Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw is a 2006 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Nidhi Prasad.[1] It stars Rajendra Prasad, Richard Rishi, and Farjana with music composed by Chakri. The film is produced by Raju and Praveen on Silver Screen Movies banner. It is a remake of the Hindi film Malamaal Weekly (2006; an adaptation of the 1998 film Waking Ned).[2][3]
| Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw | |
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 Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Nidhi Prasad |
| Written by | L. B. Sriram (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Nidhi Prasad |
| Story by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | Raju & Praveen |
| Starring | Rajendra Prasad Richard Rishi Farjana |
| Cinematography | Sarath |
| Edited by | Shankar |
| Music by | Chakri |
Production company | Silver Screen Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 139 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
Plot
editThe film begins in a village where various characters appear. Bullebbai is a lottery ticket agent; Pala Pullaiah, the local dairy farmer; Pilli Pentaiah, a hoax political leader; Chanti, the barber; Mallika Sharbat holds a tea stall; Varadaraju, a nominal royal dynasty King. Varadaraju takes some loans from Pullaiah; in return, he accommodates his son Kittu with him, and he falls for Pullaiah's daughter, Bhagyalakshmi. Besides, Ranikasula Renuka Rani, a tyrant who suffers the village by allowing debts, and her brother Aphis, a vagabond, aspire to possess Bhagyalakshmi and forcibly engage with her. So, Kittu & Bhagyalakshmi prepare to elope. As a glimpse, Aphis's buddy Chittibabu forsakes an adjacent village, a horrendous fatty Bullipapa. Renuka Rani verdicts it as futile on Aphis's influence. It enrages Bullipapa's sibling Sarvarayudu, who seeks vengeance.
Meanwhile, Bullebbai realizes that one of the tickets has won the top prize of ₹10,000,000 (US$120,000), and ploys to obtain it. So, he hosts a dinner for his customers, who mortgage their ancestors' house despite his wife Varalakshmi's refusal. By elimination, he deduces that the town-drunk Yesudas Gotham is the winner and immediately rushes to him. Whereat, Bullebbai spots Yesudas dead with a happy expression, the winning ticket clutched in his hand. Bullabbai attempts to pry the ticket from Yesudas when Pullaiah arrives, and Bullebbai lures him by offering a share. Eventually, Kittu also observes it and intimidates them into pairing up with his love interest. Due to hard luck, a few more villagers notice while disposing of the corpse. Bullebbai wangles them, ordering Kittu to throw Yesudas's body into the river. Just as he is doing so, Bhagyalakshmi arrives when he is divulging the secret. In their romance, they fail to notice Yesudas's corpse falling from the cliff and assume it is drowning.
The next day, when Bullebbai calls the lottery office, he learns that Yesudas managed to contact them before dying. Here, a dead heat situation occurs, but fortuitously, they identify Yesudas's corpse and retrieve it. Following this, they are conscious that Yesudas also informed his sibling Joshua Gotham's family, ex-wife Parvati, and several others to whom he owed money, so Bullebbai assembled them into 20 shares. Now, the lottery inspector lands for an interview. Bullebbai tactically covers up by forging Joshua as Yesudas, which satisfies him. All of them silently bury Yesudas, ritually mingling a patristic Daniel. Spotting it, Aphis scares & compels them for Bhagyalakshmi's hand when a dispute arises. Aphis rushes to notify his sister when they all hunt him. Suddenly, he becomes dumb on that track, which relaxes everyone. They also conduct Kittu & Bhagyalakshmi's engagement when, startlingly, Aphis recoups and provides a caveat. Since zero options all bend to him, Kittu bars it, and he is battered & locked in a room. Heartbroken, Bhagyalakshmi attempts suicide when a transformation occurs, all after soul searching. Hence, they opt to discard this mess and unite turtle doves.
At night, Kittu flees to slay Aphis when Bullabai, Pullaiah, & Joshua move to hinder him. Conversely, Sarvarayudu abducts Aphis for Chittibabu and wrongly knits with Bullipapa, holding him under the veil. Kittu & Bhagyalakshmi's nuptial is in progress when the Lottery Inspector reappears and bestows the prize amount. Soon after his return, Renuka Rani arrives and flares up about Aphis's whereabouts. Until then, Aphis absconds and divulges the totality to his sister when Renuka Rani & Aphis behind the Lottery Inspector to disclose the verity. Bullabbai & the gang's efforts to arrest them resulted in a chaotic chase. Amid, Sarvarayudu & Bullipapa clutch Aphis, and his chapter closes. At the races, when Renuka Rani catches up with the Lottery Inspector's car, he hits her motorcycle, and she plunges to death in the town river. At last, Bullabai orders the Lottery Inspector to quit and never look back again. Finally, the movie ends happily with the entire gang paying homage by inaugurating Yesudas Gotham's statue in the village.
Cast
edit- Rajendra Prasad as Bullabbai
- Richard Rishi as Kittu
- Farjana as Bhagyalakshmi
- Kiran Rathod as Ranikasula Renuka Rani[4]
- K.Nagababu as Lottery Inspector
- Brahmanandam as Joshua Gotham
- Ali as Yesudasu Gotham
- M. S. Narayana as Varadaraju
- Tanikella Bharani as Paala Pullayya
- Chakri as (cameo appearance)
- Mallikarjuna Rao as Astrologer
- Benarjee as Sarvarayudu
- Venu Madhav as Aphisu
- L.B. Sriram as Barber Chanti
- Kondavalasa as Pilli Pentayya
- Krishna Bhagawan as Daniel
- Gundu Sudarshan
- Kadambari Kiran as Chitti Babu
- Ram Jagan
- Kovai Sarala as Mary Gotham
- Bhuvaneswari as Mallika Sharbat
- Abhinayasri as Parvathi Gotham
- Mumaith Khan as item number
- Seema as Varalakshmi
Soundtrack
edit| Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Film score by | ||||
| Released | 19 October 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 22:51 | |||
| Label | Aditya Music | |||
| Producer | Chakri | |||
| Chakri chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Maye Chesindi" | Kandikonda | Udit Narayan, Shweta Pandit, Aadarshini | 3:54 |
| 2. | "Aa Tholisari" | Kandikonda | Hemachandra, Kousalya | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Manmadhularaa" | Bhaskarabhatla | Sunanda | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Chakkani Chukka" | Kandikonda | Ravi Varma, Teena | 4:28 |
| 5. | "Bhigi Kowgili" | Bhaskarabhatla | Shaan, Kousalya | 4:36 |
| Total length: | 22:51 | |||
Reception
editJeevi of Idlebrain rated the film three out of five and wrote that "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw is a typical entertainer for the frontbenchers."[2] A critic from Full Hyderabad wrote that "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw could have been a much better film and a family entertainer with a lot less vulgarity and better dialogues."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Nidhi Prasad - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director". idlebrain.com. 23 October 2006. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw - Telugu cinema Review - Rajendra Prasad, Rishi & Farzana". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw Review". fullhyd.com. Archived from the original on 14 December 2022.
- ^ "Tamil movies : Kiran's 'Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw'".
- ^ "Bhagyalakshmi Bumperdraw audio release - Telugu cinema - Rishi, Rajendra Prasad & Farzana". idlebrain.com. 20 October 2006. Archived from the original on 25 December 2023.