Balakrishnudu is a 2017 Indian Telugu language-language Romance film action film directed by debutant Mallela Pavan. It features Nara Rohit, Regina Cassandra and Ramya Krishna in the lead roles, while Adithya Menon, Ajay, Kota Srinivasa Rao, and Pruthviraj play supporting roles.
Plot
Balu (
Nara Rohit) is a free-spirited young man whose highest priority in life is earning money. Being an orphan, he is raised by Raghunandan Yadav (Kota Srinivasa Rao), who is his godfather. Balu’s life ends up in trouble because of his lust for money. His love life with Aadhya (
Regina Cassandra) is also twisted because of that.
Cast
Production
Filming
The filming began on 31 March 2017, a year after the script was given a green signal. Producers Nandamuri Sri Vinod and Musunuru Vamsi Krishna, who also happen to be director Mallela Pavan’s childhood friends, are producing the movie on their banner Saraschandrikaa Visionary Motion Pictures in collaboration with Maya Bazar Movies of B. Mahendra Babu. The major part of the movie was shot in different locations of
Hyderabad while the songs were shot in
Bergen and
Oslo in
Norway.
With a total number of shoot days being around 50, the film was in its post-production stage.
Soundtrack
The audio and background score were composed by
Mani Sharma and released by
Aditya Music. The film marks his third collaboration with Nara Rohit after
Baanam and
Solo. Samantha Ruth Prabhu released the audio in an event on 10 November 2017.
Reception
Sridhar Adivi of
The Times of India rated the film 2.5/5 and wrote, "For Telugu audiences who have been exposed to scores of faction films over the years, there is nothing new that the film has to offer".
Srivathsan Nadadhur of
The Hindu wrote, "The lacklustre narrative with peripheral performances makes this a cringe-worthy outing".
A critic from
The Hans India wrote "The film has a routine story and we do not find anything new but still, the director has tried to present it in a different manner and made us stuck to the film. The director took a lot of care in comedy which worked well in the theatres".
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