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{{Infobox film
| name = Balu
| image = balu2.jpg
| writer = [[Kona Venkat]]
| starring = [[Pawan Kalyan]]<br>[[Shriya Saran]]<br>[[Neha Oberoi]]<br>[[Gulshan Grover]]
| director = [[A. Karunakaran]]
| producer = [[Aswani Dutt]]
| editing = [[Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao]]
| distributor = [[Vyjayanthi Movies]] & [[KAD Movies]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2005|01|06}}
| runtime = 169 minutes
| language = Telugu
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| budget = 
}}
'''''Balu ''''' is a 2005 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action crime|action crime film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/balu-abcdefg-v320076|title=Balu (2004) - Karunakaran|publisher=[[AllMovie]]}}</ref> released on 6 January 2005 and was directed by [[A. Karunakaran]]. This film stars [[Pawan Kalyan]], [[Shriya Saran|Shriya]], and [[Neha Oberoi]]. The film was produced by [[C. Ashwini Dutt]] under his production company [[Vyjayanthi Movies]]. Later this film was remade in [[Dhallywood]] named ''Dhakar King'' starred [[Shakib Khan]] and [[Apu Biswas]].

==Plot==
The story starts with a rowdy Daasanna, the follower of another uncontrollable, Naayudamma, warning the people of the Mahankali market. At the same time, Balu ([[Pawan Kalyan]]) sets up a new flower stall in the market. He impresses Daasanna by making him believe that he worships Daasanna's mother, thereby getting relieved of the taxes set up by Daasanna. The people of the market get new hopes looking at Balu's style of impressing the rowdies. Balu newly comes to the city with his mother Rajeshwari Devi ([[Jayasudha]]), sister-in-law, nephew and friend ([[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]]). As the story goes on, Balu meets Shwetha ([[Shriya Saran]]), but both start fighting with each other. One night Balu's mother walks to an empty bungalow. She faints there, remembering her past in which her husband Ranga Rao ([[Suman (actor)|Suman]]) and her son would be killed because they supported the people of Mahankali market in getting the rights on the land. The next day Shwetha comes to the hospital to visit Balu's mother and falls in love with Balu. Shwetha dares to propose to Balu, but he rejects her love. On the other side, Balu, through Daasanna, tries to steal the documents of the Mahankali market, which are with Nayudamma at that time and are actually to be sold to Khan ([[Gulshan Grover]]). Balu makes Nayudamma believe him by saving him from a planned bomb blast. When Khan arrives, he realizes Balu is none other than Ghani, who worked under him a few years back. The flashback unveils the story of Ghani, who changes because of Indu ([[Neha Oberoi]]), who, in turn, changes, getting courage from Ghani. Ghani finally moves against Khan, who tries to kill children in an orphanage. Khan decides to kill Ghani and Indu. Ghani and Indu eventually reach Agra, Indu's hometown, where it is revealed that Rajeshwari Devi is actually Indu's mother. Indu changes Ghani's name to Balu. The next day Balu accepts Indu's love, but at the same time, Khan's rowdies kill Indu. Balu promises Indu that he would take care of her family and fight for people's rights on the Mahankali market. The scene returns to Balu lying in bed as he meets with an accident while driving because of his illness. He gets up and faces Khan, and Khan is finally killed in the fight. Finally, after 20 years, the people of the Mahankali market get the rights on the land.

==Cast==
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* [[Pawan Kalyan]] as Ghani/Balu (Balraj)
* [[Shriya Saran]] as Swetha
* [[Neha Oberoi]] as Indu/Indira Priyadarshini
* [[Gulshan Grover]] as Khan
* Jersey Singh as Nayudamma
* [[Saurabh Shukla]] as Khan's brief
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Taj Banjara Hotel Manager
* [[Jayasudha]] as Rajeshwari Devi
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Balu's friend
* [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] as Ranga Rao, Indu's father
* [[Duvvasi Mohan]] as Ghani's gang member
* [[MS Narayana]] as Landlord
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Beggar
* [[Ananth Nag]] as Baba
* [[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Police Officer
* [[Dharmavarapu Subramanyam]]
* [[Gundu Hanumantha Rao]]
* [[Shankar Melkote]]
* [[Naramalli Sivaprasad]] as Rajan
* [[Raghunatha Reddy]]
* [[Sajja Teja]] as Cherry
*Baby Kavya
* [[Milind Gunaji]] in a cameo appearance
{{colend}}

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Balu
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Mani Sharma]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 25 December 2004 (India)
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[Mani Sharma]]
| prev_title = [[Gudumba Shankar]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Radha Gopalam]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
The music and background score was composed by [[Mani Sharma]]. The soundtrack album consisted of 6 tracks. All the lyrics were written by [[Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry]], [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]], Jonnavithula & Nithin Raijwar. Songs Sung By Eminent Singers Like ''[[K. S. Chithra]]'', ''[[Udit Narayan]]'', [[Hariharan (singer)|''Hariharan'']], ''[[Shreya Ghoshal]]'', ''[[Sujatha Mohan]]'', ''[[KK (singer)|KK]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]], [[Kunal Ganjawala]]''

{{tracklist
| headline = Track Listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Inthe Inthinthe
| extra1 = [[KK (singer)|KK]]
| length1 = 5:21
| title2 = Neelo Jarige
| extra2 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| length2 = 6:00
| title3 = Kannu Kottina
| extra3 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
| length3 = 4:40
| title4 = Hut Hutja
| extra4 = [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
| length4 = 4:08
| title5 = Athi Methani
| extra5 = [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], [[Mahalaxmi Iyer]]
| length5 = 5:21
| title6 = Lokale Gelavaga
| extra6 = [[K. S. Chithra]], Murali
| length6 = 4:36
| all_writing =
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==References==
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== Box-Office ==
The film ran for 50 days and was declared an above-average grosser.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-23|title=Pawan Kalyan Hit and Flop Movies {{!}} Actor Pawan Kalyan Films List|url=https://www.scooptimes.com/hit-flop/pawan-kalyan-hit-flop-movies-list/9649|access-date=2021-04-19|website=Scooptimes|language=en-US}}</ref>

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0437084|title=Balu}}

{{A. Karunakaran}}

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[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. Karunakaran]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]
[[Category:2000s crime action films]]

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