Bangarraju Explained

Bangarraju
Director:Kalyan Krishna Kurasala
Screenplay:Satyanand
Story:Kalyan Krishna Kurasala
Producer:Nagarjuna
Cinematography:J. Yuvaraj
Editing:Vijay Vardhan Kavuri
Music:Anup Rubens
Runtime:160 minutes[1]
Country:India
Language:Telugu
Budget: crore[2]
Gross: crore[3]

Bangarraju is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language supernatural drama film directed by Kalyan Krishna Kurasala. Produced by Annapurna Studios and Zee Studios, Bangarraju is a sequel to the 2016 film Soggade Chinni Nayana and stars Nagarjuna, Naga Chaitanya, Ramya Krishna, and Krithi Shetty.

Bangarraju was filmed from August to December 2021, with film score and soundtrack composed by Anup Rubens. Bangarraju was released theatrically on 14 January 2022, coinciding with Sankranti. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful, grossing over crore worldwide.

Plot

When Bangarraju returns to Yamlok, he is told that he has been shifted to Swarga due to the good deeds that he has done during his time back on earth. After a few months, Ramu and Seetha both have a child, but Seetha dies after bearing the child. Sathyabhama and Ramu decide to take care of the child and name him Bangarraju, and simultaneously Ramu's cousin Ramesh also names their child Naga Lakshmi, and they decide that they will get them both married in the future. However, due to Ramu's heavy work schedule, he decides to leave his child with Satyabhama. As Bangarraju is growing up, he shares a lot of the same qualities that his grandfather had while also having conflicts with Naga Lakshmi. In one such instance where Bangarraju is found with a girl, Satyabhama sees this and has a heart attack, which she dies from. She then finds Bangarraju Senior's soul in Swarga flirting with the apsaras, and Bangarraju Senior is shocked to see her die this early.

They then see Bangarraju all grown up and that he has become the same man that his grandfather was, and at the same time Naga Lakshmi is trying to become the village Sarpanch after her father. With Bangarraju and Naga Lakshmi constantly fighting, both Bangarraju Senior and Satyabhama ask permission from Yamraj and Devraj Indra to go back to earth to solve their problems and get married. Meanwhile, Ramesh encounters a problem with the lands of a friend and Bangarraju helps him and fights off ruthless henchmen. The henchmen come back and try to kill Bangarraju at a pooja in the temple, and due to this, Naga Lakshmi reacts violently and slaps Bangarraju. It is then found out that Bangarraju's cousin Aadi has been planning to get Bangarraju killed because they know that Bangarraju's family has been protecting a temple that has rare stones at the bottom of it and to get the stones, they need to kill the family.

Meanwhile, Bangarraju Senior tries to get Naga Lakshmi to like Bangarraju, which she does. In a turn of events, it is revealed that Aadi's father Sampath was still alive and that he has been also seeking vengeance against the family for killing his father and grandfather. At the same time, Bangarraju Senior successfully gets Bangarraju and Naga Lakshmi to love each other. Sampath, on the other hand, knows that Bangarraju's soul is the one that killed his father and grandfather and that the soul is back now also for Bangarraju and tells Aadi about it. With this, Sampath plans to get a ring that will be placed on Bangarraju's hand during his engagement which will stop Bangarraju soul from entering his body. It is then found out that Ramesh was also in on this plan all along, and that he also wants Bangarraju to be killed for the stones and the potential marriage to his daughter to Aadi.

Knowing all of this, Bangarraju Senior and Satyabhama try various ways to stop Bangarraju from being killed, but he ultimately ends up being kidnapped by Aadi and is brought to Sampath and Ramesh to be killed. When Bangarraju is on the verge of being killed, the divine snake from the earlier film falls on Ramu's car, and Bangarraju, sensing this, jumps into Ramu's body to fight Sampath, Ramesh, and Aadi. Bangarraju regains consciousness, and the ring is removed from his hand, allowing Bangarraju to also enter his body. After both Bangarraju and Ramu kill Sampath and Aadi, they plan to kill Ramesh also but stop due to them seeing Naga Lakshmi, and they decide not to tell her the truth. Bangarraju and Naga Lakshmi both get married, and at a pooja alter, Yamraj and Devraj Indra impose a barrier that allows Bangarraju and Ramu to see and touch Bangarraju Senior and Satyabhama. Bangarraju sees Satyabhama and talks about how he lived with sadness after her death and he begs her not to leave him again.

