role similar to the role of Shafi
* ''[[Peddarayudu]]'' – Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam plays a role which is a satire of Mohan Babu in Pedarayudu.
* ''[[Padayappa|Narasimha]]'' – a bullet goes back after seeing hero in front of it. (There an enraged bull runs away seeing the hero)
* ''[[Mr. Perfect (film)|Mr. Perfect]]'' – the advice given by [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] to [[Prabhas Raju Uppalapati|Prabhas]] is mentioned by hero's grandmother to him in a hilarious way
* ''[[Leader (2010 film)|Leader]]'' – the advice given by [[Suhasini Maniratnam|Suhasini]] to [[Rana Daggubati|Rana]] is mentioned by hero's grandmother to him in a hilarious way
* ''[[Oosaravelli]]''– the dialogue "Current wire naa laga sanaga untadi, cani mutukunte shock isthadi" is said by Allari Naresh in a comical way as well
* ''[[Sasirekha Parinayam (film)|Sasirekha Parinayam]]'' & ''[[Chandamama (2007 film)|Chandamama]]'' – Yenduke Cheli song is pictured in a similar way to Elaa Entha Sepu song from Sasirekha Parinayam and Bugge Bangaarama song from Chandamama.
* Challenge (reality Show) – the famous reality dance program is mimicked in a hilarious fashion. A typical judgment segment involving Omkar and three judges (Sundaram Master, Shiva Shankar Master and Posani Kirshna Murali) is presented after Naresh's dance performance. Shiva Shankar Master and Posani Kirshna Murali have acted as themselves in this scene.
* ''[[7aum arivu|7th Sense]]'' – hero controls the minds of henchmen using hypnosis by just looking at them.
* ''[[Bommarillu (2006 film)|Bommarillu]]'' – heroine saying to a bull that it would get horns if it does not hit M.S. Narayana twice.
* ''[[Gabbar Singh (film)|Gabbar Singh]]'' – hero says the famous "Naakkonchem Tikkundi.. Kaanee Daaniki O Lekkundi.." in a comic way.
* ''[[Arya (2004 film)|Arya]]'' – heroine and her father exchange characters like hero and heroine in this movie.
* ''[[Siva (1989 Telugu film)|Siva]]'' – hero's name and villain and his side kick are portrayed similarly with the same names.
* ''[[Suryavamsam (1998 film)|Suryavamsam]]'' – hero becomes rich within a song similar to this movie.
* ''[[Indra (2002 film)|Indra]]'' – hero kisses land before entering his native place.
* ''[[Run (2002 film)|Run]]'' – hero is chased by thugs. He uses white paint to color his hair and the thugs find him but are unable to recognize him though he's in the same dress.
* ''[[Gharshana]]'' – the opening scene of the movie is imitated in a comic way by the hero.
* ''[[Dammu]]'' – the dialogue "padi taraalu ne vamsam lo maga pilladini kanali ante bayapadathaaru" is said in the film.
* ''[[Kondapalli Raja]]'' – hero challenges heroine's father about becoming richer than him.
* ''[[Julai]]'' – the dialogue "puvvulni ammayilani chupinchandi ra" is said by one of the thugs in a comic way.
* ''[[Thammudu (film)|Thammudu]]'' - Kovai Sarala does what the hero does in ''Travelling Soldier'' song in the original comically to show the sacrifices she made for Allari Naresh.
* ''[[Arunachalam (film)|Arunachalam]]'' - hero creates a flower magically and throws it behind intended to hit the heroine, but in this case, he does it twice and they both miss the aim and hit the heroine's father and maid.
* All movies of [[S. S. Rajamouli]] – hero shows all the weapons used in Rajamouli's movies to a lady villain and asks her to commit suicide using any one of the weapons.
* ''[[Simhadri (2003 film)|Simhadri]]''– the doctor frantically checks the reports of goons beaten by the hero in the first fight, though the director made it funny.
{{colend}}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ceremony
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[60th Filmfare Awards South]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu|Best Supporting Actress]]
|[[Kovai Sarala]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt2359290}}

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