Bumper Offer

Bumper Offer is a 2009 Telugu action romantic comedy directed by Jaya Ravindra, a former assistant of Puri Jagannadh, who produced the film and wrote its story and dialogue. Sairam Shankar and Bindu Madhavi play the leads, with Sayaji Shinde as the heroine’s wealthy father. Raghu Kunche made his debut as a music director, and the film was released on 23 October 2009.

What the story is about

Sai has finished his education and is drifting, refusing to marry although his mother Ramanamma hopes a wife will make him responsible. His father Rao is a clerk in a real-estate firm owned by Surya Prakash. When Surya Prakash’s daughter Aishwarya breaks Sai’s leg, mistaking him for someone who teased her, Sai falls for her, and before long she falls for him too.

Surya Prakash is furious. He makes Sai an offer: earn at least five per cent of his wealth and he can marry Aishwarya. Sai turns it down and makes a “bumper offer” of his own: he will bring Surya Prakash down to earth by making him lose everything, so that the two families are equals. The comedy follows how he goes about it.

Cast and crew

• Sairam Shankar as Sai
• Bindu Madhavi as Aishwarya
• Sayaji Shinde as Surya Prakash
• Kovai Sarala as Ramanamma, Sai’s mother
• Chandra Mohan as Rao, Sai’s father
• Supreeth as Mallikharjun
• Brahmanandam as Viswanath
• Ali as Bhairava and Venu Madhav as Mitravinda
• Jaya Prakash Reddy, M. S. Narayana and Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam

Director: Jaya Ravindra. Producer, story and dialogue: Puri Jagannadh (Vaishno Academy). Music: Raghu Kunche.

Music and awards

The soundtrack was launched at Prasad Labs on the night of 11 September 2009. The song “Bujjikonda” is based on “Linda Linda” by the Dutch band Tee-Set. Raghu Kunche won a Nandi Special Jury Award for his work on the film; Wikipedia describes it in one place as an award for music direction and in another as one for singing, for “Enduke Ramanamma”, and we have not resolved which.

Release and box office

Wikipedia describes Bumper Offer as a commercial success, though without citing a source or figures. The story travelled: it was remade in Bengali as Loveria (2013) and in Bangladesh as Shoshurbari Zindabad 2 (2020). We have not found a contemporary review cited for the film.

Where to watch Bumper Offer

Bumper Offer is listed on Aha, according to our record of the platform’s listing. Availability can vary by region.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Bumper Offer; Aha’s listing; our own cast and crew records.