Bhale Manchi Roju

<p>A man is compelled to kidnap a young woman to save his friends and family. Ram, who has fallen in love, wants to take revenge on his former girlfriend Maya by disrupting her wedding. Sita’s wedding is cancelled when the groom elopes with another woman. Sakthi kidnaps Sita and takes her in his car but Ram crashes his car into Sakthi’s vehicle. Sita escapes from Sakthi. Sakthi keeps Adi, Ram’s friend, hostage and wants Ram to trace Sita. In January 2015, Sudheer Babu announced that his next film, after , would be produced by Vijay and Shashi. The production took place under the banner. The film was directed by debutant Sriram Adittya. He also mentioned in the announcement that he liked the script narrated by the director who immediately agreed to the job. In February 2015 , of and , was announced as the cinematographer, as music director and Ramakrishna S as production designer. The formal happened on 7 March 2015 in the 70mm Entertainments office. The official shoot commenced on 11 March 2015 at the citizens’ hospital, where some important scenes were filmed. The shoot continued in locations of Hyderabad. In April 2015, a marriage song was choreographed by and a few scenes were filmed on a grand set at the house. Regular filming continued from May to July, which resulted in 70% of the filming being completed. The first screening of the movie was organized on the birthday of on 7 August. Senior actor joined the cast and reportedly played a very important role in the movie, which would result in a complete change of character in his career. Filming was completed in September by completing a romantic song choreographed by . A grand set was made for this song at Ramakrishna Studios by production designer Ramakrishna. The film’s official teaser was launched on 6 November 2015 at the and gained a very positive response from the media and the public. The soundtrack of the movie was launched by on 25 November at a grand event at . The movie was released on 25 December 2015 amidst competition from several other big hits in the same year, but it stood as the front-runner due to positive reviews from critics and viewers. The movie remained the last hit movie of 2015 charts. The film was dubbed in Hindi as . The music was composed by and released by . Haricharan of gave the film 4/5 stars and wrote, “The film, which could be easily described as a crime comedy, offers more than just entertainment […] ends the year for Telugu cinema with a bang. It may have been last release of 2015 but this is, hands down, the best film of the year.” Pranita Jonnalagedda of gave it 3.5/5 stars and wrote, “Fresh yet intelligent, simple yet appealing, here’s a film which gives you what you are in search of – entertainment, and that too without trying too hard.” Jeevi of rated the film 3/5 and wrote, “Plus points of the film are story, screenplay and technicians. On the flip side, the narrative style and orientation (dark narrative, over-indulgence in slow motion technique, overbearing background music etc) mars the experience.” A critic from gave the film a positive review, noting that the plus points of the film are the lead actors and the comedy, while the negative aspects are the slow narration and the songs.</p>