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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]] [[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.

Enraged by has to this personal grudge, Shankar plays the spoil sport of brutally killing his brother Kali and then spreads the rumour in fight Bejawada about Vijay Krishna as the rich 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. However, 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]].

 

==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
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
| 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]]

Love Games (film)

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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Love Games
| image = Love Games.jpeg
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| producer = [[Mahesh Bhatt]] [[Mukesh Bhatt]] [[Bhushan Kumar]]
| writer = Vikram Bhatt
| screenplay = Vikram Bhatt
| story = Vikram Bhatt
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Patralekha]] [[Tara Alisha Berry]] [[Gaurav Arora]]
| narrator = 
| music = [[Sangeet Haldipur]] [[Siddharth Haldipur]]-([[Sangeet-Siddharth]])
| cinematography = Manoj Soni
| editing =
| studio = [[Vishesh Films]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| distributor = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|2016|4|8}}
| runtime = 1 hr 54 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}100 million<ref name="boxofficeindia.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3262|title=Love Games - Movie - Box Office India|website=www.boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}40.4 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/love-games/box-office/|title=Love Games Box Office Collection till Now - Bollywood Hungama|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="boxofficeindia.com"/>
}}
'''''Love Games''''' (also known as '''''Love Games''''': Love Dangerously) is a 2016 [[India]]n [[erotic thriller]] film directed by [[Vikram Bhatt]] and produced by [[Mukesh Bhatt]], [[Mahesh Bhatt]] and [[Bhushan Kumar]]. The film stars [[Patralekha]], [[Gaurav Arora]] and [[Tara Alisha Berry]] in the main cast. It was released on 8 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha sizzles in Love Games poster|url=http://thehindu.com/entertainment/patralekha-sizzles-in-love-games-poster/article8306085.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Raj-Kummar-Rao-calls-Patralekha-hot-in-Love-Games-poster/articleshow/51235544.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
Ramona Raichand ([[Patralekha]]) is an edgy and adventurous woman. Thrill and lust are all she wants in life, and Sam ([[Gaurav Arora]]) is her boy-toy. Sam is perpetually depressed and resorts to self-harm for a temporary relief. He tells his psychiatrist ([[Rukhsar Rehman]]) that something was missing in his life, the void of some missing piece in his life, makes him feel no pain, emotionally'''.''' Here, he also says, that he believes love is nothing but an excuse of lust. We also get to know that his mother, who had fled with another man, despite loving his father, had done a love-marriage with his father. Tragically, he believes all love stories have a tragic ending.

His friend, Ramona tells him that he does not believe in love, because he has not seen adventures in the way of finding love.

Soon, the closet couple decides to take their escapades a notch higher by playing Love Games. As per the rules of the game, Ramona and Sam need to find the happiest couple in a page 3 party and then seduce one of them to bed. They meet a successful criminal lawyer Gaurav Asthana ([[Hiten Tejwani]]) and his surgeon wife Alisha ([[Tara Alisha Berry]]). The wife's vulnerability against her abusive husband only helps Ramona and Sam's plan. However, things do not remain a game any more enraged when Sam eventually falls in deep love for Alisha. Ramona's vicious mind isn't willing to let go of Sam, and their relationship becomes sour. Ramona's obsession takes the center stage and Sam becomes the victim.

==Cast==
* [[Patralekha]] as Ramona Raichand
* [[Gaurav Arora]] as Sameer Saxena (Sam)
* [[Tara Alisha Berry]] as Alisha Asthana
* [[Hiten Tejwani]] as Gaurav Asthana
* [[Alisha Farrer]] as Sonia Kamat
* [[Rukhsar Rehman]] as Sameer's psychiatrist

