| Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila | |
| Director: | Srinivasa Reddy |
| Producer: | Bekkam Venugopal |
| Music: | M. M. Srilekha |
| Cinematography: | Santosh Srinivas |
| Editing: | V. Nagireddy |
| Studio: | Lucky Media |
| Runtime: | 140 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Telugu |
Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language film produced by Bekkam Venugopal, in his film debut and directed by Srinivasa Reddy. The film stars Sivaji, Krishna Bhagavan, and Laya in lead roles. The film is a remake of the 1996 Tamil movie Tata Birla.
Tata (Sivaji) and Birla (Krishna Bhagavan) are 2 petty thieves who dream of planning a big robbery one day. Their dreams come true when they overhear a deal involving hundreds of crores. They lock up the original man who's hired for the deal and head to the home of Mahalakshmi (Laya), a wealthy heiress. They gradually realize the happiness of life and decide to quit being thieves. But it is then revealed that the deal was to kill Mahalakshmi and that the man responsible for the deal was Mahalakshmi's uncle Gajapathi (Tanikella Bharani). Soon Mahalakshmi even falls in love with Tata and he too falls for her eventually. Meanwhile, another mysterious man disguised as a lady (Ali) enters their household to kill Mahalakshmi as well. The rest of the story depicts on how Tata and Birla save Mahalakshmi from Gajapathi's plans and who the strange man really is.
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Soundtrack was composed by M. M. Srilekha.[2]
A critic from Idlebrain.com wrote that "Overall, this movie can be summed as a musical comedy entertainer and lives to its tagline 'Saradaga navvukundam randi'".[1] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote "The comedy in TBML is more situational and contextual rather than plot-driven – it is more like a book of jokes by a cartoonist rather than a Wodehouse novel. The dialogues range from witty to hilarious, the performances from deadpan to hyper-active, and your expressions from self-conscious happiness to thigh-slapping rollicking. And at the end of it all, you won’t ask yourself any stupid questions".[3] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that " The film has good entertainment values and the theatres would attract more audiences after mouth publicity about the comedy and entertainment values in the film".[4]