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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Thotti Gang<br />
| image = Thotti Gang.jpg<br />
| writer = [[Satish Vegesna]] (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = E. V. V. Satyanarayana<br />
| story = E. V. V. Satyanarayana<br />
| starring = [[Allari Naresh]]<br>[[Prabhu Deva]]<br>[[Anita Hassanandani]]<br>[[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]]<br>[[Gajala]]<br />
| director = [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Loganathan Srinivasan]]<br />
| producer = E. V. V. Satyanarayana<br />
| editing = [[Marthand K. Venkatesh]]<br />
| studio = [[E. V .V. Cinema]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| released = {{Film date|2002|12|06|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| language = Telugu<br />
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Thotti Gang''''' ({{Translation|Good for nothing fellows}}) is a 2002 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[comedy film]] produced and directed by [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]] starring [[Allari Naresh]], [[Prabhu Deva]], [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]], [[Gajala]] and [[Anita Hassanandani]]. The movie was released on 6 December 2002 to positive reviews and was declared a hit at the box office. The film was based on 2001 American film ''[[Saving Silverman]]''.<ref name="I">{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-thottigang.html|title=Telugu Cinema - Review - Thottigang - EVV - Naresh, Sunil, Gajala, Anitha, Prabhudeva, Shakeela|website=[[Idlebrain.com]]|date=6 December 2002|access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref><br />
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The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as ''Love Game'' with a separate comedy track featuring [[J. Livingston|Livingston]] and [[Vennira Aadai Moorthy]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Karate Mallishwari, a beautiful lawyer who has black belt in Karate. She sincerely loves Achi Babu. His friends don't like Mallishwari as she once kicked their asses for misbehaving with someone. So they try to break up Mallishwari and Achi Babu by kidnapping her. Before kidnapping her by drugging her, she uses her terrific karate skills to beat them down like they are flies. They beg for mercy but she doesn't grant it. They even hire two contract killers to kill Mallishwari. Mallishwari shows them who the boss by destroying them brutally. In the end, Mallishwari doesn't get Achi Babu. She is the tragic heroine in this comedy movie.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
* [[Allari Naresh]] as Achyuta Rama Rao alias "Achi Babu"<br />
* [[Prabhu Deva]] as Suri Babu<br />
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Sathi Babu<br />
* [[Anita Hassanandani]] as Venkata Lakshmi<br />
* [[Gajala]] as Karate Malliswari<br />
* [[Shakeela]] as Matasri<br />
* [[L.B. Sriram]] as Alexander<br />
* [[M. S. Narayana]] and [[Chalapathi Rao]] as Bongu Brothers<br />
* [[Jaya Prakash Reddy]] in a Special Appearance<br />
* [[Brahmanandam]] as Galigottam Govinda Sastry and also as his grandmother (dual role)<br />
* [[Lakshmipati]] as Guravaiah<br />
* Jyoti as Moogambika<br />
* [[Rajitha]]<br />
{{Colend}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/audio/ajuke/box-thottigang.html|title=Juke Box - Thottigang|website=[[Idlebrain.com]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021120141232/https://www.idlebrain.com/audio/ajuke/box-thottigang.html|archive-date=20 November 2002|access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref> In an audio review, Sreya Sunil of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' wrote that [[Devi Sri Prasad]]'s "efforts to encourage new talents into the industry are praiseworthy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/thottigang.html|title=Audio Review - Thottigang|work=[[Idlebrain.com]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021126082227/https://www.idlebrain.com/audio/areviews/thottigang.html|archive-date=26 November 2002|access-date=16 February 2026}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" style="width:35%;"<br />
|-<br />
! Song title !! Singers !! Length<br />
|-<br />
| "Nuvve Kaavaali" || [[S. P. B. Charan]], Sumangali || 04:28<br />
|-<br />
| "Oh Oh Sodharaa"|| [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]] || 05:26<br />
|-<br />
| "Vechhani Vechhani Deham" || [[K. S. Chithra]], [[Rajesh Krishnan]]|| 05:22<br />
|-<br />
| "Orinayano" || Sandeep, [[Kalpana Raghavendar|Kalpana]] || 05:15<br />
|-<br />
| "Gundello Nuvve" || [[Devi Sri Prasad]], [[Febi Mani]] || 05:23<br />
|-<br />
| "Kannepilla Are Kannepilla" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Mathangi Jagdish|Mathangi]] || 05:28<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Jeevi of ''[[Idlebrain.com]]'' rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Over all it's an average film aimed at comedy-movie-lovers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/09/stories/2002120901540400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030730094147/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/09/stories/2002120901540400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-07-30|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=2002-12-09|title=Romantic comedy|first=Gudipoodi|last=Srihari|author-link=Gudipoodi Srihari}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0356138}}<br />
{{E. V. V. Satyanarayana}}<br />
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[[Category:2002 films]]<br />
[[Category:2002 Telugu-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2002 romantic comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian buddy comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s buddy comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Devi Sri Prasad]]<br />
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]</div>MYRA