Bujjigadu

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Bujjigadu (full title Bujjigadu: Made in Chennai) is a 2008 Telugu action comedy written and directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by K. S. Rama Rao, starring Prabhas in the title role with Mohan Babu, Trisha, Sanjjana and Kota Srinivasa Rao. It released on 22 May 2008 to mixed-to-positive reviews, with particular praise for Prabhas. Our record lists a running time of 146 minutes.

What the story is about

In 1996 Bujji and Chitti are inseparable childhood friends in Vizag. After a fight, Chitti tells him to go away, and when he begs her, she sets him a test: stay away from her for twelve years, and she will marry him when he returns. A heartbroken Bujji moves to Chennai, while Chitti’s family moves to Hyderabad and cuts ties with his. By 2008 Bujji has grown into a hooligan in Chennai, a devoted Rajinikanth fan who has kept his soft heart and his love for Chitti. As the twelve years end and he heads back to find her, he lands in a brawl, in jail, and in a job offer to kill a man named Sivanna, and nothing goes to plan from there.

Cast

• Prabhas as Lingaraju, alias Bujji
• Mohan Babu as Sivanna
• Trisha as Chitti
• Sanjjana as Kangana
• Kota Srinivasa Rao as Machi Reddy
• Raja Ravindra as Advocate Raju
• Subbaraju as Venkat
• Ajay as Machi Reddy’s son
• Ali and Sunil in comic roles
• M. S. Narayana, Brahmaji, Jaya Prakash Reddy and Satyam Rajesh
• Akash Puri as young Bujji
• Mumaith Khan in the song “Chitti Aayire”

Making and music

This was Prabhas and Trisha’s third film together, after Varsham (2004) and Pournami (2006). Prabhas plays a Chennai-raised Rajinikanth fan, and a song was shot at Annapoorna Studios. Sandeep Chowta’s soundtrack was released by Aditya Music on 18 April 2008 with Rajinikanth in attendance. Reviewing the album, Idlebrain.com found tunes such as “Sude Sude”, “Love Me”, “Guchhi Guchhi” and “Dhadak Dhadak” catchy and the orchestration top class, but disliked Chowta’s own singing.

Release and reception

Bujjigadu opened worldwide with 750 prints and was later dubbed into Malayalam (Rudran), Tamil (Kumaran Rajini Rasigan), Hindi (Deewar: Man Of Power) and Bhojpuri (Yeh Deewar). It was remade in Bangladesh as Pagla Deewana (2015).

Jeevi of Idlebrain.com called it “definitely worth a look for Prabhas’s characterization”. Rediff.com gave it two and a half stars, saying it “may perhaps provide Prabhas the much needed hit but it offers nothing drastically new”. Full Hyderabad was harsher, liking the “trendy and peppy” songs but calling the film insipid, with elementary writing such as “that whole 12-year thing”.

Wikipedia describes it as a commercial success, citing a News18 feature on Prabhas’s pre-Baahubali box-office record; we have not found a collection figure from a named outlet.

Where to watch Bujjigadu

We do not have a confirmed streaming platform for Bujjigadu on file. The OTT details on this page will be updated when a platform’s own listing confirms it.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Bujjigadu and the reviews and reports it cites, linked above; our own cast and crew records.