O Panaipothundi Babu

O Panaipothundi Babu is a 1998 Indian Telugu-language comedy drama film directed by Siva Nageswara Rao starring Suresh, Ravi Teja, Indraja and Maheswari. Both Suresh and Ravi Teja play dual roles in the film.

O Panaipothundi Babu
Directed by	Siva Nageswara Rao
Produced by	K. R. Kumar
Starring	Suresh Ravi Teja Indraja Maheswari
Cinematography	K. Purna
Music by	Vandemataram Srinivas
Production company	Pramada Films
Release date	8 August 1998 (1998-08-08)
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Cast

• Suresh as Ram & Ram (dual role)
• Ravi Teja as Lakshaman & Lakshman (dual role)
• Indraja
• Maheswari
• Brahmanandam as Inspector Agni & Kadiyam Suryakantham (dual role)
• Tanikella Bharani as Aravindaswamy
• Srihari as Ajhar Bhai
• Giri Babu as Businessman (father of one pair of Ram & Lakshman)
• Rallapalli as Thief (father of one pair of Ram & Lakshman)
• M. S. Narayana
• Mallikarjuna Rao
• Narsing Yadav
• Raksha
• Kavya

Production

This is Suresh's first film in which he plays two roles and he expressed content for being a part of the film.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vandemataram Srinivas.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chitram Vichitram"	4:37
2.	"Nee Vorachupullo"	4:25
3.	"Om Namaha Shivaya"	4:36
Total length:		13:38

Reception

A critic from Andhra Today rated the film one out of five stars and wrote that "Director Siva Nageswara Rao, who always manages to make his movies a box-office hit evoking the interest of the audience with a special humorous character, failed to repeat his magic formula with his burlesque characters [...]. The failure to show some difference in the two pairs also creates a lot of confusion in the minds of the audience, who lose interest in the movie. There is no novelty in the movie and the dialogues, which are the lifeline of a comedy, can hardly be called hilarious".

External links

• O Panaipothundi Babu at IMDb