After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.After growing up enduring criticism from his father, a young man finds his world shaken upon learning he was switched at birth with a millionaire's son.
- Awards
- 24 wins & 14 nominations
- Ramachandra
- (as Jairam)
- Ananth Ramakrishna (ARK)
- (as Sachin Kedkar)
- Raj Manohar
- (as Sushanth A.)
- Paidithalli
- (as Govinda Padma Surya)
- DGP G. Prajapati
- (as Dr. Rajendra Prasad)
- Sulochana
- (as Eswari Rao)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film became an all time highest grossing Telugu film without a PAN India release. It grossed around 274.4 crores worldwide with a share of 162.8 crores in 2020. The estimated number of tickets sold for this film in India are around 1.4 crores.
- GoofsIn the Hindi dubbed version, a reference of Alia Bhatt is used in the baby naming scene where the baby is named Bantu.
- Quotes
Ramachandra: [slaps Bantu and holds his T-shirt] Do you think telling the truth makes you great? When kids don't eat food, their mother will them a scary story. Is that wrong on her part? Try and love someone. You will know what a lie is worth.
Bantu: That mother also tells her grown up kid that he'll fall sick if he doesn't eat. She won't lie to him. You'll know what a lie is worth when you love someone. I get it. But you'll know how strong your love is, only when you tell the truth. It might be tough. But a relationship built on truth stays solid as a rock.
- Crazy creditsIn the Hindi dubbed version, a voiceover is heard as a thought by Murali Sharma's character when he visits the hospital on his scooter in the intro scene unlike in the original version.
- Alternate versionsThe Sun NXT version omits the anti-smoking video disclaimers and the intermission card.
- ConnectionsFeatures Chuttalunnaru Jagratha (1980)
- SoundtracksSamajavaragamana (Telugu)
Music by S. Thaman
Lyrics by Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry
Performed by Sid Sriram
Special Note to Murali Sharma's Performance. He did excellent especially during the pre-interval scenes. Everyone will remember him for this character after this movie. Now the real Hero of the film is Thaman. What a chartbuster!! 3 songs over 100 million views which is insane. The other 3 songs have at least 40 million views. As if this is not enough Butta Bomma went over 500 million views by itself. Hats Off!!
In depth Analysis:
First half: Right at the start they establish the grand scheme of things. The babies are switched and Valmiki hates Allu Arjun so he tries to put Allu Arjun in the dirt every chance he gets. With that we totally get invested into the story and are very curious as to what will happen. Right after this the movie goes a little downhill because of a lack of consistency in the entertainment. For example the sequence of scenes from where Allu Arjun falls in love to the song Butta Bomma the screenplay is not that centered to the main story but there were some amazing scenes in it such as when Allu Arjun gives warning to Brahmaji. Adding on to this, the movie was also a little slow paced so it may not be to catchy and appealing.
Interval Bang: Absolutely the best part of the movie. The inconsistency and whatever flaws that were in the first half were totally wiped out and you can see Trivikram's true talent here. The way the emotion is carried out is excellent. The way the old patient that used to be a nurse tells the truth to Allu Arjun is excellent. The way Allu Arjun reacts to that is excellent. Last but not least the way allu arjun and murali sharma interact at the interval is excellent. The way the story is carried with all of these is entirely Trivikram's talent.
2nd half: It starts out with Allu Arjun going to vaikuntapuram aka jayaram's house. The screenplay was much much better in the second half. The flow of things. Comedy was more situational and better even though there is much less comedy. The other thing to note is there are many things that Trivikram decided to differently here to make things more interesting. The first thing is that he made the ball room a dancing sequence with a lot of famous songs. The second thing is the fight with the song sitharala sirapadu.
Overall this movie has all the perfect elements for a commercial movie but has below average screenplay in the first half. The interval bang and the performances during it for Murali Sharma and Allu Arjun is very good. The second half is a good conclusion to the story and has some notable scenes like the ball room dance.
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Scale to Compare:
9.0/10 Mahanati, 8.0/10 Bahubali 2, 7.0/10 ALA VAIKUNTAPURAMU LO, 6.0/10 Vakeel Saab, 5.0/10 Saaho, 4.0/10 Agnyathavasi.
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- Country of origin
- Official site
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- Also known as
- In Ala Vaikunthapurram
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹800,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $28,477,890
- Runtime2 hours 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1