== Production ==
{{empty section|date=September 2020}}

===Marketing===
The trailer and first poster of the film was released on 2 March 2016. The trailer had over a million views on [[YouTube]] in few days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patralekha and Gaurav starrer Love Games trailer crosses over 4 million hits|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/090316/patralekha-and-gaurav-starrer-love-games-trailer-crosses-over-4-million-hits.html|website=deccanchronicle.com|date=9 March 2016 |accessdate=9 March 2016}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Love Games
| type = [[Film score]]
| artist = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2016|3|8}}
| recorded = 2015
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[Sangeet-Siddharth]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
The first song titled "Awargi" was released on 5 March 2016 where as the complete soundtrack consisting of seven tracks was released on 8 March 2016 under [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]. It also had English songs. It was composed by [[Sangeet-Siddharth]] and the lyrics were given by [[Kausar Munir]] and [[Vikram Bhatt]].<ref>{{cite web|title=FIRST SONG FROM 'LOVE GAMES' RELEASED|url=http://bollyspice.com/first-song-from-love-games-released/|website=Bolly Speice|accessdate=9 March 2016|date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = {{Duration|m=26|s=25}}

| title1 = Awargi
| extra1 = Sangeet Haldipur Rasika Shekar
| lyrics1 = [[Kausar Munir]]
| length1 = 04:34

| title2 = Love Games
| lyrics2 = Kausar Munir
| extra2 = Aanchal Shrivastava
| length2 = 04:22

| title3 = Mohabbat
| lyrics3 = Kausar Munir
| extra3 = [[Siddharth Haldipur]]
| length3 = 03:50

| title4 = Nirvana
| lyrics4 = Kausar Munir
| extra4 = Mohan Kannan
| length4 = 04:14

| title5 = Aye Dil
| lyrics5 = Kausar Munir
| extra5 = [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| length5 = 04:19

| title6 = Lock Him Up
| lyrics6 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra6 = Sonia Saigal Ravindra Chary
| length6 = 02:57

| title7 = Poison
| lyrics7 = [[Vikram Bhatt]]
| extra7 = Shon Pinto
| length7 = 02:14
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 8 April 2016 under the production banner of [[Vishesh Films]] and was distributed by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and [[Yash Raj Films]] in cinemas across [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Raj Kummar Rao calls girlfriend Patralekha hot in 'Love Games' poster|url=http://ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|website=[[iBN Live]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011050/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/movies/raj-kummar-rao-calls-girlfriend-patralekha-hot-in-love-games-poster-1211007.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Gaikwad|first1=Pramod|title=Love Games trailer: Patralekhaa starrer is all about love, lust and betrayals|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/love-games-trailer-patralekhaa-starrer-is-all-about-love-lust-and-betrayals/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=3 March 2016}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[DNA India]]
|rev2= [[Times of India]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|2}}
|rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev3 = [[Zee News]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}
| rev4 = [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}
| rev5 = [[The Indian Express]]
| rev5Score = {{Rating|0.5|5}}
}}
The film mostly gained negative reviews from critics. Mohar Basu of [[Times of India]] gave the film 2.5 out of 5. He said: "Vikram Bhatt's Love Games tries to be a tempestuous tale about temptations. But his bright concept is far from being well-fleshed out. There were a bunch of interesting ideas which never intertwine with the narrative."<ref>{{cite web|author1=Mohar Basu|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/Love-Games/movie-review/51742296.cms|website=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>
Sarita A Tanwar of [[DNA India]] said that If you love games, stay away. After watching this one, you wouldn't come close to even board games. She rated the film 1 out of 2.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Sarita A Tanwar|title='Love Games' review: If you love games, stay away|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-love-games-review-if-you-love-games-stay-away-2199600|website=[[DNA India]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> [[Zee News]] rated the film with 2.5 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Games movie review: Dangerously manipulative|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/movies/love-games-movie-review-dangerously-manipulative_1873958.html|website=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Saibal Chatterjee from [[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]] said "Love Games is a Vishesh Films offering. So it does not lack surface gloss. But it simply isn't enough to hide its lack of depth. Best avoided" He rated the film with one and a half star out of five.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Love Games Movie Review|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie-reviews/love-games-movie-review-1252|website=[[NDTV India|NDTV Movies]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of [[The Indian Express]] gave a half star to the film.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shubhra Gupta|title=Love Games review: All sorts of things crop up in this Vikram Bhatt film|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/love-games-movie-review-all-sorts-of-things-crop-up-in-patralekha-vikram-bhatt-film-half-star/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|accessdate=8 April 2016|date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|5518128}}

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{{Mukesh Bhatt}}

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