Meanwhile, Ramu says that him seeing Bangarraju Senior for the first time gives him a sense of braveness to which the senior Bangarraju replies saying that Ramu needs to be a better father to Bangarraju and that he should not neglect his son due to Ramu constantly focusing on his work. After an emotional union, both Bangarraju Senior and Satyabhama's souls are then joined with Lord Shiva since their karma was completed.

Cast

Cameo appearances

Production

Following the success of Soggade Chinni Nayana in 2016 and the accompanying popularity of Bangarraju's character, Nagarjuna announced the film's sequel with Kurasala returning as the director.[7] The sequel is titled Bangarraju after the original's protagonist with Nagarjuna reprising his role. Ramya Krishna also reprised her role as Satyabhama.[8] Nagarjuna's son Naga Chaitanya is cast as Bangarraju's grandson Chinna Bangarraju.[9] Krithi Shetty was paired opposite him as Naga Lakshmi.[10] According to Kurasala, Bangarraju has a fresh storyline and stands on its own, despite it being a sequel. Kurasala planned to cast Nagarjuna's second son Akhil Akkineni in the film, but did not materialize due to scheduling conflicts.[11] [12]

Bangarraju production was supposed to begin some time after Soggade Chinni Nayana but was postponed due to several reasons. Kurasala completed its pre-production works in November 2020 and began casting for the film.[13] In March 2021, during a press meet of Wild Dog, Nagarjuna announced his intentions to release Bangarraju in January 2022, aiming for a Sankranti release.[14]

The film was launched with a formal puja ceremony in Hyderabad on 20 August 2021.[15] Anup Rubens, who composed the music for Soggade Chinni Nayana, returns for Bangarraju. Annapurna Studios and Zee Studios have collaborated to jointly produce the project with Nagarjuna as its producer.[16] Principal photography of the film began on 25 August.[17] Shooting took place at the Ramoji Film City.[18] The production then shifted to Mysore where a week-long schedule took place.[19] Filming wrapped up on 23 December 2021.[20] It was scheduled to release on 14 January 2022 coinciding with Sankranti.[21]

Music

Bangarraju
Type:soundtrack
Artist:Anup Rubens
Genre:Feature film soundtrack
Language:Telugu
Label:Zee Music
Producer:Anup Rubens
Prev Title:Drushyam 2
Prev Year:2021
Next Title:Malli Modalaindi
Next Year:2022

The film score and soundtrack album of the film is composed by Anup Rubens. The music rights were acquired by Zee Music.

Reception

Critical reception

Bangarraju received mixed reviews from critics.[22] Writing for Cinema Express, Murali Krishna CH called it a "perfect follow-up for its predecessor, Soggade Chinni Nayana." "The film is peppered with hilarious one-liners, and Kalyan Krishna perfectly captures the portrait and vibe of a coastal village, complete with characters that are rooted in the setting," he added.[23] Anji Shetty of Sakshi stated that Nagarjuna and Chaitanya's performance is the core strength of the film with a particular praise for the climax sequence.[24]

The Times of India critic Neeshita Nyapati opined that Bangarraju was an "old wine in a new bottle," and had nothing fresh to offer. On the technical aspects, she wrote: "Anup Rubens' music is fun and fits well into the story. Cinematographer Yuvaraj also pulls off the visuals well. The weak VFX however is a let-down and doesn't let you immerse well into the story."[25] Calling Bangarraju a "passable festive entertainer," Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu felt that the sequel banked heavily on Nagarjuna and Chaitanya but barely skimmed the surface of the supernatural revenge family drama story.[26] The Indian Express critic Manoj Kumar R criticized the film and pointed out over-sexualisation, unoriginality, lack of common sense and basic respect for logical thinking and honest storytelling as its problems.[27]

Box office

Bangarraju was successful at the box office,[28] grossing around 118.87 crore in three weeks of its run.[29] On its opening day, Bangarraju grossed crore worldwide, with a distributor's share of crore.[30] By the second day of the release, the film collected a total gross of crore worldwide,[31] with a distributor's share of crore.[32]

Future

During a promotional event of the film in January 2022, Nagarjuna, answering a question posed by a journalist, asserted a possibility of a sequel to Bangarraju [33] of Soggade Chinni Nayana 2016 movie.

Notes and References

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