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| | '''Bandipotu''' may refer to: |
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| | * [[Bandipotu (2015 film)]], an Indian Telugu-language heist comedy film |
| {{Infobox film
| | * [[Bandipotu (1963 film)]], an Indian Telugu-language swashbuckler film |
| | name = Bandipotu
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| | image = File:Allari_Naresh_Bandipotu_Movie_Poster.jpg
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| | starring = [[Allari Naresh]], <br />[[Eesha Rebba]], <br />[[Srinivas Avasarala]]
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| | director = [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]]
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| | cinematography = [[P.G. Vinda]]
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| | producer = [[Aryan Rajesh]]
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| | editing = [[Dharmendra Kakarala]]
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| | studio = [[E. V .V. Cinema]]
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| | country = India
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| | released = {{film date|df=y|2015|2|20}}
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| | runtime = 126 minutes
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| | language = Telugu
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| | music = [[Kalyani Malik]]
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| | budget =
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| '''''Bandipotu''''' ({{trans|Bandit}}) is a 2015 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]] [[heist film|heist]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Mohan Krishna Indraganti]] and features [[Allari Naresh]] and [[Eesha Rebba]] in the lead roles while [[Srinivas Avasarala]], [[Posani Krishna Murali]], [[Tanikella Bharani]] and [[Sampoornesh Babu]] appear in other pivotal roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tfpc.in/bandipotu-movie-theatrical-trailer/|title=Allari Naresh Bandipotu trailer|publisher=tfpc.in|date=10 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121073728/http://tfpc.in/bandipotu-movie-theatrical-trailer/|archive-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140629/entertainment-tollywood/article/sampoornesh-babu-star-allari-naresh%E2%80%99s-upcoming-film-titled|title=Sampoornesh Babu to star in Allari Naresh's upcoming film titled Bandipotu|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=29 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://raagalahari.com/stars/interviews/1255/srinivas-avasarala-gives-an-interview-on-oohalu-gusagusalaade.aspx|title=I acted in the film without Sai Korrapati's knowledge — Srinivas Avasarala|publisher=raagalahari.com|date=20 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011808/http://raagalahari.com/stars/interviews/1255/srinivas-avasarala-gives-an-interview-on-oohalu-gusagusalaade.aspx|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film is produced by [[Aryan Rajesh]] on EVV Cinema banner and is titled based on the [[N. T. Rama Rao]]'s 1963 film of the [[Bandipotu (1963 film)|same name]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/bandipotu-not-spoof-on-any-film-director/|title='Bandipotu' not spoof on any film: Director|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=11 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> [[Kalyani Malik|Kalyani Koduri]] composed the music while [[P.G. Vinda]] and [[Dharmendra Kakarala]] handled the cinematography and editing of the movie respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/music/Kalyani-Koduri-to-score-music-for-Bandipotu/articleshow/36248244.cms|title=Kalyani Koduri to score music for Bandipotu|work=The Times of India|date=8 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref>
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| The film was launched on 10 June 2014 at [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]'s residence in Hyderabad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news-interviews/Allari-Nareshs-Bandipotu-launched/articleshow/36354222.cms|title=Allari Naresh's Bandipotu launched|work=The Times of India|date=10 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> The [[principal photography]] started on 1 July 2014 at [[Rajahmundry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/Special-day-for-Allari-Naresh-telugu-news-109659|title=Special day for Allari Naresh|publisher=IndiaGlitz|date=30 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/today/interview-allarinaresh.html|title=Allari Naresh Birthday(30 June-2014) interview|publisher=idlebrain.com|date=29 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.123telugu.com/interviews/interview-allari-naresh-we-will-introduce-newcomers-in-our-production.html|title=Interview : Allari Naresh – We will introduce newcomers in our production|publisher=123telugu.com|date=29 June 2014|accessdate=1 July 2014}}</ref> The movie released on 20 February 2015. This film got mostly mixed to positive reviews from critics.
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| ==Plot==
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| E. Vishwanath, commonly shortened to Vishwa, is a slick but principled criminal. He believes in "thieving from the thieves" - fooling the rich as a comeuppance for their greed. One day, a mysterious woman named Jahnavi comes into his life with evidence of his various frauds. She asks him to pull a massive con to get revenge on three people: Makrand Rao aka "Makrandam", Seshagiri and Bhale Babu. All three became "filthy rich" through embezzling the money of the poor in their [[chit fund]]. When their accountant and her father Satyanarayana discovered this and threatened to expose these activities, they framed and imprisoned him for the crime, leading to his depression and a stroke that put him in paralysed in the present. However, the three's greed also led to their split, and they aren't on friendly terms anymore. Upon hearing this, Vishwa not only agrees to defraud them, he rejects payment for personal reasons. He enrolls the help of his actor friend nicknamed Tellabbai ({{trans|White/pure guy}}), and using Jahnavi's experience with building cameras, the three start planning.
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| They first target Makrandam, who collects antiques, by convincing to buy a chest belonging to a rich [[zamindar]]. The chest contains a fake letter that purportedly states the location of some of the zamindar's wealth. Overjoyed, Makrandam and his assistant Chikati Rao ({{lit|"Darkness" Rao}}) buy the land from a local farmer and dig for the treasure that night. They find a chest, but see that it only contains shredded paper and a tape recorder declaring that they have been fooled. Vishwa and Tellabbai take their ladder and splash a concoction on them that makes them faint, and the next morning they are found in the hole, leading to their humiliation on live TV. However, Makrandam was able to see Vishwa's face when he dumped the solution.
