Jabardasth (film)

Jabardasth
Directed by	B.V. Nandini Reddy
Produced by	Bellamkonda Suresh
Written by	Veligonda Srinivas (Dialogues) Ramajogayya Sastry, Lakshmi Bhoopal, Sreshta (Lyrics)
Screenplay by	B.V. Nandini Reddy
Story by	Maneesh Sharma
Starring	Siddharth Samantha Ruth Prabhu Nithya Menen Sunil
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Mahesh Muthuswamy Sanjay Loknath
Edited by	Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Production company	Sri Sai Ganesh Productions
Distributed by	7SEAS Inc (Overseas) [1]
Release dates	22 February 2013
Running time	150 min
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Budget	₹15 crore (US$2.2 million)

Jabardasth is a Telugu romantic comedy film written and directed by Nandini Reddy under the banner of Sri Sai Ganesh Productions.^[2] It stars Siddharth and Samantha in the lead roles and Nithya Menen in an important role.^[3][4][5] The film released on 22 February 2013 with a U/A Certificate from the Censor Board and was commercially successful at the box office.^[6][7] The film is an unofficial remake of 2011 Hindi film Band Baaja Baaraat. Yash Raj Films, the producers of the Hindi original, planned to take legal action against the makers of Jabardasth.^[8] Jabardasth satellite and audio telecast rights were sold for ₹5.25 crores.^[9][10]

Cast

• Siddharth as Bairraju
• Samantha Ruth Prabhu as Shreya
• Srihari as Javed Ibrahim
• Nithya Menen as Saraswati
• Sayaji Shinde as Bihar Yadav
• Thagubothu Ramesh

Crew

• Direction : B.V. Nandini Reddy
• Story : B.V. Nandini Reddy
• Screenplay : Maneesh Sharma
• Music : S. Thaman
• Cinematography : Mahesh Muthuswamy & Sanjay Loknath
• Dialogues: Veligonda Srinivas
• Lyrics : Ramajogayya Sastry, Lakshmi Bhoopal & Sreshta
• Editor : Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
• Art : A. S. Prakash
• Additional screenplay : Kona Venkat
• Costumes : Roopa Vaitla
• Fights : Ganesh & Satish
• Executive Producer : B Mahendra Babu
• Producer : Bellamkonda Suresh & Bellamkonda Ganesh Babu

Soundtrack

Jabardasth
Soundtrack album to Jabardasth by S. Thaman
Released	1 February 2013
Recorded	2012–2013
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:06
Language	Telugu
Label	Aditya Music
S. Thaman chronology
Settai (2013) 'Jabardasth' (2013) Shadow (2013)

The film's audio was launched on 1 February 2013. It was attended by Surender, Samantha, Thaman, Siddharth, Srihari and Sunil with V. V. Vinayak being the chief guest.^[11]

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Arere Arere"	Nithya Menon	05:11
2.	"Allah Allah"	Shreya Ghoshal, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav	04:25
3.	"Meghamala"	Muralidhar, Rahul, Vandana, Rita, Megha	05:34
4.	"Tees Maar Khan"	Naveen Madhu	03:12
5.	"Lashkar Pori"	Muralidhar	03:30
Total length:			21:06

Critical reception

Reception

Idlebrain.com jeevi gave a rating of 3/5 for the film.^[12] Rediff wrote:"First half was fun but second half was dragged".^[13]

References

1. "Jabardasth overseas rights by 7SEAS Inc". idlebrain.com. 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
2. "Surender Reddy ropes in Sid-Sam". IndiaGlitz. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
3. "Sid and Sunil join hands for Surender Reddy's film". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
4. "‘Jabardasth' year-end for Siddharth". Times of India. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
5. "It's official, Sid and Sam's film is on". Deccan Chronicle. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
6. "'Jabardasth' film got 'U/A' certificate rating". APHerald.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
7. "Is Samantha Ruth Prabhu the new style icon of Southern cinema?". IBN Live.
8. "YRF to sue makers of Jabardasth". TimesOfIndia. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
9. http://www.newtelugunews.com/c/sid-leaks-jabardasth-collections
10. http://www.telugumirchi.com/en/reviews/jabardasth-telugu-movie-review-ratings.html
11. "'Jabardasth 'Audio Launch". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
12. "Jabardasth review". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 22 Feb 2013.
13. http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-jabardasth-is-inspired-by-band-baaja-baraat/20130222.htm

External links

• Jabardasth at the Internet Movie Database