Jabardasth is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Nandini Reddy under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions.[2] It stars Siddharth, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen in lead roles.[3][4][5] The film released on 22 February 2013 and was commercial failure at the box office.[6][7]
The film is inspired by 2010 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat.[8] Yash Raj Films, producers of the Hindi film, claimed that Jabardasth is an unofficial remake and planned to take legal action against its makers.[9][10]
Plot
Cast
- Siddharth as Bairraju
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Shreya
- Nithya Menen as Saraswati
- Srihari as Javed Ibrahim
- Raghu Babu as Raghu Bairraju's friend
- Sayaji Shinde as Bihar Yadav
- Pragathi as Shreya's mother
- Thagubothu Ramesh as Ramesh
- Vennela Kishore as Software Subramanyam
- Suresh as Vamshi Krishna
- Arjunan
- Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Dance master
- Telangana Shakuntala
- Dhanraj
- Y. Kasi Viswanath
- Venu as Dance master
- Duvvasi Mohan
- Kadambari
- Geeta Bhagat
- Sushma
- Seeta Reddy
- Swapnika Reddy
- Prince Cecil as cameo appearance
Soundtrack
The film's audio was launched on 1 February 2013. It was attended by Surender, Samantha, Thaman, Siddharth, Srihari and Sunil with V. V. Vinayak being the chief guest.[11]
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Arere Arere" | Nithya Menon | 05:11 |
| 2. | "Allah Allah" | Shreya Ghoshal, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav | 04:25 |
| 3. | "Meghamala" | Muralidhar, Rahul, Vandana, Rita, Megha | 05:34 |
| 4. | "Tees Maar Khan" | Naveen Madhu | 03:12 |
| 5. | "Lashkar Pori" | Muralidhar | 03:30 |
| Total length: | 21:06 | ||
Release
The film's satellite and audio telecast rights were sold for ₹ 5.25 crores.[12][13]
Critical reception
Reception
Idlebrain.com's Jeevi gave a rating of 3/5 for the film.[14] Rediff wrote:"First half was fun but second half was dragged".[8]
References
- ^ "Jabardasth overseas rights by 7SEAS Inc". idlebrain.com. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Surender Reddy ropes in Sid-Sam". IndiaGlitz. 17 October 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "Sid and Sunil join hands for Surender Reddy's film". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "'Jabardasth' year-end for Siddharth". The Times of India. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "It's official, Sid and Sam's film is on". Deccan Chronicle. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
- ^ "'Jabardasth' film got 'U/A' certificate rating". APHerald.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Is Samantha Ruth Prabhu the new style icon of Southern cinema?". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013.
- ^ a b "Review: Jabardasth is inspired by Band Baaja Baraat".
- ^ "YRF to sue makers of Jabardasth". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
- ^ "Telugu Remake of Band Baaja Baaraat Barred by High Court for Copyright Infringement".
- ^ "'Jabardasth 'Audio Launch". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ "Sid leaks Jabardasth collections | New Telugu News". Archived from the original on 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Jabardasth Review, Rating : Jabardasth Movie Review - Telugu Mirchi". www.telugumirchi.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Jabardasth review". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
External links
- Jabardasth at IMDb