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| Next, Vishwa goes after Seshagiri by posing as an American businessman. Seshagiri sees through his ruse, having learned about the defrauding of Makrandam, and claims that he can't be fooled. Vishwa challenges him to give a 10 crore (100 million) check to him under the condition that Seshagiri calls the bank beforehand to add extra permission requirements, which he accepts in his arrogance. The initially smug Seshagiri gets tensed over time checking if the check is deposited yet and shows his anger at work and at home. He then wakes up to discover that the check has been portrayed as a donation to charity, creating a national spectacle and leaving him no choice but to allow the check to be cashed. The ruling chief minister, jealous that he didn't give any money to him, cancels a contract for a 5000 crore (50 billion) hydropower project, angering Seshagiri, who decides to partner with Makrandam to figure out how to retaliate.
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| Finally, Vishwa gets Bhale Babu by revealing his knowledge of Bhale Babu's ambition to become [[Prime Minister]] of India as well as secret affair, and convinces him to run in the village elections while acting as is campaign manager. Their main opponent is Parvathalu, a righteous man who decrys Bhale Babu's rowdyism through his newspaper Agni. To stop Parvathalu, Vishwa and Bhale Babu force him to sell his newspaper to them and withdraw. But at a press meet for his candidacy's filing, the campaign and manifesto videos are switched with ones that show his misdeeds. During the chaos, Jahnavi hugs Vishwa, which Chikati Rao, who had secretly followed Vishwa the whole time, reports to Seshagiri and Makrandam. Chikati Rao tries to pin the switch on Vishwa, but it turns out Vishwa had seen Chikati Rao earlier and instead plants the original videos in his bag, allowing him to escape. Makrandam and Seshagiri then visit Satyanarayana's house and threaten to kill him, but they came to know that they were being recorded as Vishwa reveals how Parvathalu and some others were merely playing roles in the scam. To save their skin, they admit Satyanarayana was wronged and establish a charitable foundation in his name. Vishwa reveals that his parents were victims of the original chit fund's scam, which is why he didn't take any fees, and goes back to his life of fraud with a purpose.
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| ==Cast==
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| * [[Allari Naresh]] as Vishwa a.k.a. Viswanath
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| * [[Eesha Rebba]] as Jahnavi
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| * [[Rao Ramesh]] as Seshagiri
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| * [[Posani Krishna Murali]] as Bhale Babu
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| * [[Tanikella Bharani]] as Makarandam
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| * [[Sampoornesh Babu]] (cameo), Assistant of Vishwa
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| * [[Srinivas Avasarala]] as Cheekati, assistant of Makarandam
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| * [[Chandra Mohan (Telugu actor)|Chandra Mohan]] as Parvathalu
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| * [[Shraddha Das]] in a special appearance
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| * [[Prudhviraj (Telugu actor)|Prudhviraj]]
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| * [[Subhalekha Sudhakar]] as Satyanarayana, Jahnavi's father
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| * [[Saptagiri (actor)|Saptagiri]] as TV reporter
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| * [[Snigdha (actress)|Snigdha]] as Guide
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| * [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Chief minister
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| * Khayyum as Venky, Seshagiri's son
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| * [[Raghu Babu]]
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| The film was made under the banner of [[E. V .V. Cinema]], and, after delays, released on 20 February 2015.
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| ==Soundtrack==
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| The Music Was Composed By [[Kalyan Koduri]] and Released by [[Lahari Music]].
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| {{Infobox album
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| | name = Bandipotu
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| | type = [[Soundtrack]]
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| | artist = [[Kalyan Koduri]]
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| | cover =
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| | alt =
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| | released = 15 Jan 2015
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| | recorded = 2015
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| | venue =
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| | studio =
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| | genre = [[Soundtrack]]
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| | length = 13:55
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| | label = [[Lahari Music]]
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| | producer = [[Kalyan Koduri]]
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| | prev_title = [[Oohalu Gusagusalade]]
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| | prev_year = 2014
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| | next_title = Hora Hori
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| | next_year = 2015
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| }}
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| {{track listing
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| | headline = Track list
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| | extra_column = Singer(s)
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| | total_length = 13:55
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| | title1 = Dongalni Dochukora
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| | lyrics1 = [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]]
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| | extra1 = [[Vedala Hemachandra]]
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| | length1 = 3:39
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| | title2 = AEdo Mayalle Inade
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| | lyrics2 = Rambabu Gosala
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| | extra2 = [[Rahul Nambiar]], [[Rita (Indian singer)|Rita]]
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| | length2 = 3:37
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| | title3 = Petromax Lightingu
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| | lyrics3 = [[Ramajogayya Sastry]]
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| | extra3 = [[Ramya NSK]]
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| | length3 = 3:11
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| | title4 = Alijadalu Chaligilulu
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| | lyrics4 = [[Ananta Sriram]]
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| | extra4 = [[Kalyan Koduri]]
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| | length4 = 3:28
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| }}
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| ==Reception==
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| This film got mostly mixed reviews. jeevi gave 3.25/5
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| And 123 Telugu gave 3/5 and greatandhra gave 2.75 and most reviews said that the narration of film is slow that's why they trimmed the video from 141 min to 127 min
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| * {{IMDb title|4479870}}
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| * http://www.apherald.com/Movies/Reviews/79120/Bandipotu-Telugu-Movie-Review-Rating/
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| * http://www.awaitnews.com/movie-reviews/790889114/bandipotu-movie-review
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| [[Category:Indian crime comedy films]]
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| [[Category:Indian heist films]]
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| [[Category:2010s Telugu-language films]]
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| [[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
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| [[Category:2010s heist films]]
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| [[Category:2010s crime comedy films]]
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| [[Category:Films directed by Mohan Krishna Indraganti]]
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